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Related: About this forumA painting of a local salt marsh from a few days ago.
I haven't posted my art here in quite a while, but I've still been painting and improving. This one is from this past weekend. It was a gorgeous afternoon/early evening to go out and paint. The late afternoon light made the salt marsh glow.
cate94
(2,857 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)And I'm lucky to live near such an inspiring landscape.
niyad
(118,050 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)It sure was a lovely place to be for a few hours.
Best thing I've done in the last few years was take up painting again after a decades-long hiatus.
Diamond_Dog
(33,812 posts)Very nicely done!
femmedem
(8,366 posts)It was such a beautiful spot that I felt like I'd had a full week's vacation after spending a couple of hours painting there.
sinkingfeeling
(52,650 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)I appreciate the compliment.
sheshe2
(86,076 posts)You can almost hear the water.
femmedem
(8,366 posts)That spot is so serene yet invigorating.
Sanity Claws
(21,967 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)The linseed oil that they're mixed with is emulsified, as is the oil medium I use to thin them. No turpentine, no mineral spirits necessary, and I can clean my brushes with soap and water. I love them!
Sanity Claws
(21,967 posts)I'm just learning and never heard of them.
Oils take longer to dry than acrylics. Is that true of the water-mixable oils?
I love the painting. The little dabs of pink really add a lot.
femmedem
(8,366 posts)I started the painting with an underpainting using red transparent oxide (a reddish brown), white and burnt umber to work out my composition and values (lights and darks). And then some of that red pokes through here and there.
bif
(23,576 posts)It has such a serene quality to it!
femmedem
(8,366 posts)I've been enjoying your artistic journey here and on Instagram.
markie
(22,816 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)AmBlue
(3,378 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)Joinfortmill
(15,789 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)MLAA
(18,184 posts)I just love how you handled the water. And the softness yet clarity of the background is perfect. Is it an oil painting?
femmedem
(8,366 posts)They dry slightly faster, but not much, and you just need soap and water to clean your brushes.
MLAA
(18,184 posts)Ziggysmom
(3,505 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)Thank you so much.
fierywoman
(8,001 posts)I've been entranced by Ian Roberts' (the guy who wrote the wonderful composition book) weekly (Tues) musings on YouTube on all sorts of aspects of painting -- he does a lot of landscape painting. They're 5-8 or 9 minutes, jam packed with ideas, so very easy to watch, and inspiring.
femmedem
(8,366 posts)I do learn a lot from online videos.
StarryNite
(10,424 posts)femmedem
(8,366 posts)AllaN01Bear
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femmedem
(8,366 posts)MontanaMama
(23,853 posts)Thank you for sharing your work with us.
femmedem
(8,366 posts)I'm glad you like it.
karin_sj
(1,030 posts)What brand of water mixable oil paint do you use? I just bought a set of Cobra oil paints but haven't tried them yet.
femmedem
(8,366 posts)Good luck with them! One tip: I don't use any water while I'm painting, just the oil medium made for these paints.
FuzzyRabbit
(2,054 posts)I like this painting a lot.
femmedem
(8,366 posts)I love your username. I used to have a lionhead rabbit.
GPV
(72,956 posts)We're up early.
GPV
(72,956 posts)gurthang
(13 posts)I just decided to get into oil painting and have four pumpkins/gourds in my shopping cart that are going to be my first victims/subjects.
femmedem
(8,366 posts)I have a stressful job in the nonprofit sector and nothing, nothing clears my head like painting. I hope you find the same joy in it that I do.
If you'd like any advice, I'd offer that it's a big job to try to understand drawing, lights and darks and color all at once. If it gets to be too much, try painting in monochrome. I often start my paintings with an underpainting using only a reddish brown (I like transparent red oxide, but burnt sienna would work, too), burnt umber and white. That's how I started this one, and then I painted in color on top. You can see the reddish brown peeking out here and there.
Or, ignore my advice and just dive in! Pumpkins and gourds are great subjects.
Also--I just noticed your post count--welcome to Democratic Underground!
lunatica
(53,410 posts)It gives the landscape an ephemeral moodiness. Soft light is amazing!
femmedem
(8,366 posts)You're such a gift to the artists' group, always so supportive. I hope your own art is going well.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Thanks for your kind words!