oil painting Archives - RChrystal https://rchrystal.com/tag/oil-painting/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:04:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.1 211711421 Studio https://rchrystal.com/studio/ Tue, 27 Aug 2024 00:04:24 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=2141 The post Studio appeared first on RChrystal.

]]> 2141 Test panel https://rchrystal.com/test-panel/ Thu, 16 Mar 2023 13:48:01 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=1468 This is a test panel for an idea I had for a painting combining fabric and oil paint. I used a piece of thick paper rather than burn through a canvas, resulting in a bumpy texture. But I think I learned what I wanted to know…

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]]> 1468 Blocking In https://rchrystal.com/blocking-in/ Wed, 20 Apr 2022 14:25:00 +0000 https://rchrystal.com/?p=111 The first stage of an oil painting is called blocking in, using thinner (turpentine for me) to paint basic shapes and colors in thin washes (“Thin to thick!” my painting professor frequently reminded up). It’s quick, loose, and slightly unsettling when you stop to look at it. It’s the phase that makes me rethink every […]

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