Wipe it off, Scrape it off or Paint right over it.

The apples in this painting weren’t working for me so I painted a wine glass over them. I love the freedom of oil painting, because your never really committed to a mistake. You just wipe it off, scrape it off or paint right over it.........Now you just can’t say that about all the other mistakes you make in life... now can you?

Movies for the Oil Painter, How To Steal a Million

In this elegant "caper" film, Audrey Hepburn stars as the daughter of a wealthy Parisian (Hugh Griffith), whose hobby is copying famous works of art. His replica of a famed Cellini sculpture is inadvertently displayed in an art museum, and he begins to worry that he'll lose his reputation once the experts evaluate the statuette. Audrey decides to rob the museum, and hires a burglar (Peter O'Toole) for that purpose. But the burglar is really a detective, who has every intention of arresting Audrey and her father when the deed is done. All style and little substance, How to Steal a Million is consummately acted by the stars, but the film is stolen hands-down by a "double take" reaction from French comic actor Moustache. The film was originally titled How to Steal a Million Dollars and Live Happily Ever After, which gave the whole game away and thus was pared down before release

Adolphe William Bouguereau Study

Tinting With Oil Color

After tightening up the drawing a little more, I started tinting some areas with the colors one at a time using Burnt umber, Prussian blue and Chromatic black.

Drawing with a paint brush

With a few different size bright brushes I cut into the dark’s to sharpen the drawing, adding detail and light . Basically I’m drawing with a paint brush. Adding and subtracting light where needed to give the form dimension.

Values In Oil Painting

The canvas was toned with a mix of Chromatic black., Burnt umber and Prussian blue.
Using the toned canvas as a middle value I added dark’s where needed and pulled off paint with a rag to get the light values. At this point I just want to build an abstract likeness of my subject, I don’t want to fuss with details at this point, mostly its about getting the values correct.

Adolphe William Bouguereau Study

I woke up Sunday morning at 5:30..... and it was raining. No excuses now . . . I have to paint something. Well.....After procrastinating for a while about what to paint I decided to take a crack at something from one of my favorite artists Adophe William Bouguerea . This is going to be a big challenge for me but I need the practice. To study and mimic the work of the masters is a great way to learn, lately I’ve been working on original projects but I think I’m going to add in some more master studies,. It can’t hurt.

It’s now 10am and I just toned the canvas.....isn’t procrastination is a time killer ?

Thomas Edison

If we did all the things we are capable of doing, we would literally astonish ourselves.
Thomas Edison