Oils

Rożeniec Białolicy Stylizowany ~ © 2009 by Angela F.

A bit of time has passed already since my last post. I’ve painted a duck and a finger painting in oils. A finger painting does not sound especially impressive, but it so happens that my small and slender fingers can paint rather well, albeit not in such a refined manner as is possible using brushes. I am anxious to try painting a more serious painting in oils. I like oils very much and hope to be able to use them as my main medium some day.

Here is my duck. It is painted in acrylics.

Middle English…

As a child, my Mum attended an English Girl’s College in Alexandria, Egypt. It it quite enjoyable to listen to her talking about her life in Egypt. One of the subjects which she studied at the English Girl’s College was Middle English, which fascinated her very much. She has ignited a spark of enthusiasm for it in me, as well. It is quite interesting to observe the influence of the French, brought by the Normans, upon the original English. Middle English looks quite pretty to me; perhaps more than anything else, the mediaeval imagry which it evokes in my mind appeals to me.

I am working on a watercolour painting of a pair of ryukins. Whilst I am pleased with the way I have painted the ryukins, the overall painting seems to me to be a bit lacking in excitement. Perhaps this is simply because it is as yet unfinished. We shall see. I need some masking fluid; that would open new artistic possibilities for me.