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.

Oil Pastels

I found an old box of children’s oil pastels, in which there are 16 colours. I tried them, and I do not like what I produced with them. I do not know if it is because there are not enough colours, or if it is because the oil pastels are not artist’s grade. I wonder what I could do with artist’s grade oil pastels.

A Hot Day In August…

I like the heat. To me, it is inspirational. It evokes peaceful, lazy forests…flowers communing in golden sunlight…the music of insects. Most of these things I must simply imagine, for I live in a city where there is very little of Nature’s beauty. However, of an evening, I can hear the haunting song of the Crickets. And what a joy it is…and what vespertine beauty it paints in my imagination!

I am now working on a Watercolour of Tulips. I’ll try to show the work in progress, if I can. My computer overheats so it takes some time to get anything accomplished on him. =)

But here is a Watercolour secret that I have discovered. At least, it worked for me. Have you ever painted a watercolour on paper that was not previously wetted, with the result that your paper ended up buckled? Well, that is what happened to me. But I got the idea to gently wet the buckled area with a wet paper towel—-on the back, not on top of the painting. And it worked!

Welcome

Welcome to my Artist’s Blog. Due to technical difficulties of mysterious origin, I have started this blog over again. Here I shall discuss my artistic efforts and eventually upcoming events. I’ve also taken this opportunity to change the visual aspect of my blog. Until soon! Cheers.