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Animals, drawing animals, elephant oil painting, elephant painting, oil painting, oil paints, painting animals
Several weeks ago I stopped at a yard sale and found a set of water soluble oil paints for $5. Deal! I spent that day and the next painting with a media I had long wanted to try.
The first day I was in heaven; I had found my medium at last! (I’ve never really loved acrylics.) I dashed off several pieces I really liked.
But the second day, the honeymoon was over. Nothing worked or came together as easily as the day before.
And then my classes began and I haven’t been able to get back to the oils since.
And now I’m a bit scared to begin again.
And I ask myself, “Do I really need a new medium?”
And the answer is a definite, “No, I do not.”
But…
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. . . he’s really cute.
Never can have too many mediums. Only not enough room! I love this elephant!
This made me smile Carla! I’m not sure why we do that to ourselves and in this world of mixed-media (which has become so popular) I think we want to try everything……and it’s fun! But, it’s hard to just have fun and move on or go back to the materials and medium we love and admit that maybe “I don’t need a new medium” as you said! I totally get it 😉
OH! I forgot to say how much I do love the Elephant!! He’s very cool!
love your elephapotamus —
The elephant is great!
You don’t “need” a new medium. But it’s fun to try new supplies.
What you may need is a break from these paints. And when you want to play with them again, you will. And the fear will disappear:)
So true!
Your elephant is just adorable – I love it! I am really enjoying your lion print.
Thanks, everyone! 😀
fab elephant! I’ve not heard about water sol oils – but I like the sound an look of them! TYFS 🙂
Hey Carla, You should know better than anyone – every new experience (read medium) has a learning curve. Curve on!
The elephant is phenomenal – you should get back on the horse that threw you!!!
…or the elephant that threw you?
and what I read was ‘the horse that DREW you’, but what I understood was ‘the horse that YOU drew’… which spun round and back to ‘the elephant you drew’.
Get back on that elephant you drew! And if it throws you off, draw another one.
fabulous painting/elephant. continue on…an off day can happen with anything. love to see where u take this new medium
It could be me. I too never really liked acrylics but they are easy. Oil paint seemed to be too much trouble, all that turpentine. Watersoluble oilpaints? Never heard of it. Give it another try! The elephant looks fabuuulous!
Love your elephant. Your posts always inspire me and make me smile. I am cleaning out art supplies right now because of many of those new medium explorations over the years. I wish you could “rent” new mediums. Mine are often short lived love affairs that leave me with too much stuff! I am ADD and need to arrange my environment to help me actually get stuff done and not just collect for the sake of a new bunch of pretty new colors. I need to pare down and focus, others can do it all. We are all different but that keeps it interesting!
carla — I couldnt find your email — I have a dilemma — I signed up for your junkmail class last year and went back to revisit and I found email that had name and password — now I can’t get back into flower crazy because I cant find name and password for that workshop — help — thanks :0)
Love your elephant…in french, we would say you add the luck of the beginner ( with the honeymoon ) , and the test of the conquerer ( you also had to put the effort )…but at the end, the result is worth both the honey moon and the effort to conquer this new media…wasn’t ? ;D
. . .but new things are so much fun! At least you got to try it cheaply! I’ve been playing with the idea of oils for years but I don’t like the thought of not being able to pick up a project right away. You can tote an acrylic photo at the end of class and not worry about the paint getting everywhere. My painting teacher is a die-hard oil paint lover and assures me that once I try oil I will never go back. That scares me a bit. I look forward to hearing more about your experiences and if you decide to experiment more in oil!
It’s great! I really like trying a new medium (even though it terrifies me), but I do still return to my favorites. At least you had a honeymoon–sometimes I don’t even have that! 🙂
When I went back to school to finish my degree in art, I was taking my first “real” painting class, that is, painting with oils. The teacher admonished me for being stingy with the oils; she said that I should be laying it on thick. I realized I was thinning down the oils so much that it looked like watercolor! Gee! I guess I’ve always preferred that transparent medium. Carla, you’ve achieved beautiful results with your Elephant painting and it makes me want to try water-soluble oils, too.
Me encanto tu elefante. Con los aceites has conseguido unos efectos fenomenales y el colorido genial. Me ancantan los aceites, la manera como se mezclan. Sigue buscando y pronto me encantaría que nios des clases.
Te felicito. Eres genial
Rosario