I figured I'd take a less pathetic stab at still life again. Here I hope to document the journey of this initially blank, albeit triple-primed canvas panel; I think it might be neat to share some of my work which has nothing to do with calligraphy.
In the first picture you can see a crappy acrylic stain job. I had no idea why I was staining the canvas in the beginning, aside from the fact that all the cool kids were doing it. The benefits would reveal themselves later. The first came in the form of having a waterproof layer on which I could do my sketch on with a pastel instead of charcoal, which tends to stick really bad. This allowed for plenty effortless fidgeting and redrawing. There are also my initial splotches of paint.
The second picture shows some progress. A lot more paint is in, and I'd thickened some of the existing paint and started to blend it once it had become tacky... it was fun going into a cosmetic store and asking for help to look for a makeup brush (I'm a dude).
In the third picture, very little canvas is showing. That was from tonight. Another benefit of the stain was the slight luminescence of the backdrop in the painting... if I hadn't stained it, that glow would become gross and white.
I will continue to post my progress. Any oil painters out there? What mediums do you like to use and why? Saying 'mediums' irks me, but I don't mean 'media' as the question is restricted to oil.
