If you follow this blog, you have seen previous posts about this Paint-Along I began using a friend's reference photo of the blossoming tree in her back yard.
She usually works in acrylic but wanted to learn more about oil paint so we began the painting with an acrylic foundation while waiting for her shipment of oils to arrive. If you search labels for "Paint Along with Me May 2020" all posts should show up to show how we started as well as the reference photo I used.
When the oil paints she ordered arrived we moved on to painting with oil on top of the acrylic foundation. Note: I use a medium called Archival Odorless Lean with my oil paint. As I mix a color, I dip the tip of my brush in a little medium and mix it in. It makes the paint dry faster and I like the change in viscosity of the mix.
Here are the steps of the oil painting with the completed painting at the bottom.
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On the acrylic foundation, paint the sky and the grass.
Grass is cool light in the background
and more yellow (warmer) in the foreground. |
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| Block in the darkest red for the pink and white blossoms on the tree. |
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Add the lighter pinks and white.
The dark red foundation makes the lighter colors pop. |
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"Cloud Tree," oil, 12x9 inches ©2020 Barbara Benedetti Newton
Reference photo courtesy of Barbara Cloud |
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