On the easel this week

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A little recap today of what I've been doing in case you don't follow me on Instagram.

This is "Promises, Promises," pastel, 11.5 x 18 inches.
  

See a short video of the backstory.

I'm still playing with oil and cold wax medium, this time on oil paper in small format.

See a short video of the backstory

Yellow

 

Reference photo

Yellow means Spring. Last night I painted a 12"x9" Centurion OP Linen panel with Golden Hansa Yellow Acrylic. This morning, with a pastel pencil and an oil based colored pencil, I sketched in the still life. Applied some oil paint using a 50/50 Linseed/Gamsol mix. Wiped color away with a shop towel. More paint applied with a brush, scraped paint off with a silicone tool. Now I’ll let it dry before the next step.

On another subject - my Spring Sale - for small oil paintings that need a new home. Please consider adding one to your collection. Take a look.

Spring Sale Additions

 

Lime with Apple
7- day Auction

Seven matted mini-prints
Purchase on Etsy Sold, but wait!
I found more in my Studio storage as well as  4 new images.
I'll be making more little packets for Etsy soon.

I guess I'm having a sale

 

"Fall Color," oil on Yupo paper, 9x12 inches

I've been thinking about having a Spring Sale. Today, before I knew what was happening, I put this one on a DPW auction at $45. This was an interesting experiment and was painted after my online workshop with Dutch painter, Roos Schurring. So much fun to paint! It is a textured oil and is ready for a 9x12 inch frame (no glass needed).  I found the process so interesting that I took progression photos. 

Please help me clean my Studio by considering this for your Collection. Take a look at the auction here.

Whoo Hoo Rework

Movie Star,  step 2

 

The Movie Star, step 1

On the easel today...a 24 x 18 inch rework of an old unfinished, unvarnished oil painting. I made a short video of the process.

Reworked Oil Painting

 

Time After Time, Oil, 18 x 18 inches
©2021 Barbara Benedetti Newton

I am frugal with some things, oil paint is one of them. Looking back, some of my paintings show that frugality. Not a good look. 

I have given myself an attitude adjustment based on two things:

1. My age. I have many tubes of oil paint. If I continue to be frugal about how much I use, they will outlive me. I want to use them up.

2. The addition of cold wax medium instead of my usual liquid medium adds body and volume to my paint and gives my work a more generous look.

Above is the recent rework of a 2014 painting. The original work is shown below.