Oil paintings

[windemere]

Kate....

http://pics.livejournal.com/eldanna/gallery/00003b76

Tis so pretty...I don't think I want to give it up.

Comments

[grav-ity.livejournal.com]

*guh*

I am sooooo impressed, dear. You can give me a print of it. :)

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

There's a possibility.

[brightling.livejournal.com]

I didn't know you painted! [I did know that you sew very nicely, but still]

Those are so pretty! I really like the textures you get in the stonework and the sharp shadows of the architecture. Are oils hard to work with? I have an inexpensive set but I've never used them before. People make them sound somewhat intimidating. Thats quite the scene you tackled in the commisiony one too. Wow. :)

The green-grey contrast in the alleyway piece is really really pretty, and I totally believe about the bricks!

[eldanna.livejournal.com]

Oil is a very forgiving medium. But it's one that takes a great deal of patience to work with. A detailed painting can take weeks to complete simply because oil takes 3-4 days to dry once applied to canvas. Anything that involves layers takes weeks to get through. But it always turns out spectacularly in the end!