smallhobbit | A Couple of Pastels and a Surprise

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As I said in my 'Goal' post I haven't been doing any craft recently, but I did purchase some items to attempt Christmas cards for the family this year:

I used my pastels to draw one of the trees I had sketched in the summer:

And I attempted an art contribution for

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The Challenge was Green, so these are the Greenwoods where the outlaws are hiding.

In the summer one of the Art Card fortnightly emails including a free competition which I entered, not expecting to win anything, but I won a prize:

I have never used oil paints, so clearly I need to learn!

If only I could retire now, there's so much I want to do.

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From:

ysabetwordsmith

I'm not an artist, but I have experimented with paints. The awesome things about oil paints include intensity, blendiness, and you have all the time in the world to screw with them before they dry. That last is also a disadvantage, so you have to learn to work with it.

I highly recommend that you print out some art exercise sheets, pencil them on a cheap canvas, and kill a few afternoons just playing with the paints. Learn what they can do, learn which techniques you find fun.

https://drawingninja.com/show/oil-pastel-lesson-worksheets.asp

https://www.thoughtco.com/art-worksheet-gallery-4122671

https://oldmasters.academy/old-masters-academy-art-lessons/old-masters-academy-worksheets-and-templates

https://www.smore.com/8rjzn-portraits-mixing-skin-tones

https://blog.udemy.com/oil-painting-techniques/

https://garybolyer.com/2011/08/11/top-6-ways-to-create-texture-in-oil-painting/

There are some ways to make rather awesome art even without a lot of skill, such as geometric abstracts -- you can make a fun one just using masking tape and filling in the blanks. You can even make practical projects such as sound-absorbing panels.

From:

smallhobbit

Thank you very much for these - I shall keep a note of them. I know at the moment there just isn't the time to devote to oil paints, but it will be something to look forward to.