Oil Painting
The day before yesterday I went to Sim Lim Square to get a new adaptor for my notebook and since I was in town, I decided to drop by ArtFriend which sell all sorts of art and graphic related materials. I wanted to paint something. I’ve only painted with water colours before (that was 10 years ago!) and know nothing about painting with oil. With the help of the shop helpers, I got my basic ingredients for my oil painting. Prices vary. I chose the cheaper China brands. (Edit: next time I would choose a better brush).
Today I took the brushes, paint and started to paint. I didn’t have any design in mind. I just wanted something abstract (I love abstract art). It was basically just take the brush, use several colours (I wanted earthly colours), solvent if required and just paint on the canvas. Within 30 mins I was done with the first canvas. Maybe I should have taken my sweet time and perfectionate each stroke instead of rushing to finish it.
This is the end result and I’m pretty satisfied since this is my very first oil painting. The round stuffs are thicker paint. I also did another similar one with the second canvas (they will be hung beside each other). Now I just gotta wait for them to dry before hanging the two somewhere. I’m gonna get bigger canvas in the future. It is definitely cheaper to paint your own canvas. This 50 cm x 50 cm canvas costs $13 only.
Tags: Painting
June 4th, 2008 at 6:23 pm
eloo…
nice reading but i got an impression that the pictures are missing… please chk ^-)
June 4th, 2008 at 6:24 pm
or its perhaps my f**k*** connection at work :S
June 4th, 2008 at 6:25 pm
haha! i got it!
its on flick n they banned it here…
sorry for the 2 previous comments!
June 4th, 2008 at 8:47 pm
Wow, u know painting…i can’t paint, but quite like drawing. Cos faster. Haha, i’m lazy. It’s been years since i touch them since school days..
June 4th, 2008 at 9:33 pm
@Yashvin: hehhe too bad they banned flickr :P
@Aki: I like to paint but don’t like to draw hahah
June 5th, 2008 at 12:25 am
Ohhh :O
I don’t know much about painting and art.. but I must say I like that one :D the mix of colours here and there – very nice ^^
June 7th, 2008 at 4:16 pm
The Art Shed is one of the art n craft supplies in oz.
June 10th, 2008 at 1:21 am
wow….abstract!!!! luv it! u should do some more!!!
i wish i could paint…but i’m only good with a camera! not a brush..
June 29th, 2008 at 10:36 am
i see elements of floating strokes jumping with freedom. But i sense a hidden dark mystery house behind these dancing celebration of life..
March 14th, 2010 at 12:18 pm
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