An Owl Oil painting - WORK IN PROGRESS

Final result!

For only the third oil painting, I am really happy with the result so far.

This beautiful owl is my third oil painting. It is in work in progress until an unknown time. this week I will continue the wing.

So far I have painted 28 hours on the canvas. Each time I paint something new, I want to push it to the maximum that my skills can handle.

Each picture is a 3 hours session of painting.

Hippocampus oil painting; A fast painting done for an exposition

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For having only 3 courses for painting this hippocampus , I am really happy with the final result.

hippocampus painting first layer

hippocampus painting second layer

After my first painting finished, I had a quest to create something within 3 courses for an exposition the next week-end.

With only 9 hours, I have finished and managed exposing my hippocampus oil painting. It was hard because I take a LOT of time mixing my colors and preparing my tools... but I did it! Enjoy

This is Oolong tea, I don’t drink alcool anymore :-P

My first oil painting - A grim mountain

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For my first oil painting, I am really happy with the final result. Off course I could correct and add a lot of tones but I signed it, so be it.

I started my first oil painting course in september 2019 with the great painter Richard Morin

Before trying the oil painting, I would sometimes draw and ink a finishing illustration in black and white in 9x12 format. Oil painting cannot be rushed if you want something beautiful; It takes time ... Lots of time!

At first, I was not happy to have to touch up part of the painting in a week. I wanted something good, quickly. After a few lessons, I discovered that this "meditation" was good for me and my art in general.

Focusing on what I do and not wanting everything to be finished quickly adds quality to my creations. I see it with drawing, 3D and even in other areas of my life.

Oil painting, i love you.

Mathieu V.