Painting

In this lesson were told to do a piece of final outcome painting,  using oil paints and white spirt.

I started off by painting the board which already had a piece of work on it in brown, using acrylic paints and large brush. I applied the paints in various directions because I wanted, when a person look closer at it to see movements.

When dry, started to draw the bird on it from obsvational lightly, using a soft pencil. Considering the compsitions carefully so that the entire bird could fit accurately. After I began to apply paints. I painted the bird in darker colours because it was easier to mix with light colours and stands out well. Looking closer you will notice that the legs are very uneven so that could be work on later on. When the paintings were applied, the paints were left for a week so that it could dry a later as I did not want the paint mixing together when I put knew layer of court at the top.

After I began to work over it now in lighter colours along with the details of the feathers. When adding the feathers, the paints were stippled loosely because I wanted to achieve a rough, uneven texture surface.

A closer view of the painting.

Oil painting was used because we were expecting, or in with different media and 9 you can get rich colours within them. The painting of the bird which I have done have muted colours and different tones, showing light and dark areas.  

Some of the lines are curved, quite straight and quite pointed.

 The feathers within the body with lines which are thick and thin in various positions create movements. 

The thick lines make them appear stronger. Giving depth to the piece. The intense details of the various thickness of the lines reminds of peacock.  

The background complement each other as they blend really well together and makes each other them to be less overpowering for one another. However the bird stills stands out clearly.  

The composition is symmetrical and the textures is quite rough and uneven. 

The limtition of using oil painting is, although they can be recycled when dry but trying to blend in the colours while the paint is wet is very difficult. Although I let the colours to dry for a week but still it was wet so you will have to leave it for weeks or months for it dry correctly if you do not want colours bending in with we achieve other.