My Latest Painting, Coke Zero and Chris Pine

So what does Chris Pine have to do with my latest painting you ask? Absolutely nothing. But I have been pining for him for over a decade, so just thought that I would put that out there to the one, or two, or zero persons reading my blog. I am also a Coke Zero addict. Yet another useless fact that you didn't really need to know about me.

So I painted this one a few weeks ago and have been meaning to post it, but I have been extra busy with my real life job, so I haven't really done anything art related after that...Well unless you count looking at other people's art. Oh, and I took a few selfies and uploaded them to the Prisma Art app. That counts right? I know, I know, very sad, Risa. But also they look so cool that I decided to continue with my current streak of oversharing today and I am going to post one up at the end of the blog entry. :D

And before I lose you with my feeble attempt at humour, what did I actually I learnt from painting this? I learnt that you can use fan brushes to make trees and grass! Except please don't buy horrible the cheap brush that I bought. The bristles kept sticking together and kept making my painting super messy. Invest in one with sturdy, thick bristles, so that they don't amount to nothing when you get it wet. I am making all the mistakes so that you don't have to. Story of my life. Also, if you think my jokes here are bad, you should read my food blog; they get a whole lot worse.

Thank you again Cinnamon for your art lessons. And as promised, my latest painting:

Here are pics I uploaded to the Prisma Art App. I actually want to try to paint the second one of myself and my friends when I get a little better at this whole art thing.

Comments

Easy Peasy Little Elephant Painting

I am currently working on my first still life. I am only part way through the process as you can see from the pic. The flowers I am working on are a far bigger challenge than I thought they would be. From the Sherpa's lessons, I think the problem is more with my brushes than it is with me. My brushes are super soft, soft enough to put makeup on my face. In the art world you want the opposite. You want a brush that feels uncomfortable on your skin. My strokes are just not turning out right, but I said on my previous post, I do not let this deter me. I decided to take a small break from this project however and do something a little more whimsical instead. I chose an easy peasy, cute, little elephant to paint. The fact that I called this easy peasy is astonishing to me, as just two months ago I would have said this was far too hard to paint. My confidence is growing. Still, I can never get enough practice, especially this early on in the game. Even something as easy as th...

Lonely Girl In Paris - My Second Painting

As my journey continues as someone new to the world of art, I give you my second attempt at a painting. This one upped the ante a little bit from my first. Clouds were considerably harder to do than the abstract looking buildings in my previous one. The girl in this one was slightly trickier to pull off than the first. It is far, far from perfect, but when something is your baby you tend to love it anyway and this one is still my favorite to date. My technique is starting to improve a bit, even this early on. I learnt all about glazing mediums; something I had no idea existed before today. Acrylic paints tend to dry out quickly. A glazing medium helps with this and it also helps to thin out your paint a little too. Think of dipping your paint brush in water and then picking up your paint. Sometimes your brush gets too wet and paint leaks all over the canvas or sometimes your brush isn't wet enough and you end up depositing too thick a layer of paint on the canvas. A glazing m...

The disaster. My third attempt at art

So my third attempt, how do I begin? My third attempt started off as a hopeful, you've got this, sort of vibe. And, as I painted the background, there was no doubt in my mind that I had this. When I was done with my background, I wanted to make beautiful circles with my pouncer...only I had no pouncer. Yes, pouncers are tools of art! Who knew?! They are sponge-like devices shaped like circles. They come in different sizes so you can make different sized circles. So I had no pouncers, no problem. Sometimes a girl just has to improvise. I had a beauty blender. That would do the trick right?! And it did. My circles turned out beautifully. Then I pencilled in both my girls in their ballgowns and they looked so promising. I painted the girl in the yellow dress first, which wasn't too bad. After this is where it went downhill. The green dress fiasco ensued. I started painting and when I was finished I hated it, so I painted over it and started again. This resulted in a muddied...

Risa's Art Journey - The Woman Who Never Painted Before

Search This Blog