Tag Archives: oils

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  Self-portrait – A challenge I had yet to meet. Done!

  Posted on May 29, 2010 by Gulfsprite in Painting

  I’ve never tried to paint myself. It was worth it. Why?  I never like photographs of myself. This morning I snapped a quick photo of myself with my webcam, and then painted from it before I could chicken out. That felt very good. Surprising myself, I actually liked the photo and the painting. Of course [...]

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  Orchestrating a life

  Posted on May 26, 2010 by Gulfsprite in Painting

  Orchestrate, Copyright 2010, Original painting by Christy Sobolewski I like to think we are all in charge of our lives. Be it acting out our dreams or reacting to reality and how to keep the two in harmony and on course. I titled this painting ‘Orchestrate’ as she seems to be doing that just. You [...]

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  Painting and listening to Bonnie Tyler

  Posted on May 24, 2010 by Gulfsprite in Painting

  I will be refining her and working on the background tomorrow but I thought I would share her with you today since this is what I have spent my day painting. This is another in oils and they have proved to be exactly what I had wished they would be. I am still learning so [...]

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  Wind In My Hair painting and my problem with fine art

  Posted on May 20, 2010 by Gulfsprite in Painting

  Recently a friend mentioned she thought I should paint more fine art portraits. But, I have a problem with that. You see these are my favorite type of painting. One that I not only enjoy, but which give me a lot of satisfaction. So what is the problem? Like I told my new friend… a) [...]

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  Dancer – Oil, acrylic, plaster on wood painting

  Posted on April 2, 2010 by Gulfsprite in Featured, Painting

  Still playing with oils day 2. The background was plastered and gessoed with a credit card. Then painted with acrylics. I started with a base layer of acrylics for the main subject and then painted her in oils. A lot to learn still but I love so many things about the oil paints. It’s another [...]

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