One of my close friends recently traveled to Hawaii and took a beautiful picture of a small waterfall in Maui. I instantly fell in love with the deep blues and greens naturally found in the Aloha State and wanted to recreate their beauty using oil paints.
Oil painting is a rather long process as you have to paint in layers. You start off just blocking in the lights and darks with a burnt umber or sienna brown thinned with Turpenoid. After that, you continue thinning the colors with Turpenoid (a healthier alternative to Turpentine) and you build onto your painting moving from back to front. Once you start getting to add the detail, you use Alkyd Glazing medium with the paint to produce a shiny finish.
This painting is one of my favorites and makes me want to live in Hawaii. (:
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| Maui Cove (16 x 20 in) |
Another of my friends asked me to create a graphite drawing of her and her boyfriend. This one is 18 x 24 in and it's a great shot of them!
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| K & T graphite |
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