Painting models with oil paints
Dry stone and painting the apron
It’s been a while since I updated this project – about enough time for the oil paint on the cobbles to dry! In hindsight, I’ve probably gone a little heavy on the black in the recesses but overall, this was a quick and easy way of getting pretty good results. Here’s the result:
Now to look at the apron. Watching the training videos linked earlier in this project, once approach is to apply a wash first, gently wipe some of it away and then apply some highlight colours. In this way, the ‘wash’ leaves some oil across the whole surface which allows for later layers to be blended in. The wash also helps define the shadows.
These are the colours that I will be using.
For the wash, I’ve thinned down the burnt sienna using an artist’s oil thinner and applied this across the apron. It has been left for 30 minutes and I’ve then gently wiped away the excess with a paper towel.
Wash appliedNow to apply the highlights. Here I’ve used a mix of Yellow Ochre and Yellow. This has been applied to the higher layers before being blended in.
And then leave for a day or two to dry. Here’s the result, which looks fine,
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