Cannette broyée III (Crushed Can III)

Acrylics on Canvas

56cm x 40.5cm

My prefered one so far! I love all the reflection the torn can is offering, a bit tedious at time, but the result is worth the pain... This is a full accomplishment in the sense that I did the photo shoot to get the right picture to start from. Will try a similar Diet Coke with oil next time...

Citron II (Lemon II)

Oil on Canvas
20cm x 20cm

Here it is, first oil painting! Interesting exercise, the blending has great feeling, but "undoing" a mistake is kind of a challenge...

And now a bit of Oil painting

I've now been playing with acrylics for a couple of months and I sometime feel a bit of frustration with the wet-on-wet and quick drying. Really need a bit more open time for the blending on large surfaces. I've talked to a couple of people and notice that most of the realistic painters stick to Oil so I've decided to give it a try and see what it can bring to me. Will probably keep the acrylic for blocking shapes and getting a good tone underlayer though... Have decided to start by a simple 20x20cm still life and had a bit of a photoshoot sesssion, more to come then...