complete mini oil painting - boat in the water

[tdartista48]

Ronnie, Excellent work and demo!

[painter4love]

very nice

[MsLucklucky]

so cute

[ImTheAwesomeGirl1]

that is soooo cute!

[marium2k]

Nice work...

[Pogopogo3]

Adorable! I love it! I love how you used crimson under the boat to bring out its shadow and the white of the canvas as the sand.

[angien21189]

Incredible work, very impressive. This is the sort of thing that makes people such as I, who are new to oil painting, tear our hair out when we spend hours trying to create something half this good.

[moonshinealice]

awesome!

[wopski67]

I just love this, I've been watching it over and over... I do some of this tiny things myself in acrylic...I love what you do, thank you!

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

i love them!

what a great gift idea

(how are your eyes?) haha

fabulous work...im off to look for your larger paintings now

: )

[salvyking23]

great painting

[BeautifulllColours]

Beautifull cute little painting!

[staatsf]

very nice Ronnie

just found you here by accident

Nice painting

Staats

[ronnietucker]

hi Staats! How's things? You done those new watercolour videos yet? ;)

All the best for 2010!

[chrischalkart]

Great work Ronnie!

[madlynda]

aww that is so cute, 5*****

[moonlightgarden12am]

well you definitely have the best soundtracks...very nice paintings...i couldnt help but notice the bright shine in your painting...what is that your using for the under coat....is that a magic white or liquid white..?

[ronnietucker]

I cover the canvas (mini-size or normal-size) with a mix of white oil paint and linseed oil. I use a ratio of 1 part white oil paint to about 1.5 of linseed oil. To get less colour change (due to the white paint) you can add less white and more linseed oil.

[moonlightgarden12am]

hey thanks for the speedy response....i appreciate your answer to my question...im a beginner oil painter, and i have been stuggling with how to coat my canvas ...gesso, liquid white, a mix of white and linseed, like your technique, or just nothing but a double primed canvas...so its good to hear from others..thanks again...cheers

[ronnietucker]

Hey, my pleasure...

Just be wary though that GESSO is a primer for the canvas, it's not really something you paint with, or use as a starting layer. In saying that... I've never actually tried Gesso + Linseed... :D

White+Linseed basically is Liquid White (Bob Ross), Linseed by its self is pretty much Liquid Clear (Bob Ross) but you need to get brand name stuff as cheap stuff will yellow over time.

Good luck, and keep at it!

[moonlightgarden12am]

you said that GESSO is not something you use as a starting layer....well i thought that it was...you would coat the canvas with gesso, let it dry, then begin to paint....i thought the only difference was that with gesso, you would need to use the "fat over lean" technique, as compared to a "thin paint will stick to a thick paint " technique when using the bob ross liquid white...well you have been more helpful than you realize...a thousand thanks...i will try not to take up anymore of your time

[ronnietucker]

Sorry, by 'starting layer' I meant that it wasn't something that you can put on the canvas to move paint around with, like we do with liquid white.

Gesso is more of an acrylic-type paint, with a grain, to give it some grip.

Most of the Bob Ross style (thin paint sticks to a thick paint) relies on his brand (or 'a' brand) of really thick paint, but 'fat over lean' is always the best way to go with oils otherwise your big blobs of paint won't dry properly and end up sinking in to the canvas.

[bookwoman21901]

Fantastic! Love your work!

[ant7797]

What name brand paints are you using in this mini oil painting boat in the water?

I am interested in trying this method.

[ronnietucker]

I'm using Winsor & Newton Artisan (water mixable) oil paints in all my oil painting videos (mini-paintings and full size paintings).

Good luck!

[xMissGeschickx]

nice^^ and awesome pics :D

[michelefordcom]

Very cool to watch you paint this! Excellent production, too! Thanks!

[pennye1123]

Wonderful job, thanks for sharing

[GaryGarrett]

excellent! great painting! *****

[mnilandcom]

nice miniature painting

[MulcheArcade]

wow great work. thanks for posting, it definetaly helps seeing other peoples techniques.