Learning To Oil Paint #3 - Autumn on Black Canvas

Starting to break out with a bit more contrast on this one. I definitely liked working on the black canvas, i believe that helped quite a bit.

I actually made a few discoveries this time around. Here's what I finally managed to figure out...

* Cleaning the brush more often is good. Really good.
* Just because Bob Ross uses a #2 brush, doesn't mean I have to... especially since my canvas is much smaller than his. Duh. Scary that it took me so long to figure that out.
* Don't be afraid. Sometimes you just have to 'go for it' and not look back.
* I have a tendancy to start things too low on the canvas. Gotta work on that.
* Don't overwork the painting. I repeat, don't overwork the painting.

Overall this is probably my favorite one so far, so i'm going to give it a 6.8/10. I have a feeling i'll never achieve a 10 on the wet on wet technique, because deep inside I am yearning for detail... but this is still fun to learn as a starting point.

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[nananaAri]

ka-chow! you are getting better quick!

i love oils, but i dislike that many are toxic because i have a habit of painting with my hands. (not good!)

:D hope to see more!

[SmecksDotCom]

Yeah i'm all about using the hands, so this is a bit different for me... If I start to glow in the dark though, at least I'll know why.

[jsmxwll]

That looks like fun. Pretty spiffy looking in the end! Glad to see more videos.

Max

[SmecksDotCom]

I love you all that much more for using the word "spiffy". :-) It is a lot of fun. I like just getting to sit down and slop some colors around and not having to spend a gazillion hours to get to the end. :)

I'm glad you haven't forgotten about me... sorry for being so hit or miss lately.

[jsmxwll]

You are forgiven.  I'm just glad to see ya around a bit! So keep on being spiffy and I'll keep coming back, deal?

-Max

[SmecksDotCom]

*shakes your hand*

You've got yourself one heckuva spiffy deal!

[allrightbrain]

niceeee....

[punksk8ter29]

maannnn...if i could paint like that id be passing my arts class. The reason im watching videos about art is because i wanna know how you guys do it. it looks brilliant but when i paint it looks like a 5 year olds work haha. Im 15 and need to learn to paint atleast

[Steven77505]

You're much better at painting trees than you might think. In fact, I saved this in my favorites.

[The5thDay]

you're a fast learner! Too bad I'm not, haha. Keep it up(:

[SanjayaToTheTop]

wow.. verrry nice!! Mrs Ross indeed.. lol. (I LOVED it that you weren't talking all through.. lol) I could just quietly sit and look over your shoulder! Thanks! Learnt from seeing you do! Check my vid?

[coolfox2006]

It was very good , until the end when you got to the tree on the right foreground. It came out pretty sloppy.

[virusSOS]

Nice!

[seasharpdeflat]

very nice

[danceee311]

i had got something to how to painting better after see this video . Thanks .

[flickRave]

How much did this sell for?