untitled

[danielchow]

MY IMAGE(S):
http://www.wetcanvas.com/Critiques/upload_spool/11-07-2002/14693_sample.jpg


http://www.wetcanvas.com/Critiques/upload_spool/11-07-2002/14693_close-up.jpg


GENERAL INFORMATION:
Title: untitled
Year Created: 2002
Medium: Oil
Surface: Canvas
Dimension: 14 x 18
Allow digital alterations?: Yes!

MY COMMENTS:
I don't have any experience in painting and I'm playing around with different mediums. I'm learning that I enjoy using oil over the other mediums.

Anyway, this untitled piece is one of many paintings that I've been toying around with. For this one, I didn't notice the problem until I took a flash picture of it.

I think the most likely problem was that I've scrapped off and repainted some areas many times when I wasn't happy with the effect. I've never scrapped paint off the canvas before, so I may have over did it.

If you look closely you'll notice the white speckles (see close-up of selected area in second image). That's the canvas showing. Otherwise you'll not notice it. Nevertheless, the fact that the flash revealed the canvas, I couldn't help but notice it when I'm looking at the painting.

MY QUESTIONS FOR THE GROUP:
1- Would you have done what I did; that is, to scrap off and repaint?
2- How do you address areas of your paintings that you're not happy with?

Thank you for your advise and suggestions.

Daniel Chow
Asheville, NC

[Lorijo]

Scraping paint off is fine, especially when its still a little wet. I am putting a light coat of thin paint on a canvas more and more right at the start, just to tint the canvas so I don't have any white canvas showing. Don't be cheap with the paint, use plenty and use enough medium so it covers easily. If you don't want your paints flacking off at some later date, be careful what other kinds of paint you put oil paints on top of. Lorijo

[henrik]

To answer your second question...
If the painting is dry and you can't scrape it off then you can sand it down and paint over. (Or just paint over if the surface is even).