Class #1 with Gorge Shipperly

[artbyjune]

Hi Lindsay. What an interesting report. You seem to have found a fabulos teacher. I really admire the second OP painting you posted. How beautiful! The areas of colour with little detail really work well.

[DrBrad]

That's beautiful!

[Leo1903]

Lidsay, your last posted painting shows a remarkable improvement in achieving a much greater harmonious whole to the objects depicted. There is also much improvement to giving a more painterly impression. Gradulations! I think that you have profited much from the course already and thanks for sharing your experiences with us.
Leo

[hopalong]

Thanks Leo, Brad and June! So excited about oilies! And the encouragement means so much to me.

[rain24]

Lindsay,

The second one is fabulous!!! I think your George time is really helping!

~Rain

[Pat Isaac]

Thanks so much, Lindsay for sharing all of this info with us. Your classwork looks great. I like George's work and I always find it interesting to take classes from people who use different techniques. Then you can learn from them all and develop your own technique.

Looking forward to the next installment.

Pat

[CarlyHardy]

Lindsay,
thanks so much for sharing some of George's techniques with us! I love his work!! and would love to just watch him paint!

I use a razor blade when working with the oilies too. I like those little grippers that you can get to hold the straight edged blades because I've knicked my fingers a lot of times when not using one!

One thing you can do if you want a really straight edge in the painting is lightly scrape your oil pastel with the razor watching so that you get coverage down the length of the blade. Then slightly stand the blade on the area you want a very straight edge, press down and pull to the side. The paint will spread under the edge of the blade away from the line. (Hope that made sense....if you've ever done sheetrock mud, you'll be a pro )

carly

[hopalong]

Carly! Thanks. That sounds like a great tip! I can layer a light over a very dark too with this technique.