Ethereal Oil Painting Process | Dreaming of Whales

Описание: Some paintings arrive like a dream - quiet, strange, and full of meaning you can’t quite explain. I wanted this one to feel like that moment between waking and sleep, when imagination feels more honest than memory.

This realistic oil painting captures a young child standing barefoot, holding a toy whale and looking up toward a real whale drifting in a wall of water. It’s an ethereal oil painting process exploring reflection, scale, and the soft magic of dreams turned visible.

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Fredrix Knickerbocker Canvas (Self Stretched)→ https://bit.ly/4k8NyuT
Burnt Umber & Ultramarine Blue mix of Winsor & Newton Water Soluble Oil Paint (Underpainting)→ https://bit.ly/43bXvSe
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