Three Daffodils: Live Oil Painting Session

Описание: Increasingly, in these difficult days, I feel the need to simply show up and paint.

Sometimes it can feel self indulgent, painting while the world burns.

But perhaps it can be a way to keep our spirit alive.

Perhaps even (if this doesn't seem too grand) it can be an act of rebellion.

We're still here.

We still care about beauty.

We still love.

Please feel free to join me for a couple of hours of what I hope might be connection and healing with paint.

Materials
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Surface: I'll be painting on a 10 x 8 Ampersand Gessobord Panel, oiled out with linseed oil and a little Gamsol.

Brushes: I always end up getting flat synthetics out for daffodils - most likely Rosemary's Angled Eclipses (half inch). I'll also have the daggers out today for those petals (Rosemary's Ivory dagger 3/8" and Silver Bristlon Dagger Striper 3/8", both are synthetics).

The rest of the painting is wide open for whatever you might want to do with it.

I'll be starting with spatulas (Princeton catalyst 01 and 02) to establish the overall light and shadow of the space, and hopefully some feeling.

Paints (Michael Harding unless otherwise noted):
Lead white
Bright yellow lake
Permanent orange
Quinacridone rose
Green gold
Tranparent red oxide
Raw umber
Ivory black
Cobalt or ultramarine blue may make an appearance.

Reference photo
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