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Headmaster's Portrait Process by =hever:iconhever:

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Since some people express curiosity towards my oil painting process.

Here is the final image: [link]

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~Lainiexox Aug 22, 2007, 6:45:26 AM
Oh goodness.... this just makes it look even more amazing. If it were me painting, I would have taken hours on drawing the outline first before doing the painting (and still not get it right)... but you just seem to get the whole painting out of a few sketchy/painty lines and it transforms from there! That's brilliance right there! Thanks for posting this.

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=hever Aug 22, 2007, 6:54:13 AM
That's the beauty of oil painting--it's so malleable. I could never work like that with watercolors. But sometimes I do draw things out or grid them to get the initial drawing correct--on large projects it makes things go much faster (no fussing, just straight up painting!) With small projects like this or oil sketches, it's a bit much to put in all the prep work.

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
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~Lainiexox Aug 22, 2007, 6:58:31 AM
Oil already sounds like such a fuss with all the cleaning and prep. =P I do wish acrylic took a bit longer to dry though... which is why I'm keeping my eye opened for one of those retarding mediums. =P Thanks for the insight... it's great to hear what other people do with their art.

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=hever Aug 22, 2007, 7:11:15 AM
I was intimidated by oils at first, but once you learn how to use them properly, it's not really a big deal. I'll never go back to acrylics now...to me, acrylics seem like too much fuss ;)

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
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~Lainiexox Aug 22, 2007, 7:46:42 AM
Funny how that works.

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=lilyhbp Aug 30, 2007, 5:52:41 PM
Oh such a lovely process!!! Amazing!!! I could stare at this for hours!
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=hever Aug 30, 2007, 6:08:21 PM
Thank you--I'm glad you can appreciate it :)

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And I'm lost in the window, and I hide in the stairway
And I hang in the curtain, and I sleep in your hat...
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=sandalwood01 Nov 7, 2007, 10:06:00 AM
It's really interesting. I admire you people who can paint with oils! :D

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Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

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