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Bill Wiist
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Today's mystery man isn't quite as much a MrE.
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Dave Braun
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Nice portraits Bill! So you like the water sol oils? I've never used them - How do they compare to normal oils? Do they feel like painting with oils? Do they dry slower than acrylics? I have been tempted to switch to a water based paint to save time, but I love the way oils feel and love mixing on the canvas.
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Arc Carlton
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Your best yet Arc! _________________________ Really? Thank you John. It's kind of rough looking and not as clean as previous sketches but I guess it is charming anyway. Bill: Those are very good portraits .
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Nice one Arc - its great that you're not afraid to tackle these multi figure compositions.
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Bill Wiist
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Here's the completed Mr T. I've begun to add a bit of a background. I may wind up doing the entire team before it's over, but before I do there's one or two other projects waiting for my attention.
DAVE: Wish I could answer your question, but I actually haven't painted with real oils since high school, and I wasn't any good with them then. I'm working with these as a way in to the real thing. They do dry much, much slower than acrylics. I do love how creamy and blendable they are.
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Nice Mr T Bill! Sounds like the water sol oils are worth a try. I think that if you like the creamy, blendable qualities of the sol oils then you will love real oils. I think the hardest thing about working with oils is that you really need a good understanding of color mixing, which it looks like you do, to avoid getting muddy colors. The good news is, like every other other paint medium, if you arent happy with any part if it you can paint right over it when it dries. Also, with oils it is easier to scrape or wipe off any paint you dont like since it dries so slowly. I do a lot of glazing with oils and tend to use a very non archival amount of medium in the paint - this way it dries overnight and is ready for the next layer. They will be cracked and falling off the canvas in 100 years but they will look amazing 'til then!
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Bill Wiist
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Yeah, I need to study up on how to glaze with oils and to achieve various effects with different brushes. I do think this is where I'm headed because I haven't been 100% happy with other mediums I've worked in. I began my jounrey with prisma colors, graduated to watercolors, then have been working for several years now in acrylics. So this is th next stage in my evolution.
EDITED TOADD: These do tend to get muddy pretty quick, but it's probably because I'm using a very cheap brand to practice with. It's Reeves. The set cost me under ten bucks.
Edited by Bill Wiist on 08 January 2010 at 1:16pm
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Bill Wiist
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I'm using founding father William Whipple as the basis for this painting. So far, I've just used a thick brush (seen in this photo) with quick strokes to block in the colors. Again, I'm finding that these oils just beat acrylics hands down in ease of use. I also love being able to get nice brush strokes for a change. I'm running out of titanium white, though, so my oil painting will soon be ending until I can get to an art shop. The colors are better, and I'm able to blend better and get finer line work. The other tihng that's cool is I'm not beholden to an underdrawing. So I think that'sgiving the portraits more life.
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Here is a detail of a painting in progress using tons of glazing - the color in this image is not very accurate - too red, but u get the idea
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Wow, very cool!
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thanks!
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