This
week I ordered some oil bars and they should be arriving soon. I have worked in acrylics for the past 20+
years, so I’m looking forward to dabbling in oil paints again. The plan is to use a few of the larger
canvases I have in my inventory for large scale heart paintings…I’m thinking
they will be more along the lines of abstractions when completed, but that may
change.
The
oil bars are a little different than using traditional oil paint in that the
paint isn’t as fluid/soft as it is coming out of a tube and they can be used
for drawing applications very easily OR they can be applied traditionally with
a brush. Here is a link to oil bars if
you want to get a visual of them: http://www.winsornewton.com/na/shop/oil-colour/oilbar
I
originally started off using oil paints in high school, but stopped after 6
years for two specific reasons: 1) Paint
thinners & additives started making me very nauseous and loopy when I used
them and 2) Acrylics seemed to fit the way I painted
better, which at that time was in very thin layers. I’m intending to use the oil bars more like
markers and forego additives if I can.
There are “odorless” paint thinners and mediums on the market, but just
because you can’t smell the fumes, doesn’t mean they aren’t there.
This weekend I will be starting to
get ready for Christmas by priming crosses that I will paint as gifts for
friends and family. (If they turn out
ok.) I should be able to post pics of the process
as I go along. It’s hard to believe how
quickly the year has flown by, huh?
The Heart Series is still in
motion, but no pics or videos are ready right now.
I was working on heart word/theme associations yesterday….here’s the
list so far: hope, hopeful, hungry, thirsty, satisfied, calm, peaceful,
tranquil, nervous, anxious, perplexed, doubtful, hard, gentle, kind, loving,
love, soft, bold, brave, sour, bitter, sweet, rough, diseased, fast, slow,
lost, courageous, smart, dumb, foolish, silly, beautiful, ugly, plain, exotic,
humble, sad, happy, joyful, proud, evil, deceitful, bland, trustful, trusting,
true, cold, cool, caloused, torn, twisted,
bound, wounded, hurt, hurting, healed, energized, loving, young, old, sympathetic,
expressive, musical, purposeful, honorable, holy, perfect, light, brilliant, pure...
A Funny Realization
I hung out with my aunt over the
weekend and as we were scanning chanels for something to watch we came across a
Heart concert on MTV. Without a doubt Heart
has been one of my favorite bands for a very long time. I remember listening to their albums my aunt
and uncle had back in the early 80s when I was a little kid. Several of their songs could easily go along
with The Heart Series…as a soundtrack if you will. Hmmm…I may have to explore
that more and look into copyright stuff for using their music. ???