oil painting demo
You ever struggle painting different kinds of materials, specifically various fabrics, in your oil painting?
Well sometimes I do too.
So let’s figure this one out together! Let’s paint a knit sweater (because I have to figure it out for a commissioned portrait anyways - ha!)
UPDATE: Here it is finished!! I hope by sussing the sweater out on camera it helped us both learn something new:)
12.5.2021
I'm so excited to share my latest 3D oil, mixed media, and resin painting with you! I've been working on 'The Dreaming Witch' for months now and was finally able to ensconce her lovely ferns, petals, and gold leaf flakes in resin just last week.
This is an oil painting on linen with an aerosol background. I used dried ferns and other plants I collected in Hawai'i and Florida, as well as a cruelty-free reproduction moth, with gold leaf flakes scattered about.
I'll have this painting available as a limited edition print with hand embellished gold leaf accents in my Shop for a short time. You can grab yours here.
These prints will only be available as a pre-order for a limited time, and each one will be hand embellished with gold leaf. Grab on today!
3.21.2021
I’m thrilled to share my latest 3D oil painting, ‘Lady Earth’ with you! It’s been a hot minute since I’ve completed an oil painting and it feels soo good!
I feel like so many of my paintings have a Mother Earth/Gaia feel to them so I’m constantly seeking out new ways to express this reoccurring theme. Ninsar is the name of the ancient Sumerian goddess of plants, which translates into English as ‘Lady Earth’… the perfect ceremonial name for my latest muse.
My amazing subject is a force to be reckoned with, yet quiet and serene in her own way, similar to the balance of love and wrath of Mother Earth. She is one who will provide and protect, but will also remind you that you are essentially helpless before her.
Even though this piece is small in stature, she is a monumental presence that will fill any space.
Thank you to my Muse, Toy, for being exactly who you are. @they_call_me_toy
2.14.21
Are you ready for a complete, step-by-step, stroke-by-stroke oil painting demo to REALLY learn how it's done? Do you have a little extra time this holiday season?
Then grab your 5 color simple palette (the one I went over in this video) and print up a color copy of this royalty-free image on my blog here:
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12.27.2020
Enjoy this real time painting demo of a skull today. I am using oil paints on a homemade linen-faced painting block. It's great practice to draw and paint the human skull because it helps break down the structure and components of a face for portrait drawing that you normally wouldn't see.
Here's Part 2 of the live painting Skull demo: [It’s also a great place to jump right in just before I do major work on the facial structure]
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If you’re curious how I made this linen painting panel, check out this older vid that details my process.
6.20.2020
Well folks, I would have to say we are pretty much smack dab in the middle of the most uncertain of times... who would have thought that the biggest enemy of 2020 is shaping up to be human contact?!
The good news is that you are absolutely not alone and so many other artists are having to brave and navigate this strange new COVID-19 world right along with you. You know I've firmly believed that we can all work together as artists to come up and now it's imperative we do so to rise above as well.
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3.28.2020
This latest 3D oil painting features plenty of my favorite plant life media: ferns! There are four different kinds in this work collected during my hikes in O'ahu and while strolling around the grounds at my Artist Residency at the Highlands Art League in Florida. In order to use plants in my work I first press and dry them for at least a month, and I'm always delighted when they keep their color for so long.
The 'orange' part of the 'Orange Daggers' is a certain type of bird of paradise flower that I saw abundantly on da 'aina, however this one that I photographed and painted I actually found on top of a yard waste refuse pile while I was on a morning run. I love the way their super solid petals cup up to form teeny ecosystems of collected rainwater and delicate insects when found in their natural environments.
Last but certainly not least, there is one beautiful and stately French preying mantis surveying the scene. And how do I know this particular preying mantis is French? Well because he unfortunately expired in my apartment while I was staying in Argenton-Chateau for an intensive figure painting atelier in 2015. This lil guy was collected three years before I even began creating my 3D paintings! I'm not sure what I was thinking at the time, I must have just known a perfect specimen such as this would play into my art one day.
Yes! This piece is available for purchase here
3.7.2020
Alrighty now I’m sure you remember this 3D painting from a few months ago from my ‘How to Paint Sheer Lace’ and ‘How to Paint Gold Jewelry That Really Shines’ videos (if not, check ‘em out!), but since I never posted the whole process I figured folks might be interested, especially since there is a tattoo featured on my subject which can be a real challenge to paint!
Seana McCarthy, my muse in this work, is a lovely and unique artist living in New Hampshire. She discovered my work on Instagram probably around a year or so ago and reached out to tell me how she connected with a certain painting in a deep way. Our conversation was so meaningful that as soon as I checked out her page and saw here contemplative, quiet and deep self portrait photography I knew we needed to do a collaboration. Lucky for me, Seana agreed to take a series of new portraits utilizing some dramatic shadow play I love so much, and let me take pick of the litter to paint from before sharing any online.
We are both body-positive artists trying to help foster a world where realistic beauty standards and adoration for each other’s natural selves is celebrated and cherished. It’s been amazing to befriend someone so far away and be able to see eye-to-eye on an artistic venture right from the start. I look forward to meeting one day in person as vanlife brings me around!
This will be the last video created in my Hawai’i studio (kinda bittersweet) so enjoy that little space one more time. I’m actually already moved out of there and am looking forward to picking things back up on the mainland. Cheers to new adventures!!
11.23.2019
Welcome to my latest 3D oil painting, 'Delicate' featuring one seriously creepy scene. The figure and white plumeria flowers are painted in oil, with an aerosol background. The bugs are actually shed cicada exoskeletons (whoa!) and the faux orange flowers spilling down the front made this a super fun piece to create.
How to mix caucasian flesh tones:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfVn2X2NpN8
My vid on making these frames:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJcIFE__tlU
How to layer acrylic resin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxmP_I9gEvM&t=415s
And if you need help photographing your resin work, check this out:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OHu47Ezguw&t=182s
10.25.2019
Well the name pretty much says it all with this new cute lil piece. At only 4x3 inches I believe this may be the smallest oil painting I’ve ever created, and certainly the smallest 3D one for sure!
I incorporated some of my favorite ferns I see on all my Hawai’i hikes. fractal ferns. They are especially sturdy and they seem to hold some color fairly well even after being dried for a few months. I can’t wait to use fern more in the future for these works. There are so many varieties and are some of my fave plants for sure!
Here’s my tutorial on frame-making:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XJcIFE__tlU
And here’s all you need to know about pouring resin:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxmP_I9gEvM&t=415s
9.27.2019
