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ordinarydoodles · 9 months ago

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I don't know, man. I signed up for this big 3-month oil painting class and it got canceled the day it was supposed to start. Since I already have the class time set aside every week, I decided to just try and learn to paint my own damn self.

I don't know how to work the oils and I keep smearing things. My colors are muddy and my values are nonexistent. Nothing is coming out remotely how I want it. I had to switch to acrylics because I realized I straight up don't know the basic principles of painting, period.

But I did a value study of a skull that turned out better than any skull I've drawn before.

#i can spot a dozen anatomical mistakes without trying #i spent a hour attempting to paint the folds in the cloth behind it and it came out so bad i just painted over everything #I'm having fun #I'm gonna try to paint the skull from a different angle next #my art #my paintings #learning how to paint is a life goal of mine #youtube has been helpful but not as much as you'd think #i finally found an intro to oils lecture recorded from an art school that finally helped

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