Illustration & Oil Paints I've had the limiting belief that I had to either be all about oil painting or all about illustration. The truth is that I enjoy both and can do both. The core of who I am as an artist is someone who likes to tell a story. Whether I do that with oil paints or with watercolor is my own choice.
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I just did a drawing of Maea that I really feel is great. I'm super proud of it and I feel like I found my old calling again. I got my garage all set up again for oil painting also. I've also redone my website to match my current aesthetic. I'll be doing some new drawings and paintings coming soon.
I was sketching Maea today while she was asleep and it hit me really hard that I miss oil painting a lot. I miss the pet portraits that I used to do. I miss the power that oil painting has. I really really miss Bouguereau.
For me, a lot of my fascination with art comes from my family. We have a few watercolor paintings around our house that my great aunt did and they really make me proud to be a painter. We also have a few oil painting by my great grandmother, which look eerily like my style; they really look like I could have painted them. Oil painting is so powerful and I truly love some of the paintings that I've done over the years. Especially the painting of my dog, Maea, with a butterfly. I still love illustrating, but it doesn't feel like my fullest potential is being achieved with it. I'm extremely proud of Little Karl, but it's not the same feeling I get when I look at one of my oil paintings. I'll definitely be doing some oil paintings soon and setting up my easel in the garage again. Something you may not guess about me...As much of my training is traditional, I also love creating images on the computer. I was inspired by some snow tracks that birds left outside. I first tried to take a photo of a bird outside, but every bird flies away once I open the door. So, I drew a bird with my alcohol markers and edited a photo to capture the moment of a bird leaving tracks in the snow.
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