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I am relatively new to oil painting, so this is more like an experiment to see how the surface will react.
I took some pictures of poppies outside that were looking like this :
This is the starting point of my painting, because this is a test I will try a simple design and see what happens.
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I am drawing some poppies on my yupo paper, I always like the crisp look of pencil on the yupo paper .
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I start painting with my oil paintings diluted in turpentine for the outlines of my poppies, with purple paint, I add a bit of red in some places for variety. I then stat working on the flowers with a mix of red and yellow. The paint is adhering very well to the paper and it's a very pleasant to work with oils on such a slick surface.
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I keep on working on the flowers, trying to blend colors and define shapes. Because oil paint takes so long to dry, some of the outline is merging with the orange of the flowers but I like that effect. I mix my paint with a medium I made (half turpentine, half linseed oil) to make it more workable.
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I keep on working on the flowers and starts with the background. I could wait for the paint to dry before working on the background to make it easier, but I think that might be a too long wait. On the background I work with a mix of white, blue and green paint. Painting the background causes the outlines to blur, which I found a nice effect as well. Sgraffito works well on yupo so I am taking advantage of this to scratch some paint on the petals.
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The finished painting :
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After more than one year, the painting still looks great, no crack. bright colors and the paper is the same. |