I was anxious to try out oil paints. I've never used them before, never taken a class so my hands were a bit shakey at first. I've been wanting to try palette knife painting - no brushes, just palette knives. So I watched a couple of You Tube videos and jumped right in. Now I was completely surprised at the cost of oil paints, so I only bought a tube of red, green, yellow, blue, and white and had to mix the colors that I needed. I also painted wet onto wet so some colors mixed right on the canvas. I don't think my very first attempt is too awful, but I really would like to take a couple of classes - I'm going to try to do at least one oil painting per month and see how I improve. Of course pastels is still my favorite. I read that a palette knife painting could take up to a month to dry depending on how thick the paint was applied. I'll let you know - I applied the paint super thick!
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