First attempt at oil

[Jimmie Arroyo]

Thank you Linda,

I think my biggest problem right now is getting used to making marks with a brush and trying to control it. I have a pretty good sense of anatomy, but translating it with a brush will take time. I may be thinking too much when I paint, which is also a problem I had with pastels. The first pastels I tried, I was happy with, now that I try to control them, I can't. I need to get comfortable knowing how to apply paint, which brush to use and when.

Learning a new medium and understanding it's properties has always presented a challenge, because I get stuck applying the rules from a different medium. Airbrushing had it's own rules, tattooing, pastels, now I have to forget them as I'm painting in oils.

Thanks again.