This is an oil painting I did entirely en plein air, it’s 18/24” on canvas. Took me a few days of returning to the same location in the same light. Feel free to critique in any way, thanks!

https://preview.redd.it/uzv4r1v1om7e1.jpg?width=1848&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=3d042cf53739db0d03e1a9f71912d029ba145029

Hello, I’m working on my first oil painting in many years(I’m a water color artist) and I’m wondering if I start a layer and don’t have the ability to finish it at that moment can I just jump back in a day later and finish the layer up without being any issues?

Does the painting have to be wet still? All I’m using right now is walnut alkyd medium. Any suggestions for anything else to add to that for more flow? I heard walnut oil is good. Also worried about how much medium to add to each layer. I used about a drop or two for each inch of paint as it suggests but how much is too much to add to the next layer?

This is my first attempt at oil painting (and it’s still a work in progress). I haven’t felt confident enough to use color, which is a pity because she has such stunning red hair 🧡 Any thoughts? (or tips for a newbie)

The reference photo is by Anastasiya Dobrovolskaya (credits to her amazing work!)

This is one of my earlier paintings and it's full of mistakes that I'm now aware of, but at that time I considered it my best work and it was an invaluable lesson in many areas of painting.

Oil on panel. 42x60cm

This is a commission for a painting of my client’s granddaughter. I’d love any feedback for elements of the painting you like and I could improve on before she collects the piece this week.

I’ve been sharing my current portrait series here done from life. I am curating a group exhibition called Corpus and as part of the show the public is invited to pose for a portrait painting that is done in on 3 hour session. Also wanted to say huge thanks for your kind words and support in my past posts, it is very much appreciated!

Recreation of a section of The Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel. I've always loved this piece and thought I'd try recreate a portion of it. This is my first time creating a portrait using oils (I've been using oils for a few months now mainly for landscapes) so it was fun to experiment and any feedback is appreciated! ⭐

It was originally done to experiment whether I preferd using a canvas or more board/paper materials to create portraits with oils on. I definitely prefered the paper like material as I found the canvas was more difficult to work with and the paint seemed to move too easily off it in a way, not sure if anyone else has had a similar experience or if I'm just doing something wrong? Either way the paper I found alot easier, and made it feel more like acrylics when layering (which I was more used to) while still blending like oils. Not sure if I've just got to practice more with oils however.

A lot more I could have done with the background but I feel pretty good about this one.

Im still a beginner so please lmk if there’s stuff I can improve on! I found my reference on Pinterest if anyone’s wondering, link is here: https://au.pinterest.com/pin/991354936727308199/

#1 of a series I'm doing based on photos shared by people of r/DrawMeNSFW

Scarecrow / Dummy theme

I used a Low odour thinner for student grade paint, I let the residue sit down on the bottom of the jar and recycle the solvents. I was wondering will it affect negatively if I use the same solvent for artist grade paint ?

i might be overthinking this but I'm curious..