I have a canvas I began 3 years ago of Australian cliffs and rocks. ( Unfinished I hung it on my wall to force me to keep looking at it every day for inspiration! None came. Today watching your video with a nice hot cup of tea it struck me like a bolt of lightning, it was my values they were all wrong! Plus I had to cool it down it was too hot. ( Even though it was very hot in Australia the day I took that photograph). So it's coming off my wall and onto my easel which happens to be bare at the moment. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT!❤.
No, usually I do with smaller pieces, especially if I'm painting outside, panels are easily transported, and opaque. But for larger sizes in the studio, I use stretched canvases.😊
I've never used charcoal to draw shapes for oil painting, because I don't want to dirty my colors. Do you spray a fixative on your charcoal sketch and let it dry before starting to paint?
No I don't use fixative, I want the charcoal to fall away, or simply be absorbed by the paint. If you use a light touch, or blow off the excess before painting, it's never a problem at all.
@@codydelong1 I think you should spray your new easel with lots of oil or something so you can wipe it clean. It looks so pretty all nice and new and squeaky clean. It is similar to when one gets a new car. lol
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I have a canvas I began 3 years ago of Australian cliffs and rocks. ( Unfinished I hung it on my wall to force me to keep looking at it every day for inspiration! None came.
Today watching your video with a nice hot cup of tea it struck me like a bolt of lightning, it was my values they were all wrong! Plus I had to cool it down it was too hot. ( Even though it was very hot in Australia the day I took that photograph).
So it's coming off my wall and onto my easel which happens to be bare at the moment.
THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR THAT!❤.
Glad you found it useful
No, usually I do with smaller pieces, especially if I'm painting outside, panels are easily transported, and opaque. But for larger sizes in the studio, I use stretched canvases.😊
Good tips. Thanks Cody !
I love your paintings. Do you always paint on panels?
No, I use stretched canvases for bigger sizes
I've never used charcoal to draw shapes for oil painting, because I don't want to dirty my colors. Do you spray a fixative on your charcoal sketch and let it dry before starting to paint?
No I don't use fixative, I want the charcoal to fall away, or simply be absorbed by the paint. If you use a light touch, or blow off the excess before painting, it's never a problem at all.
I’m interested in the question about fixative. It looks like there’s a reply but I can’t read it?
@@DDartlover8888 I can't either!
I can't seem to focus on your painting because your easel is spotless. lol Not a stich of paint on it.
Haha, that's because it's new. The old one had an extra 30 pounds of dried paint I think, lol.
@@codydelong1 I think you should spray your new easel with lots of oil or something so you can wipe it clean. It looks so pretty all nice and new and squeaky clean. It is similar to when one gets a new car. lol
@@reneekroyer5104 That was a temporary easel that I left behind in Brazil. I was using that easel only while visiting the country last summer.
@@codydelong1 Você esteve onde no Brasil. Admiro sua arte. Sou brasileiro.
@@Ducafraga My wife is from Belo Horizante, so I've only been there and a few surrounding areas so far. We live in Portugal though.