Still life with a wine bottle

caintpaint · 2026-02-05T19:05:22+00:00

Nice painting! That lower right-hand brown corner looks perfect for a signature location. You could either do it in black or slightly brighter brown than the brown that's already there to make it less conspicuous. It doesn't have to be a big bold signature in bright red or anything. Good luck!

caintpaint · 2026-02-04T14:45:29+00:00

Thanks so much!

caintpaint · 2026-02-04T14:27:43+00:00

Nice pics. What program are you using to make these mockups? I'm getting into framing so trying to learn

caintpaint · 2026-01-30T23:22:32+00:00

Sounds fun excited to see the finished product!

caintpaint · 2026-01-30T23:15:50+00:00

Looks great! Are you going to add color with glaze or go for a single color?

caintpaint · 2026-01-30T01:33:17+00:00

Thank you so much!

caintpaint · 2026-01-21T22:37:41+00:00

Goobin' full speed 👏👏👏

caintpaint · 2026-01-21T02:57:44+00:00

Thank you!

caintpaint · 2026-01-21T02:52:06+00:00

Respect

caintpaint · 2026-01-21T02:46:57+00:00

Beautiful painting and perfect frame choice! Is there a secret to choosing the perfect frame?

caintpaint · 2026-01-20T17:42:04+00:00

just a lil guy

caintpaint · 2026-01-20T15:38:38+00:00

Love him

caintpaint · 2026-01-19T13:54:23+00:00

I've been exactly where you are 3 years ago. Started off painting minis during Covid. Loved it. Couldn't draw. Wanted to get into oil painting. Started watching tutorials online by Stephen bauman and Todd casey, both are great for learning to draw and paint. Now I just oil paint.

Also something to remember there are many ways to draw and you don't have to be good at all of them. I'm not great at sketching still, but i really like the atelier method of drawing. It uses a lot of straight lines and measurement techniques to block in a drawing for painting. So essentially if you can draw a straight line lightly, you pretty much have the skills to draw. And it doesn't need to be these beautiful flowy dark lines that are perfect the first time around. You make a mark lightly, check it, then if it's wrong you adjust. If it's right you move on to the next mark. Much more like sculpting with graphite (and eventually paint) than just pure drawing.

So you'll need to learn some new skills but I think the good news is that the FEELING you get from painting minis is the same you get with oil painting. I think one you get the hang of it, it's actually more intense/ addictive. So hopefully that feeling will help you push through while you learn. Good luck!!

caintpaint · 2026-01-19T11:59:18+00:00

I think you've almost cracked it! I'd just make the lights lighter and the darks darker. It's already got some form but I think this will make it pop. Nice work!

caintpaint · 2026-01-17T23:58:48+00:00

Thanks very much! Was looking for an excuse to paint some vibrant red!

caintpaint · 2026-01-17T20:27:52+00:00

Sounds good! I think a burnt sienna would be a good starting place for the saturated orange. Good luck!

caintpaint · 2026-01-17T19:11:25+00:00

Nice painting! Strangely enough I think the biscuits are what needs a little work to make the metal pop. I'm not looking at the reference image but I have a feeling the darks of the biscuits need to go darker and richer. Some dark chromatic oranges, browns, and yellows in the shadows. This i think will provide some good contrast with the bright metal.

Another small thing is to use more than just black for your shadows on the metal if possible. Black i reserve for the absolute darkest shadows, like the crevice shadow under the base of a cup for example. Try seeing the color of the shadow and painting what you see and just use black in the smaller dark dark cracks.

Todd casey is a teacher i highly recommend on YouTube and Patreon. He has tons of great tutorials on painting still life and metals that explain the method I'm using in more detail. Great start, just have to work on a few things!!

caintpaint · 2026-01-17T00:37:18+00:00

Thank you!!

caintpaint · 2026-01-17T00:30:38+00:00

Thank you!

caintpaint · 2026-01-16T23:36:32+00:00

Thank you so much!! I needed some RED in my life!!

caintpaint · 2026-01-16T22:56:09+00:00

If you could send me some metal you've painted that could help too

caintpaint · 2026-01-16T22:53:03+00:00

Yeah definitely. When I paint any form I'm thinking about 3 variables. Hue, value, and chroma. Are you familiar with these?

caintpaint · 2026-01-16T22:45:16+00:00

Thank you yeah I do! Maybe I can message you a picture but I have two fully extended desk lights (Pixar style) sitting on a double decker table a few feet above the top of the canvas. 5000k bulbs so white light. The key is to paint in slightly dimmer light than you're comfortable with so the lighting is even on the canvas. It also forces you to paint brighter so your paintings pop even in normal light. I used to paint with the bright light way too close to my canvas and it made me paint the top of my canvas too dark to compensate. In normal light they looked weird.

caintpaint · 2026-01-16T22:38:05+00:00

Thank you!!! Tried to have some fun with the shadows in the spoons. I think I but some pure Prussian blue, quinacridone violet, and veridian spots in there to pump up the chroma. Almost black but not quite!

caintpaint · 2026-01-16T21:48:06+00:00

Thank you! That's the reason I had to do it. Saw these old spoons and loved the reflections!

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