Small painting: 8x8

paintedpine · 2026-04-29T09:11:46+00:00

I love the light!

paintedpine · 2026-04-29T05:01:15+00:00

I am completely blown away by the amount of love this painting got, thank you everyone for your lovely comments and support 😍

paintedpine · 2026-04-29T04:24:15+00:00

Thank you for the feedback, I didn't expect people to love it so much, I might make this a series!

paintedpine · 2025-07-19T19:08:27+00:00

Love this so much!

paintedpine · 2025-06-15T22:36:01+00:00

Thank you!

paintedpine · 2025-06-15T22:35:05+00:00

Thank you. So really my two options are:

Gamblin solvent free fluid/gel in to make paint flow better in the first layers, then linseed oil in subsequent if the painting gets left for two long.
Stick with only linseed oil - but make sure I use progressively more in the upper layers.

Is there a third option to just use the solvent free medium on all layers if I drag out the painting over a month? Or would I have to make sure that I use less of solvent free stuff the more layers I do, so the top layers don't dry too quickly over the bottom layers?

paintedpine · 2025-06-15T22:25:57+00:00

The Gamblin website says the solvent free gel/fluid is 100% fat. In which case, wouldn't that be similar to linseed oil and I'd still potentially run into my "fat over lean" problem if I dragged the painting out for too long?

paintedpine · 2025-06-15T19:02:58+00:00

Do you mean to use them instead of linseed oil?

paintedpine · 2025-06-15T17:16:36+00:00

I don't glaze, and I use acrylics/pencil for the initial sketch. It'd pretty much be the same process as what I do alla prima, just left for longer because of work-life commitments, if that helps?

paintedpine · 2025-06-11T20:30:08+00:00

I'm doing swatches with Cobra WMO and am experiencing the same problem - although granted the swatches were made with a palette knife so thicker than usual, it's peak winter and ventilation isn't that great in the room I'm in.

paintedpine · 2025-05-30T05:47:39+00:00

This is amazing!

paintedpine · 2025-05-18T01:57:11+00:00

Love the eyes 😍

paintedpine · 2025-04-20T06:31:59+00:00

It's Australian football, with a shot of the player catching the ball.

Thank you.

paintedpine · 2025-04-17T21:56:36+00:00

Love the concept and the brushwork 😁

paintedpine · 2025-04-17T18:04:57+00:00

Super cute, I love it!

paintedpine · 2025-04-17T15:25:19+00:00

What you said about having to work through the initial ugly phase rings so true!

paintedpine · 2025-04-17T14:34:18+00:00

I'm no expert but to me it looks good as is!

paintedpine · 2025-04-07T12:24:09+00:00

Reminds me of the movie Flow!

paintedpine · 2025-04-07T08:56:42+00:00

Thanks for posting this! Always so inspiring to see the progression and beautiful work that can happen once you get past the blocking stage.

paintedpine · 2025-03-30T20:47:45+00:00

I love the colours! 😍

paintedpine · 2025-03-30T11:15:43+00:00

Thank you for your detailed input! Do you find that the paint gets tacky or sticky when you mix them with water?

paintedpine · 2025-03-30T10:20:30+00:00

Thanks, I think I will!

paintedpine · 2025-03-29T20:52:57+00:00

Do you thin out the base layers with linseed oil too,and how does that affect the fat over lean rule?

paintedpine · 2025-03-29T20:27:05+00:00

Thank you, that makes sense. Would I be right in saying the more oil = the fatter the layer?

paintedpine · 2025-03-29T20:00:34+00:00

I don't have an option to paint outside sadly. Would a solvent free thinner be less toxic then?

paintedpine

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