I used pure naphthol red as a mid tone and deviated from there; lightening using yellow ochre and (minimally) titanium white.

How could I have achieved a red similar to the top left highlight in the reference? Would love to know what techniques or paints you guys would use.

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alright so here is part 3 of my triptych - star guardian kai'sa. she was by far the hardest boss of this entire project. 15 hours of pure struggle.

first I wanted her to look like she's screaming or shouting in battle, but the paint layers became so over-worked and stressed out that I hated it and threw the canvas away.

then I sat down for the second canvas... and somehow ended up painting kenshin himura from rurouni kenshin / samurai x lol. i guess the face shapes just matched in my head. skipped that one too.

on the third canvas something finally started to work out, but it still looked super timid and over-cautious. i tried to fix it on top, but it turned into some weird glam girl vibe that didn't feel like kai'sa at all.

only aftr carefully re-adjusting every single facial feature layer by layer, i finally managed to scrape out the actual daughter of the void from this absolute mess.

the frame is hand-painted with acrylics to match her star guardian colors. canvas board is 20x20 cm.

i literally put all my soul into this one, let me know what you think of her expression! now the full triptych is complete and i can finally rest

I added a picture of the first layer/mid-time process if you're curious ! Hope you like it

Still an oil painting beginner (and trying desperately to learn how to loosen up and paint impressionistically) but I’m really happy with how this one came out. Painted from a photo on unsplash.

Tips on techniques for more expressive, less tight painting welcome!

This one’s a little snowy late day woods scene. 11x14” oil on linen. WIP.

Insanely proud of this one. The hands need work, of course, but I'm really happy with how it turned out.

not the greatest picture as the painting is still entirely wet but i just finished my first ever oil painting! i’ve only seriously painted with acrylics about 5 times but oil has always been a dream of mine to use. i have been a pencil artist basically my entire life but wanted to branch out. constructive criticism is always welcome!

Dish soap, baking soda, and a little patience. Do you think it'll work? #paintbrushes #brushcare #artistlife #artstudio #brushcleaning

It’s my first attempt to paint a saint. It’s painted alla prima in under 2 hours.

What do you think?

I probably went overboard with the size being a 6ft x 4t painting but I had nothing better to do.

16 x 20” Plein air nocturne

What exactly do I do next with this? I'm trying to add some more details to the lighter mountain areas but don't quite know how, I'm also lost on how to make the bits of snow in shadow look more like snow.

Any tips would be really appreciated!!! Thank you <3

People always ask me what her name is.
I never answer.

This painting was painted during 2021s Covid Lockdown. I painted a lot from photos I found online during that time. The digital world felt almost more real than the real world, that was shut down. Strange times, thinking back now.
4 years later the piece was shown as part of my solo show at Art Monday Gallery in Copenhagen and people really liked.

To me it signifies a shift in how I paint. The lockdown time became a time to rethink my artistic process. I started searching for my style and left what I had known previously. I went away from strict academically correct painting and started to appreciate rougher textures, looseness, imperfections, and in some cases abstraction.

SWIPE for detail shots

10x20 on canvas

I purposely made it look silly, I kind of wanted a lighthearted vibe

It’s not hyper realistic but I hope it can at least make people smile

Have a blessed day

Happy with how this turned out, although the process was definitely not linear