One Hour Oils

Tonight's model was Kayla with a Bavarian theme.
I have been doing so much graphite lately, which I love, but it's good to mix things up a bit.

When I was in college I liked using china markers, and I have a bunch so I figured why not.

They are softer than I remember which I don't like, not even sharpened.  I think maybe they are better for larger work.  These are the 2 7 minute poses.

For the 20 minute I switched over to a graphitint pencil which I usually like but this is an awkward drawing.

What I really wanted to do tonight was see if I could get a painting done in an hour.

This is a re-used 8x10, Zorn palette. (I love the Zorn palette!)

While this painting has issues, it's better than the one I did last week, and for one hour on something I'm not good at, I was pleased.  The time limit is really difficult but good in that it forces efficiency.
It's a sketch, it's very difficult to do in that time, and I want to get better.

One Hour Oils

I oil-primed a bunch of old panels the other day to re-use for these studies.  I did fight with the surface a lot, it was very absorbent for some reason. Not what I would expect from oil primed.
It's possible I oil primed an old clayboard, those are awful for oils.

Friday I'll try again on a re-used oil primed panel, it shouldn't eat the oil like this panel did... makes it hard to move the paint around. If my Friday panel does that. I'll know it's the Gamblin oil primer.