Round 2 Since I had taken art 4 before, I had already been taught how to use oil paints. Even so, I am not the only person in the class and many of the other student's did not know how to use oil paints. I am glad that I still did the practice oil paintings because it had been a really long time since I last used oils and I needed to warm up. Last year I had painted apples, so the plan was to do other fruit/vegetables. For the oil painting using just brushes I did a pear. I tried to color block, but the pear I had chosen didn't color block well. I got a little frustrated with the pear and I ended up being a little muddy and lacking texture. I liked the background a whole lot though, I liked the look of the brushstrokes and the multiple colors used in the background. Here is the pear from now compared to the apple from last year. I learned not to blend too much with the colors, and to not be shy and use more paint. Oh the palette knife, if you know me, then you know I don't like palette knife paintings. I feel like I have no control on where the paint goes and any potential blending. I love the texture of palette knifes, I just don't like the feeling of using one. My old palette knife painting was an apple, I would barely call it an apple. I quickly muddied up the canvas and for whatever reason my mind was like, "yeah, brown, that's a good idea to use for the background, and oh while you are at it make the leaf orange." As for the pumpkin I painted now it looks so much better than the last time I used a palette knife. Don't get me wrong I do like the pumpkin, but I still didn't like painting with the palette knife.
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