I painted last night! With oils! First time ever - helped that it was monochrome so that my charcoal habits were transferable.
I was anxious for no reason. Thanks for the encouraging words the other day, @CountZero @eylul and @Curator
@jdb @CountZero @eylul @Curator I used to love painting with oils. Got very out of practice teaching Elementary (no toxic solvents allowed in school) and focusing on photography/digital art instead.
@theartguy I was amazed by all of the health and safety precautions. I can see why you can't do this with kids.
@theartguy @jdb @CountZero @Curator gouache or acrylic?
@jdb @CountZero @Curator oh no I meant as alternative for @theartguy who mentioned the toxic solvent issue. ;)
(too many conversations)
@eylul @jdb @CountZero @Curator Ah, neither. Dick Blick makes silkscreen inks designed to be water soluble. The painting lab didn't switch away from oils, though.
@eylul @theartguy @CountZero @Curator Oil. Even though I was the only first-time student in the class, I think the idea, along with figuring out tones, was to introduce working with mediums and solvents.
Next week: the Zorn palette!