Patrice @patricepoly@mastodon.art

Hello ! I'm a french painter, all new here. Making my first steps to discover Mastodon and the mastodon.art community :)

Here is a #portrait study in #oils that I made last week

credits : https://www.deviantart.com/faestock/art/Sitting-Princess-14-93464365

#oilpainting #art #traditionalart #mastoart

Preliminary drawing for a portrait of my optician. We traded a pair of progressive glasses for an #oil #portrait :-) Isn't that fair of him ? #oilpainting #art #mastoart

Almost done with this one :-) I need to keep repeating myself not to paint every strand of hair but the simplified shape. #oilpainting #portrait #art

I received some amazing handmade brushes from an artisan woman in UK, it feels like I never had real brushes before :-) For the first time I feel like I decide what the brush makes, instead of the opposite. #oilpainting #allaprima #portrait

Painting a study of a readhead. I'm struggling with that hair ! I find it hard to get the right balance between showing the paint work and showing the hair detail. #oilpainting #art #portrait

One year after ;-) I finally finished #sewing my sun shade painting visor :-) It went not so bad, I'm happy of the result. Sliding the wire inside the finished bias binding was the most challenging. The pattern is available on the internets , it is called "lucent visor" . It has a really huge shade #art #painting #atelier

Working on brushstrokes work, copying a #portrait study #allaprima after Jeremy Lipking. Working in wet oil is really cool once you decide it can be :-) #oilpainting #painting #art

For some work project I built #krita from source on the #raspberry pi4 . It works nicely ! https://www.raspberrypi.org/forums/viewtopic.php?f=38&t=288461

Displaying my #painting and #drawing works in the epic setup of the Abbaye de Celles-sur-Belle, together with other nice artists from the region . I feel really lucky ! #art #exhibition

I was invited to display my #paintings together with friends from La Galerie Nomade, in the Abbaye of Celles-sur-Belle, for the week-end of 10 - 11 October. Details on : https://patricepoly.com/expo-a-labbaye-de-celles-sur-belle/ #art #exhibition #oilpainting #mastoart

My paintings are in display at Manu's optician shop "Optique et Cie" in Couhé 86700 France , during September. Manu is not only a great professional, but also a very nice person. https://www.facebook.com/OptiqueCie/ #art #painting #oilpainting #exhibition #opticien #optique&cie

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I just created another account for my ham radio side as @F4INS , as an attempt not to get art followers bored with radio stuff and vice versa . Have a nice sunday everyone :-)

I have just had my first 5 CW QSOs on 20m. Pfew ! That was quite a struggle, but also a real feeling of accomplishment :-) Fortunately the guys were veeeerrryy patient #ham #amateurradio #cw @M0YNG

Printing more #linocut #postcards this afternoon. Will you spot my apprentice ?

Showing my #painting work at an #exhibition in the wonderful Orangerie at La Mothe Saint Heray #art #oilpainting

Almost done with this one. I want to smooth out a few things, and varnish. #oilpainting #fantasy #art #painting #costume #mastoart

Ready made large canvases are too expensive, so I have been making my own stretchers and stretched canvas on it . It has been a nice woodworking moment, and I am happy of the result. #oilpainting #art #mastoart #woodworking