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

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

Trying to paint the air between the model and the viewer. It seems that one way to suggest this is to let the coolness of the light invade shadows. Oil is so nice and friendly to achieve subtle mixes, I don't think other paint materials allow this. #oilpainting #portrait #art #mastoart #light