Kosjirat Oil

[MurrayG]

Hi folks. Picked up some oils today for the first time in ages. Plein air with a limited palette, I couldn't get my oil bottle open so it's basically a turps "watercolour". Was fun to have change from duties.
On heavy watercolour paper sealed with acrylic, mostly Windsor oils.

 

[Artyczar]

WOW! The details are excellent. Well done!

 

[MurrayG]

Thanks Ayin. Nice to hold a brush again.
Ah, forgot, 12x9 inches.

 

[Donna T]

Very impressive, Murray! I’m glad you didn’t let an obstacle ruin your chance to paint this and I hope to see more oils from you.

 

[MurrayG]

Thanks Donna, finally got the oil bottle open, was gunked up with age.

 

[Grapes]

Murray, excellent! Interesting light! This structure is very challenging to paint as pleinair, been there, tried to paint one earlier ... Which do you like better oils or pastels?

 

[MurrayG]

Hi Grapes. It's such a prominent peak here. It faces the sea, facing south so the sun moves across it's face. Light changes so quickly and exposes different crags, ravines gulley's etc making it hard. BTW, The photo of the painting is not quite white balanced.
I love oils, but they often limit me with speed (drying etc) unless I do the "glazes" , impasto while beautiful to me, I have less experience working wet. Pastels are wonderful but have their own limitations such as ease of carting boxes around instead of 6-8 tubes.
Oil offers me a "interpretive precision", but pastels give me speed, vibrancy, and pretty good detail. I love both, just more stuck on pastels ATM. I will always turn to pastels, but sometime the oils or watercolour calls.... Problem is getting back into it after a break

 

[Hermes2020]

I did a white balance. Is this more like the original?

 

[MurrayG]

I did a white balance. Is this more like the original?

Hi Hermes, yes, that's more like it.
I took the photo late in the day and the light was tinted. Thank you for the work.
I hope folk are not put off. It was a spur of the moment painting and "sketchy" not able to use some oil.....