well does no one talk to each other on here,still waiting for a paintpal.
ive had a busy week planning my next couple of paintings ,i like to start 2 together
so that i dont have to wait while one dries,so im off to do my next drawing,an prepare
my canvas ready to start .

Hi Brush2Strokes! It looks like you're using Oils, hence starting two paintings together; do you prefer to do this, or have you tried the fast Drying Alkyd Oil paints?
Whenever I demonstrate oils, I invariably use Water Thinnable Oils (which also dry faster than conventional oils) as I find that most art groups these days don't like using oils because of the odour - even if the likes of Sanodor is used.
I've never tried them, but I hear good reports about the Interactive Acrylics, as they behave a little like oils.
having said all of the above, I love my Galeria Acrylics!

Good luck and very best wishes,

Steve Williams
PA & RSC Wigan area

thankyou steve

I have tried lots of different mediums,but still come back to oils .
not tried alkyd oils yet ,but i sometimes use acryiics as an under painting
but just love the creative bit of mixing my oils straight on to my canvas
when doing a background ,to a painting usually with my favourite music
playing in the background,.

brenda

Hi Brenda! I think that many artists paint to music and I'm no different. I have a huge mix of music; everything from Vivaldi to Transvision Vamp! I agree that there's nothing quite like oils for blending and mixing, but as I'm quite a quick and loose painter, I find Acrylic easy to blend on the canvas too. When I do Acrylic Demonstrations and Workshops, I use SAA (Watercolour) Practice Paper to keep my costs down as I do so many.
However, I still maintain that if Acrylics would have been available then, Leonado would have used them!

Good to hear from you and keep up the painting!

Very best wishes,

Steve Williams
PA & RSC Wigan area

Hi Steve
Ive had a look at some of your paintings ,is that near you did you paint from photos,
there very good ,I entered the saa competition as well again this year I didnt do as well as you
but 4 of my paintings were comended and progressed to the later stages,which as motivated
me to start on next years competition,I submitted 14 lol so ill have to get cracking,some were
pastels dogs portraits ,which i have only started to use this year.


brenda

Hi Brenda, Very well done for getting commended and past even the first hurdle! I do paint from life as well as from photos, and the Liverpool paintings were all do from photos I took on one day, and as I've done a lot of travelling, I have cupboards full of reference photos.
I look forward to seeing one of your paintings reach the finals in a future AOTY competition.

Thanks and very best wishes,

Steve Williams
PA & RSC Wigan area

Hi steve
Thats one of my biggest problems ,is to find the kind of subjects to paint
my photography is just about passable,I find some on internet and take
photos when i can ,as im not great yet with the computor ive at last put a
few of my paintings on my profile , thankyou for your replys.

brenda