Painted following Bram Bevins' turtorial "Beginner Sunset Painting in Oil" on Youtube.
12x16inch canvas. Acrylic: Cadmium Red Medium. Oils: Liquid Clear, Midnight Black, Cadmium Yellow, Titanium White and Bright Red.
Bram painted his original entirely in oils, but suggested that it could also be done using a layer of red acrylic on the canvas first. This was my first time using Liquid Clear, my first time paintng conifers using a filbert brush instead of a fan and my first time trying to paint a tree with a script liner. I like how it turned out, but I'm really not confident with the script liner. I've tried twirling the brush as I load it, but I never manage to bring it to a sharp point. Maybe I'm missing something. To get the finer grasses down the bottom I had to use a tiny detail brush that I think may be meant for painting miniature models. Any script liner advice would be much appreciated.
I think I'd like to repaint this one in a nice blue some day.
Thanks for replying joha59.
I'm mostly using the Bob Ross Script Liner and thinning the paint with Gamblin's Solvent Free Gel. When you say to bow the hairs of the brush, do you mean when painting or when loading?
Very nice!
when painting!
This is beautiful, I really like the sky!
About doing branches with the liner brush, I have to say it would be very challenging with the gel medium (which I do love with T.white as a base layer for skies). If you're trying to avoid paint thinner, check out Kevin Hill for examples. He does some great branches with just oil. I believe his custom extra-long liner brush helps with this. Personally I have had the most success with paint thinner. Whatever medium you're using to thin your paint for branches, it has be thinned down and loaded to the extent that it is nearly dripping off the brush. Well done with this one!
Thanks Jeffth.
I was trying to avoid thinner. I've heard that it can react strangely with the liquid clear. But I'll give it a go.
ah, that is true. I would avoid thinner when working with liquid clear. You could substitute gel medium instead of liquid clear, the thinner doesn't react with the gel as far as I know.
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You need a script liner with long hairs (sweeper they call it?), you should thin your paint with oil or thinner and you need a lot of practice and patience to become friends with this brush, bow the hairs of the brush and let it slowly come free while getting up -or downwards, but I think the result is wonderful and you could be happy with it!