First Oil Painting of a local Chicken by Allie G

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Well done! You may find oils to be your favourite medium!

I love using oils all for the same reasons, I never use acrylic now except for underpaintings. This is a super chook and I really like your brushwork

I've just realised that oils are wonderful too. Welcome to the club!!

Excellent Allie, especially for a first go with oils. I like your hen very much.

Thank you Marjorie, Heather, Peter and Fiona! Definitely keen to try again, and see how long this takes to dry with the amount of safflower oil I used!

Posted by Allie G on Fri 12 Jun 08:49:49
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11/06/2026
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Having only painted in acrylic before, the muscle memory of wanting to dip my brush into water was hard to break! I do enjoy the richness compared to acrylic paints and it was nice being able to just pick it up in short bursts, compared to acrylic where once the paint is out the tube there is pressure to paint until its finished. Excited to improve in this medium

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Allie G

Based in Scotland, trying to add more art practice into my free time. Historically, I have painted with acrylics, but have been expanding into watercolours and oils, often filling my sketchbooks with drawings in pen and adding colour in watercolour.

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