Spider plant with fruit

Now this really exploits the nature of the medium: oil paint lets you build up these impasto touches, so you can almost sculpt at the same time as you paint. I like the bold use of blue here, too.<br /><br />Have you used conventional oils before? If so, I wonder how you feel the water-soluble oils compare?

This is how I would love to paint ......beautiful work.

Thank you Robert for your nice comment. I have only ever used oil based paints till now ,this is my first use of water soluble paints. I found it impossible to dilute the paints with water as the hog brushes lost their &#39;springiness&#39; so to thin the paint I used what I had which was linseed oil. and this gave the paint an &#39;oily&#39; quality which is quite nice. Water is used to wash the brushes only so it is less messy and less odours. Actually I did consciously try to sculpt and &#39;feel&#39; the form of the fruit. surprised you picked up on this!<br />

Thank you Fiona. Feel complimented by your comment , you are a very good artist.