Atmosphere

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Wonderfully atpospheric Val-Irene

Posted by Heather Love on Fri 04 Jun 15:01:59

Excellent drama going on here!

Posted by Alan Bickley on Fri 04 Jun 15:56:44

Superb

Posted by Richard Cox on Fri 04 Jun 16:18:15

very nice

Posted by Sunanda Bhattacharya on Fri 04 Jun 16:26:11

Beautifully atmospheric, love the rich colours

Posted by David Johns on Fri 04 Jun 16:50:15

Super Val-Irene.

Posted by Denise Cat on Fri 04 Jun 16:51:37

So Turneresque and the light on the horizon is the icing on the cake.

Posted by Carole Kelly on Fri 04 Jun 16:54:24

Full of drama and depth of colour Val-Irene.......beautiful.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Fri 04 Jun 16:59:42

That darks and lights combination all works really well Val-Irene. Nice job...

Posted by Jim Morris on Fri 04 Jun 17:36:36

Lovely atmospheric work.

Posted by Stephen Slater on Fri 04 Jun 18:21:56

You can glaze with acrylics - and people say they're easier than oils.... only if you don't know what you're doing with either! I think (and I find!) that achieving a result like this in acrylic is extremely difficult - the paint just doesn't work this way. Here indeed is where oil paint comes into its own - which is a long-winded way of saying I agree with you: building up with oil glazes (difficult enough, God knows) gives you a softness and luminosity that I really don't think you can get with any other medium.

Posted by Robert Jones, NAPA on Fri 04 Jun 20:19:32

Incredibly atmospheric Val, so much luminosity and rich in colour. I have recently invested in Cobra water soluble oils, i hope in time i can achieve such wonderful results as yourself.

Posted by christopher lawton on Fri 04 Jun 20:26:44

Thank you all for you comments. Yes I agree Robert - acrylics can achieve some degree of depth with glazes but I am just a fan of oils. My daughter uses acrylics so well but in a very different way to the way I use oils. I just love the blending. thanks again all of you.

Posted by Val-Irene Robertson on Fri 04 Jun 20:31:14

Nice painting Val, super colouring

Posted by David Pilgram on Sat 05 Jun 07:05:45

Thank you all very much. Christopher, I have been painting for many years and have taught art on and off and I have developed a favourite way of painting. - I like the water based oils for environmental reasons as I do not like and now do not use turps. I use a mix of linseed oil or poppy oil with gamsol or zest. Good luck with the water based oils - they dry quicker and you can use glazes. I prefer them to acrylics. I have also used egg tempera - good as an underpainting.

Posted by Val-Irene Robertson on Sat 05 Jun 08:52:12

Very Turneresque and softly atmospheric

Posted by Hilary Forbes on Sat 05 Jun 09:11:25

Stunning.

Posted by Ellen Mooney on Sat 05 Jun 12:07:42

I do like these types of paintings of yours.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 05 Jun 14:28:06

Thankyou for the extra advice Val, i have cobra painting medium but will get a bottle of Linseed oil to go with them. Chris

Posted by christopher lawton on Sat 05 Jun 20:46:57

Really striking Val -Irene

Posted by Chrissie Havers on Fri 18 Jun 14:29:34

Your pic is lovely 😍

Posted by Faye Patrick on Sun 20 Jun 14:48:46

Hang on Studio Wall

04/06/2021

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I am still catching those evening sunsets. I know it's so similar to others but I get a bit stuck on a theme sometimes.Can't resist it especially when I work on it with glazes in oils to get that richness in colour. I have tried all sorts of media and still think the only way to achieve the look I want is to build up layers of oil glazes.

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Val-Irene Robertson

My passion is atmosphere, light, Colour and drama. Love all media and experimenting. Influenced by the great Turner and in modern day Peter Wileman.

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