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Oil paintings

August 25, 2008 /

Yeehaw! I found the picture of my first oil painting! Remember the one I told you about in my previous post? Sorry the picture was not too good, I was not into photography back then. In real life, it looked so vibrant and striking.

Untitled | Oil on Canvas (2000)

So, the size was 90cm x 90cm. It was so hard painting it as I did not have any experience using oil paints at all. Oil paints were very hard to control for a watercolor person like me. This painting was based on the living room of my then rented apartment. The blue cloth wasn’t supposed to be there but my then housemate, Ida (aka Khemy), thought it would look more artistic. I agreed. That was her skirt. I think this painting was so out of proportion, just look at the clog; bigger than the pot! Haha! There were so many things I would’ve improved! I wasn’t planning to sell it but then a friend of my sister-in-law said she wanted it badly and willing to pay for it, she thought that it suited her living room well. So I bid farewell to this untitled painting.

And oh, the clog! I remember joining an art class one fine Sunday with Suraya, my other then housemate, at the National Art Gallery. We were the only adults in the class! Lol! It was fun painting away with a bunch of already talented children! Below picture was taken few years later after I developed the interest in learning more about photography. The drop shadow was of a round underwear hanger ;P

The clog was all worn now, my mom wears it around the house.

Red Clog (Material: plain clog and acrylic paints)

Anyway, I did two more oil paintings (smaller scale: 40.6cm x 50.8cm) merely to get hold of the medium. These were based on photographs from magazines. I think I need to start practicing again with my own photos.

Bedroom | OIl on Canvas (2000)
Impressionism ala Van-Gogh (tapi tak menjadi!)

Sunset | Oil on Canvas (2000)

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