Fedodika the Koala

[Fedodika]

Okay for the past few days I have been failing at this oil painting; I figured I'd give some insight on the things I fucked up on so any of you who ever try oil painting almost blind we'll have some idea what to do.

Firstly you need to plan out where are your lighter values are because once you have your colors in place it becomes increasingly difficult to layer white on top of those colors without white dragging the color down and just making an off-white color

Secondly you need to understand that a lot of pigments have different transparency which can make it difficult to layer them late in the process. Lemon yellow on top of the colors late in the game and if you put it in a mix it will just kind of disintegrate

Thirdly try to blend your colors on your palette before you put them on the canvas.When you do apply a harsh white highlight you will need the brush to be exceptionally clean. You want your brushstrokes to look scratchy and small. Some good planning in the early phases.

fourthly, you can move things around a little bit early on and get away with it but don't plan on doing it too much. My heavy-handed approach will eventually be charming but right now it looks ugly as shit


These are simply some notes from ya boi diving down the mountain of Art i'm hitting every Rock on the way down, getting every red light, but still trying his best to make it on time

I'm going to try again tomorrow and start fresh since I screwed up this canvas. Another stinker to add 2 fedos pile o shame

And God forbid I get a good photograph of this always some kind of stupid glare or specular even in in the shadows