My first oil painting

Jaepheth · Post by **Jaepheth** » 2008-05-20 04:52am

Well, this is my first completed attempt at painting oil on canvas. I made a couple mistakes, but I think overall it's pretty good.

Once I get it in the frame I'm making, I think it'll look even better. (Will update with more photos then)

The Grim Squeaker · Post by **The Grim Squeaker** » 2008-05-20 05:18am

Very nice, are you going for a plain frame? Wooden?

Bounty · Post by **Bounty** » 2008-05-20 05:28am

Romanticism lives! Very nice work. Are there any artists in particular that inspired you?

Jaepheth · Post by **Jaepheth** » 2008-05-20 05:36am

My dad does oil painting as a hobby.

What inspired this particular painting, though, was a Chinese poem by Li Bai which I first encountered while playing Alpha Centauri.

All the birds have flown up and gone
The last cloud slowly drains away
We sit together, the mountain and I
Until only the mountain remains.

I'm going to do the poem in illuminated calligraphy and have it in the bottom portion of the frame. The frame is being made from wooden molding I got at a hardware store on which I'll use a medium dark, reddish stain.

Shroom Man 777 · Post by **Shroom Man 777** » 2008-05-20 06:35am

Goddamn awesomeng!

TheMuffinKing · Post by **TheMuffinKing** » 2008-05-20 01:24pm

Very cool. I second the question about the frame.