Hello Everybody!

For the next five days I will post one stage in my 5 stage method of creating a painting with oil paint.

This is the painting I will be discussing the stages from;

Me photographed with the painting.

The finished painting. ''Summer morning'' oil on panel, sized 100 x 80 cm.

To read the first three stages, here is a link to the previous posts;

https://steemit.com/art/@mayasky/my-5-stages-of-painting-in-oils-that-never-let-me-down-stage-1-the-big-proportions

https://steemit.com/art/@mayasky/my-5-stages-of-painting-in-oils-that-never-let-me-down-stage-2-massing-in-the-big-areas-of-value

https://steemit.com/art/@mayasky/my-5-stages-of-painting-in-oils-that-never-let-me-down-stage-3-breaking-up-the-big-areas

My whole life I've enjoyed painting and drawing. I have experimented with all kinds of different mediums like watercolor, acrylics, gouache, charcoal, pencil and for the past ten years of my life, oils.

This post is written just as much for myself as for anyone who enjoys the world and process of artistic expressions! In this series I will talk about five stages I go through more or less every time I make a painting. The same "recipe" is also applicable in portraiture or still life painting.

So, lets start!

So far I've been talking about getting in the big proportions, massing in the big areas of value and yesterday I talked about breaking up the big areas. Today I will be talking about what comes next!

So lets get going on stage 4!

Stage 4 - time to start turning the form

In the forth stage it is time to start bringing in those details and turning the form!

In this stage I do like to work wet on wet which means that compared to before when I am jumping around the whole canvas I start to select areas that I work on one at the time.

For example in the picture above I painted one session on the sky, then one on the rocks then one on the mountain. Painting wet on wet makes it easier to work with subtle value shifts and model the form.

Above you can see stage 4 with more modeling and details compared to the more general stage 3.

So there you have it, stage 4! :)

Stay tuned for tomorrows last and final stage 5; Finishing up!

If you have any questions or thoughts about my process or about oil painting give me a shout! Talking about art always brings me joy!

I hope you're all having a wonderful and creative day!

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