Research for Breadth 9 and 10

For our 5th in class assignment we are painting a still life in oil paints with an underpainting in acrylic. I experimented over the summer with oil paint and I really enjoy painting with it. We have been using gamasol and linseed oil to speed the drying of things. I actually really like how it makes the paint thinner and easier to spread out, and quicker to dry on the upper layers. I love using a palette knife to put texture into the piece.I have been looking at Trisha Lamoreaux http://emptyeasel.com/2008/02/26/the-art-of-texture-impasto-oil-paintings-by-trisha-lamoreaux/) .

I have been looking at Jean-Baptiste-Simeon Chardin http://www.lib-art.com/artgallery/10081-portrait-of-giovanni-arnolfini-and-jan-van-eyck.html).