Straight Painte

 Both for the artist and the viewer; a work lives for a long time - therefore patience in execution of an artwork pays off over and again even if just by a few viewers. It is worth practicing form:

Light and dark colour of any hue on the palette can be combined to practice in order to get fluency of brush combined with accuracy of eye. Proportions can be evasive in anatomy. I like face painting on canvas.

Distance between eyes, length of nose, upper lip to lip, lower lip to chin and jaw to cheekbone width. Again, it is only with practise that one can become a fluent painter.

With patience, figure drawing from the imagination can become realistically proportioned, which requires a different stance of technique approach than model drawing.

A strong impression in the mind may want to be painted from memory. There may be a few variations or many, until one hits the jackpot so to speak, so again, I speak of the discipline of painting structure in the planning stage, because inevitably time is of a premium, and a self-taught artist can spend many a productive hour practising and experimenting without realizing the time constraints. Needless to say, this can be a bit hard on one's budget if a householder or student, unless otherwise endowed - as painting still has to be able to bring in an income, in order to validate the time spent.

 Drawing in paint may not appeal to everyone, but to some the fluidity of the brush in Turpentine (Pine) and oil paint is second to no other experience. Much solitude is needed for this practice, for the paint has a certain drying time, and the completed format should be done before this has happened. 

 The ensuing results can be very rewarding if the paint consistency and quality does not fade or change.