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23 sats \ 7 replies \ @k00b 22 Oct \ on: Stacker Saloon

I've been drawing with colore pencils (to kind of decompress) and I'm not a fan of the medium. It's too permanent - kind of like hardware vs software. I can't edit or erase so I have to overthink everything before drawing something. Oil paints are still the goat. If only they came in pen form ...

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1 sat \ 6 replies \ @Car 22 Oct

not having an eraser when drawing is how you create your own distinct style, sketch it first, then go over with colors,

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23 sats \ 5 replies \ @k00b 22 Oct

With oil paints I can sketch on the canvas I eventually paint on and in color. With color pencils, I have to either use graphite and erase a lot or do a bunch of studies.

I get it but it's relatively lame.

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71 sats \ 4 replies \ @Car 22 Oct

when i would paint, i would just use graphite paper to just move over the sketch onto the canvas that way i could just get to coloring free form

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1 sat \ 3 replies \ @k00b 22 Oct

Were you using acrylics?

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1 sat \ 2 replies \ @Car 22 Oct

ya mostly

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22 sats \ 1 reply \ @k00b 22 Oct

They dry too fast to edit as much as you can with oils - which is why I like oils.

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1 sat \ 0 replies \ @Car 22 Oct

ya i remember how difficult it was to paint in oils, water coloring always felt like super hard mode for me

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