When delicacy, softness and femininity are summarized in a photograph

There are as many types of pictures as photographers, even one photographer can develop different styles, but there are some who leave their mark on their work with a style that highlights them and makes them recognizable. This is the case of Anna Sheradon, her photographs reflect delicacy, softness and femininity in an exquisite way. No matter whether it is landscapes, flowers, buildings or nature, she portrays them with supreme harmony and balance.

Her art also includes digital paintings created from her own photographs and abstract images using a variety of creative techniques. 

I invite you to see Anna Sheradon's photograph and click on them to know more about her.

What about oil?

What about oil?

Some think that the oil is out of fashion today, they relate it to the old Renaissance painters. Others complain about drying time, the difficulty of handling and cleaning materials. Personally, I believe that oil is for certain types of artists and works, but can provide great satisfaction.

You need to have some of these features to use it properly:

1. Do not be lazy
2. To be organized
3. Do not go crazy every time you tha you have to clean brushes, palettes, etc.
4. Be patient
5. Be aware that learning is long, and
6. love this technique

There  are no limits for oil painting, you can develope any style (not only portraits and landscapes). I believe that in a world that seems to move ever faster we want everything to be done right now, but oil gives us the opportunity to evade the rush and focus on our work and creativity. Why not try?

I let you one of my works as an example with oil:

Laura Greco

Helplessness

Oil on canvas

50 x 70

Which is the best medium for us?

Which is the best medium for us?

Sometimes we wonder which medium is best for us. Oil, acrylic, water color, pastel? There are lot of mediums and techniques now and to choose one depends on what we want to do. It may take us some time deciding and more to practice with them.

Beyond the drying time, I think it's a matter of pleasure. Do you enjoy working with acrylic and volumes? or Do you love the soft slide of oil? and besides that, do you prefer contrast or softness? We can create magnificent works with any technique whether if it's ancient or modern. The most important is to enjoy what we do and choose the one that help us to really show what we want to say with our paintings.

In next posts we'll talk about each particular technique, meanwhile, just paint!

Ancestral fear of hell

Acrylic on canvas

60  x 40

Starting point

Starting point

There are two ways to start a work: we know what we want to say from the very beginning and we try to find de way to express it or we simply know perfectly well what we want to compose. The other is when we want to please the others, so we try find a subject that could be interesting to other people.

Both are valid, one is for our own pleasure and the other is to earn our life with a commercial artwork. Whatever the reason is let's not stop to do what we love: "painting".

But going back to the tittle of this, the only way to start is just starting, forgetting about what other people might think about our work, that's what make us original.

Woman and social stablishment

Oil on canvas

50 x 40 cm