Carousel Horse Painting in Oils!

Hi friends! I feel like need to start today’s post with an apology to you. There will not be a live show today but I have pre recorded a longer oil painting tutorial for you in place of the long live show that I usually have on Friday. For you watercolor lovers I just posted a watercolor tutorial yesterday to make amends. I am taking a couple of days off to have some summer fun with my family and recharge my draining batteries. I hope you understand. Remember YOU are what make this community special. Feel free comment and respond to other’s comments and spread the love of painting. It is a common bond we can all enjoy. Think of how great the world would be if we all spent our time and energy on creating and lifting each other up. Today we will paint this:

I used oils but if you want to use pastel, gouache or acrylics you can! Acrylic painters might want some glazing medium or slow dry medium to help with blending but there is no reason you can’t use any opaque medium you like. Here is the reference photo I worked from:

Watch the video and paint along! Remember you can speed it up or slow it down using the gear icon on the bottom of the player or pause it whenever you like!

Video!

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Supplies:

• 9″x12″ Senso Linen painting panel 
• Oil pastels 
• Lukas 1862 oils (Cad yellow, lemon yellow, yellow ochre, prussian blue, cobalt blue, titanium white, alizarin crimson, Cad red)
• Mimik Hog Brushes (value set)
• Chelsea Classical Studio oil painting medium complete sampler pack

I hope you enjoyed this change of pace tutorial and have a wonderful weekend! Happy crafting!