A bit of colour correction, boosted my cheaters to max (2.75x).
Tomorrow night I might try evening out the brush marks. If you zoom in, oils look like oils, but also like his skin is flaking!
Part of the learning with oils is not just the colour mixing and blending, but also how they get carried to the surface, how they dry, how they sit on and move from the brush.
I knew this stuff 45 years ago, but I seem to have to relearn it... then again, I wasn't painting tiny figures, it was on 36"x48" (and larger) canvas and masonite boards!
I am remembering now how much I loved mixing colours. I'd forgotten how much easier it is to mix subtle variations of hue, tint and shade with oils... without the need for extenders, retarders and wet palettes.
And for skin tones, the depth and warmth of oils so different from the flatness and uniformity of acrylic. Of course, I find these properties of acrylic make for a predictable and dependable medium when painting vehicles and uniforms.
Even my basic oil set is proving pretty adequate for what I want to do!
Tiny amounts of Burnt Umber, Titanuum White, Black, Yellow Ochre, Magenta and Pthalo Blue... and oils stay workable for a few days!
Of course that also means at least a week before they are mostly dry on the figures. Probably longer.
So 7 of my horde now sporting oil, another 21 to experiment with!
