Gardenia painting using 16 colors Crayons by: Alexies Iglesia

Gardenia painting using 16 colors Crayons

 by: Alexies Iglesia

 Its too late to know its name. I painted it without knowing what its name.

Last Week I painted it because I'm too bored in schooling and working. I tried to pick my crayons sketch some simple shapes. Later on I decided to draw. I got my drawing book and flower reference. I select something simple without even curious about its name. 

I first made the background of it. It's really hard to use crayons since you need a lot of patience. You must not put a lot of hard stroke. Before anything else I first look the image and search for what should first do. I choose the colors for it and start working with it.

After a couple of hours I finished it. The reason why the top part appears so smudgy is because i tried to apply emulsionn, I never even realized that it might mix with the crayons, and so, it really mixed with it.

Bread and Cheese Oil Painting by: Alexies Iglesia

Bread and Cheese Oil Painting 

by: Alexies Iglesia

So this is my first time to paint usinng Oil Paint. The reason why this iis my first time is simply because I ddo not have an oil paint, it is too expensive and normally linseed oil is not available in our place. 

I first got an Idea to paint when kuya Jhun asked me to paint a Koi fish for him. Actually I am not good with that because I cant handle enough reflectionn in water and I am using acrylic paint, acrylic paint is a fast dry medium thats why it is hard to handle. Suddenly i got an Idea, why dont I use oil paint. It really twinkled inside my mind but still there are lot of problems. I bought a large canvas and try to paint at home. I thought it would be easy but it really not. I dont have any oil that is why it's too sticky. I surrendered at that time and stop painting. almost 1 month after when I got to National Bookstore together with my friend nikki who really an art lover, we found a lot of stock of linnseed oil. I bought 1 bottle.

When I got home, actually I have a lot of things to do. I need to study Java as a preparation for Android programming I enrolled in an online course, and also I have a lot of homework and 3 PC to repair and exam on the next day. But there is still something that really pushing me to try the oil I bought. Suddenly I cant resist that something and give up, "I will paint!!!"  haha... It really sucks specially everytime I think that I have a lot of thinngs to do.

I cleaned my mixing plate, prepare two container for turpentine and linseed oil, an old cloth for cleaning.

I opened my Drawing book and look for better image reference. I started with a simple and clean sketch. It's really not that hard, actually its easier to handle. While I am painting I am stilll working with some stuff, I repair, draw and sometimes watch movie. After almost 4 hours I finished it. :)

Nature scene at Tipo Hermosa Bataan

Home is really where my heart is. 

Barangay Tipo is always the label of my location. Its a small baranggay and the boundary between Bataan and Olongapo. It's a small community were people are living in a peaceful environment. Birds are chirping everywhere and really scenery there can make your eyes large.