My First Experiments with Oils

Last week I was so excited to start my experiments with oils. They are so different to acrylic paints that I am used to. The drying time is very long so there is plenty of opportunities to improve the colors as well mess things up. I felt that one has to have more of a clear intent from the beginning about compositions as it's easy to muddy things up. Even the feel with which the paint goes on a canvas is so different. I would have to work for longer in this medium to see when I am to use oils versus acrylics. One thing is for sure though, I will be buying oil paints as the ones that I am using now are borrowed from a friend. Here are a few studies that I did last week in chronological order: