Oil Paint Hammer & NEW GLAZED Oil Hammer

Oil Paint Hammer 

    In class, we did this oil paint hammer in B & W. I will most likely come back to it later and touch up some things, like the head (around the back end of the head) and the handle a bit more to fix the highlight to make it more natural. It was a grueling lesson, but oil paint was fun.

B & W Hammer in oil, C.B.C. 10/3/2017

Glazed Hammer in oil, C.B.C. 12/12/17

Here is my recent update: we had to glaze our hammer. The line is still somewhat see-able and the shadow behind the hammer on the left side kind of got (or completely) washed out because of the intensity of the blue paint. Though the hammer's handle itself I like, the color didn't come out toooo terribly strong. 

All in all, I feel like now that I've done oil before (and glazing), I could probably do it again and would do better. I am not that happy with how mine turned out, but I suppose it could be worse... I think oil is fun once you get acquainted with it... Even still, I think I've improved so much. It's like getting better in "art" is like wearing helpful glasses. You weren't able to see as clearly before, because you didn't know how to look, or what to look for. Now that you have adjusted to the glasses, your sight is actually better, and you can see things you never saw before. In that respect, I think just being able to look at something, (like my hammer) and seeing something is off, but then actually being able to identify why that thing is off is a major improvement.