Mimi petting the cat-Mimi series

Copyright by Dominique Amendola

Painting A Day: Original oil on prepared oak plywood with painted sides
Size: 9"x12"- unframed
Price: $199.00
Status: Available

This is another daily painting in the Mimi series. It is the same medium as the previous one with oils over acrylics. The style is even more pop or graphic. It is a very decorative piece which has sides painted in black and therefore does not need a frame. Of course it can be framed if you choose to. The 2 Mimi paintings are of the same exact size so it can hang together. There is more to come in the Mimi series....

Mimi and the cat

Copyright by Dominique Amendola

Painting A Day: Original oil on prepared oak plywood board with painted sides
Size: 9"x12"- unframed
Price: $199.00
Status: Available

And now for something completely different for my Daily paintings. This is a mix media piece with oils over acrylics. This is a new series in a more graphic style. I have done several paintings with an acrylic underpainting in the past. It is actually a very ancient process. The old masters used egg tempera before the Renaissance and gradually tried oils over a tempera underpainting. Finally they just used oils both for the under painting and the next layer during the Renaissance period. I did a painting with oils over egg tempera many years ago and I love the effects. You can see it at http://artdominiqueamendola.com/vedic_art/room_2/gopis_tamala.html. Today i just used acrylic paints. The acrylic underpainting dries very fast and I can apply the oils the next day. First I painted my design in a flat manner with no shadows and when I got to the oil layer I added the shadows and played with glazes over the flat areas. I believe there is more to come soon in that style on this blog.