Oil Painting on Paper, "Cloaked"

Cloaked, Oil on Paper

Let me show you something (well, two things) I like to do. One is painting the figure, and the second is creating oil paintings on paper. Here's one, called "Cloaked,"  is an oil painting on watercolor paper that I took from a sketch of a live pose. The title evolved from the appearance of an aura around the shoulders and arms.

I'm happy with the way it turned out, but then painting on these papers is such a great way to mix it up a little bit.

This painting is for sale in my ArtFire Shop.

ArtFire: Who knew?

I'm going to stop in midstream here to tell you about the best-known secret of online artists and handmade craftspersons. 

As a relatively long time seller on ArtFire, I've only recently begun to take them up on their fabulous offerings, and now that they're leaving their beta stage, well, here's what I found out. I'll explain  in a moment, but first go read this, http://www.artfire.com/groupdeal come back, and we'll hit the highlights.

Hmmm...Let's see, what else can I tell you? Oh, yeah, this is the BEST DEAL EVER since I've been an ArtFire member. Here's why:

• It's cheap! Where else can you get unlimited listings to sell your artwork or handmade items for less than $6.00 a month with :
• No listing fees
• No final value fees
• The option to create collections of your work to post on blogs, in Facebook and in other social media
• A wonderful, friendly community of fellow artisans and "I'm on your side" admin staff
• A blog page
• A customizable studio 

Don't take my word for it. Go read up on it, make your comparisons, check out their admin posts. And...PS: This will be the best win-win since online selling began.