My Second Oil Painting Completed

A few years ago I started this oil painting, but I didn't finish it.  I'm sure it's a no-no, but I have physical limitations that makes oil painting a real chore and very painful to my back.  Well, I have finally finished it!  It's not as good as I would like, but I can't expect perfection from an amateur!  I wanted to share the photo I took of it after it was newly completed!

I used a book that had instructions.  I thought it was pretty much ruined at one point, but I just tried to darken things and rework it.  I'm thankful that it turned out  not too badly, even if it doesn't look quite the way it should.

My First Oil Painting

This was the first and only completed oil painting I've ever done.  I started another one some years back now, but I have never completed it.  I hope to work on it someday, but it may be a bit messed up since it dried already for so long.  I have a book for helping me with the second one.  If I ever finish it, it may be my last oil.  I may use the book to just help me paint with acrylics.  It may not look quite as spectacular, but it is easier to work with.  Most of the paintings I did before were acrylic anyway and a small amount of water color ones. I watched an instructional DVD to do this one you see, but I made a little bit of a change to it. Some of you have seen it before. I hope you like it!