Oil painting of our family cat sitting in a basket. #art #artist #painting #cat #ragamuffin

https://jonamdall.com/2025/04/12/ragamuffin-cat-in-a-basket-oil-painting/

Just posted a sale on the Amdall Gallery etsy shop - all prints of my oil paintings are 25% off for the next week. https://etsy.me/3YbO7ev #etsy #amdallgallery #etsyfinds #etsygifts #etsysale #etsycoupon #shopsmall

Ragamuffin Cat in a Basket, Giclee Art Print #cat #art #painting http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mRIfvCsr5Go https://jonamdall.com/product/ragamuffin-cat-in-a-basket-giclee-art-print/

Pirate Skeleton Portrait, Giclee Art Print #art #painting http://www.youtube.com/shorts/GEsARaB9IXc https://jonamdall.com/product/pirate-skeleton-portrait-giclee-art-print/

Woman Sitting Overlooking a Seascape, Giclee Art http://www.youtube.com/shorts/eYseWL8nGCE https://jonamdall.com/product/woman-sitting-overlooking-a-seascape/

One big emphasis lately has been natural sitting poses.My hope is to keep working at depicting subjects in normal relaxed poses until those solid efforts mostly overtake the rough. #art #painting #portrait #artist

https://jonamdall.com/2025/03/01/practicing-specific-weaknesses-portrait-oil-painting/

This post features a step by step walkthrough of my portrait oil painting approach. I wanted to create something a bit more detailed than the usual time lapse. #art #painting #tutorial #walkthrough #artist #oilpainting

https://jonamdall.com/2025/01/18/portrait-oil-painting-step-by-step-walkthrough/

Although I almost always use rigid textured linen paper by Strathmore for my oil painting, I have tried a softer cotton paper as well. This portrait is on that softer surface #art #portrat #painting #paper

https://jonamdall.com/2025/01/15/cotton-vs-linen-paper-for-oil-painting/

With this portrait, I had an itch to get some practice with dark oil painting color blends, partially inspired by wanting to improve on one that featured tons of darkness with small bright highlights. #art #painting #portrait #artist #allaprima

https://jonamdall.com/2025/01/14/dark-and-near-black-color-blends-in-oil-painting/

One of the painting highlights of 2024 for me was getting to participate in the Postcard Art Exhibit (PAE). It's a charity event that was close to where I live, this is the piece I submitted. #art #painting #artshow #exhibit

https://jonamdall.com/2025/01/13/postcard-art-exhibit-oil-painting-for-the-2024-texas-show/

Lately I've been experiencing an internal struggle on whether to continue painting directly into empty space or starting with a base layer or background wash. This portrait started me down a new path on this. #art #artist #portrait

https://jonamdall.com/2025/01/12/starting-paintings-with-background-wash-vs-empty-space/

Like many portrait artists in the learning process, I have an admiration for John Singer Sargent, particularly the way he painted natural figure poses and subtle details of light and fabric - more on in the post. #portraitart #oilpainting #sargent #artist

https://jonamdall.com/2025/01/11/figure-poses-and-light-on-fabric-in-oil-portraits/

This post is a throw back to a figure study I did almost exactly a year ago. I've long been interested in expressive eyes in portrait painting, and this is one that I think worked well. #portrait #oilpainting #artist #art #paint

https://jonamdall.com/2025/01/11/expressive-eyes-and-subtlety-in-portrait-painting/

I think some of my best paintings come from a loose approach and relaxed mindset. I really wanted to explore some bright and interesting color mixing, pushing on yellows and greens and light reflecting through windows. #art #painting #portrait

https://jonamdall.com/2025/01/11/oil-painting-of-sunlight-through-a-window/

One day left for 30% off giclee art prints! Biggest sale I’ve had since I opened the Etsy shop. Looks like Etsy is also giving an extra $5 off, which is even better. Best time to grab an art print: https://www.etsy.com/shop/AmdallGallery

Woman in Green Dress Oil Painting

The subject of this post is another figure study on 12 x 12 oil paper. I'll follow my standard format here, which is to share an image of the painting, the Instagram time lapse, and some verbiage specific to the piece. Then, I'll embed the YouTube discussion video, including another brief writeup on the topic, materials used, and some other hopefully useful information.

https://jonamdall.com/2024/12/02/woman-in-green-dress-oil-painting/

Ragamuffin Kitten, Giclee Art Print http://www.youtube.com/shorts/-6lWMeKTC-E https://jonamdall.com/product/ragamuffin-kitten-giclee-art-print/

Pirate Looking Guy, Giclee Art Print http://www.youtube.com/shorts/p3Ky6_jmJC0 https://jonamdall.com/product/pirate-looking-guy-giclee-art-print/

Bearded Man, Giclee Art Print http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4WnXFWXb2FY https://jonamdall.com/product/bearded-man-giclee-art-print/

Woman Thinking on the Dock, Giclee Art Print http://www.youtube.com/shorts/4TMUV9JiElw https://jonamdall.com/product/woman-thinking-on-the-dock-giclee-art-print/