What I love about being an artist is the opportunity to continually learn and explore. My focus recently is learning to use new and different materials. Royal Talens sent me a set of Cobra solvent-free oil paints to try, and these are my first results. The benefit is I don’t have to use solvents, which even though labeled “odor free” really are not, and it’s nice so nice to clean up with soap and water!
As I explore how to work with this paint, I’m find myself painting with a much thicker impasto technique–and I’m enjoying it! Trying new materials can push artists in new directions and open up new possibilities. I hope you enjoy these studies, all done in San Francisco.
![Monterey Cypress (Lands End, San Francisco), Oil on Linen, 8x10](https://www.edterpening.com/blog2/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/1836-Monterey-Cypress-Lands-End-San-Francisco-Plein-Air-BLOG.jpg)
![Crissy Field (San Francisco), Oil on Linen, 10x8](https://www.edterpening.com/images/art/1837-Crissy-Field-San-Francisco-Plein-Air-BLOG.jpg)
![Ravine, Oil on Linen, 10x8](https://www.edterpening.com/images/art/1835-Ravine-Lands-End-San-Francisco-Plein-Air-BLOG.jpg)