Laura Mandile
Middletown, New Jersey
Laura Mandile has created art her entire life. Most recently focusing on oil and watercolor, her work reflects memories of nature and places she has been.
MessageCollection: Oils and Pastels
While soft pastels were Laura's first medium since her teen years, oil painting is her first love. Both media are worked by building layers, usually from dark to light, and the pure pigments are easy to blend. Only the binder is different, so it makes sense that if you like one you would like the other. Painting in oils is more complicated, however, and because of the drying time takes much longer to complete. Laura often spends a few months on one oil painting, and has a looser style with pastels.
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