For this project, I decided to do an oil painted seahorse. I stretched my own canvas. I started by painting a base blue background then I went in and added the darker and lighter blues. Then I outlined the seahorse and the sticks. I painted the seahorse a base mint green color. The sticks were a base brown. For the seahorse I made curved line strokes to add some texture. Then I dabbed paint on the lines to add more texture. I did the same for the sticks. I also added some highlights to the sticks. When I dabbed the paint I used straight oil paint. I didn't mix it with linseed oil. I really like how this turned out. It's really cute and I can tell my skills are improving little by little with every project.