OIL PAINTING TIMELAPSE ♥ "Magic Always Has a Price" ♥ Ruth Speer

(EDIT: SOLD OUT) PRINTS!!! ➳ A limited edition of 30 12x12" prints of this piece will be released with The People's Print Shop on April 12, 2018! https://www.thepeoplesprintshop.com/products/magic-always-has-a-price ➳ I don't know exactly what her story is - I've thought of quite a few. The idea for this painting came to me through rattling around fairy tale objects in my head over a month or two - masks, armor, ruins, forest. What happened? Why was she wearing a mask? Why has she taken it off? Let me know if you think of some good explanations ♥ oil paint on cradled wood panel, © Ruth Speer 2018 ♥ music ➳ Coffee Break // Aux (edited slightly to be shorter by me) ➳ https://soundcloud.com/auxofficial/coffee-break ➳ Everything I Could Never Tell You // Joey Pecoraro ➳ https://soundcloud.com/joeypecoraro/everything-i-could-never-tell-you ➳ Piano Improvisation: Thursday // Stephen Siragher ➳ https://soundcloud.com/therajman/piano-improvisation-thursday/ ➳ Better Times // Neutrin05 ➳ https://soundcloud.com/neutrin05/neutrin05-better-times/ ➳ Bear // Life Form ➳ https://soundcloud.com/life-form/bear ➳ all licensed under Creative Commons: ➳ https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ ♥ links ➳ https://ruthspeer.com ➳ https://instagram.com/septemberwildflowers ➳ https://twitter.com/septemberwild ➳ https://etsy.com/shop/septemberwildflowers ♥ tools ➳ paints (gamblin) // ➳ titanium white ➳ alizarin permanent ➳ cadmium red medium ➳ yellow ochre ➳ lemon yellow ➳ quinacridone magenta ➳ ultramarine blue ➳ pthalo blue ➳ terre verte ➳ cadmium orange ➳ transparent earth yellow ➳ mediums (in order of appearance) // ➳ grumbacher workable matte fixative ➳ gamsol ➳ gamblin's solvent free fluid ➳ galkyd ➳ gamvar varnish