Nice job. I love castles!
poses many challenges
Have you considered oil pastel instead of oil? Those Sennelier sticks are mighty creamy and downright sensuously workable, their pigment payoff unbelievable. The setup, however, is ridiculously fast. Only the price is a bit of a bummer, but in a small format not too crazy.
Yes, I do indeed do know about and have a couple of Sennelier sticks. That's actually a very good suggestion. Thank you! I had not thought of them.
I'm having a second look at oil pastels just now. Bought student grade originally and didn't like it much. Since then I decided to invest in a few Sennelier and Caran d'Ache. Low and and behold, that's an interesting medium and it plays well with gouache.
I understand Mungyo Gallery are also pretty good, but no open stock available in Germany.
Although, I think time is starting to run out for plein air painting this year, so maybe it might have to wait until next year to try them out in the field.