Making oil paint

How to Make Oil Paint: Have you ever worked with oil paints, and wondered what the heck is in this stuff? You might be surprised to learn that most oil paints typically contain only two or three ingredients! Not only is formulating your own oil paint fun, but it can also …

Guide to Natural Pigment Oil Paint - How to Make your own Natural Earth Paint for Art and Crafts

Learn about common mistakes beginner oil painters make, to help you save materials and improve more quickly.

While paint will give an oil painting its shape and color, a glaze will make it shine. You can buy a glaze from a store, but if you're a DIY sort, you can make some of your own. By making your own glaze, you'll have that much more...

Part of acquiring oil painting as a skill is learning how to use the materials in a safe manner. Like any skill it takes some effort to get right. However, once you’ve been painting for a while, maintaining your materials will feel intuitive. #oilpainting #artstudio #studiosafety #oilpaint #oilpainter #studiosafety #artblog #arttips #arttutorials #professionalartist #beginnerart #learnart #artlesson

Tasha Cathey shares her simple yet stunning natural oil paint tutorial featuring our versatile Earth & Mineral Pigments and Refined Walnut Oil

Use this oil painting technique to restore dull colours in an oil painting. To find out more about this technique and how to prevent colours taking on a dull and chalky appearance, follow the link and read the guide. #oilpainting #oilpaintingtechniques #oilpaintingtutorials #oilpaintingbeginners #paintingforbeginners #learnoilpainting #learnart #arttutorials #oilingout #howtooilpaint

My guest poster today is Laurel Colins, a True Colour Expert from Nelson, B.C. Laurel uses the time-honoured principles of Feng Shui in all her colour consultations, and she's got some tips to share about the colours you definitely should (and definitely should NOT) use for your bedroom.

In order to master the art of oil painting, one of your first tools is to be able to mix colors using your creative skills in order to obtain the colors that you need for your work. 5-Minute Crafts wants to share how to obtain brown using primary colors and complementary colors.

The word ochre tends to be associated with the warm brownish-yellow color seen in ancient Egyptian paintings or lining the walls of Mediterranean cities. It also, though, refers to a physical substance found deposited in mesas, caves, and other landscapes around the globe that once removed, ground, and combined with liquid, becomes paint. With aContinue reading "Heidi Gustafson On Preserving Hundreds of Humanity’s Oldest Art Materials"