How to Oil Paint

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The BEST Thing to Help Improve Your Painting
👩‍🎨 🖼 Many of us are perfectionists when it comes to painting to the point that it paralyzes us and our work suffers as a result. Here I share the #1 way to loosen up your painting by making sketches and lots of starts. It is so important to not put too much pressure on yourself to make a masterpiece with everything you do. Instead focus not on the end result but the process ✨ Learn how in the video! 👀 🎥 #StartPainting #HowToPaint #ArtStudioLife.com
How to Paint Sunflowers: Exploring Geometric Shapes and Color
Learning how to paint sunflowers, is a wonderful opportunity to explore the different shapes and colors that this painting subject contains. With their intriguing geometric shapes and various shades of yellow, painting sunflowers is well worth exploring as an artist! As through a study of them, you will be able to greatly expand your ability to work with shapes and color🧑‍🎨🌻 Explore these sunflower painting tips and learn how to create vibrant paintings of sunflowers! #HowToPaintSunflowers #PaintingSunflowers #ArtStudioLife.com
Mastering: How to Paint with Fall Colors
Master the art of painting with fall colors and bring vibrant autumn hues to life on your canvas. 🍁🎨 #painting #fallcolors #paintingwithfallcolors
How to Create an Oil Painting Underpainting (Why It's Important)
🎨 Curious about the term "underpainting" in painting? Wondering if it's a crucial technique to adopt? How does it affect the final outcome? 🤔 In this article, we uncover all the answers! Discover what an underpainting is and find the best approach for creating your own masterpiece! 🌟🖌️ Read more to enhance your painting skills! #art #painting #underpainting
How to Start Oil Painting: Important First Steps
🎨 Starting oil painting may seem daunting at first, but here's a little secret for you: there's a process that can make it much easier! In this article, I'm diving into the beautiful, transformative world of oil painting and sharing five important first steps to kick-start your journey. From setting up the canvas to sketching outlines and creating an underpainting, we'll demystify these initial steps just as I did in my early painting days. 👩‍🎨🎨 #oilpainting #howtooilpaint
Gain Freedom in Your Painting (by Embracing Your Mistakes)
Embracing your oil painting mistakes, can have profound benefits. As artists, we often strive to create “good” paintings, but this kind of mindset hinders our growth and development. Therefore it’s important to remember that the creative process is just as valuable as the end result. This article is your guide to embracing the ‘mistakes’ in your work, and discovering the freedom in painting that lies within these unexpected moments.
Simplifying Values in Your Art & Painting
Knowing how to simplify when it comes to creating values in a painting and/or drawing is crucial for every artist. Simplifying what you see is one of the most foundational and important things you can do for your painting and drawing. It is all about breaking down what you see into clear and simple light and dark values. This article will take you through the keys, to continually learning how to simplify how you see!
Unlock the Benefits of Painting on Linen vs Cotton Canvas
When painting on canvas the material of the surface you use is just as important as the paints you choose. It heavily influences the overall look and feel of your painting − as different surfaces interact very differently with paint. Canvas, is a timeless choice to use as a painting surface. However, not all canvas is created equal... Learn all about what canvas is best to create archival and lasting paintings with.
Learn How to Take the Uncertainty Out of Mixing Colors
Learn how to work through any color mixing problem you may have with the Color Mixing Master Guide. This 150+ page (PDF download) ebook, is chock full of valuable information that will help demystify color mixing for artists!
How to Store Oil Paints on Your Palette - So They Don't Dry Out
A question I often receive is: how do you stop the oil paints (on your palette) from drying out between painting sessions? Knowing how to store oil paints between painting sessions can benefit any level of painter. Especially if you’re in a season, where you’re not able to paint as often. We all experience moments when life gets in the way... So, for this reason – it is good to know (a few ways) how to keep your paint from drying out!
How to Create a Good Figure Ground Relationship in Your Art and Painting
The figure ground relationship in a painting is very crucial and important. Though you might be wondering what is a figure ground relationship?🧐 Figure ground in art and design🖼 is the relationship between an object (or figure) and its background. It is a way to separate or meld together objects with its background. Click over to the full article for a complete breakdown and helpful guide.👩‍🎨
What is Painting Varnish? What to Know About Varnishes Starting out
By putting a varnish on your painting, instead of dust particles and elements affecting the painting itself, the coat of varnish takes the brunt of the wear. So that when it is time to clean a painting, the old varnish can be removed and then re-applied with a fresh coat. Learn more about painting varnishes and if you even need one or not to finish your painting with in the full varnish guide here.
Oil Painting Supplies: How to Choose the Right Oils for Your Needs
Learn all about the different types of oils for painting:woman_artist: If you’re an oil painter, you know that oils are essential to the medium. Your oil paints already have oil in them, but using additional oil is sometimes necessary as well. Whenever your paint is too thick or dry, oils help too thin it making it easier to use. Head over to learn more about painting oils and the best oil painting supplies to use!
How to Paint Sunflowers: Sunflower Painting Tutorial (With Color Guides)
Trying your hand at painting sunflowers is a wonderful opportunity to dive into a great painting subject! With their intriguing shapes and petal forms and of course their various shades of yellow colors - learning how to paint sunflowers is a great exercise. However, there are a few helpful tricks for mixing different shades of yellow color, that you will learn in this sunflower painting tutorial, with the help of yellow color mixing chart diagrams!
How to Mix Shades of Blue Colors - Blue Color Mixing Guide
Blue is one of the most often used colors on a painter’s color palette. So, it will serve you well to learn how to make blue and different shades of blue colors – which will in turn immediately expand your color mixing abilities. Learn how to mix a blue color palette with the color chart guides found in the articles, here.