Free Oil Painting Tips & Articles
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Free Tips & Articles On Oil Painting
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Varnishing an Oil Painting
Never apply final varnish to an oil painting unless it has thoroughly dried. Oil paint requires anywhere from 6 to 12 months (or longer) to dry depending on how thick the paint was applied to the canvas. If you want to add a temporary finish to paintings that have not dried thoroughly you should consider using a retouch varnish....
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Oil Painting Lesson - Introduction To Oil Painting Fundamentals
To accurately convey your feelings about the subject you are painting, you must learn and understand the fundamentals of painting like drawing, color, value and composition. I hope to give you a better understanding of these fundamentals in this article. This article is meant to be an introduction. You should study these topics further on your own when you have time.
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Oil Painting Lesson – An Introduction To Oil Painting Supports
An oil painting support is any surface that oil paint can be applied to. There are a variety of different surfaces that artists use to paint on. Everything from certain woods, canvas, and even metals can serve as supports for oil paint. This article will introduce you to those various supports and hopefully help you decide which support is best for your style of oil painting.
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Oil Painting Art Course - Is Using Photographs OK? Edgar Degas and Norman Rockwell Thought So
Edgar Degas painted from photos: Degas became a painter just at the beginning of photography. He first had others shoot photos for him for his use in his paintings. Later, he became an expert photographer. Degas' paintings show the influence of photography in the cutting off of figures. Before Degas, the whole person was inside the painting. In many of Degas' work, the figures are cut off mid leg or their figures are cut off on the left, right and top by the edge of the painting. This cropping came from his reference photos.
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Oil Painting For Beginners - Tips and Much More
Oil painting dates back to Roman times - at least, becoming much more popular in the 15th century, where it was mixed with medium, making it similar to the way current day oil paints look and feel.
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Tips on Oil Painting - The Shaping Phase
The shaping phase is the third phase of a basic oil painting process. The first phase is the drawing phase and the second phase is the block-in phase.
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Tips on Oil Painting - The Qualities of Color
Artists often talk about the temperature of a color or a painting. Temperature is really an element of hue. The warms colors are the yellows and the reds while the cool colors are the greens and the blues.
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Tips on Oil Painting - Advanced Palette
In this article I will discuss the tube colors belonging to an advanced palette based on a basic 6-color palette. I find these colors the most useful and often necessary to round out a versatile palette.
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Tips on Oil Painting - One Basic Approach to Creating an Oil Painting
In this article I will give you an overview of my personal approach to the creation of an oil painting. There are of course many valid approaches to painting and with experience you will develop your own specific approach. But if you are a beginning painter you may want to try and practice the following approach:
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Bob Ross Oil Painting Technique - Frequently Asked Questions
The following is a list of frequently asked questions about the BOB ROSS Oil Painting Technique and some instruction about the use and care of the materials.
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Oil Painting Techniques - The Many Ways to Apply Oil Paint
Oil paint is one of the most versatile and adaptable painting mediums in existence today. There are many techniques and effects possible with oil paint. Oil paint can be applied in thin transparent glazes or washes, or the paint can be mixed to a thick buttery consistency and applied using a painting knife. There really appears to be no end to the wonderful ways you can create art with this amazing painting medium. This article will talk about some of the many ways you can use oil paint.
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Oil Painting Tips - Organizing Your Palette
Having a clean organized palette is an essential part of good painting. If you are just starting out with oil painting, these tips will help you get a good start.
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Oil Painting Supplies - Guide For Beginners
When I first began painting some 10 years ago, I remember my first trip to my local art supply store. I recall my feeling of utter confusion as I perused the aisles. This particular art store had every tube of paint, brush, medium and canvas known to man, far too many choices for a confused beginner...
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Introduction to Oil Painting Techniques
Oil paint is an amazing versatile medium. It can be applied in a thick buttery fashion or thinned down to a watery consistency. This versatility opens the door to a number of different painting techniques...
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Oil painting tips for beginners
Start your oil paintings with an acrylic underpainting - When you start an oil painting using oils, it can take some time for that initial layer to dry. Starting your painting with an acrylic underpainting however is a wonderful time saver as acrylic paint dries quickly and oil paint can be applied over the acrylic...
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Oil Painting Lessons - Tips on Color mixing and theory
When I first began painting some 10 years ago, I recall how intimidating it all seemed. With all of the various colors, mediums, brushes and other tools available, it was enough to make my head spin...
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Oil Painting Techniques
All mediums have their characteristics that make them unique. It is very difficult to say that one medium is superior over another. Basically it is the decision of the artist to exploit their unique properties and decide which medium will suit him best. Let's take a look at some of advantages and disadvantages of the three major mediums...
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How to Care for Original Oil Paintings
If you're an artist yourself, you won't need to read this as you will probably already know it, or will you? This little bit of information is to give first-time art buyers a very basic understanding of how to take care of the original oil paintings they have purchased and chosen to live with...
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Caring for Oil Paintings
Paintings and their frames are made of many different materials.
These include: varnish, paint, glue, canvas, wood, metal, gilding and plaster. Put all together they form a complex structure that is easily damaged if knocked or dropped. The materials are also sensitive too and can be damaged by the surrounding environment, extremes and changes in humidity, and heat, amounts of light and dirt... -
Elementary notions about oil painting
There are a lot of painting methods. They are all good, if you use the materials correctly. My technique is a very simple one. Everyone with normal skills can acquire it quickly to achieve beautiful results...