11 oil painting tutorials to help you rapidly improve your skills.
Uncover the essential steps to start oil painting. From canvas prep to understanding color basics, this guide will set you on the right path!
What are the different oil painting mediums and what are they used for? Find out how to use oil paint mediums in this guide.
Uncover the essential steps to start oil painting. From canvas prep to understanding color basics, this guide will set you on the right path!
Learn 12 oil painting techniques to improve your skills. There are some common ones on the list and some you might not have heard of.
How to wash paint brushes, how to sign a painting, which canvas to use, oil painting tips & techniques.
There are so many different varieties of birds that being able to paint them will ensure you seldom run out of new subjects to paint. In the class we will paint a beautifully colourful Blue Tit.
6 great tips for the complete beginner to get started oil painting. Learn what you need to start with oil paints such as; supplies, mind set and next steps!
What are the different oil painting mediums and what are they used for? Find out how to use oil paint mediums in this guide.
All About edges in painting and art. Learn what edges are and why they are important. Discover how you can also create edges in your own paintings.
Types of paintbrushes for oil painting from natural and synthetic bristles. Filbert, flat, round, fan, bright, angular, liner, mop, blender paintbrush and a palette knife.
Learn what to do before finishing a painting. What questions you should ask yourself before calling an oil painting done. Oil painting for beginners
It's the most important technique to grasp when learning how to oil paint. Master this and you can ensure that your painting will stand the test of time.
A step by step oil painting demonstration of a landscape showing how to create a captivating focal area, by artist Barry John Raybould, creator of the Virtual Art Academy. This demonstration is a painting of a scene from an ancient village called Xinchang, near Shanghai in China. Cat. No. 1221 Xinchang Old Bridge - 40cm x 50cm - Oil on Canvas - 2018 Xinchang is an old Chinese village built with traditional wooden houses showing how life was in China several hundred years ago. I painted here for a week in 2018 with Kevin Macpherson and Ken Cadwallader (past president
Learning how to paint with oils is a pursuit that can take a lifetime. But maybe you don't have a lifetime to work on it. We've collected some of the best videos about oil painting for beginners, including tutorials on how to draw shapes, work with brushes and prime a canvas. A new painting student probably want to watch all of the videos before setting up an easel and applying brush to canvas, but Andy Walker gets things started by demonstrating basic shape drawing and mixing colors. It's the first lesson of his course at Artclasspro.com, so if you like his teaching technique you can continue the tutorial. Anyone who wants to become a painter has to find a great place to practice. While that may seem like an obvious topic, you'll need an area with steady supply of natural daylight that's well ventilated (given the paint fumes) and can be covered in paint with little concern. In Andrew Whyte's introductory video, you'll also learn how he adapted a computer table into painting easel as well as some considerations for painting supplies. In case you need some tips on how to set up an art studio at home, check out these tips from Porch.com. Learn How 2 illustrates how beginners can use a grid to help maintain proportional images. Appreciating the concepts of shading is great to understand as soon as possible. In Pierre Giroux's introductory video, he explains how he uses linseed oil to increase the drying time for the paint and also how he sets up his palette. He also discusses the brushes and colors he chooses and why. Walking into a art supply store to buy painting materials for the first time can be extremely confusing. Painting for Beginners goes into details about the distinctive properties of bristle brushes and when to use them. There are three basic rules most oil painters abide by. Fat over lean. Thick over Thin. Slow-drying over fast. If those concepts are foreign to you, watch a video that explains why these concepts are so important.
By Brandi Bowman in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials Painting glass realistically in oil paint so that it looks like glass—transparent, shiny, and thin—may seem like a complicated challenge, but it’s really not as difficult as you would think. The key is to keep it simple and avoid overworking the light reflections. Here are the steps I take when painting a wine glass, or any other clear glass, in a still life painting: 1. Set up your still life with one light […]
In this guide, learn all about Chiaroscuro: The famous artists who used the technique and how to create Chiaroscuro in your own paintings.
Get started with these 5 great oil painting tips for beginners. With actionable lessons you can put into action, to learn how to oil paint with confidence!