Online Art Classes for the Beginner Using Oil Paints
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Posted by Rachel Wills Nov 2, 2009 |
Oil painting can be as simple or as complex as the artist wishes it to be, and experimentation is a great way of discovering new and diverse ways of using oil paint. Below are some useful links describing techniques of oil painting and simple step-by-step demonstrations on how to use oil paints to suit the beginner to the more advanced.
Beginner’s Series on Oil Painting
- Guide on oil painting materials
- Beginners’ guide to using oil colour
- How to build confidence in oil painting
- Myths surrounding the colour wheel
- How to avoid dirty colour mixes
Oil Painting Techniques
- Producing washes with linseed oil
- Wet into wet painting demonstration
- Demonstration on using Sgraffito
- How to use impasto medium
- Using palette knives in oil painting
- Oil painting with a limited palette
Oil Painting Practices
- Step by step demonstrations on painting landscapes
- Step by step demonstrations on painting flowers
- Guide to painting weather conditions
- How to paint water and reflections
- How to set up a still life setting for painting
- How to photograph flowers for floral art
Painting Figures and Portraits
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