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WHAT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO PAINT BUT DOESN'T KNOW HOW TO BEGIN? Oil Paints are the most popular artistic medium as they are very versatile, economical and can be archival too. First things first. You could definitely use some general knowledge about oil painting. Oil paint is a paint made of colored pigment and a drying oil (mostly linseed oil) Oil paintings are used straight from the tube and made more fluid by mixing it with some solvent. Use an oil painting color palette, which is of artistic quality and not student quality. There are a few surfaces on which you can oil paint: the wooden panel and the canvas or the stretched canvas panel and create hand-painted oil paintings, extract oil paintings, canvas oil paintings, portrait paintings, landscape paintings, art gallery oil paintings and so on.
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WITH THIS BASIC KNOWLEDGE ON HAND, LET'S UNDERSTAND A FEW TIPS AND TRICKS TO GET STARTED WITH OIL PAINTING: Begin Small - Start your painting activity on a smaller canvas board maybe 8 to 10 inches or even try painting on a paper using oil paints. Organize yourself - Set up your painting space in a wellventilated area keeping your palettes, colors, canvases, and other supplies reachable and ready to be used. Most importantly, keep your paintings visible so that even when you're not painting, you can see them and improvise on them and keep on painting to create beautiful art. Brushes are a must - Invest in some good quality brushes. You can start with three different sizes and then go on to try many other sizes of brushes. Different brushes are available for different uses. For example, a synthetic brush is useful for acrylic oil paints. Natural hair brushes and bristle brushes are the most commonly used. Understand your colors - Two types of colors are the primary paint colors and the secondary paint colors. The primary colors are pure, and they are warm colors like yellow and cool colors like blue.
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Priming the paint surface - Be it any surface, either wooden, canvas, or paper, it is essential to apply a type of primer called 'Gesso' to the painting surface to prevent the oil from seeping into the surface protecting the surface from the acids of the paint. Also, it provides a type of surface that is suitable for using oil paints. Alternatively, you can use pre-primed boards or canvas and apply an additional coat or two of Gesso if you like a smoother surface. Use a limited color palette - Don't start using all the colors in your painting at once. Start with a monochrome painting that is a painting that has only one of the shades, either black or white, and then go on to create a cool or warm painting. Finally, you can blend different colors to your palette, each from primary colors and secondary colors. Begin with an underpainting oil sketch - Start with an oil paint sketch underpainting consisting of color and odorless turpentine and then learn different painting techniques like thick over thin, fat over lean, and slow-drying over fastdrying. Also, try to make your painting show age with a combination of turpentine and linseed oil while trying to make it dry faster.
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Clean up your things - It is essential to clean your brush with soap and water after finishing the painting as oil paintings can get messy. Have paper towels and rags handy to wipe off the excess paint and turpentine from your e brushes. Keep a container of turpentine ready to clean your brush between the colors. Keep your oil paints and mediums out of reach of small children and pets as they are highly toxic. Dispose of the paints, mediums, rags, paper towels, and disposal paper palette. Go on to create art to your heart's content. Use these tips and tricks to make handmade paintings, portraits, landscape paintings, portraits, paintings, landscape paintings, and art gallery oil painting.
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