How to work with oilpaint?
My great uncle does alot of photorealistic painting, and i thought id give it a shot aswell
Now i bought some black and white oilpaint today, nice pencil, lost quite some money on it.
And now i tried creating something with it, but i cant get this stuff to work and it pisses me off.
I want to be able to work with transparency, create dark layers, but i seem to get 100% thickness.
I tried some paint thinner, but the toxic fumes coming off that aint working.
Guess im using the wrong thinning method here.
I was wondering if someone here has any exp. with oilpainting and can give me some tips and tricks? or even get me started!
thanks!
Now i bought some black and white oilpaint today, nice pencil, lost quite some money on it.
And now i tried creating something with it, but i cant get this stuff to work and it pisses me off.
I want to be able to work with transparency, create dark layers, but i seem to get 100% thickness.
I tried some paint thinner, but the toxic fumes coming off that aint working.
Guess im using the wrong thinning method here.
I was wondering if someone here has any exp. with oilpainting and can give me some tips and tricks? or even get me started!
thanks!
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Use oil to thin the color, linseed oil is one kind.
From what I remember... classic glaze method is to paint a base first, fairly thin but opaque, with warm colors (burnt sienna or burnt umber work great). Then apply oil-thinned glazes in layers, letting each dry for a couple hours. Very slow going, oil.
I have a great book, "The Artist's Handbook" by Ray Smith, worth looking for.
i just tried olive oil to test it out, and it does the trick!
happy trees...
Keep at it, oil painting is fun, I like it much better than acrylics or watercolour. Drying time is a bitch though
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and good luck.. I've always wanted to try painting in oils, never tried yet though.
It is silly rube, but i hardly see him nowadays
plus now it can be a surprise
Linseed oil is definately a good way to go, but I highly suggest using varsol for paint thinner and cleaning your brushes. It's much less harsh than turpentine but still does the job. You can also keep reusing it for a while, just keep it in a glass jar or something. All the paint sinks to the bottom, so most of the varsol is good to use for quite a while.
Also, I don't know if you've gotten this hint already or it's obvious or whatever, but keep lots of rags on hand. Lots and lots of rags for cleaning your brushes while you work and can be used on the canvas to help too.
Hope some of this helps. Paint away, take a pic, and show us!
i used to work with linseed oil, but they dont dry too fast (some people like to work, and have their canvas sit for a while and come back to resume). my instructor likes to use paint thinner to start his sketch, it's kind of a weird way to go about.
make sure you bring lots of rags too, you need to be able to dry your brush quickly after you clean it with paint thinner. some people like to hold their palette, but personally, i like to hold onto a piece of rag so i can quickly dry my brush.
i remember back in school, this one guy built a canvas carrier out of lego pieces so he can slide canvas into a box without stacking them. a lot of people like to paint ontop of wood instead of white canvas, it's neat with wood because you already have an earth tone base color, white's just too intimindating
take some pics for us! good luck with those happy trees