Supplies: Oil Paint Turpenoid or some sort of turpentine substitute in a glass container with metal lid. That does not leak. Paint Brushes Plastic Bag Paper Towels Plastic Disposable Pallet Sketchbook Container- I use either a metal box or plastic art bin, but you can use whatever is non leak. The most misconceived notion about oil paints is that it is very difficult to travel with or that you can't travel with them at all. Well guess what? I have good news for you! You can travel with oil paints. Yay! So, nowadays, oil paints are generally made with vegetable oil and if you have purchased paint in the last decade you should be safe to travel with it. If you do buy used paint, like from a garage sale or estate sale or second-hand, I wouldn't travel with it because it could contain not fun toxic materials like lead. Another preventive measure is that a lot of oil painting companies have posted on their webpage how safe it is to travel with oil paints. ......
fish kiss- One of the biggest challenges for oil painting is learning and understanding drying time. Since water color and acrylic paint literally take minutes to dry. Oil paints can take days. The fun part about oil painting is creating the depth and the richness in color.Oil painting is probably one of the most versatile mediums and it's the essentially painting in layers. Here are a few inside tips to quicken drying time, especially if you are just learning the medium. I have tried countless of different ways in speeding up the drying time, including sticking a painting in a oven (not recommended) It was a long time ago but I don't think it really helped and I have read horror stories of paintings turning out brown. 1. Paint Alla Prima. Are we getting fancy, with the terminology? It basically means painting, wet on top of wet. Famous artists, that use this technique are Monet, Van Gogh and Bob Ross. The trick with this technique is painting in thinner layers and u......
Becoming and being an artist is not and never easy. There are so many ups, downs and a ton of choices. I am constantly learning new things everyday but being an artist is more like climbing a never ending mountain. So here are some of my tips that will help you on your journey. 1. Wear black (at least when you make art). Artists wear black because you don't want the reflection of color on your art work. If you wear a bright red shirt, that red sheen will reflect onto your palette and canvas. Photographers know this trick too! Artists generally work in color and in order to keep the colors pure, it's the easiest tip to insure the color you have planned is the same on the canvas. 2. Upgrade your materials. Quality materials is important. I used to buy the cheapest paint. I did! It's actually sort of embarrassing because I thought the quality of my work would shine through the crappy materials. I have learned that you don't have to have the most expensive mate......
Every artist has their own special drawing utensils or weaponry :). Going into the art supply store it's pretty overwhelming with all of the choices of what you can draw with- because you can draw with practically anything. Here are a few tips on how to discover the best drawing pencils for you. Pencils are made of graphite and clay. The numbers written on the side of the pencil is a European scale for H being the hardest and B is the softest and blackest. The harder the pencil is the more clay the pencil has in it which it why it draws more gray. There are about 20 degrees on the scale and if you have a 9H pencil the hardest pencil and the most gray and if you use a 9B it is the softest with the most amount of black. If you use a #2 yellow pencil the European code is HB and the American scale is the #2. Typically if you want to start drawing the best range is usually to stay in is the B's and the hardest pencil would be a 4H because going with a harder penci......
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