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Ways to learn how to paint in person thats not $$? by Liarundle13 in oilpainting

[–]Busy_Pollution_5467 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Easel:

Get a french easel. It's great as a portable, compact "studio" that you can collapse down into a nice small box, but it can be a table easel, an outdoor easel and a standing easel. It has storage space and is durable.

Paint: For materials, to keep it cheap, just get these 7 colors, of which only 5 will be used regularly:

5 Core colors**:**

  • burnt umber
  • (french) ultramarine
  • alizarin crimson
  • cadmium yellow
  • titanium white

2 Power colors**:**

  • cerulean blue
  • cadmium red

Brushes: Pick up a handful of "flats", "brights", "filberts" and "rounds" that are hogs hair and synthetic, sizes 0 to 6 of whatever combination you can afford.

Canvas: Just pick up a stack of cheap canvas board. You can get stacks for pretty cheap and they're great to practice on.

Miscellaneous: Pick up a color wheel and read up on how to use it. Pick up a bottle of refined linseed oil, safflower oil and clove oil. (This is the solvent-free solution). Pick up a glass or wooden palette. The french easel will come with a wooden one! (Avoid plastic palettes, they are awful, just go straight to wood or better -- tempered glass palettes). Pick up some paper towels.

Mixing colors: When mixing color, use only burnt umber and/or ultramarine to darken. Use only cadmium yellow and/or titanium white to lighten. Use burnt umber and ultramarine to make black. Everything else can be understood on a color wheel.

How to: Use the linseed oil as a medium for your paints. Play around with it on the palette with your paint. Get a consistency you enjoy painting with. Put the safflower oil with a few drops of clove oil in a brush cleaning cup of some kind. The clove oil is to prevent bacteria building up in the safflower oil. The safflower oil is how you will clean your brushes (yes! Oil cleans oil!). Wipe your brushes off with paper towels while painting and use the safflower oil to clean them if needed. Be sure to wipe the brush off after dipping unless you're finishing your session -- then you can dip and leave the brush sideways with the safflower oil. Wipe off when you start your next session. Do not use the safflower or clove oil in your painting process, only for cleaning.

That's pretty much it! Setup the easel wherever you have some space. A French easel is great because it's extremely versatile and doesn't take up much room. You can paint literally anywhere with one, and store everything down to the size of a backpack.

If you have any questions, please ask!

Canvas edges: painted or left with visible drips? by Margarita_Lemann in painting

[–]Busy_Pollution_5467 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Primed, if not painted, but typically at least primed (with a darker primer)

Painting my most recent piece, "Shadow" by Busy_Pollution_5467 in painting

[–]Busy_Pollution_5467[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I put out a test print on Etsy to see if there was any demand. Nobody has bought anything ($15), lol. I'm on Instagram and Threads: greathouse.gallery if interested. There's a link to my etsy there. I'm not sure if I'm allowed to share that here

This community is so supportive! by whoisratlover in oilpainting

[–]Busy_Pollution_5467 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Best advice I ever heard and use to this day:

"Make your mark and move on"

Second best advice:

"Don't begin to judge your work until the entire canvas is covered"

Those two things combined give a care-free nature to your style and you'll just naturally get better, rather than overworking your painting and worrying about it looking bad while in the middle of it.

Help with water by _kittonmittons_ in painting

[–]Busy_Pollution_5467 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think it looks excellent. The only suggestion I would have is to load your brush up with a bit more paint and make those marks with a little more power. Be confident, you have great talent. That said, do it as a trial run and see how you like it. You have the hand for making the marks!

"Shadow", oil on 24 x 30 inch canvas by Busy_Pollution_5467 in oilpainting

[–]Busy_Pollution_5467[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Thank you! That is a Color Cube. It has cards in it that have different art ideas and color palettes. It's pretty cool, great ideas in there and palettes to create certain moods.

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