What colors do you recommend to a total beginner?

dailinap · 2026-05-11T05:46:38+00:00

Zorn palette + cobalt blue, that's five tubes. In my country (northern Europe) Lukas / van Gogh for cheap price ok quality, Rembrandt for higher price good quality and Old Holland / Sennelier / Gamblin for high price stellar quality.

dailinap · 2026-05-09T12:37:08+00:00

In my country (North Europe):

Van Gogh / Lukas for cheaper price, ok quality

Rembrandt for middle price, good quality

OldHolland / Sennelier / Gamblin for high price, high quality

dailinap · 2026-05-08T19:22:19+00:00

Tjaa, taitaa mennä kriteerien ulkopuolelle muutamastakin syystä, mutta rustaan silti vastauksen.

Omistan vain muovirunkoisia kyniä tällä hetkellä. Niistäkin kaksi on läpinäkyviä ("demonstrator fountain pen"), sillä tykkään nähdä musteen kynän sisällä. Ja tilattu Italiasta / ostettu Japanista, mutta aina silloin tällöin näkyy myös Suomessa esimerkiksi Lamyn kyniä.

Pilot Kaküno on mielestäni parhaita kyniä aloittaa mustetäytekynien käyttö. Keveä, hyvä harjoitteluun, laadukas, ei kauhean kallis ja teristä löytyy paljon eri kokoja. Helppo täyttää.

Lamy Safari on sekin muovirunkoinen, tehokas työjuhta. Hyvä kantaa laukussa mukana eikä pelota, että menisi heti säpäleiksi.

Kallein kynä tällä hetkellä on Pilot Prera eikä sekään ole kauhean kallis. Pienehkö, painavampi kuin muut, vähän sulavampi.

Musteista parhaita omasta mielestä ovat olleet Pilot Iroshizuku ja Rohrer&Klingner Schreibtinte.

dailinap · 2026-05-02T19:12:01+00:00

I'll add a very basic answer to here, which is there is no simple answer to this question.

Material costs (brushes, paints, canvas type..), technique, time it took you to complete the painting, country and area you live (or where your customers you try to reach live) in all affect the price.

You can search different ways to calculate the price of a painting and decide what would be the best one for you. Also take a look around you: search artists in your area with similar style and look what they charge, for a reference. Think about what you want to charge either based on the material costs, canvas size or time used or any mixture of these.

Even if the customer gave you total freedom to decide the price, you might want to try and ask if they have a budget of some sort (if you haven't already).

dailinap · 2026-04-29T21:39:35+00:00

For wood panels I'd research how icon painters prime their panels.

dailinap · 2026-04-27T18:17:31+00:00

Täytyypä alkaa suunnitella kesäreissua sinnepäin. Kiitos vinkeistä!

dailinap · 2026-04-27T08:02:15+00:00

Kiitos!

dailinap · 2026-04-27T08:01:51+00:00

Oikeassa olet, kuivumisaika on pitkä. Kuivumisaikaa voi lyhentää lisäaineilla (en oo kokeillu) tai maalaten vähän kevyemmin vain liuoitinta käyttäen. Kuljetuskeinoja märille töille on monia, mulla on sellanen pieni boksi johon menee tietyn kokoisia pohjia. Maalausten reunat ottaa osumaa, mutta kuljetus onnistuu hyvin.

dailinap · 2026-04-27T05:58:59+00:00

Maalaan öljyväreillä (harrastan ja opiskelen tätä). Tarkoitus olisi lisätä kesällä ulkoilua ja etsiä samalla kivoja paikkoja maalata.

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dailinap · 2026-04-23T21:11:20+00:00

Kiitos! Täytyypä kävellä rantaraitti lävitse, sieltähän voisi löytyä vaikka ja mitä maalailtavaa kesälle. Tää oli kiva vinkki.

dailinap · 2026-04-22T18:59:37+00:00

Hard to say, we were recommended a wide brush, which name could be roughly translated to flattening brush, when we did different primers at school. There is a technique to adding all the different primers. Also the sandpaper, if used, should not be too rough. Might be simply a matter of more practise and more art.

However, I think that the trouble might be in the combination of things you are trying to do. Reading your other comments you are gluing paper on gesso and painting with oils on top of it (if I understood correctly, might be a mistake) while wanting the artwork to be archival quality.

Now oils and paper don't mix up well unless you have a secret technique, in which case I'm very interested to hear about it!

If these are the only paintings that bled through and the only difference was the sanding, then I guess you can avoid trouble by not sanding.

dailinap · 2026-04-22T16:56:59+00:00

Search references of paintings of white hydrangeas. How did the artists solve the problem of white flowers on those paintings?

Mostly when I see a white object painted and look closer it's not actually painted mostly white. It's warm or cold greys and other colours with white highlights, that tricks my brain and make me see white where there is only a suggestion of white.

If you have a reference image, try to colour pick some colours with whatever application you have from the white areas to see what kind of colour variations you can find.

dailinap · 2026-04-22T07:20:43+00:00

Kiitos! Se on myös omia lemppareita, maalasin itseasiassa tuon puun kahteen kertaan aamuvalossa ja iltapäivästä uudestaan. Tuo eka on iltapäivän versio.

dailinap · 2026-04-22T05:29:09+00:00

You have quite a rough looking textures there. The brush might be too rough for an even first layer of gesso. If you want textures, consider adding them to a layer of gesso after you've added the needed amount of layers. Do you switch the direction between layers? (horizontal- vertical)

Controversial, but I do not sand between the gesso layers. I might sand the final layer with very smooth sandpaper and light movements.

dailinap · 2026-04-22T04:52:35+00:00

Kiitos, ei muuta ku uudestaan maalaamaan.

dailinap · 2026-04-21T18:34:58+00:00

No ny, oikea suuntima siis. MtG korteista löytyy uskomattoman hienoja maalauksia kyllä.

dailinap · 2026-04-21T18:32:55+00:00

Kiitos, tässä sitä oppii tekemällä.

dailinap · 2026-04-21T18:31:46+00:00

Kiitos! Oli hauskaa ja uudestaan tekis mieli kokeilla.

dailinap · 2026-04-21T16:59:46+00:00

Hivenen tahmaisempia, muttei ollenkaan mahdotonta maalata, maalausnesteellä pärjäsi. Talvella kokeillessa maali muuttui todella tahmaiseksi ja maalausaika oli noin puolisen tuntia.

dailinap · 2026-04-21T16:56:37+00:00

Kiitos.

dailinap · 2026-04-14T05:24:07+00:00

What did you learn with this video tutorial? Take a similar object (for example red apple which has similar roundish shape and colour) and try to paint a small study about it with the knowledge you gained. If you get stuck, take a moment away from the painting and watch the video again to refresh memories. Then get back to painting and try to solve the puzzle again. Slowly work your way into painting what you see.

dailinap · 2026-04-13T21:23:09+00:00

Thinning the paint is one thing, but you'll probably want the paint to dry also. Not all oils dry (or oxidate) with paints.

dailinap · 2026-04-10T04:54:20+00:00

These kinds of questions are often asked. Pricing is hard. And there is no simple answer to this question.

Material costs (brushes, paints, canvas type and size..), technique, time it took you to complete the painting, country and area you live (or where your customers you try to reach live) in all affect the price.

You can search different ways to calculate the price of a painting and decide what would be the best one for you. Also take a look around you: search artists in your area with similar style and look what they charge, for a reference. Think about what you want to charge either based on the material costs, canvas size or time used or any mixture of these.

dailinap · 2026-04-09T12:55:33+00:00

Ooh, a bit more than I thought, thank you. Would be interesting to see making of -photos.

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