You can search by medium and location on the website Absolute Arts. Maybe the groups are there, too. At the very least, perhaps mentioned on the resumes of the artists that come up under that geographical location working in oil. Good luck!Anyone like to oil paint, i've ben painting for 49 yrs. looking for a group in ST%26gt; LOUIS MO.?
You must be good, but with all those years, you should know all the groups. Ask at your paint supply store.
Saturday, February 27, 2010
I have an oil painting by Maria Callous/ How do I find out if its authentic?
Also what it might be worth?I have an oil painting by Maria Callous/ How do I find out if its authentic?
If she spells her last name that way in the signature, I say it's a forgery.I have an oil painting by Maria Callous/ How do I find out if its authentic?
museum, gallery, or art department of your state's university, a curator or instructor worth their salt ought to know such things. (not some strip-mall art school. state college/university professor)
You can take the painting to a dealer or auction house to have it authenticated and valued, but if it is signed by Maria Callous it is a joke and probably not worth much.
If instead it is by Maria Callas the singer, it might be better to have an auction house value it than an art dealer.
I recommend taking it to an auction house, or an art gallery. Find someone, or somewhere, that specializes in oil paintings, and is familiar with the artist's work.
If she spells her last name that way in the signature, I say it's a forgery.I have an oil painting by Maria Callous/ How do I find out if its authentic?
museum, gallery, or art department of your state's university, a curator or instructor worth their salt ought to know such things. (not some strip-mall art school. state college/university professor)
You can take the painting to a dealer or auction house to have it authenticated and valued, but if it is signed by Maria Callous it is a joke and probably not worth much.
If instead it is by Maria Callas the singer, it might be better to have an auction house value it than an art dealer.
I recommend taking it to an auction house, or an art gallery. Find someone, or somewhere, that specializes in oil paintings, and is familiar with the artist's work.
I have an oil painting that is framed but not under glass. Can it be cleaned?
The mat is quite dusty but I am afraid to do anything to it because I do not want to damage the painting. Please help.I have an oil painting that is framed but not under glass. Can it be cleaned?
Yes it can be cleaned. If it is a good oil painting take it to a good gallery and they can advise you. You normally do not put paintings under glass.I have an oil painting that is framed but not under glass. Can it be cleaned?
Do not put an oil painting under glass. Humidity will collect and the paint will stick to the glass, ruining the painting.
um.... i lost after u asked if u could clean it.
yes just use a little bit of rubbing alcohol diluted with water. Then rinse off any excess with 94 octane unleaded gasoline. Oh, and make sure you have a cigarette in your mouth while you're doing all of this.
Consult a professional in art work before doing anything.
Of course an oil painting can be cleaned. But since the various colours are made of different materials, each of them will need a different method of cleaning. My advise is let an expert do it! Any arts museum have a person for such jobs. Ask them.
Sure as long as the paint is dry - If you're just paranoid you could use a dry cloth or duster - but really oil and water don't mix. I wouldn't want to get it super wet just to preserve the actual canvas but it won't hurt it to use a damp cloth all over if you wanted. Oil paintings are often displayed without any glass cover and most people just dust 'em dry.
Yes it can be cleaned. If it is a good oil painting take it to a good gallery and they can advise you. You normally do not put paintings under glass.I have an oil painting that is framed but not under glass. Can it be cleaned?
Do not put an oil painting under glass. Humidity will collect and the paint will stick to the glass, ruining the painting.
um.... i lost after u asked if u could clean it.
yes just use a little bit of rubbing alcohol diluted with water. Then rinse off any excess with 94 octane unleaded gasoline. Oh, and make sure you have a cigarette in your mouth while you're doing all of this.
Consult a professional in art work before doing anything.
Of course an oil painting can be cleaned. But since the various colours are made of different materials, each of them will need a different method of cleaning. My advise is let an expert do it! Any arts museum have a person for such jobs. Ask them.
Sure as long as the paint is dry - If you're just paranoid you could use a dry cloth or duster - but really oil and water don't mix. I wouldn't want to get it super wet just to preserve the actual canvas but it won't hurt it to use a damp cloth all over if you wanted. Oil paintings are often displayed without any glass cover and most people just dust 'em dry.
What is Oil paint like?
meow?What is Oil paint like?
I love working with oil, though the drying time can be inconvenient. If you're wanting to give oils a try, start off with water mixable oils. Winsor %26amp; Newton Artisan oils are water mixable. This means they clean up with soap and water. No turpentine needed. This makes them much safer to use indoors as well. There are several other brands of water mixable oils, but Winsor %26amp; Newton makes the highest quality.What is Oil paint like?
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Oil paint takes much longer to dry than any other medium which allows you mix colours on the palette or directly on the canvas. It鈥檚 also much thicker and richer, colours tend to be more vivid and longer lasting. My advice is don鈥檛 be afraid to experiment with oil paints, get a cheap canvas and student oil paints and go for it. If you get a bit messy it all comes off with turps.
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil
Oil painting is like no other painting medium if you are serious about painting, try it!
here is where you could learn a little about oil paint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paintin鈥?/a>
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I love working with oil, though the drying time can be inconvenient. If you're wanting to give oils a try, start off with water mixable oils. Winsor %26amp; Newton Artisan oils are water mixable. This means they clean up with soap and water. No turpentine needed. This makes them much safer to use indoors as well. There are several other brands of water mixable oils, but Winsor %26amp; Newton makes the highest quality.What is Oil paint like?
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Oil paint takes much longer to dry than any other medium which allows you mix colours on the palette or directly on the canvas. It鈥檚 also much thicker and richer, colours tend to be more vivid and longer lasting. My advice is don鈥檛 be afraid to experiment with oil paints, get a cheap canvas and student oil paints and go for it. If you get a bit messy it all comes off with turps.
Oil painting is the process of painting with pigments that are bound with a medium of drying oil
Oil painting is like no other painting medium if you are serious about painting, try it!
here is where you could learn a little about oil paint
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oil_paintin鈥?/a>
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Oil paint mediums for my canvas?
do people usually put a layer of a color over the canvas before they paint an oil painting? i think its called a medium. or can i just paint right away on the canvas?aOil paint mediums for my canvas?
It depends on what kind of canvas you have. If you bought a pre-stretched canvas at the store, it is already prepped and ready to go. If you are planning to stretch you own, you need to prepare the surface by applying several coats of gesso before you paint.
I recommend thinning the gesso slightly with water and applying it with a large flat sable brush all in one direction (vertical or horizontal) and then letting it dry for at least 6 hours. When it's dry, do it again, but apply the gesso in the opposite direction (like brush it side to side on the second coat if you went up and down on the first one). Do this 4 times and then let the gesso cure for an additional 24 hours before painting on it.
If you mean do you have to use an underpainting or tinting layer, then no, you don't have to. Some artists will tint the entire canvas and others use underpainting layers (a rough painting that serves as a guide for building up the subsequent layers). Other artists find the whole idea annoying and just use a charcoal sketch as a guide and build the painting one section at a time.
I don't tint my canvases, but I do use an underpainting layer. I'm more fond of glazing to get an overall tonal effect.Oil paint mediums for my canvas?
If you paint on the canvas directly the paint will soak through the fabric. If you don't want this to happen you brush a few thin layers of something known as ';size';. (If you are a vegetarian you need to buy vegetarian size because size is made out of crushed rabbits bones.) Size is like a glue and as it dries it contracts the canvas and fills the tiny holes of the fabric allowing the surface to become taut. The tautness helps the canvas to have a firm surface to paint on and enables the painter to press firmly onto the surface without causing dents. Let each layer of the size dry and then after the last one has dried you add what's called a ';primer';. Brush on each layer of primer thinly and let it dry each time. Primer is usually white. You can use either an acrylic primer or oil primer if you are going to use oil paint. If you want what's called a ';coloured ground'; on which to paint your picture you can add a colour pigment at this priming stage or you can do a layer of your chosen pigment on top of the primer. The use of a mid colour for the ground can be used instead of white. It can be somewhere between white and black or between the lightest and the darkest of any colour you may choose from which to start your picture, the light colours of the picture are worked up to and the dark colours of the picture are worked down from this mid colour.
I recommend that you get an introductory book on it or go to an evening class to get the basics. It's great fun to do and there is a life time of learning ahead of you. Learning the basics of painting is a great spring board for, as Julia Cameron says in her ';Artist's Way'; book, ';discovering or recovering your creative process';.
If the canvas has already been sized and primd, then you can start painting.
A medium is is often added to the paint. Mediums can be linseed oil, turpentine, etc,,, each had their own use. Generally, for a traditional painting, the rule is fat over lean, meaning the first layer of paint on the canvas should be paint diluted with turpentine/turpenoid called a wash.
Sometimes I will use a light tinting color, like yellow, for a sunlit scene. You can use other colors, but I usually prefer a plain canvas that has been primed with gesso.
You can also use a product that stays wet for quite a while (Magic White) so you can paint wet-on-wet in the Bill Alexander or Bob Ross technique.
Hi Tony,
A medium is something that serves as a conection or binder.
For insteance a paint has the pigments and a binder/medium that binds the pigments together.
A medium in art, namely oil painting is also the mixing of linseed oil and turps (for insteance) that will be used to unify the different mixes.
Now, you don't mention if you have a raw canvas or an already prepared one (usually with an acrylic primer / gesso).
If it's already prepared, you can paint over it, however I like to apply more 2 or 3 coats of primer / gesso to make the surface smoother.
Some artists also like to apply a foundation white before advancing with the paint. I also do this, but usually add some pigment to tone the canvas. It all depends upon the work that I'm going to do.
This is something that you'll learn with time.
If you have any more doubts, don't hesitate to contact me. I'lll try to help you as best as I can.
Kind regards,
Jos茅http://www.hushcolours.com
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It depends on what kind of canvas you have. If you bought a pre-stretched canvas at the store, it is already prepped and ready to go. If you are planning to stretch you own, you need to prepare the surface by applying several coats of gesso before you paint.
I recommend thinning the gesso slightly with water and applying it with a large flat sable brush all in one direction (vertical or horizontal) and then letting it dry for at least 6 hours. When it's dry, do it again, but apply the gesso in the opposite direction (like brush it side to side on the second coat if you went up and down on the first one). Do this 4 times and then let the gesso cure for an additional 24 hours before painting on it.
If you mean do you have to use an underpainting or tinting layer, then no, you don't have to. Some artists will tint the entire canvas and others use underpainting layers (a rough painting that serves as a guide for building up the subsequent layers). Other artists find the whole idea annoying and just use a charcoal sketch as a guide and build the painting one section at a time.
I don't tint my canvases, but I do use an underpainting layer. I'm more fond of glazing to get an overall tonal effect.Oil paint mediums for my canvas?
If you paint on the canvas directly the paint will soak through the fabric. If you don't want this to happen you brush a few thin layers of something known as ';size';. (If you are a vegetarian you need to buy vegetarian size because size is made out of crushed rabbits bones.) Size is like a glue and as it dries it contracts the canvas and fills the tiny holes of the fabric allowing the surface to become taut. The tautness helps the canvas to have a firm surface to paint on and enables the painter to press firmly onto the surface without causing dents. Let each layer of the size dry and then after the last one has dried you add what's called a ';primer';. Brush on each layer of primer thinly and let it dry each time. Primer is usually white. You can use either an acrylic primer or oil primer if you are going to use oil paint. If you want what's called a ';coloured ground'; on which to paint your picture you can add a colour pigment at this priming stage or you can do a layer of your chosen pigment on top of the primer. The use of a mid colour for the ground can be used instead of white. It can be somewhere between white and black or between the lightest and the darkest of any colour you may choose from which to start your picture, the light colours of the picture are worked up to and the dark colours of the picture are worked down from this mid colour.
I recommend that you get an introductory book on it or go to an evening class to get the basics. It's great fun to do and there is a life time of learning ahead of you. Learning the basics of painting is a great spring board for, as Julia Cameron says in her ';Artist's Way'; book, ';discovering or recovering your creative process';.
If the canvas has already been sized and primd, then you can start painting.
A medium is is often added to the paint. Mediums can be linseed oil, turpentine, etc,,, each had their own use. Generally, for a traditional painting, the rule is fat over lean, meaning the first layer of paint on the canvas should be paint diluted with turpentine/turpenoid called a wash.
Sometimes I will use a light tinting color, like yellow, for a sunlit scene. You can use other colors, but I usually prefer a plain canvas that has been primed with gesso.
You can also use a product that stays wet for quite a while (Magic White) so you can paint wet-on-wet in the Bill Alexander or Bob Ross technique.
Hi Tony,
A medium is something that serves as a conection or binder.
For insteance a paint has the pigments and a binder/medium that binds the pigments together.
A medium in art, namely oil painting is also the mixing of linseed oil and turps (for insteance) that will be used to unify the different mixes.
Now, you don't mention if you have a raw canvas or an already prepared one (usually with an acrylic primer / gesso).
If it's already prepared, you can paint over it, however I like to apply more 2 or 3 coats of primer / gesso to make the surface smoother.
Some artists also like to apply a foundation white before advancing with the paint. I also do this, but usually add some pigment to tone the canvas. It all depends upon the work that I'm going to do.
This is something that you'll learn with time.
If you have any more doubts, don't hesitate to contact me. I'lll try to help you as best as I can.
Kind regards,
Jos茅http://www.hushcolours.com
Can acrylic paint over oil paint???
can i paint over an old oil painting with acrylic paint? thanks/.Can acrylic paint over oil paint???
No, you can't as it will not adhere well. On the other hand you can work with oil paint over acrylic with complete safety. In fact, most commercial canvas for oil painting are primed in acrylic.
Work over oil paint with more oil paint. The technique is simple.Can acrylic paint over oil paint???
yea as long as its dry
As long as the oil paint is dry, which takes up to a year no problem.
I often mix the two, but mostly use Acrylic as an undercoat.
Don麓t literally mix the two othewise you get a lumpy mess.
No. It will make a horrible mess.
no, because acrylic is water based, so the oil in the oil paint will come through, because the oil floats on water
no because its oil based and acrylic is water bassed it will just crack.
Dearest artist,yes you can but after one of them be dry.
I did'nt think so. But after ready some of the answers i guess you can Good luck Enjoy
If it is dry, yes. Just cover the surface with a few coats of primer first. I often use acrylic and oils on the same canvas, and while there is a chance that the oils will eventually cause some problems with the acrylic on top, I have never had this happen. Paintings that I made over ten years ago with acrylic over oil still look just fine and there has been no damage...
Good luck!
No, you can't as it will not adhere well. On the other hand you can work with oil paint over acrylic with complete safety. In fact, most commercial canvas for oil painting are primed in acrylic.
Work over oil paint with more oil paint. The technique is simple.Can acrylic paint over oil paint???
yea as long as its dry
As long as the oil paint is dry, which takes up to a year no problem.
I often mix the two, but mostly use Acrylic as an undercoat.
Don麓t literally mix the two othewise you get a lumpy mess.
No. It will make a horrible mess.
no, because acrylic is water based, so the oil in the oil paint will come through, because the oil floats on water
no because its oil based and acrylic is water bassed it will just crack.
Dearest artist,yes you can but after one of them be dry.
I did'nt think so. But after ready some of the answers i guess you can Good luck Enjoy
If it is dry, yes. Just cover the surface with a few coats of primer first. I often use acrylic and oils on the same canvas, and while there is a chance that the oils will eventually cause some problems with the acrylic on top, I have never had this happen. Paintings that I made over ten years ago with acrylic over oil still look just fine and there has been no damage...
Good luck!
Can you put paint and oil pastels on solar panels?
im trying to do a science project and im trying to incorporate art in it, so can u paint (regular acryllic NO WATER) and put oil pastels on solar panels? would it ';blow up'; basically, is it dangerous? any pre-cautions, so can i????Can you put paint and oil pastels on solar panels?
It depends on how much of the panel you cover. If you paint a tiny little corner, then you will reduce the output by a little. But if you paint straight across the panel, even a small strip, it will effectively shut off the whole panel. Any shading of the panel is bad, shading across multiple cells is worse.Can you put paint and oil pastels on solar panels?
It would be perfectly safe.
However, the efficiency of the solar panels would be impaired. Considerably I would think.
not dangerous, but the panel would no longer work.
.
It depends on how much of the panel you cover. If you paint a tiny little corner, then you will reduce the output by a little. But if you paint straight across the panel, even a small strip, it will effectively shut off the whole panel. Any shading of the panel is bad, shading across multiple cells is worse.Can you put paint and oil pastels on solar panels?
It would be perfectly safe.
However, the efficiency of the solar panels would be impaired. Considerably I would think.
not dangerous, but the panel would no longer work.
.
How can you get smoke stains out of an oil painting?
You can start with warm water om a damp rag. Then move to alcohol. Be sure to keep checking the rag for color since you might start removing pigment.
How can one paint light in an oil painting?
I've seen many paintings where the street lights and headlights glow against the night sky, or a sun painted with the escaping rays, a full moon big and bright, the twinkle on the snow...you get the point. My issue is, I've painted now for seven years, and I have never been able to capture the glowing effect that one would expect to see in a painting with such object listed above, and my such objects, lights, candles whatever, always look fake or not believable and I was wondering if anyone knows a way to make an oil painting look like it actually has light coming from within. Thanks for the help!How can one paint light in an oil painting?
The effect is quite dependent on getting the VALUES just right! Let's start with Albert Bierstadt's ';Oregon Trail';: http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/b鈥?/a>
See how the sun almost makes you squint? That's done by placing the sun near the darkest darks of the painting where you get the contrast needed to convey bright light and then by fading out the details around it.
As you study paintings that achieve this effect I suggest you use a home-made tool in your examinations -- several small pieces of paper (1'; x 3';) with a hole punched in each one. Then, using the Bierstadt for an example, place the hole in one piece of paper over the white on the screen beside the image, and another on the sun. While you might think the sun is a lighter value than it is, notice it is still not white! And, unlike much of the rest of the sky, which is mottled with broken color, the sun is solid yellow. But do you see the outline of the sun? No . . . but you do see where it is by its greater solid concentration, and by the fact that the sky is in complimentary colors. The luminosity of the sky? That comes from using several different colors that have very nearly the same value!
~~This hole-punch color/value isolation tool is most helpful if you paint from photos, because you can actually isolate colors you might otherwise interpret incorrectly in a photo when you are choosing/mixing your colors.~~
The next example is an artist I don't know, likely because this is a commercial webpage. http://www.colombart.co.uk/enlarge/Andre鈥?/a> In this painting Andrew Kurtis gives us both the moon and its sparkly water reflection and silver lining in the clouds as a bonus. This is ALL done by manipulating values to make us see the moon and sparkle as bright. by painting the surrounding areas much darker, the light looks brighter. Is this the ';light'; effect you are looking for?
In oil I would save these spots of bright color for the final touches, using opaque pigments.
One of my favorite artists, and paintings, has incredible light effects: Roberto Matta's 1955 ';To Give Painless Light'; just glows in the way only a surrealist space-scape could glow! http://www.matta-art.com/togivepainlessl鈥?/a> As you can see he uses value and split-complementary colors to create the glow! Check out some of his other works to see how he uses this technique over and over again: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h鈥?/a>
Now compare the above examples to our contemporary, Thomas Kinkade, who is know for his ';lights.'; http://patternatlas.com/wallpaperpics/ho鈥?/a> I avoided mentioning Kinkade sooner because he has become too familiar and commercial in his works. But this example shows that all he does is use this same method to achieve his lights. Notice how the highlights on the snow are not overdone -- not everywhere on every branch? And again, the moon is not outlined, but hazes out into the cold sky; this gives the feeling of frostiness. Again, the orange-yellow light is the compliment of the purple snow. The moon is white/cool light (or pale blue) and the interior and artificial lights yellow/warm. How he gets away with a fairly light in values painting (it is night but he uses fewer darks than he would if it were a bright sunny day with deep shadows!) by keying all his values to read as night by introducing the two colors of light!
And finally, sun on snow. This painting by Ji Ye http://blog.lsc.edu/painting/files/2008/鈥?/a> illustrates that you rarely paint snow with white paint! If you use the hole-punch tool and examine the snow you will see that what appears as sunlit white snow is actually orangy-yellow, almost peachy yellow. The shaded snow is blue, becoming violet in the distance.How can one paint light in an oil painting?
There is no light without dark. There is no dark without light.
The effect is quite dependent on getting the VALUES just right! Let's start with Albert Bierstadt's ';Oregon Trail';: http://faculty.pittstate.edu/~knichols/b鈥?/a>
See how the sun almost makes you squint? That's done by placing the sun near the darkest darks of the painting where you get the contrast needed to convey bright light and then by fading out the details around it.
As you study paintings that achieve this effect I suggest you use a home-made tool in your examinations -- several small pieces of paper (1'; x 3';) with a hole punched in each one. Then, using the Bierstadt for an example, place the hole in one piece of paper over the white on the screen beside the image, and another on the sun. While you might think the sun is a lighter value than it is, notice it is still not white! And, unlike much of the rest of the sky, which is mottled with broken color, the sun is solid yellow. But do you see the outline of the sun? No . . . but you do see where it is by its greater solid concentration, and by the fact that the sky is in complimentary colors. The luminosity of the sky? That comes from using several different colors that have very nearly the same value!
~~This hole-punch color/value isolation tool is most helpful if you paint from photos, because you can actually isolate colors you might otherwise interpret incorrectly in a photo when you are choosing/mixing your colors.~~
The next example is an artist I don't know, likely because this is a commercial webpage. http://www.colombart.co.uk/enlarge/Andre鈥?/a> In this painting Andrew Kurtis gives us both the moon and its sparkly water reflection and silver lining in the clouds as a bonus. This is ALL done by manipulating values to make us see the moon and sparkle as bright. by painting the surrounding areas much darker, the light looks brighter. Is this the ';light'; effect you are looking for?
In oil I would save these spots of bright color for the final touches, using opaque pigments.
One of my favorite artists, and paintings, has incredible light effects: Roberto Matta's 1955 ';To Give Painless Light'; just glows in the way only a surrealist space-scape could glow! http://www.matta-art.com/togivepainlessl鈥?/a> As you can see he uses value and split-complementary colors to create the glow! Check out some of his other works to see how he uses this technique over and over again: http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=h鈥?/a>
Now compare the above examples to our contemporary, Thomas Kinkade, who is know for his ';lights.'; http://patternatlas.com/wallpaperpics/ho鈥?/a> I avoided mentioning Kinkade sooner because he has become too familiar and commercial in his works. But this example shows that all he does is use this same method to achieve his lights. Notice how the highlights on the snow are not overdone -- not everywhere on every branch? And again, the moon is not outlined, but hazes out into the cold sky; this gives the feeling of frostiness. Again, the orange-yellow light is the compliment of the purple snow. The moon is white/cool light (or pale blue) and the interior and artificial lights yellow/warm. How he gets away with a fairly light in values painting (it is night but he uses fewer darks than he would if it were a bright sunny day with deep shadows!) by keying all his values to read as night by introducing the two colors of light!
And finally, sun on snow. This painting by Ji Ye http://blog.lsc.edu/painting/files/2008/鈥?/a> illustrates that you rarely paint snow with white paint! If you use the hole-punch tool and examine the snow you will see that what appears as sunlit white snow is actually orangy-yellow, almost peachy yellow. The shaded snow is blue, becoming violet in the distance.How can one paint light in an oil painting?
There is no light without dark. There is no dark without light.
Is there a big difference in oil paint and acrylic paint?
what's the big difference?
i usually paint with acrylic, but i want to paint a really big city skyline about six feet wide, by about two feet tall. on a canvas, which would be better? acrylic? or oil?Is there a big difference in oil paint and acrylic paint?
Acrylic paints are made from a type of plastic, and oil paints are oil based. The biggest difference between the two is that acrylics dry *much* faster. Oils stay wet and malleable for a lot longer. You have more time to blend colors and create layers with oils. Cheaper acrylic paints tend to have a ';plastic'; look, not as deep as oils, but there are brands of acrylics that look exactly like oil paints. The main difference is that oils take a lot longer to dry. Also, you use different spirits and turpentines to thin out oil paints and/or clean brushes. With acrylics, you mainly just use water but the paints dry quickly and can destroy brushes easily.
Oil paints are also more fragile than acrylics... oil paintings are more prone to aging, yellowing and becoming brittle. Acrylics are more resistant to wear/tear/age. Also, acrylics are versatile and you can easily mix them with other materials, such as pens, charcoal, ink, etc. I would say that acrylics are generally the more versatile paint. With acrylics, you can mimic the look of oil paintings to watercolors and everything in between. Oil paints are preferable if your main goal is to paint a lot of layers and blend colors extensively. Otherwise, I think acrylics are a lot easier and more practical to work with.
Edit: For a six foot wide painting, oils would be more expensive (although not by much) and would take a long time to dry. However, you'd have a lot of time to blend the paint. With acrylics, the paint would dry very quickly, and I don't know if that's what you want if you are painting something so large.Is there a big difference in oil paint and acrylic paint?
I love your question. There is one secret way that a lot of master artist work with and it helps them finish large canvases faster.
Most canvas made today and used today is primed with acrylic gesso which is acrylic paint with some rough things added to it to give it tooth. So when you start an oil painting you have an acrylic underpainting. What I do is use acrylic paint for the beginning of painting, the first blocks of color are put in with acrylic paint, which is cheaper but the colors are not as natural as in oil. Than I go to oils where the colors are more luminous and more natural and beautiful. The painting gets done in much faster time and is not as expensive to finish. The bright colors of acrylic paint come through the layers of oils and make the painting shimmer.
I hope it helps and your painting will look good.
Acrylic dries much much faster than oil paints, and you don't need to use mediums with acrylic.
For a large scale painting, I would probably use oil paint. Just because I find them easier to handle, and they stay wet for days or weeks even, so you can continue to work on the same layer over a long period of time.
Then again, you might prefer acrylics. It always annoys me how fast they dry, but you might like to work quickly.
Hope that helped =]
I'm just guessing, but I'd say that if you are used to acrylics, and have all the brushes and ';stuff'; for acrylics, it makes sense NOT to switch mediums for a big project.
It's hard to say anything not knowing your painting style, or the effect you want, but I've never liked acrylics for natural subjects like portraits. They always seem artificial and harsh, which is probably a good thing for an urban landscape.
drying time and ease of cleanup depending on how much you layer the paint there are some colors especially in sunset/sunrise that are close together but will mix for an unintended color but I find that it blends a little better being that it does not dry so quickly
i usually paint with acrylic, but i want to paint a really big city skyline about six feet wide, by about two feet tall. on a canvas, which would be better? acrylic? or oil?Is there a big difference in oil paint and acrylic paint?
Acrylic paints are made from a type of plastic, and oil paints are oil based. The biggest difference between the two is that acrylics dry *much* faster. Oils stay wet and malleable for a lot longer. You have more time to blend colors and create layers with oils. Cheaper acrylic paints tend to have a ';plastic'; look, not as deep as oils, but there are brands of acrylics that look exactly like oil paints. The main difference is that oils take a lot longer to dry. Also, you use different spirits and turpentines to thin out oil paints and/or clean brushes. With acrylics, you mainly just use water but the paints dry quickly and can destroy brushes easily.
Oil paints are also more fragile than acrylics... oil paintings are more prone to aging, yellowing and becoming brittle. Acrylics are more resistant to wear/tear/age. Also, acrylics are versatile and you can easily mix them with other materials, such as pens, charcoal, ink, etc. I would say that acrylics are generally the more versatile paint. With acrylics, you can mimic the look of oil paintings to watercolors and everything in between. Oil paints are preferable if your main goal is to paint a lot of layers and blend colors extensively. Otherwise, I think acrylics are a lot easier and more practical to work with.
Edit: For a six foot wide painting, oils would be more expensive (although not by much) and would take a long time to dry. However, you'd have a lot of time to blend the paint. With acrylics, the paint would dry very quickly, and I don't know if that's what you want if you are painting something so large.Is there a big difference in oil paint and acrylic paint?
I love your question. There is one secret way that a lot of master artist work with and it helps them finish large canvases faster.
Most canvas made today and used today is primed with acrylic gesso which is acrylic paint with some rough things added to it to give it tooth. So when you start an oil painting you have an acrylic underpainting. What I do is use acrylic paint for the beginning of painting, the first blocks of color are put in with acrylic paint, which is cheaper but the colors are not as natural as in oil. Than I go to oils where the colors are more luminous and more natural and beautiful. The painting gets done in much faster time and is not as expensive to finish. The bright colors of acrylic paint come through the layers of oils and make the painting shimmer.
I hope it helps and your painting will look good.
Acrylic dries much much faster than oil paints, and you don't need to use mediums with acrylic.
For a large scale painting, I would probably use oil paint. Just because I find them easier to handle, and they stay wet for days or weeks even, so you can continue to work on the same layer over a long period of time.
Then again, you might prefer acrylics. It always annoys me how fast they dry, but you might like to work quickly.
Hope that helped =]
I'm just guessing, but I'd say that if you are used to acrylics, and have all the brushes and ';stuff'; for acrylics, it makes sense NOT to switch mediums for a big project.
It's hard to say anything not knowing your painting style, or the effect you want, but I've never liked acrylics for natural subjects like portraits. They always seem artificial and harsh, which is probably a good thing for an urban landscape.
drying time and ease of cleanup depending on how much you layer the paint there are some colors especially in sunset/sunrise that are close together but will mix for an unintended color but I find that it blends a little better being that it does not dry so quickly
How can i get oil based paint out of my hair with the least amount of damage, of course?
Use Herbal Essenses shampoo. It may take repeated washings, but it is the best way to get oil based products out of hair.How can i get oil based paint out of my hair with the least amount of damage, of course?
More oil. Use a heavy conditioner to help it lift from your hair. Then use Prell Shampoo to strip the oil from your hair.web development
More oil. Use a heavy conditioner to help it lift from your hair. Then use Prell Shampoo to strip the oil from your hair.
I have what i believe to be a rare john horsewell oil painting but its an old english scene is this right ?
the painting is of a man on a horse in a country setting, all the paintings i have seen are of seaside images or french style country side. is this an earlier style ? a fake? or something all together different?I have what i believe to be a rare john horsewell oil painting but its an old english scene is this right ?
I too have a John Horsewell English country scene showing two oast houses next to a river. It is nothing like the contemporary JH pictures that are shown on the internet.
I do not believe it to be a fake as the signature is identical to those shown on the contemporary paintings. I do have some history of this picture and I know that it is at least 20 years old.
I too have a John Horsewell English country scene showing two oast houses next to a river. It is nothing like the contemporary JH pictures that are shown on the internet.
I do not believe it to be a fake as the signature is identical to those shown on the contemporary paintings. I do have some history of this picture and I know that it is at least 20 years old.
How to mix oil paint colors for dried swamp grass and white tailed deer fur?
I have some trouble with mixing oil paints to get dried swamp grass (that warm yellowy-beigey color) and white tailed deer fur, summer and winter coats. Titanium white makes the dried swamp grass too cold looking, but I need to make the highlights quite light. The deer coats, I just keep messing up, no idea what to do there.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!!How to mix oil paint colors for dried swamp grass and white tailed deer fur?
Rembrandt makes a color called Yellow Ochre Light.
Give it a shot, I bet it's exactly what you're looking for.
If you don't want to buy the color, you're just going to have to learn to control your mixtures better.
If the Yellow Ochre + White is still too cool, try adding a dab of Cadmium Orange.
Or just Cadmium Orange and White.
The key to keep in mind is that white is a COOL color.
Because it is devoid of all saturation, it will dull and cool any color it interacts with.
For this reason, you can not add it to yellow expecting to make a brighter yellow.
Lighter, yes... Brighter, no.
You need to substitute more yellows (like lemon yellow) or learn to surround the white with warm colors so that it takes on their appearance.
Once you start to apply white in a thin manner, it looks very blue.
In fact, Old Masters used to use this technique (called scumbling) to create the illusion of blue when none was available.
Lastly,
all color is relative.
If your beige color is looking too cool, it could be because your background is just too warm.How to mix oil paint colors for dried swamp grass and white tailed deer fur?
Try burnt sienna or burnt umber mix with raw sienna for the fur. Remember the coats are not uniform in color. Darker on the back and getting lighter on the sides to white on the belly.
For the grass, start with yellow ocher and white to get the lightest color and stronger ocher for the shaded parts. Use some burnt umber for darker shade.
Any help is appreciated! Thanks!!How to mix oil paint colors for dried swamp grass and white tailed deer fur?
Rembrandt makes a color called Yellow Ochre Light.
Give it a shot, I bet it's exactly what you're looking for.
If you don't want to buy the color, you're just going to have to learn to control your mixtures better.
If the Yellow Ochre + White is still too cool, try adding a dab of Cadmium Orange.
Or just Cadmium Orange and White.
The key to keep in mind is that white is a COOL color.
Because it is devoid of all saturation, it will dull and cool any color it interacts with.
For this reason, you can not add it to yellow expecting to make a brighter yellow.
Lighter, yes... Brighter, no.
You need to substitute more yellows (like lemon yellow) or learn to surround the white with warm colors so that it takes on their appearance.
Once you start to apply white in a thin manner, it looks very blue.
In fact, Old Masters used to use this technique (called scumbling) to create the illusion of blue when none was available.
Lastly,
all color is relative.
If your beige color is looking too cool, it could be because your background is just too warm.How to mix oil paint colors for dried swamp grass and white tailed deer fur?
Try burnt sienna or burnt umber mix with raw sienna for the fur. Remember the coats are not uniform in color. Darker on the back and getting lighter on the sides to white on the belly.
For the grass, start with yellow ocher and white to get the lightest color and stronger ocher for the shaded parts. Use some burnt umber for darker shade.
Who painted the famous Santa Clause with oil paint?
Today in art class my teacher showed us a youtube video from a famous guy who did famous oil paintings. There was a song I really liked on the video, like ';going down the stream'; or something.. but the only painting I remember was of a close-up of Santa Claus and he's looking directly at you. I know this sounds stupid, but I know if I can find the oil painting then I might be able to find the video with the song.
I also remember a repeated picture of a guy, and my teacher said it was oil paint with different layers and layers. I totally forgot the guys name but yeah. So if you could help me that'd be great! I've looked all over the internet and google already so yeah. :DWho painted the famous Santa Clause with oil paint?
I think it was Norman Rockwell.
I also remember a repeated picture of a guy, and my teacher said it was oil paint with different layers and layers. I totally forgot the guys name but yeah. So if you could help me that'd be great! I've looked all over the internet and google already so yeah. :DWho painted the famous Santa Clause with oil paint?
I think it was Norman Rockwell.
I Need Painting Tips! Is there a paint that Is as good as oil paint but drys fast kinda like Acrylics?
I have oil paint and Acrylics..but I don't know how to use Acrylics THAT well...I'm better with oil paints..but Oil paints Take forever to dry..and I am trying to do Mixed media so I kinda don't want to ait 3 days to get a picture done...Any Advice or better paints that i can use??
(I kinda want to mix them together XD just to see if i can get what i want by doing that!)I Need Painting Tips! Is there a paint that Is as good as oil paint but drys fast kinda like Acrylics?
Done mix them. There is a fast drying medium you can add to the oils to help them dry faster (*made by liquitex), but be careful if you mix you own from (Japanese Dryer) because too much can cause the paints to crack at a later date.
Both have good points and bad, and you will need to get skilled with both. I like under painting with acrylics for the fast drying part and finishing up with oils because of their great ability to allow me to finish and dry brush. But you cannot do them in the reverse order.
Grumbacher used to make an oil paint that worked a lot like acrylics but I don't know if they are still making it. Check around.
I love mixed media work because you can do some fun techniques, but some care needs to be exercised because you don't want to sell a nice piece and find out later it peeled off the canvas or all the paint faded to white. ooops.I Need Painting Tips! Is there a paint that Is as good as oil paint but drys fast kinda like Acrylics?
Don't mix them together unless you want a mess. They are not compatible. Just use a drying agent and your oils will dry overnight and even begin tacking up within a few hours.
Use M Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium. It is odorless and safe. Scroll to the bottom of the page:
http://www.artsupply.com/mgraham/oil150m鈥?/a>
M T is right; don't mix them together but if you want faster drying oils develop a technique using the oils in a thinner consistency. The thinner the oils the faster they dry. You can do a lot with turp-thinned oils ; I have done many paintings with this technique and they turn out great.
Mixing them together experimentally could be interesting, but not much will make oil paint dry in three days! There are mediums you can buy to mix with the oils that wiil make it dry faster, but only at the surface. I have used oils outdoors in the heat (97 degrees) and it dried very quickly, but again, just at the surface. It would be interesting to experiment with how the mix of the two paints would look in a few years, but in three days you have to use acrylics.
Remember the old saw: practice makes perfect. Acrylics are different, they dry faster. There are mediums, like ';Slow Dry'; you can use to make them more like oils, but you will still have to get used to how they feel. Three-day paintings are possible in acrylics.
Dont mix them. Use the new mediums and slow drying agents that are available. Acrylics arew great and can be used in so many ways nowdays
(I kinda want to mix them together XD just to see if i can get what i want by doing that!)I Need Painting Tips! Is there a paint that Is as good as oil paint but drys fast kinda like Acrylics?
Done mix them. There is a fast drying medium you can add to the oils to help them dry faster (*made by liquitex), but be careful if you mix you own from (Japanese Dryer) because too much can cause the paints to crack at a later date.
Both have good points and bad, and you will need to get skilled with both. I like under painting with acrylics for the fast drying part and finishing up with oils because of their great ability to allow me to finish and dry brush. But you cannot do them in the reverse order.
Grumbacher used to make an oil paint that worked a lot like acrylics but I don't know if they are still making it. Check around.
I love mixed media work because you can do some fun techniques, but some care needs to be exercised because you don't want to sell a nice piece and find out later it peeled off the canvas or all the paint faded to white. ooops.I Need Painting Tips! Is there a paint that Is as good as oil paint but drys fast kinda like Acrylics?
Don't mix them together unless you want a mess. They are not compatible. Just use a drying agent and your oils will dry overnight and even begin tacking up within a few hours.
Use M Graham Walnut Alkyd Medium. It is odorless and safe. Scroll to the bottom of the page:
http://www.artsupply.com/mgraham/oil150m鈥?/a>
M T is right; don't mix them together but if you want faster drying oils develop a technique using the oils in a thinner consistency. The thinner the oils the faster they dry. You can do a lot with turp-thinned oils ; I have done many paintings with this technique and they turn out great.
Mixing them together experimentally could be interesting, but not much will make oil paint dry in three days! There are mediums you can buy to mix with the oils that wiil make it dry faster, but only at the surface. I have used oils outdoors in the heat (97 degrees) and it dried very quickly, but again, just at the surface. It would be interesting to experiment with how the mix of the two paints would look in a few years, but in three days you have to use acrylics.
Remember the old saw: practice makes perfect. Acrylics are different, they dry faster. There are mediums, like ';Slow Dry'; you can use to make them more like oils, but you will still have to get used to how they feel. Three-day paintings are possible in acrylics.
Dont mix them. Use the new mediums and slow drying agents that are available. Acrylics arew great and can be used in so many ways nowdays
Markers oil paint in the washer...?
My lovely stepdaughter decided when putting her clothes into the washer to be washed to leave some markers and what appears to be oil paint packet in her pockets. I did the laundry and threw them in the dryer when they were done. As I started to hang them up, I noticed they are now speckled with lovely colorful dots.
Do I have a new fashion statement or does anyone know of a solution? Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what she left in her pockets as no remnants could be found... any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you kindly,
MelissaMarkers oil paint in the washer...?
try rubbing alcohol, you might also try goo gone. However the heat from the dryer might of set the stains
Do I have a new fashion statement or does anyone know of a solution? Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what she left in her pockets as no remnants could be found... any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you kindly,
MelissaMarkers oil paint in the washer...?
try rubbing alcohol, you might also try goo gone. However the heat from the dryer might of set the stains
Painting newbie.. going to Michael's want to oil paint on canvas?
What is a good brand? I don't want just primary colors.. I want variety like rose, amber, violet etc..
Here's the options: http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displ鈥?/a>
I'll be painting on a canvas.
Also, what's a good cleaner of oil paint to clean the brushes and why are there so many different brushes.. is that really necessary?
THANKS! Excited to start painting abstract weird art!Painting newbie.. going to Michael's want to oil paint on canvas?
I started with Georgian oil paints seven years ago which i bought at Michael's. To this day i still buy and use them, among other brands. My work done with these can be checked out at hellosanantonio.com under artist name GUERRO1. I'm a traditional painter, although i enjoy looking at really good abstract art it's not really my thing. My brother does both.web development
Here's the options: http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displ鈥?/a>
I'll be painting on a canvas.
Also, what's a good cleaner of oil paint to clean the brushes and why are there so many different brushes.. is that really necessary?
THANKS! Excited to start painting abstract weird art!Painting newbie.. going to Michael's want to oil paint on canvas?
I started with Georgian oil paints seven years ago which i bought at Michael's. To this day i still buy and use them, among other brands. My work done with these can be checked out at hellosanantonio.com under artist name GUERRO1. I'm a traditional painter, although i enjoy looking at really good abstract art it's not really my thing. My brother does both.
I have an oil painting by Jack Cooley. It is of a Quail. How could I find someone interested in purchasing it?
I believe it is early work of his.I have an oil painting by Jack Cooley. It is of a Quail. How could I find someone interested in purchasing it?
Jack Cooley's paintings have sold at auction for between $117 and $960.
http://www.findartinfo.com/search/listpr鈥?/a>
The best way would be to find the most reputable art auctioneer in your area and sell through them.
Or you could try one of the online sites like ebay or craiglist.
Jack Cooley's paintings have sold at auction for between $117 and $960.
http://www.findartinfo.com/search/listpr鈥?/a>
The best way would be to find the most reputable art auctioneer in your area and sell through them.
Or you could try one of the online sites like ebay or craiglist.
Markers oil paint in the washer...?
My lovely stepdaughter decided when putting her clothes into the washer to be washed to leave some markers and what appears to be oil paint packet in her pockets. I did the laundry and threw them in the dryer when they were done. As I started to hang them up, I noticed they are now speckled with lovely colorful dots.
Do I have a new fashion statement or does anyone know of a solution? Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what she left in her pockets as no remnants could be found... any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you kindly,
MelissaMarkers oil paint in the washer...?
try rubbing alcohol, you might also try goo gone. However the heat from the dryer might of set the stains
Do I have a new fashion statement or does anyone know of a solution? Unfortunately, I don't know exactly what she left in her pockets as no remnants could be found... any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you kindly,
MelissaMarkers oil paint in the washer...?
try rubbing alcohol, you might also try goo gone. However the heat from the dryer might of set the stains
Painting newbie.. going to Michael's want to oil paint on canvas?
What is a good brand? I don't want just primary colors.. I want variety like rose, amber, violet etc..
Here's the options: http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displ鈥?/a>
I'll be painting on a canvas.
Also, what's a good cleaner of oil paint to clean the brushes and why are there so many different brushes.. is that really necessary?
THANKS! Excited to start painting abstract weird art!Painting newbie.. going to Michael's want to oil paint on canvas?
I started with Georgian oil paints seven years ago which i bought at Michael's. To this day i still buy and use them, among other brands. My work done with these can be checked out at hellosanantonio.com under artist name GUERRO1. I'm a traditional painter, although i enjoy looking at really good abstract art it's not really my thing. My brother does both.
Here's the options: http://www.michaels.com/art/online/displ鈥?/a>
I'll be painting on a canvas.
Also, what's a good cleaner of oil paint to clean the brushes and why are there so many different brushes.. is that really necessary?
THANKS! Excited to start painting abstract weird art!Painting newbie.. going to Michael's want to oil paint on canvas?
I started with Georgian oil paints seven years ago which i bought at Michael's. To this day i still buy and use them, among other brands. My work done with these can be checked out at hellosanantonio.com under artist name GUERRO1. I'm a traditional painter, although i enjoy looking at really good abstract art it's not really my thing. My brother does both.
I have an oil painting by Jack Cooley. It is of a Quail. How could I find someone interested in purchasing it?
I believe it is early work of his.I have an oil painting by Jack Cooley. It is of a Quail. How could I find someone interested in purchasing it?
Jack Cooley's paintings have sold at auction for between $117 and $960.
http://www.findartinfo.com/search/listpr鈥?/a>
The best way would be to find the most reputable art auctioneer in your area and sell through them.
Or you could try one of the online sites like ebay or craiglist.
Jack Cooley's paintings have sold at auction for between $117 and $960.
http://www.findartinfo.com/search/listpr鈥?/a>
The best way would be to find the most reputable art auctioneer in your area and sell through them.
Or you could try one of the online sites like ebay or craiglist.
What are the effects created by fresco, tempera panel and oil painting techniques on...?
hi there!
This is the complete question..
What are the effects created by fresco techniques, tempera panel techniques and oil painting techniques on..
- form?
-composition?
-scale?
- color?
I don't need you all to answer the question directly..
I just need pointers on how should I answer them..
I need to answer the effects on all three (fresco, tempera, oil painting) and I can't find any good websites to help me..
Thanks in advance!!!!What are the effects created by fresco, tempera panel and oil painting techniques on...?
I've never worked with fresco as far as i know the tempera is a water base paint and is excellent for window paint for tempera use I know people use it on canvas as well and for oil can paint it on any thing like paper wood and material like canvas hope this is part of what you want to here
This is the complete question..
What are the effects created by fresco techniques, tempera panel techniques and oil painting techniques on..
- form?
-composition?
-scale?
- color?
I don't need you all to answer the question directly..
I just need pointers on how should I answer them..
I need to answer the effects on all three (fresco, tempera, oil painting) and I can't find any good websites to help me..
Thanks in advance!!!!What are the effects created by fresco, tempera panel and oil painting techniques on...?
I've never worked with fresco as far as i know the tempera is a water base paint and is excellent for window paint for tempera use I know people use it on canvas as well and for oil can paint it on any thing like paper wood and material like canvas hope this is part of what you want to here
How can i make my oil paints softer?
i need to know what i can add or do to my oil paints to make them softer. they are kind of old and they still work but they are stiff and hard to use. they came with a picture and i can't buy new paints of the same colors. i really need to know cause i don't want to waste them. i go to the store in less then an hour so someone please tell me. thanks.How can i make my oil paints softer?
Buy a bottle of refined linseed oil, and a bottle of odorless mineral spirits (Turpenoid is great).
In a babyfood sized jar, mix the oil and solvent in equal parts.
This is your 'medium'.
When mixing your paints on the palette, add just a drop or two (very sparingly) of your medium, and you will add fluidity to your oil paint.
Add a greater amount of medium to achieve transparent affects (called glazing), though this is NOT recommended in the early stages of a painting.
Rather, glazing is meant to modify areas in the final stages.How can i make my oil paints softer?
I also would suggest linseed oil. You pour a drop or two directly onto your paint and it really, really helps. You can find it at any craft store for under $10.00.
Daniel D, I appreciate your glazing tip. I will have to try that.web development
Buy a bottle of refined linseed oil, and a bottle of odorless mineral spirits (Turpenoid is great).
In a babyfood sized jar, mix the oil and solvent in equal parts.
This is your 'medium'.
When mixing your paints on the palette, add just a drop or two (very sparingly) of your medium, and you will add fluidity to your oil paint.
Add a greater amount of medium to achieve transparent affects (called glazing), though this is NOT recommended in the early stages of a painting.
Rather, glazing is meant to modify areas in the final stages.How can i make my oil paints softer?
I also would suggest linseed oil. You pour a drop or two directly onto your paint and it really, really helps. You can find it at any craft store for under $10.00.
Daniel D, I appreciate your glazing tip. I will have to try that.
How to paint with Reeves oil paints?
I just wanted to play around and paint a little bit, so I bought a set of Reeves oil paints. I know they're not high quality and all of that, but again, I'm just trying to occupy some time, and I've used their acrylics before, and they're very cheap!
Anyway, I need some tips on painting with oil. I've ready many other Yahoo Answers results, but can anyone just simply answer me how to use these paints... what does it mean that I need to mix them with a ';medium'; and turpentine or something like that...? What does that do to the paint? And how to do I make a wash? I read on one result that a red wash was a good wash to start with, I get the idea that this covers the canvas, but do I just dilute the paint with... well I'm not sure! Please help! I'm an absolute beginner with oil painting! So far I have canvas and the Reeves set, I've got to go tomorrow to the craft store so I can buy brushes and turp or whatever then!How to paint with Reeves oil paints?
http://www.guidetooilpainting.com
http://www.squidoo.com/oil-painting-begi鈥?/a>
http://painting.about.com/od/oilpainting鈥?/a>How to paint with Reeves oil paints?
I start with a wash; ultramarine blue or umber plus turps to lay in the dark areas of the composition. Then a medium colour wash then a light yellow wash for the light areas. After that you use thicker and thicker paint as you build up your image. Always work from dark to light and from thin to thick. So your final touch will be a white brushstroke straight from the tube.
Anyway, I need some tips on painting with oil. I've ready many other Yahoo Answers results, but can anyone just simply answer me how to use these paints... what does it mean that I need to mix them with a ';medium'; and turpentine or something like that...? What does that do to the paint? And how to do I make a wash? I read on one result that a red wash was a good wash to start with, I get the idea that this covers the canvas, but do I just dilute the paint with... well I'm not sure! Please help! I'm an absolute beginner with oil painting! So far I have canvas and the Reeves set, I've got to go tomorrow to the craft store so I can buy brushes and turp or whatever then!How to paint with Reeves oil paints?
http://www.guidetooilpainting.com
http://www.squidoo.com/oil-painting-begi鈥?/a>
http://painting.about.com/od/oilpainting鈥?/a>How to paint with Reeves oil paints?
I start with a wash; ultramarine blue or umber plus turps to lay in the dark areas of the composition. Then a medium colour wash then a light yellow wash for the light areas. After that you use thicker and thicker paint as you build up your image. Always work from dark to light and from thin to thick. So your final touch will be a white brushstroke straight from the tube.
Oil paint question...?
We did oil painting in art class and now I am considering attempting to oil paint at home. I have a few questions...
1. How much does oil paint cost (I only want black and white) and do they sell it at stores like walmart??
2. My art teacher made her own oil paint using regular house paint (I think), how do you do this??
3. One of my biggest problems with oil painting in art class was having my brushes get hard. How can I keep them from getting hard, do I need some special kind of cleaning fluid or what?? Also should I get a new set of brushes just for oil paint??
Thanks!!Oil paint question...?
Walmart might sell oil paints but most likely not. You really need to go to an art supply store (look online in your area there are many around). Oil paint is expensive and remember to squeeze only 1/2 inch of paint out...basically as little as possible because a little goes a long way and you dont want to waste it.
Do not use house paint use professional oil art paint that comes in metal tubes sold at art stores. Also you need to buy a canvas for oil painting. Regular paper will not work for oils. If you go to any art supply store they can answer all these questions for you.
You can buy the plastic paint holders to mix and hold the paint you squeeze out. Or you can get a piece of thick glass or buy a large bathroom tile to use to hold the paint and mix it if you want to save money.
Also you may want to construct an easel. You can make them out of wood. You need something to hold your painting while you paint.Oil paint question...?
Do not buy it from walmart. The products are not very good.
Don'rt know where you are but go to your local art supply store. They have products that will actually be oil paints not just some pigment with some chinese cheap version of oil paints.
Don't know about the oil paint but have used straight up acrylic paints.. they are more forgiving than oil, no fumes and u can blend them.
turpentine to clean them .. but its messy
get new brushes and keep them clean.. none of these chemicals should ever be tossed on the ground or drained in plumbing...you will have to find an appropriate place to dump them. ..they will clog pipes and will ruin lawn. ..and pollute them as well.
good question?
You should do a yahoo search for 'best oil paint methods'
You will finds tons of great info.
Have fun!
:)
try hobby lobby or something. I'm sure they have that stuff!
１ ~ paints are around $ 6.99 give or take on brand and quality, you may find some around $4.99, and some go high as $ 20.+, Walmart sells craft acrylic paint, some may have artists sets, try craft stores like Michaels or Art %26amp; Graphic stores in your area, check yellow pages,
２ ~ if paint is oil based for house you could technically use as oil paint, but the texture and medium are much thinner, acrylic white paint can be used sometimes as gesso, would not advise using for actual oil painting, some paints like titanium white and flake white vary in texture and use,
３ ~ having turpentine to rinse is handy, regular orderless paint thinner can help, there are brush cleaners that are less toxic and easier on bristles, depending on what brushes you have already, there are types for oil/ acrylic, and water colours, not good to mix if using all types of mediums, if hardened, try adding acetone to melt, but if too damaged, start fresh,
Utrecht oils
http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_produ…
Van-gogh
http://www.dickblick.com/products/van-go…
Daler-Rowney
http://www.danielsmith.com/subcat~cat~10…
http://www.dickblick.com/products/ez-air…
..
1. Oil paint is expensive, depends on the brand and the amount; but you can expect to pay $5 - $10 on a single tube of paint. And yes you can buy it at wal-mart (it's cheap there), don't expect a great quality paint though. If your just learning or practicing it will work fine.
2. What?! That doesn't sound right... I wouldn't suggest doing that, but my guess is that she added oil medium to the paint. (same oil that acts as a thinner/base for oil paints) The oil medium can be expensive though, you're better off buying the actual paint.
3. No, you don't need a new set of brushes. Oil repels water so it doesn't wash out with water alone. You just need to buy an artist's soap container or turpentine. It depends on the type of paint you have. you'll have to do some research.
Depending on the size of the tube it can run anywhere from $4 up.
You can find oil paints sold by individual tubes at any Micheals, Hobby Lobby, Pearl Paint, or arts %26amp; craft store.
You teacher probably used oil based house paint which is normally sold by the 1/2 Gallon or Gallon. The process to make your own oil paints is a lengthy one.
To keep your brushes from getting hard you have to make sure that you wash the paint out of them with turpentine and then use a paint soap (also sold in art stores) and gently rub it through the bristles of the brush and rinse. You may need to repeat. Then dry with bristle side up. You must clean them right away after using them otherwise the paint dries and ruins your brushes. Use stiff natural or nylon brushes especially made for oil painting. Do not use the same brushes for Acrylic or water color painting.
1. How much does oil paint cost (I only want black and white) and do they sell it at stores like walmart??
2. My art teacher made her own oil paint using regular house paint (I think), how do you do this??
3. One of my biggest problems with oil painting in art class was having my brushes get hard. How can I keep them from getting hard, do I need some special kind of cleaning fluid or what?? Also should I get a new set of brushes just for oil paint??
Thanks!!Oil paint question...?
Walmart might sell oil paints but most likely not. You really need to go to an art supply store (look online in your area there are many around). Oil paint is expensive and remember to squeeze only 1/2 inch of paint out...basically as little as possible because a little goes a long way and you dont want to waste it.
Do not use house paint use professional oil art paint that comes in metal tubes sold at art stores. Also you need to buy a canvas for oil painting. Regular paper will not work for oils. If you go to any art supply store they can answer all these questions for you.
You can buy the plastic paint holders to mix and hold the paint you squeeze out. Or you can get a piece of thick glass or buy a large bathroom tile to use to hold the paint and mix it if you want to save money.
Also you may want to construct an easel. You can make them out of wood. You need something to hold your painting while you paint.Oil paint question...?
Do not buy it from walmart. The products are not very good.
Don'rt know where you are but go to your local art supply store. They have products that will actually be oil paints not just some pigment with some chinese cheap version of oil paints.
Don't know about the oil paint but have used straight up acrylic paints.. they are more forgiving than oil, no fumes and u can blend them.
turpentine to clean them .. but its messy
get new brushes and keep them clean.. none of these chemicals should ever be tossed on the ground or drained in plumbing...you will have to find an appropriate place to dump them. ..they will clog pipes and will ruin lawn. ..and pollute them as well.
good question?
You should do a yahoo search for 'best oil paint methods'
You will finds tons of great info.
Have fun!
:)
try hobby lobby or something. I'm sure they have that stuff!
１ ~ paints are around $ 6.99 give or take on brand and quality, you may find some around $4.99, and some go high as $ 20.+, Walmart sells craft acrylic paint, some may have artists sets, try craft stores like Michaels or Art %26amp; Graphic stores in your area, check yellow pages,
２ ~ if paint is oil based for house you could technically use as oil paint, but the texture and medium are much thinner, acrylic white paint can be used sometimes as gesso, would not advise using for actual oil painting, some paints like titanium white and flake white vary in texture and use,
３ ~ having turpentine to rinse is handy, regular orderless paint thinner can help, there are brush cleaners that are less toxic and easier on bristles, depending on what brushes you have already, there are types for oil/ acrylic, and water colours, not good to mix if using all types of mediums, if hardened, try adding acetone to melt, but if too damaged, start fresh,
Utrecht oils
http://www.utrechtart.com/dsp_view_produ…
Van-gogh
http://www.dickblick.com/products/van-go…
Daler-Rowney
http://www.danielsmith.com/subcat~cat~10…
http://www.dickblick.com/products/ez-air…
..
1. Oil paint is expensive, depends on the brand and the amount; but you can expect to pay $5 - $10 on a single tube of paint. And yes you can buy it at wal-mart (it's cheap there), don't expect a great quality paint though. If your just learning or practicing it will work fine.
2. What?! That doesn't sound right... I wouldn't suggest doing that, but my guess is that she added oil medium to the paint. (same oil that acts as a thinner/base for oil paints) The oil medium can be expensive though, you're better off buying the actual paint.
3. No, you don't need a new set of brushes. Oil repels water so it doesn't wash out with water alone. You just need to buy an artist's soap container or turpentine. It depends on the type of paint you have. you'll have to do some research.
Depending on the size of the tube it can run anywhere from $4 up.
You can find oil paints sold by individual tubes at any Micheals, Hobby Lobby, Pearl Paint, or arts %26amp; craft store.
You teacher probably used oil based house paint which is normally sold by the 1/2 Gallon or Gallon. The process to make your own oil paints is a lengthy one.
To keep your brushes from getting hard you have to make sure that you wash the paint out of them with turpentine and then use a paint soap (also sold in art stores) and gently rub it through the bristles of the brush and rinse. You may need to repeat. Then dry with bristle side up. You must clean them right away after using them otherwise the paint dries and ruins your brushes. Use stiff natural or nylon brushes especially made for oil painting. Do not use the same brushes for Acrylic or water color painting.
Oil paint out of fur?
um this is rather sad and funny at the same time....
i went outside to get the eggs and i came back in....my akita Romeo came bounding up to greet me....only he was blue...
turns out he opened the door (it doesnt shut because the house shifts) and well i had been making a painting for my brothers wedding....it had alot of lakes in it....
any ideas on getting oil paint out? i tried some oatmeal shampoo because he has very sensitive skin but no luck excess colors came off but not the main stuff....Oil paint out of fur?
Dish soap cuts oil. Goo gone removes paint.
Either one of these may work. Regular shampoo will NOT.Oil paint out of fur?
vaseline. basiclly its diluted peroleum cause u cant put pure petroleum on ur dog. but petroleum gets anything out. and i have a very nosyy clumsy dog tht has gotten into paint of all kinds. last year it was wall paint. he was orange. my dog is natturally white it camme right out with vaseline or you can use dawn dish soap! =] eaither one. works great.umm i use both whenever my dog gets into paint. i prefer dawn the othwers dont work and this brand dosnt cause a allergic reaction on my allergenic pooch. =]
Well i bet that made for an interesting day. Try using vinegar and maybe a little water. I got oil based paint on my white carpet once and that got it all out...they also have chemical removers but you definitely don't want to use that on a pet. Vinegar should do the trick, i hope it helps!
I'm not sure what to use really because my dogs never had paint all over them except some edible paint which was washable. Did you manage to find anything to get it off?
The back of the paint should tell you what should work.
try washing him with Dawn.
Use Baby oil.. and use some cotton wool to wipe it off.
i went outside to get the eggs and i came back in....my akita Romeo came bounding up to greet me....only he was blue...
turns out he opened the door (it doesnt shut because the house shifts) and well i had been making a painting for my brothers wedding....it had alot of lakes in it....
any ideas on getting oil paint out? i tried some oatmeal shampoo because he has very sensitive skin but no luck excess colors came off but not the main stuff....Oil paint out of fur?
Dish soap cuts oil. Goo gone removes paint.
Either one of these may work. Regular shampoo will NOT.Oil paint out of fur?
vaseline. basiclly its diluted peroleum cause u cant put pure petroleum on ur dog. but petroleum gets anything out. and i have a very nosyy clumsy dog tht has gotten into paint of all kinds. last year it was wall paint. he was orange. my dog is natturally white it camme right out with vaseline or you can use dawn dish soap! =] eaither one. works great.umm i use both whenever my dog gets into paint. i prefer dawn the othwers dont work and this brand dosnt cause a allergic reaction on my allergenic pooch. =]
Well i bet that made for an interesting day. Try using vinegar and maybe a little water. I got oil based paint on my white carpet once and that got it all out...they also have chemical removers but you definitely don't want to use that on a pet. Vinegar should do the trick, i hope it helps!
I'm not sure what to use really because my dogs never had paint all over them except some edible paint which was washable. Did you manage to find anything to get it off?
The back of the paint should tell you what should work.
try washing him with Dawn.
Use Baby oil.. and use some cotton wool to wipe it off.
Is six days enough for a oil painting to dry on the surface/ or it can be safe for travel ?
Hello, Iv done a painting for my boyfriends mum but they live in Oman and i am travelling there in six days. I really want to take the painting but im not sure if it will dry. I know that they take a long time to dry, but i only want the surface to dry enough so that i can pack it. If not could you please suggest a way to pack it safely .. Thanks a lot to anyone who answers. XXIs six days enough for a oil painting to dry on the surface/ or it can be safe for travel ?
no, it is not safe to just go around with that oil painting like it's dry
oil painting takes at least a week, even with a thin coat
all I can think of is for you to use a medium that speeds up the drying process, at an art store
Is six days enough for a oil painting to dry on the surface/ or it can be safe for travel ?
depends on how thick the oils are- it could still be drying months after you painted it if it is especially thick.
If you can, try to pack it so nothing touches the surface, that it has atleast 2cm space infront of whatever is covering the surface and that when it moves, the surface is still not able to push up against anything.
If you didn't put any medium through it, forget it. It will take months or even years to dry.
If you mixed turpentine with linseed oil, it will dry in a couple of weeks.
If you use a quick-drying medium like liquin, not a problem.
if you build a cardboard frame round the painting it should not get on to it so try that good luck i done this coming back from Bulgaria and got it to scotland dry and smudge free
no, it is not safe to just go around with that oil painting like it's dry
oil painting takes at least a week, even with a thin coat
all I can think of is for you to use a medium that speeds up the drying process, at an art store
Is six days enough for a oil painting to dry on the surface/ or it can be safe for travel ?
depends on how thick the oils are- it could still be drying months after you painted it if it is especially thick.
If you can, try to pack it so nothing touches the surface, that it has atleast 2cm space infront of whatever is covering the surface and that when it moves, the surface is still not able to push up against anything.
If you didn't put any medium through it, forget it. It will take months or even years to dry.
If you mixed turpentine with linseed oil, it will dry in a couple of weeks.
If you use a quick-drying medium like liquin, not a problem.
if you build a cardboard frame round the painting it should not get on to it so try that good luck i done this coming back from Bulgaria and got it to scotland dry and smudge free
Oil paint and Turpentine..?
I left my brusehs out to dry by accident.. and now its all dried up. I put them in Turpentine now. just enough that it covers the brush. after 5 mins i mixed it out the chemical to help remove the paint..
how long do i have to wait till the brush is clean? should i replace the Turpentine with a new one? what should i do?Oil paint and Turpentine..?
No. Turpentine will always be able to take paint off bristles no matter how much pigment has gotten into it granted that the oil paint has not already fully dried and cured. If this has happened you will probably be beter off scrapping the brushes.
The only time when it is appropriate and sensible to get new turpentine is when there is so much pigment in it that it begins to mute your colors when blending with it.
Also, you really should only be using your turpentine to clean the brush in between colors. The best thing to use to clean your brushes is mineral spirits. They can be found at any art supply store, including A.C. Moore and Michael's. The reason why spirits are better to clean your brushes with when you are finished painting is because over time leaving turpentine starurated in your brushes can begin to eat away at both the adhesive used to bunch the bristles together as well as the individual bristles themselves. Especially if you are using a camel hair, or natural bristle.
So remember to pick some mineral spirits up and you won't have to worry about it anymore!
Possibly, the best setup for both your Spirits and Turp is to have it in a Jelly jar etc. with a copper or steel scrubby in it so that you can work the bristles loose! Be careful not to go to crazy scrubbing the brisltes as you can lossen them and fray them out into a chaotic frayed mess!Oil paint and Turpentine..?
Ammonia and warm water works great removing old paint and is gentle on the brush. I let them over night or more and then clean the rest.
Turpentine is not that good removing old paint. It's mostly a thinner for fresh paint, but its' not very good if the paint is dry.
Avoid using acetone or hardware solvents or you will ruin the brush.
how long do i have to wait till the brush is clean? should i replace the Turpentine with a new one? what should i do?Oil paint and Turpentine..?
No. Turpentine will always be able to take paint off bristles no matter how much pigment has gotten into it granted that the oil paint has not already fully dried and cured. If this has happened you will probably be beter off scrapping the brushes.
The only time when it is appropriate and sensible to get new turpentine is when there is so much pigment in it that it begins to mute your colors when blending with it.
Also, you really should only be using your turpentine to clean the brush in between colors. The best thing to use to clean your brushes is mineral spirits. They can be found at any art supply store, including A.C. Moore and Michael's. The reason why spirits are better to clean your brushes with when you are finished painting is because over time leaving turpentine starurated in your brushes can begin to eat away at both the adhesive used to bunch the bristles together as well as the individual bristles themselves. Especially if you are using a camel hair, or natural bristle.
So remember to pick some mineral spirits up and you won't have to worry about it anymore!
Possibly, the best setup for both your Spirits and Turp is to have it in a Jelly jar etc. with a copper or steel scrubby in it so that you can work the bristles loose! Be careful not to go to crazy scrubbing the brisltes as you can lossen them and fray them out into a chaotic frayed mess!Oil paint and Turpentine..?
Ammonia and warm water works great removing old paint and is gentle on the brush. I let them over night or more and then clean the rest.
Turpentine is not that good removing old paint. It's mostly a thinner for fresh paint, but its' not very good if the paint is dry.
Avoid using acetone or hardware solvents or you will ruin the brush.
What do you think of my oil painting/portrait?
http://www.flickr.com/photos/denisethepa鈥?/a>What do you think of my oil painting/portrait?
I think it's great! Good composition, and your anatomy is amazing! The pose doesn't seem forced at all, it's very relaxed. Good job!
ps. he's very good looking ^_~What do you think of my oil painting/portrait?
Portrait Painting
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http://www.photoartomation.com/ArtWork/004_Fauvism.htm
http://www.photoartomation.com/ArtWork/005_Gothic.htm
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Awesome. ^_^ Though it draws my focus away from his face and to his torso. If that was your intent then you did a heck of a job. Still, faces are important too, lol.
Very nice.
Well done.
a little umm... exposive but artwise, i think its pretty good
awesome!! is that what he really looks like?
hey thats great! good job
weird...
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I think it's great! Good composition, and your anatomy is amazing! The pose doesn't seem forced at all, it's very relaxed. Good job!
ps. he's very good looking ^_~What do you think of my oil painting/portrait?
Portrait Painting
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http://www.photoartomation.com/ArtWork/004_Fauvism.htm
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Awesome. ^_^ Though it draws my focus away from his face and to his torso. If that was your intent then you did a heck of a job. Still, faces are important too, lol.
Very nice.
Well done.
a little umm... exposive but artwise, i think its pretty good
awesome!! is that what he really looks like?
hey thats great! good job
weird...
I don't know who Peter B. is HOT HOT HOT
Great Job How long have you been painting? Real Nice
How to make a canvas for oil painting?
i need untempered masonite; i found hardboards at home depot but none of them are untempered. i am using it for the corner bases of a canvas and i am using oil paint. does anyone know where to buy';untempered'; kind?
and also, i was told to make support bars and the bars are suppose to be 1x2 pine(the same material i used for the the frame of the canvas) . the canvas is not suppose to come in contact with the support bars, so how would i make this possible if 1x2 pine is the same size?How to make a canvas for oil painting?
Are you going to use the Masonite for a support and stretch canvas over it? If you are you can raise the surface by nailing or gluing mitered 1/2'; or 3/4'; quarter round at the edges and stretching the canvas over that. The thin edge will keep the canvas away from the Masonite surface. But why not use, or simply build conventional stretcher bars, or just paint directly on the surface of the gessoed Masonite?
And who told you to go with Untempered?
Nowadays you can use the TEMPERED product, which is the one with a smooth surface on one or both sides. It is darker in color than the untempered. Years ago it was tempered with an oil of some sort that potentially could leach into the painting. Now it is tempered with heat and pressure.The gesso or primer creates a barrier for oils and acids moving in either direction. Recent research seems to indicate it's not a 100% iimpermeable barrier, but good enough unless the painter is doing something really extreme.
Either way, just to be safe, you can wash the board down with alcohol to get rid of any surface oils or impurities before you start and feel better.
Good Luck!
Have Fun!How to make a canvas for oil painting?
Here's an excellent tutorial:
http://emptyeasel.com/2006/12/29/how-to-鈥?/a>
and also, i was told to make support bars and the bars are suppose to be 1x2 pine(the same material i used for the the frame of the canvas) . the canvas is not suppose to come in contact with the support bars, so how would i make this possible if 1x2 pine is the same size?How to make a canvas for oil painting?
Are you going to use the Masonite for a support and stretch canvas over it? If you are you can raise the surface by nailing or gluing mitered 1/2'; or 3/4'; quarter round at the edges and stretching the canvas over that. The thin edge will keep the canvas away from the Masonite surface. But why not use, or simply build conventional stretcher bars, or just paint directly on the surface of the gessoed Masonite?
And who told you to go with Untempered?
Nowadays you can use the TEMPERED product, which is the one with a smooth surface on one or both sides. It is darker in color than the untempered. Years ago it was tempered with an oil of some sort that potentially could leach into the painting. Now it is tempered with heat and pressure.The gesso or primer creates a barrier for oils and acids moving in either direction. Recent research seems to indicate it's not a 100% iimpermeable barrier, but good enough unless the painter is doing something really extreme.
Either way, just to be safe, you can wash the board down with alcohol to get rid of any surface oils or impurities before you start and feel better.
Good Luck!
Have Fun!How to make a canvas for oil painting?
Here's an excellent tutorial:
http://emptyeasel.com/2006/12/29/how-to-鈥?/a>
How do I clean my clothes, if they have oil paints on them?
There is nothing that you can do if you have dried oil paint on your clothing.How do I clean my clothes, if they have oil paints on them?
Dawn dishwashing detergent works great! It will get the oil out and most of the pigment. Use warm water. To remove the rest of the pigment, use an eye-makeup remover.How do I clean my clothes, if they have oil paints on them?
blech sometimes works it depens on wat kind of paint it is
Dawn dishwashing detergent works great! It will get the oil out and most of the pigment. Use warm water. To remove the rest of the pigment, use an eye-makeup remover.How do I clean my clothes, if they have oil paints on them?
blech sometimes works it depens on wat kind of paint it is
High quality oil paints and brushes and materials?
I used to draw as a child and teenager and then I stopped. I took an art class in college and enjoyed painting. I want to pick it up again and learn as I go. I want use quality materials.High quality oil paints and brushes and materials?
I would either go to an art supply store or use an online store. Winsor Newton makes really good oil colors. Cheap Joes and Dick Blick are art supply stores online. They are very helpful to talk to on the phone.High quality oil paints and brushes and materials?
Well personally I use Rembrandt Extra fine oil although there are other brands out there - Extra fine oils have a High concentration of pigments and the grinding is very fine - I love Rembrandt's oils especially for the richness and intensity of the colors (see my paintings in the link below)
However, extra fine oils don't come cheap and some colors/pigments are more expensive than others like whites and cadmium yellows for instance. Since white can sometimes be used in large quantity like to paint skies or such I find it is useful to keep a large tube of white of a lesser quality for mixing with other colors to be applied on large surfaces and keep a small tube of extra fine Titanium or zinc white to be used for details, luminous spots or again for the rare occasions when pure white is needed - Otherwise you'll go through your Extra fine paint tube very quickly and you'll find your hobby quite an expensive one.
Additionally you'll need a basic set of Hog bristle and Sables (or synthetic fibers) brush of different sizes and shape - You can buy more eventually as you go along - Good oil painting brushes should have fibers that are hardwearing, secure and tight fitting.
You will also need Distilled turpentine or mineral white spirit or again an oderless thinner (I use a natural citrus based thinner) which doesn't have that turpentine nasty smell yet works jut as good. Oderless thinner is especially usefull is you have a small studio space or again if your studio is at home. However despite that the oder is less distubing, proper ventillation is still required.
Finally but not least you'll need some lindseed oil. Cold-pressed linseed oil is probably the finest quality but refined linseed oil does just aswell. I use refined linseed oil mosty, I'd say 90% of the time but I also keep a bottle of (more expensive) poppy oil when I'm working with whites or paintings that has a lot of pale colors (because linseed oil tends to yellow when dry ) However keep in mind that poppy oil tends to crack when dry if used in too large quantity. So it is to be used with moderation.
I would either go to an art supply store or use an online store. Winsor Newton makes really good oil colors. Cheap Joes and Dick Blick are art supply stores online. They are very helpful to talk to on the phone.High quality oil paints and brushes and materials?
Well personally I use Rembrandt Extra fine oil although there are other brands out there - Extra fine oils have a High concentration of pigments and the grinding is very fine - I love Rembrandt's oils especially for the richness and intensity of the colors (see my paintings in the link below)
However, extra fine oils don't come cheap and some colors/pigments are more expensive than others like whites and cadmium yellows for instance. Since white can sometimes be used in large quantity like to paint skies or such I find it is useful to keep a large tube of white of a lesser quality for mixing with other colors to be applied on large surfaces and keep a small tube of extra fine Titanium or zinc white to be used for details, luminous spots or again for the rare occasions when pure white is needed - Otherwise you'll go through your Extra fine paint tube very quickly and you'll find your hobby quite an expensive one.
Additionally you'll need a basic set of Hog bristle and Sables (or synthetic fibers) brush of different sizes and shape - You can buy more eventually as you go along - Good oil painting brushes should have fibers that are hardwearing, secure and tight fitting.
You will also need Distilled turpentine or mineral white spirit or again an oderless thinner (I use a natural citrus based thinner) which doesn't have that turpentine nasty smell yet works jut as good. Oderless thinner is especially usefull is you have a small studio space or again if your studio is at home. However despite that the oder is less distubing, proper ventillation is still required.
Finally but not least you'll need some lindseed oil. Cold-pressed linseed oil is probably the finest quality but refined linseed oil does just aswell. I use refined linseed oil mosty, I'd say 90% of the time but I also keep a bottle of (more expensive) poppy oil when I'm working with whites or paintings that has a lot of pale colors (because linseed oil tends to yellow when dry ) However keep in mind that poppy oil tends to crack when dry if used in too large quantity. So it is to be used with moderation.
My mom oil painted nickel-size roses on my wooden spinning wheel. How long should it take to dry?
Also drying time is affected by humidity in the area around it and the temperature. A cooler damp area will increase the time by as much as 50%-or it may stay tacky. A dry warm area will help it dry at he speed it is supposed to. Also-fingers do not allow paint to set either-so do not keep touching in different places to see if it is dry -gve it a day or two at least before you check.
BobMy mom oil painted nickel-size roses on my wooden spinning wheel. How long should it take to dry?
Oil paint is a kind of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and varnish may be added to increase the glossiness of the dried film. Oil paints have been used in England since the 13th century for simple decoration,[1] but were not widely adopted as an artistic medium until the 15th century. Common modern applications of oil paint are in finishing and protection of wood in buildings and exposed metal structures such as ships and bridges. Its hard-wearing properties and luminous colors make it desirable for both interior and exterior use on wood and metal. Due to its slow-drying properties, it has recently been used in paint-on-glass animation. Thickness of coat has considerable bearing on time required for drying: thin coats of oil paint dry relatively quickly.
BobMy mom oil painted nickel-size roses on my wooden spinning wheel. How long should it take to dry?
Oil paint is a kind of slow-drying paint that consists of particles of pigment suspended in a drying oil, commonly linseed oil. The viscosity of the paint may be modified by the addition of a solvent such as turpentine or white spirit, and varnish may be added to increase the glossiness of the dried film. Oil paints have been used in England since the 13th century for simple decoration,[1] but were not widely adopted as an artistic medium until the 15th century. Common modern applications of oil paint are in finishing and protection of wood in buildings and exposed metal structures such as ships and bridges. Its hard-wearing properties and luminous colors make it desirable for both interior and exterior use on wood and metal. Due to its slow-drying properties, it has recently been used in paint-on-glass animation. Thickness of coat has considerable bearing on time required for drying: thin coats of oil paint dry relatively quickly.
Other than oil paints, what material did Edward Hopper use in his artwork?
I need to find out what kind of materials (paintbrushes, canvas, paint etc.) Edward Hopper used in his artwork.
Anything helps, thanks!Other than oil paints, what material did Edward Hopper use in his artwork?
Rooms by the Sea is Oil on Canvas. Other works by him are water colors, and he did some etchings.
(Rooms by the Sea is one of my favs!)Other than oil paints, what material did Edward Hopper use in his artwork?
';Rooms by the Sea'; is an oil painting. If you're asking what BRANDS of materials he used, I'm not sure that question can be answered. I just flipped through my Hopper bio and there was no mention of any paint or brush preferences he might have had.
Other than paints, he'd have used everything else you'd need to produce an oil painting---a wooden stretcher, canvas, ground (a primer, which in those days might have been white lead), brushes, rags, turpentine, linseed oil, palette knives and a palette.
Hopper was a consummate watercolorist (therefore he used paper, water, etc.), as the recent traveling exhibit of his work showed. He also made etchings, which means he must have used metal, ground (i. e., material that resists acid), etching needles, and printing inks.web development
Anything helps, thanks!Other than oil paints, what material did Edward Hopper use in his artwork?
Rooms by the Sea is Oil on Canvas. Other works by him are water colors, and he did some etchings.
(Rooms by the Sea is one of my favs!)Other than oil paints, what material did Edward Hopper use in his artwork?
';Rooms by the Sea'; is an oil painting. If you're asking what BRANDS of materials he used, I'm not sure that question can be answered. I just flipped through my Hopper bio and there was no mention of any paint or brush preferences he might have had.
Other than paints, he'd have used everything else you'd need to produce an oil painting---a wooden stretcher, canvas, ground (a primer, which in those days might have been white lead), brushes, rags, turpentine, linseed oil, palette knives and a palette.
Hopper was a consummate watercolorist (therefore he used paper, water, etc.), as the recent traveling exhibit of his work showed. He also made etchings, which means he must have used metal, ground (i. e., material that resists acid), etching needles, and printing inks.
Oil Painting: How do I paint with oils safely? (linseed oil, thinner...)?
I want to start painting with oils, but it seems dangerous... is there a safer way to do it? I read that linseed oil soaked rags are very combustible.
1) What kind of medium and thinner do you recommend?
2) What do you use mediums for?
3) Do you need both mediums and thinners at once?
4) Are there safe mediums and thinners out there?
5) How do you dispose of the dirty rags and how do you clean the brushes and palette?
Thanks!!!Oil Painting: How do I paint with oils safely? (linseed oil, thinner...)?
Some ingredients are toxic.
Always paint where there is good ventilation.
Do not eat in your painting area. Wash your hands. Do not place your hands on your face, in your mouth or rub your eyes without washing them first.
Odorless mineral spirits is the safest option. Turpentine evaporates quicker and cuts dried paint while mineral spirits just removes wet paint. Use a quality odorless mineral spirit when mixing it with paint or mediums. A lower grade solvent is adequate for cleaning brushes.
Mediums do many things depending on their ingredients. The most common recipe and usage is to alter the way the paint handles when applying it to the surface. Usually it is to make it flow differently or thin it. You can paint without a medium. It is best to wait until you are familiar with oils and are in a position to understand the differences when making adjustments.
A medium almost always contains a solvent (thinner). You can paint without both solvents and mediums but each one serves a different purpose. Mediums can thin, thicken, increase drying time, reduce drying time, increase the flow of the paint, decrease the flow, help to flatten the strokes so the surface is smooth, help retain peaks so the brushstrokes retain all of their expressive character, etc.
Thinners can be pure oil or a solvent. Walnut oil is a safe thinning agent so long as you use it wisely. You can ingest (eat/drink) walnut oil in its clean state. But as soon as you use it with paint, the paint makes the oil toxic of course. Solvents are available without odor but they are toxic.
You can clean brushes with soap and warm water. You just wipe off the bulk with a paper towel then massage the hairs in the soap lather and rinse with warm (not hot) water. You can also use a solvent to clean brushes. You wipe the bulk off, swish the brush in solvent, wipe off the solvent then finish with soap and water or another swish in solvent. The advantage of cleaning with a solvent is that it can be done during the painting process and you do not have to remove the brush for cleaning and drying as is necessary when using water. The combination gets the brush the cleanest. You do not want paint drying in the brush. It will shorten its life and reduce its effectiveness as a brush.
I use paper towels and dispose of them in the trash. The solvent has evaporated although there is some paint residue left. I don't think this is any worse than tossing empty household cleaner bottles or cosmetics and toiletries in the trash.Oil Painting: How do I paint with oils safely? (linseed oil, thinner...)?
Thank you so much for a very thorough answer. It helps a lot!
1) What kind of medium and thinner do you recommend?
2) What do you use mediums for?
3) Do you need both mediums and thinners at once?
4) Are there safe mediums and thinners out there?
5) How do you dispose of the dirty rags and how do you clean the brushes and palette?
Thanks!!!Oil Painting: How do I paint with oils safely? (linseed oil, thinner...)?
Some ingredients are toxic.
Always paint where there is good ventilation.
Do not eat in your painting area. Wash your hands. Do not place your hands on your face, in your mouth or rub your eyes without washing them first.
Odorless mineral spirits is the safest option. Turpentine evaporates quicker and cuts dried paint while mineral spirits just removes wet paint. Use a quality odorless mineral spirit when mixing it with paint or mediums. A lower grade solvent is adequate for cleaning brushes.
Mediums do many things depending on their ingredients. The most common recipe and usage is to alter the way the paint handles when applying it to the surface. Usually it is to make it flow differently or thin it. You can paint without a medium. It is best to wait until you are familiar with oils and are in a position to understand the differences when making adjustments.
A medium almost always contains a solvent (thinner). You can paint without both solvents and mediums but each one serves a different purpose. Mediums can thin, thicken, increase drying time, reduce drying time, increase the flow of the paint, decrease the flow, help to flatten the strokes so the surface is smooth, help retain peaks so the brushstrokes retain all of their expressive character, etc.
Thinners can be pure oil or a solvent. Walnut oil is a safe thinning agent so long as you use it wisely. You can ingest (eat/drink) walnut oil in its clean state. But as soon as you use it with paint, the paint makes the oil toxic of course. Solvents are available without odor but they are toxic.
You can clean brushes with soap and warm water. You just wipe off the bulk with a paper towel then massage the hairs in the soap lather and rinse with warm (not hot) water. You can also use a solvent to clean brushes. You wipe the bulk off, swish the brush in solvent, wipe off the solvent then finish with soap and water or another swish in solvent. The advantage of cleaning with a solvent is that it can be done during the painting process and you do not have to remove the brush for cleaning and drying as is necessary when using water. The combination gets the brush the cleanest. You do not want paint drying in the brush. It will shorten its life and reduce its effectiveness as a brush.
I use paper towels and dispose of them in the trash. The solvent has evaporated although there is some paint residue left. I don't think this is any worse than tossing empty household cleaner bottles or cosmetics and toiletries in the trash.Oil Painting: How do I paint with oils safely? (linseed oil, thinner...)?
Thank you so much for a very thorough answer. It helps a lot!
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What is the best way to wrap a 48x60'' oil painting so I can safely deliver it in a car from house to campus? ?
I am turning in an oil painting that's rather large for what I usually work with and I want to make sure that no dust particles get on it....I really really don't want it to get hit or smashed!!!! Is bubble wrap or cling wrap the best way to go? Thanks!!!!What is the best way to wrap a 48x60'' oil painting so I can safely deliver it in a car from house to campus? ?
Depending on distance and abuse, I would cut a piece of cardboard, pegboard or masonite to the exact outer dimensions of the face and frame (I am assuming it is framed) then wrap it with brown paper to seal out the dust. The flat material will keep the face from being penetrated.
If it is a canvas, unframed, then I think it is a whole lot trickier, depending on how soft the paint still might be. You may have to build a frame or box around it to keep the image from being touched.What is the best way to wrap a 48x60'' oil painting so I can safely deliver it in a car from house to campus? ?
If dry, bubble wrap and gentle handling will do the job. Oh, and drive carefully.
Mike's answer is the best. Bubble wrap has been known to stick to oil paintings and so can do damage rather than protect!
Laying flat in a cargo trailer (enclosed) comes to mind. I'm guessing that if you are worried about dust it's not dry.
Depending on distance and abuse, I would cut a piece of cardboard, pegboard or masonite to the exact outer dimensions of the face and frame (I am assuming it is framed) then wrap it with brown paper to seal out the dust. The flat material will keep the face from being penetrated.
If it is a canvas, unframed, then I think it is a whole lot trickier, depending on how soft the paint still might be. You may have to build a frame or box around it to keep the image from being touched.What is the best way to wrap a 48x60'' oil painting so I can safely deliver it in a car from house to campus? ?
If dry, bubble wrap and gentle handling will do the job. Oh, and drive carefully.
Mike's answer is the best. Bubble wrap has been known to stick to oil paintings and so can do damage rather than protect!
Laying flat in a cargo trailer (enclosed) comes to mind. I'm guessing that if you are worried about dust it's not dry.
In an oil painting, should the background be done first or last?
I'm going to do my first oil painting soon and I'm wondering whether the background should be done first or last. And if it's done first should I cover the entire canvas including where my subject will be, or just leave that area blank for the subject?
Thanks in advance. :)In an oil painting, should the background be done first or last?
well, what I always do is i draw first the contour of what my painting is going to have. for instance; I'm working in an autumn landscape with trees and everything. I use a pencil to draw the horizon boundary and just draw the shape of my trees (no details are needed). then, I paint the background sky, wait for it to dry up a little, and then work in the background bushes and everything. I don't know what your painting is going to be, but I suggest for you to work in your background first.
hope i helpedIn an oil painting, should the background be done first or last?
I would tend to block out the central figures first, then do much of the background. That way, I could go in and do background details, including the areas that are partially ';behind'; the subject.
Oils, being a fairly opaque medium, can then be applied to the figures in the forground, filling the spaces blocked out for them and even covering up some of the pre done background areas. This would be much simpler than trying to carfully work ';around'; the forground figures, hoping not to get paint onto the subjects.
I'd just paint the entire background so that you can have the subject wherever you choose and not worry about the background. It's also easier to see the background as a whole, and not have odd gaps in it. A big gap in the middle can often mess up perspective. However, you may need a lot of oil paint to paint your subject over the background. So perhaps just paint the background more lightly where the subject will be.
I'm in art at school so ill give you my e-mail and if i email you sometime then that will be the answer but i think my art teacher said you do the background first but ill check Monday my email is terrysdog3@yahoo.com so ill email you
hope when i email you the answer will help
start from the top and go down. paint the whole thing, but make the subject the most stand out thing. Everything else is a ghost.
Generally speaking, it makes more sense to do background first and modify it as other things are added to give it the balance your perceptive eye or taste wants!
Do the background first with as little texture as possible. Build up your texture as the whole picture developes.
It should be done first.
You always do the background first, you build layers, you paint from back to front!
It must be done first.
first
Thanks in advance. :)In an oil painting, should the background be done first or last?
well, what I always do is i draw first the contour of what my painting is going to have. for instance; I'm working in an autumn landscape with trees and everything. I use a pencil to draw the horizon boundary and just draw the shape of my trees (no details are needed). then, I paint the background sky, wait for it to dry up a little, and then work in the background bushes and everything. I don't know what your painting is going to be, but I suggest for you to work in your background first.
hope i helpedIn an oil painting, should the background be done first or last?
I would tend to block out the central figures first, then do much of the background. That way, I could go in and do background details, including the areas that are partially ';behind'; the subject.
Oils, being a fairly opaque medium, can then be applied to the figures in the forground, filling the spaces blocked out for them and even covering up some of the pre done background areas. This would be much simpler than trying to carfully work ';around'; the forground figures, hoping not to get paint onto the subjects.
I'd just paint the entire background so that you can have the subject wherever you choose and not worry about the background. It's also easier to see the background as a whole, and not have odd gaps in it. A big gap in the middle can often mess up perspective. However, you may need a lot of oil paint to paint your subject over the background. So perhaps just paint the background more lightly where the subject will be.
I'm in art at school so ill give you my e-mail and if i email you sometime then that will be the answer but i think my art teacher said you do the background first but ill check Monday my email is terrysdog3@yahoo.com so ill email you
hope when i email you the answer will help
start from the top and go down. paint the whole thing, but make the subject the most stand out thing. Everything else is a ghost.
Generally speaking, it makes more sense to do background first and modify it as other things are added to give it the balance your perceptive eye or taste wants!
Do the background first with as little texture as possible. Build up your texture as the whole picture developes.
It should be done first.
You always do the background first, you build layers, you paint from back to front!
It must be done first.
first
Do I need to prep my canvas in any way before oil painting?
The last time I used oil paint was in high school, I need a refresher!Do I need to prep my canvas in any way before oil painting?
You don't need to gesso if you are using a prestretched canvas (bought at an art supply store.) However, I always reccommend toning the canvas before you paint- that is, preparing it with a thin wash of color first. This will take away all the glaring white, and give you something to react to when you begin painting. It also has the added benefit of not making those first marks scary, since there's already something there.Do I need to prep my canvas in any way before oil painting?
If the canvas isn't gessoed already then do that. If you like the off white color of the canvas you could just rabbit skin glue it. That takes a little more work though.
You don't HAVE to prep the canvas if you don't want the work to last longer than your lifetime. If you DO want it to last, you MUST prep it because the oil will eat away the canvas over time.
I reccomend buying a pre-gessoed canvas they put two or three coats on very smoothly and its all dried and ready to go.
As far as preparing the canvas, just break it to the canvas gently.
If the canvas you bought is white, its already primed and ready to accept paint.
But raw canvas should be primed with acrylic gesso. For the first coat, dilute the gesso slightly with water. Dampen your 4'; brush with water before painting. Add about a tablespoon of water per ounce of gesso. Work the gesso into all the weaves of the canvas. Let that dry overnight.
Lightly sand the first coat to knock down the bumps. For the second coat, slightly damp the 4'; brush in water. Not too much water. Use straight gesso this time. It might need a few drops of water to help it spread easily. Spread the gesso as evenly as possible. Let it dry, and you are ready to paint!
gesso, unless you have an already prepped canvas.
You don't need to gesso if you are using a prestretched canvas (bought at an art supply store.) However, I always reccommend toning the canvas before you paint- that is, preparing it with a thin wash of color first. This will take away all the glaring white, and give you something to react to when you begin painting. It also has the added benefit of not making those first marks scary, since there's already something there.Do I need to prep my canvas in any way before oil painting?
If the canvas isn't gessoed already then do that. If you like the off white color of the canvas you could just rabbit skin glue it. That takes a little more work though.
You don't HAVE to prep the canvas if you don't want the work to last longer than your lifetime. If you DO want it to last, you MUST prep it because the oil will eat away the canvas over time.
I reccomend buying a pre-gessoed canvas they put two or three coats on very smoothly and its all dried and ready to go.
As far as preparing the canvas, just break it to the canvas gently.
If the canvas you bought is white, its already primed and ready to accept paint.
But raw canvas should be primed with acrylic gesso. For the first coat, dilute the gesso slightly with water. Dampen your 4'; brush with water before painting. Add about a tablespoon of water per ounce of gesso. Work the gesso into all the weaves of the canvas. Let that dry overnight.
Lightly sand the first coat to knock down the bumps. For the second coat, slightly damp the 4'; brush in water. Not too much water. Use straight gesso this time. It might need a few drops of water to help it spread easily. Spread the gesso as evenly as possible. Let it dry, and you are ready to paint!
gesso, unless you have an already prepped canvas.
Would a well-done oil painting of a girl be a good bday present?
I'm 21 She's 19.
She doesn't know I'm a great painter so it might be a good surprise too.Would a well-done oil painting of a girl be a good bday present?
yep, she'll marry you in a sec. girls love the sweet gesture, even if it was poorly done.Would a well-done oil painting of a girl be a good bday present?
what ever u'l give whole heartedly. it'l b the best gift for her. just few suggestion with that painting add flowers not necessarily a big bunch, if u can add what she likes the most like chocolates etc, n say with the words like ';i made it especially for u. n couldn't think of giving something made by others so that u praise him. so i gave u gift which i made for u. u r very special for me.''; anything like that okay. ha but say it honestly. all the best
of course....its going to be a wonderful present.Any girl would like that sort of a present on bday.and moreover u say she doesn't know that ur a painter, so that would surprise her and she would very happy for that.
All the best.
if its of her, forsure !!!!
Id love to have a gift like that !!!
Wanna paint me ;) lol
She doesn't know I'm a great painter so it might be a good surprise too.Would a well-done oil painting of a girl be a good bday present?
yep, she'll marry you in a sec. girls love the sweet gesture, even if it was poorly done.Would a well-done oil painting of a girl be a good bday present?
what ever u'l give whole heartedly. it'l b the best gift for her. just few suggestion with that painting add flowers not necessarily a big bunch, if u can add what she likes the most like chocolates etc, n say with the words like ';i made it especially for u. n couldn't think of giving something made by others so that u praise him. so i gave u gift which i made for u. u r very special for me.''; anything like that okay. ha but say it honestly. all the best
of course....its going to be a wonderful present.Any girl would like that sort of a present on bday.and moreover u say she doesn't know that ur a painter, so that would surprise her and she would very happy for that.
All the best.
if its of her, forsure !!!!
Id love to have a gift like that !!!
Wanna paint me ;) lol
Overspray on an oil painting, can it be removed without damaging the painting ?
a paintbrush with a white water base craft paint was waved and my oil painting was spotted. i am hoping there is a product available to remove them. instead of having some professional artist touch up painting which will probably effect the worth of the painting.Overspray on an oil painting, can it be removed without damaging the painting ?
You pretty much answered your own question. Why don't you just do the touch up?Overspray on an oil painting, can it be removed without damaging the painting ?
It's touchy, but you might get away with it. Winsor and Newton makes a brush cleaner that will take off acrylic, which is what craft paint is. With a que tip and a lot of patience you might get away with it. If you mess up you can still have it touched up. How much is the painting worth? Is it worth taking the chance? Careful! This stuff will remove oils too. It's great for restoring trashed brushes.
If it is acrylic paint, it's not going to bind permanently to the oil.
Even though it's dry (therefore no longer water-soluble) you can still loosen up the acrylic film with water. The Q-tips suggested above are probably the best instrument. Those spots will lift off eventually.
And seriously, if the painting is valuable enough to worry about the worth of it being affected, you really need to relocate arts %26amp; crafts activites to another part of your home. Because stuff happens.
Cotton swabs and hot water are your best shot. Take your time and just roll the swabs over the spots. The oil painting can handle the water.
Good luckweb development
You pretty much answered your own question. Why don't you just do the touch up?Overspray on an oil painting, can it be removed without damaging the painting ?
It's touchy, but you might get away with it. Winsor and Newton makes a brush cleaner that will take off acrylic, which is what craft paint is. With a que tip and a lot of patience you might get away with it. If you mess up you can still have it touched up. How much is the painting worth? Is it worth taking the chance? Careful! This stuff will remove oils too. It's great for restoring trashed brushes.
If it is acrylic paint, it's not going to bind permanently to the oil.
Even though it's dry (therefore no longer water-soluble) you can still loosen up the acrylic film with water. The Q-tips suggested above are probably the best instrument. Those spots will lift off eventually.
And seriously, if the painting is valuable enough to worry about the worth of it being affected, you really need to relocate arts %26amp; crafts activites to another part of your home. Because stuff happens.
Cotton swabs and hot water are your best shot. Take your time and just roll the swabs over the spots. The oil painting can handle the water.
Good luck
Can i date an oil painting by the fact it has copper staples holding the canvas?
no, copper staples are still available. expensive, and not the best for stretcher bar application, but still available. the fact that they used staples implys it is probably less than 100 years old. could be 75 though.Can i date an oil painting by the fact it has copper staples holding the canvas?
no
no
What are the steps in framing an oil painting?
If it's on a canvas, take it to a professional to have it framed. The tension is terribly important for canvas.
If it's on those pre-mounted boards, simply choose a frame you like and pop it in. You needn't put glass in the frame because the oil dries to a hard finish.
If it's on those pre-mounted boards, simply choose a frame you like and pop it in. You needn't put glass in the frame because the oil dries to a hard finish.
Getting Oil paint Of a Shirt? ?
It is a mainly cotton shirtGetting Oil paint Of a Shirt? ?
The best way without damaging the shirt is phelps naphtha soap. You can buy it most grocery stores. It comes in bars. Wet the shirt and soap than rub as much as you can in the stain than wash. The soap costs couple of dollars and is also good for cleaning brushes. Saved me many pieces of clothing.Getting Oil paint Of a Shirt? ?
Try just rubbing it with some turpentine and then soak the whole garment in something like ';Napisan'. It always works for me!
You could try some Rubbing Achuol, or sometimes crushed aspirin in some water and let sit for about an hour. Good luck!
The best way without damaging the shirt is phelps naphtha soap. You can buy it most grocery stores. It comes in bars. Wet the shirt and soap than rub as much as you can in the stain than wash. The soap costs couple of dollars and is also good for cleaning brushes. Saved me many pieces of clothing.Getting Oil paint Of a Shirt? ?
Try just rubbing it with some turpentine and then soak the whole garment in something like ';Napisan'. It always works for me!
You could try some Rubbing Achuol, or sometimes crushed aspirin in some water and let sit for about an hour. Good luck!
Oil painting--Paint Thinner Question?
Hi, I had a question about paint thinner for oil paint. I bought a large bottle of it, and I also bought a bin to wash my brushes in. On the back of the bottle, it warns about being toxic and everything. How would I dispose of my old paint thinner and what should I do about keeping it in my house? ( I have cats ) I don't want to leave it open where it could harm my cats.Oil painting--Paint Thinner Question?
Keep old paint thinner in tightly closed glass or metal containers, I use a large glass jar. You should always use thinner sparingly, so you don't have much waste. Over time the paint solids fall to the bottom of the thinner and you can pour off the top into new clean jars to be reused. It gets less and less affective as you reuse it though. To dispose of thinner entirely, you should contact your local department of waste, they usually have a place where you can pay to drop off toxic chemicals like old paint cans and used thinner.Oil painting--Paint Thinner Question?
store it in a air tight, metal jar, in a high cabinet so your cats can't reach it. just throw it in the dumpster to dispose of it.
Whenever I use paint thinner for painting and I have some left over, I either pack it away for later and save it for one of my next painting projects or I put it down the drainer. I know, I thought it was wierd too, but my art teacher told me to. I think the best thing you can probably do is save it , unless, like the containers of it I use get really dirty from all the paint, pour it down the drain. Other than that, keep what you can save. About it being toxic, that's very true, never paint in your room with the door closed either, that can make you dizzy. Also the paint thinner if it gets in your skin over the years you conitinously use it, it can really damage your nerves and that's not good at all so be careful about that. Never leave your paint thinner open. Whenever I use it, I poor some from the big can into a small container that I can use and close it up after I'm finished with it so I can take it out and use it another day, or few days that I'm working on a project.
Keep old paint thinner in tightly closed glass or metal containers, I use a large glass jar. You should always use thinner sparingly, so you don't have much waste. Over time the paint solids fall to the bottom of the thinner and you can pour off the top into new clean jars to be reused. It gets less and less affective as you reuse it though. To dispose of thinner entirely, you should contact your local department of waste, they usually have a place where you can pay to drop off toxic chemicals like old paint cans and used thinner.Oil painting--Paint Thinner Question?
store it in a air tight, metal jar, in a high cabinet so your cats can't reach it. just throw it in the dumpster to dispose of it.
Whenever I use paint thinner for painting and I have some left over, I either pack it away for later and save it for one of my next painting projects or I put it down the drainer. I know, I thought it was wierd too, but my art teacher told me to. I think the best thing you can probably do is save it , unless, like the containers of it I use get really dirty from all the paint, pour it down the drain. Other than that, keep what you can save. About it being toxic, that's very true, never paint in your room with the door closed either, that can make you dizzy. Also the paint thinner if it gets in your skin over the years you conitinously use it, it can really damage your nerves and that's not good at all so be careful about that. Never leave your paint thinner open. Whenever I use it, I poor some from the big can into a small container that I can use and close it up after I'm finished with it so I can take it out and use it another day, or few days that I'm working on a project.
What do you use to varnish an oil painting after it is done in order to protect it without yellowing or bleed?
Solvar varnish is what you want.What do you use to varnish an oil painting after it is done in order to protect it without yellowing or bleed?
Dammar varnishWhat do you use to varnish an oil painting after it is done in order to protect it without yellowing or bleed?
It's been a while since I painted, however a workshop I went to many years ago where we painted five oil paintings in an equal number of days, the instructor gave us this tip:
After painting is completely dry - brush with a thin coat of ';Liquin'; (the medium we used during painting instead of linseed oil or turpentine to make paint application easier).
This protects without discoloring, in fact it really ';brings out'; all the colors on a finished painting.
Also, if you ever decide you want to make changes - you can safely paint over the liquin anytime after it is thoroughly dry, regardless of how old the painting is. I have found it a wonderful way to ';touch up'; old %26amp; faded paintings or repaint portions of paintings that did not come out as planned.
Lori Trent
I let my oil paintings dry for several weeks and then spray them with krylon's kamar varnish.
I have been thinking about trying Gamvar http://www.dickblick.com/zz004/56c/ because I heard that it is really good. The difference in the two of them is that you have to mix the Gamvar solutions and apply it with a brush (better coverage, but more work!) The Kamar http://www.dickblick.com/zz004/35/ comes pre mixed so that all you have to do is shake and spray it. Neither one will yellow or bleed.
Dammar varnishWhat do you use to varnish an oil painting after it is done in order to protect it without yellowing or bleed?
It's been a while since I painted, however a workshop I went to many years ago where we painted five oil paintings in an equal number of days, the instructor gave us this tip:
After painting is completely dry - brush with a thin coat of ';Liquin'; (the medium we used during painting instead of linseed oil or turpentine to make paint application easier).
This protects without discoloring, in fact it really ';brings out'; all the colors on a finished painting.
Also, if you ever decide you want to make changes - you can safely paint over the liquin anytime after it is thoroughly dry, regardless of how old the painting is. I have found it a wonderful way to ';touch up'; old %26amp; faded paintings or repaint portions of paintings that did not come out as planned.
Lori Trent
I let my oil paintings dry for several weeks and then spray them with krylon's kamar varnish.
I have been thinking about trying Gamvar http://www.dickblick.com/zz004/56c/ because I heard that it is really good. The difference in the two of them is that you have to mix the Gamvar solutions and apply it with a brush (better coverage, but more work!) The Kamar http://www.dickblick.com/zz004/35/ comes pre mixed so that all you have to do is shake and spray it. Neither one will yellow or bleed.
Anyone like to oil paint, i've ben painting for 49 yrs. looking for a group in ST> LOUIS MO.?
You can search by medium and location on the website Absolute Arts. Maybe the groups are there, too. At the very least, perhaps mentioned on the resumes of the artists that come up under that geographical location working in oil. Good luck!Anyone like to oil paint, i've ben painting for 49 yrs. looking for a group in ST%26gt; LOUIS MO.?
You must be good, but with all those years, you should know all the groups. Ask at your paint supply store.web development
You must be good, but with all those years, you should know all the groups. Ask at your paint supply store.
Thursday, February 25, 2010
I have an oil painting by Maria Callous/ How do I find out if its authentic?
Also what it might be worth?I have an oil painting by Maria Callous/ How do I find out if its authentic?
If she spells her last name that way in the signature, I say it's a forgery.I have an oil painting by Maria Callous/ How do I find out if its authentic?
museum, gallery, or art department of your state's university, a curator or instructor worth their salt ought to know such things. (not some strip-mall art school. state college/university professor)
You can take the painting to a dealer or auction house to have it authenticated and valued, but if it is signed by Maria Callous it is a joke and probably not worth much.
If instead it is by Maria Callas the singer, it might be better to have an auction house value it than an art dealer.
I recommend taking it to an auction house, or an art gallery. Find someone, or somewhere, that specializes in oil paintings, and is familiar with the artist's work.
If she spells her last name that way in the signature, I say it's a forgery.I have an oil painting by Maria Callous/ How do I find out if its authentic?
museum, gallery, or art department of your state's university, a curator or instructor worth their salt ought to know such things. (not some strip-mall art school. state college/university professor)
You can take the painting to a dealer or auction house to have it authenticated and valued, but if it is signed by Maria Callous it is a joke and probably not worth much.
If instead it is by Maria Callas the singer, it might be better to have an auction house value it than an art dealer.
I recommend taking it to an auction house, or an art gallery. Find someone, or somewhere, that specializes in oil paintings, and is familiar with the artist's work.
What kind of linseed oil in oil painting?
what is the difference in raw and boiled linseed oil, and which one is used in oil painting? Is there an oil painter out there that could answer this for me? Can I use acrylics to get the same affect, and how would I do this?What kind of linseed oil in oil painting?
First, acrylics and oils have distinctly different properties. Each has their place. There are certain effects using oil paint that simply cannot be achieved using any other medium. The open time, (the time that the paint remains wet and workable), as well as the brilliance of color enhanced by the translucent quality of oil is an integral part of its advantage over other mediums. Although there are drying retarders for acrylic these do not equal out the playing field. The open time is still significantly short. Adding too much retarder creates a paint film that is weak and may even wipe off in some cases. I encourage everyone to learn how to use oils. The medium is rich and offers a wealth of possibilities when understood.
Now, there isn't a rule suggesting you are supposed to use one form of linseed oil over all others. Linseed oil is used in a wide variety of forms for different effects. It is available raw, boiled, refined, vacuum bodied, sun-thickened, just to name a few. Stand oil is a processed form of linseed oil. Raw linseed oil dries slower than ';refined'; or ';boiled'; linseed oil.
There are advantages in blending oils to derive certain properties in paint. Paint formulators take advantage of these properties to achieve certain effects in paint, something informed artists could also do by better understanding these qualities.
The key differences are the result of two important physical properties of drying oils: the degree of polymerization and the acid value of the oil. These two properties are affected by the treatment of oil -- typically using heat -- that changes one or both of them. Heat treatment of oil makes what is called ';bodied'; oil, which is the more accurate term for what many call ';stand oil.';
Raw and refined linseed oil have good brushing properties. Paint made of essentially raw or refined linseed oil has a short, buttery, consistency that lends itself to easy brushing. The flow of such paints is poor, however, and it leaves brush marks. Raw linseed oil has an acid value of 4-7, while alkali refined linseed oil less than one. Exceptions to this are special refined oils made with high acid values to obtain better pigment wetting properties.
The outstanding property of linseed oil is its excellent durability. It is therefore used more extensively in paint than any other drying oil.
Extra High Viscosity, Vacuum-Bodied Oil
Bodied Oil
Bodied oil is polymerized oil made by heating refined linseed oil at high temperature for a certain amount of time. Where color and low acid numbers are important it is heated either in a vacuum or under a blanket of inert gas. Bodied linseed oil has an acid value in a wide range, depending upon how it is heat treated.
Blown Oil
Blown linseed oil is essentially partly oxidized oil made by passing air through at high temperatures. Since completely oxidized oil would be solid, partially oxidized oil is exceedingly viscous. The typical viscosity is Z-2 to Z-4 in the Gardner-Holt Viscometer standard. The acid number of blown linseed oil is typically high.
A small amount of blown linseed oil may be added to very short paint (called ';puffy'; paint) that typically grinds very slowly to speed up the grinding time.
Pale Drying Oil
Boiled Oil
Heating raw oil, adding driers and cooking it in an open or closed kettle is how boiled oil was made. Today, liquid driers are added to refined oil and heated briefly at lower temperatures to effect complete solution.
Color Retention
Bodied oil has better color retention than either unbodied oil. This can be understood if we consider that we have an oil that has gone partway toward a dried film via polymerization. Such a film, drying faster than a similar film of unbodied oil, absorbs less oxygen by the time it is dry. Since it is the oxidized film that is mainly responsible for yellowing and since a polymerized dry film has oxidized less than unbodied oil, we can understand why it has better color retention.
Bodied oil has better color retention than blown oil. It is also easier to understand why oil that has been partly oxidized by blowing will end up with a greater degree of oxidation when dry than one in which some of the double bonds (oxidizable bonds) have been removed by polymerization. Blown oil has poor initial color, due to the oxidation during the blowing process and poor color retention due to the further oxidation taking place while the film is drying.
Flowing and Leveling
Bodied oil has very good flowing and leveling properties, but not as great as that of blown oil. Brushing is more difficult with bodied similarly to blown oil.
Due to the viscous nature of bodied and blown oils, they have a tendency to be more difficult to brushing, because they pull or feel sticky. It is more difficult to separate large molecules in viscous oil than it is smaller molecules in thin, unbodied oil.
Gloss
Bodied oil much higher gloss than raw or unbodied oil, although similar to blown oil.
Wetting Properties
Bodied oil has good wetting and grinding properties. However, blown oil has better wetting properties. This is because the acid value is higher in bodied oil than in unbodied oil and typically even higher in blown oil.
Penetration
Due to the large molecule size, paints incorporating bodied and blown oil have much better holdout or non-penetration than similar paints based on unbodied, thinner oils. The large sized molecules have much less tendency to penetrate a porous surface.
Water Resistance
An unusual property of blown oils is their tendency in paint to tolerate large amounts of water. Blown oil is sometimes used to make water-sensitive paints less so, and to correct paint that sometimes increases viscosity due to its water sensitivity. The addition of a small amount of blown linseed oil often corrects this problem.
The increased polarity induced by the double bonds of blown oil gives it better moisture resistance properties, and better flowing and leveling properties than unbodied and some bodied oils.
http://naturalpigments.com/education/art鈥?/a>What kind of linseed oil in oil painting?
You are 'supposed' to use refined/boiled linseed oil, but I like to use raw. I think it is thicker.
I'm not sure what you mean by getting the same effect, but you can buy slow-drying acrylics, shiny acrylic medium or water-soluable oil paint (which dries faster and you don't need to use oil).
First, acrylics and oils have distinctly different properties. Each has their place. There are certain effects using oil paint that simply cannot be achieved using any other medium. The open time, (the time that the paint remains wet and workable), as well as the brilliance of color enhanced by the translucent quality of oil is an integral part of its advantage over other mediums. Although there are drying retarders for acrylic these do not equal out the playing field. The open time is still significantly short. Adding too much retarder creates a paint film that is weak and may even wipe off in some cases. I encourage everyone to learn how to use oils. The medium is rich and offers a wealth of possibilities when understood.
Now, there isn't a rule suggesting you are supposed to use one form of linseed oil over all others. Linseed oil is used in a wide variety of forms for different effects. It is available raw, boiled, refined, vacuum bodied, sun-thickened, just to name a few. Stand oil is a processed form of linseed oil. Raw linseed oil dries slower than ';refined'; or ';boiled'; linseed oil.
There are advantages in blending oils to derive certain properties in paint. Paint formulators take advantage of these properties to achieve certain effects in paint, something informed artists could also do by better understanding these qualities.
The key differences are the result of two important physical properties of drying oils: the degree of polymerization and the acid value of the oil. These two properties are affected by the treatment of oil -- typically using heat -- that changes one or both of them. Heat treatment of oil makes what is called ';bodied'; oil, which is the more accurate term for what many call ';stand oil.';
Raw and refined linseed oil have good brushing properties. Paint made of essentially raw or refined linseed oil has a short, buttery, consistency that lends itself to easy brushing. The flow of such paints is poor, however, and it leaves brush marks. Raw linseed oil has an acid value of 4-7, while alkali refined linseed oil less than one. Exceptions to this are special refined oils made with high acid values to obtain better pigment wetting properties.
The outstanding property of linseed oil is its excellent durability. It is therefore used more extensively in paint than any other drying oil.
Extra High Viscosity, Vacuum-Bodied Oil
Bodied Oil
Bodied oil is polymerized oil made by heating refined linseed oil at high temperature for a certain amount of time. Where color and low acid numbers are important it is heated either in a vacuum or under a blanket of inert gas. Bodied linseed oil has an acid value in a wide range, depending upon how it is heat treated.
Blown Oil
Blown linseed oil is essentially partly oxidized oil made by passing air through at high temperatures. Since completely oxidized oil would be solid, partially oxidized oil is exceedingly viscous. The typical viscosity is Z-2 to Z-4 in the Gardner-Holt Viscometer standard. The acid number of blown linseed oil is typically high.
A small amount of blown linseed oil may be added to very short paint (called ';puffy'; paint) that typically grinds very slowly to speed up the grinding time.
Pale Drying Oil
Boiled Oil
Heating raw oil, adding driers and cooking it in an open or closed kettle is how boiled oil was made. Today, liquid driers are added to refined oil and heated briefly at lower temperatures to effect complete solution.
Color Retention
Bodied oil has better color retention than either unbodied oil. This can be understood if we consider that we have an oil that has gone partway toward a dried film via polymerization. Such a film, drying faster than a similar film of unbodied oil, absorbs less oxygen by the time it is dry. Since it is the oxidized film that is mainly responsible for yellowing and since a polymerized dry film has oxidized less than unbodied oil, we can understand why it has better color retention.
Bodied oil has better color retention than blown oil. It is also easier to understand why oil that has been partly oxidized by blowing will end up with a greater degree of oxidation when dry than one in which some of the double bonds (oxidizable bonds) have been removed by polymerization. Blown oil has poor initial color, due to the oxidation during the blowing process and poor color retention due to the further oxidation taking place while the film is drying.
Flowing and Leveling
Bodied oil has very good flowing and leveling properties, but not as great as that of blown oil. Brushing is more difficult with bodied similarly to blown oil.
Due to the viscous nature of bodied and blown oils, they have a tendency to be more difficult to brushing, because they pull or feel sticky. It is more difficult to separate large molecules in viscous oil than it is smaller molecules in thin, unbodied oil.
Gloss
Bodied oil much higher gloss than raw or unbodied oil, although similar to blown oil.
Wetting Properties
Bodied oil has good wetting and grinding properties. However, blown oil has better wetting properties. This is because the acid value is higher in bodied oil than in unbodied oil and typically even higher in blown oil.
Penetration
Due to the large molecule size, paints incorporating bodied and blown oil have much better holdout or non-penetration than similar paints based on unbodied, thinner oils. The large sized molecules have much less tendency to penetrate a porous surface.
Water Resistance
An unusual property of blown oils is their tendency in paint to tolerate large amounts of water. Blown oil is sometimes used to make water-sensitive paints less so, and to correct paint that sometimes increases viscosity due to its water sensitivity. The addition of a small amount of blown linseed oil often corrects this problem.
The increased polarity induced by the double bonds of blown oil gives it better moisture resistance properties, and better flowing and leveling properties than unbodied and some bodied oils.
http://naturalpigments.com/education/art鈥?/a>What kind of linseed oil in oil painting?
You are 'supposed' to use refined/boiled linseed oil, but I like to use raw. I think it is thicker.
I'm not sure what you mean by getting the same effect, but you can buy slow-drying acrylics, shiny acrylic medium or water-soluable oil paint (which dries faster and you don't need to use oil).
I have inherited an orignal Newton Oil Painting and I would like to find info on this piece. help? Amelia?
I do have a picture if anyone would like to see it. I really would appreciate any information. AmeliaI have inherited an orignal Newton Oil Painting and I would like to find info on this piece. help? Amelia?
Put it on ebay........
Put it on ebay........
Where can I buy decent priced oil paints?
I鈥檓 an art student so I need them. And I鈥檓 broke almost all the time so thought I鈥檇 people of yahoo before I buy them just to see if I find any good deal?
ThanksWhere can I buy decent priced oil paints?
I always found good deals at Jerry's Artarama....they have a bunch of high quality art supplies at wholesale prices. You can order online, or by mail and they have stores as well. Here's the website:
http://www.jerrysartarama.com/Where can I buy decent priced oil paints?
if you are broke try water color man i use the same it difficult than oil but it gives a great effect something that oil paint can never get
and buy basic six shades...both artist colours and student colours are available , more over you dont need canvas, water color paper is much cheaper . when you have learnt enough you can buy oil paints and canvas .OIL paints are much easier to handle than water colors so you wud not face any difficulty in using them once u have used watercolors
Best deals are always found online.
So it doesn't matter where you live in the world. Most companies ship anywhere via UPS.
As for cheap sites with good variety, I use ';Cheap Joes art stuff.';
They always run specials and have a very good selection to choose from. As also mentioned; ';Jerrys'; is also another great online site.
www.greatart.co.uk is great or look at SAA the society for all artists online as they do a magazine and discounts on art stuff. I got all my stuff from them when I was starting out. Good luck. Also if you are near it try Cass art in Kensington high street if they are still there the sales are fab.
There's a sub brand of Windsor %26amp; Newton oil paints called WINTON...they make student artist quality paints...they're dryer than the professional paints but wisll suffice for learning.
Get those in any art store.
You can buy oil paints for cheap from http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?ie=UTF鈥?/a>
You might try Jackson's, think it's
jacksonart.co.uk or jacksonsart.co.uk
they do a good range of oils at varying price levels.
See if you can hunt down a supplier of Spectrum paints (if they,re still operating).
try Michaels or A.I. Friedman. they have a big selection of top of the line paints and inexpensive paints.
You may try some area stores. My area has Crafts 2000 and Hobby Lobby. They have good sets that should met your needs okay with minimal expense.
ThanksWhere can I buy decent priced oil paints?
I always found good deals at Jerry's Artarama....they have a bunch of high quality art supplies at wholesale prices. You can order online, or by mail and they have stores as well. Here's the website:
http://www.jerrysartarama.com/Where can I buy decent priced oil paints?
if you are broke try water color man i use the same it difficult than oil but it gives a great effect something that oil paint can never get
and buy basic six shades...both artist colours and student colours are available , more over you dont need canvas, water color paper is much cheaper . when you have learnt enough you can buy oil paints and canvas .OIL paints are much easier to handle than water colors so you wud not face any difficulty in using them once u have used watercolors
Best deals are always found online.
So it doesn't matter where you live in the world. Most companies ship anywhere via UPS.
As for cheap sites with good variety, I use ';Cheap Joes art stuff.';
They always run specials and have a very good selection to choose from. As also mentioned; ';Jerrys'; is also another great online site.
www.greatart.co.uk is great or look at SAA the society for all artists online as they do a magazine and discounts on art stuff. I got all my stuff from them when I was starting out. Good luck. Also if you are near it try Cass art in Kensington high street if they are still there the sales are fab.
There's a sub brand of Windsor %26amp; Newton oil paints called WINTON...they make student artist quality paints...they're dryer than the professional paints but wisll suffice for learning.
Get those in any art store.
You can buy oil paints for cheap from http://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/search?ie=UTF鈥?/a>
You might try Jackson's, think it's
jacksonart.co.uk or jacksonsart.co.uk
they do a good range of oils at varying price levels.
See if you can hunt down a supplier of Spectrum paints (if they,re still operating).
try Michaels or A.I. Friedman. they have a big selection of top of the line paints and inexpensive paints.
You may try some area stores. My area has Crafts 2000 and Hobby Lobby. They have good sets that should met your needs okay with minimal expense.
What is the method of doing oil painting?
what are the possible guidelines keep in mind while doing oil painting for the first time? I know how to do with water colors, but is completely ignorant about how to handle with oil paints. please provide a detailed instruction..What is the method of doing oil painting?
There is traditional oil painting and then there is wet-on-wet...
Wet on Wet was invented by William Alexander… This uses a thicker paint straight from the tube and is applied to a canvas that has been brushed over or wet primed with what is called “Magic White.” There is also magic black and magic clear. If you are a beginner I suggest you try this out….
As for Traditional painting it uses refined linseed oil, (there are other oils but not that great). Also you can go to the OLD way of painting and do 7 layers etc… Damar crystals etc…
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts…
There is a tutorial about Traditional painting above….
Personally I sometimes combine the 2….
With oils remember to have fun with it in the beginning. Your first paintings should will get you accustom to how the paint flows and the mixing of the paint etc….
Remember a “thick paint” (one mixed with linseed oils or other medium oils) will stick better to a “thin paint” (one straight from a tube)…..
If your highlights don’t want to stick even if you thin them with thinner then wait a day or so to let the layer beneath it to stiffen a little…What is the method of doing oil painting?
The best way to learn oil painting techniques is to train in an Atelier Art School such as the New School of Classical Art in Rhode Island. You will start with basic drawing skills and then progress to oil painting. The school was founded by Dana Levin a master Classical Realism painter trained at the Florence Academy of Art.http://www.danalevin.com/atelier.html
Oil painting is the opposite of water colors.
Water colors are from light to dark as you apply the paint and it dries faster.
Oil painting is from dark to light as you apply the paint and it takes longer to dry.
Start with that knowledge as you begin to experiment with it. You should catch on pretty quickly if you are not afraid to make mistakes.
There is traditional oil painting and then there is wet-on-wet...
Wet on Wet was invented by William Alexander… This uses a thicker paint straight from the tube and is applied to a canvas that has been brushed over or wet primed with what is called “Magic White.” There is also magic black and magic clear. If you are a beginner I suggest you try this out….
As for Traditional painting it uses refined linseed oil, (there are other oils but not that great). Also you can go to the OLD way of painting and do 7 layers etc… Damar crystals etc…
http://www.cartage.org.lb/en/themes/Arts…
There is a tutorial about Traditional painting above….
Personally I sometimes combine the 2….
With oils remember to have fun with it in the beginning. Your first paintings should will get you accustom to how the paint flows and the mixing of the paint etc….
Remember a “thick paint” (one mixed with linseed oils or other medium oils) will stick better to a “thin paint” (one straight from a tube)…..
If your highlights don’t want to stick even if you thin them with thinner then wait a day or so to let the layer beneath it to stiffen a little…What is the method of doing oil painting?
The best way to learn oil painting techniques is to train in an Atelier Art School such as the New School of Classical Art in Rhode Island. You will start with basic drawing skills and then progress to oil painting. The school was founded by Dana Levin a master Classical Realism painter trained at the Florence Academy of Art.http://www.danalevin.com/atelier.html
Oil painting is the opposite of water colors.
Water colors are from light to dark as you apply the paint and it dries faster.
Oil painting is from dark to light as you apply the paint and it takes longer to dry.
Start with that knowledge as you begin to experiment with it. You should catch on pretty quickly if you are not afraid to make mistakes.
Ive accidently bought acrylic paints instead of oil whats the difference ? and how would I thin acrylic paint
I actually like acylics better but I work in layering tecq. as they are water based rather than oil based. You can buy medium to thicken and thin them, affect drying time, etc. If you are used to oils then you will need to do a mental switch as its not so much blending and also your drying time is so much quicker. I liked them for art class just due to this.Ive accidently bought acrylic paints instead of oil whats the difference ? and how would I thin acrylic paint
Accidentally take them back to the store without thinning them. While at the store purchase some books on acrylic or oil painting before you get any supplies. Insure that you have an adult with you so as to not make any more accidents.
Be careful!
Jeff (weseye) Wesley
Ive accidently bought acrylic paints instead of oil whats the difference ? and how would I thin acrylic paint
Oil paint is made from pigment and linseed oil, and can be thinned with linseed oil or turpentine (never use white spirit). Acrylic paint is a type of liquid plastic, which you use water to thin. It dry's fast so is not good for blending
Read the instructions on the tin.
They're two completely different types of paint. Do you have to have oil paints? I personally like acrylic paint better- it's easier to correct your mistakes, and I find it more interesting! If you wanted to thin your acrylic paint out, I'd try using vegetable oil. I think water would repel the paint. Give it a try and see what happens!
You have to be having us on!
I wont answer to someone to has the gall, the temerity, the prattle, the cheek, to want to know how many of us will say ';xxxx xxx xxx';
What other accidents have you had pray tell?
a tiny bit of turps/white spirit to thin the acrylic paint xxweb development
Accidentally take them back to the store without thinning them. While at the store purchase some books on acrylic or oil painting before you get any supplies. Insure that you have an adult with you so as to not make any more accidents.
Be careful!
Jeff (weseye) Wesley
Ive accidently bought acrylic paints instead of oil whats the difference ? and how would I thin acrylic paint
Oil paint is made from pigment and linseed oil, and can be thinned with linseed oil or turpentine (never use white spirit). Acrylic paint is a type of liquid plastic, which you use water to thin. It dry's fast so is not good for blending
Read the instructions on the tin.
They're two completely different types of paint. Do you have to have oil paints? I personally like acrylic paint better- it's easier to correct your mistakes, and I find it more interesting! If you wanted to thin your acrylic paint out, I'd try using vegetable oil. I think water would repel the paint. Give it a try and see what happens!
You have to be having us on!
I wont answer to someone to has the gall, the temerity, the prattle, the cheek, to want to know how many of us will say ';xxxx xxx xxx';
What other accidents have you had pray tell?
a tiny bit of turps/white spirit to thin the acrylic paint xx
Where can I sell my oil painting with this bad economic?
I invested all my money in produce oil painting for years and now I owning 400 pieces 3 x 4 feet and they are so beautiful . Some are reproduce and some are original. Now, I am broke can't open a gallery and I need money so bad to pay for my bill and to help for living. Please show me where can I sell them? Help
EAWhere can I sell my oil painting with this bad economic?
maybe a yard saleWhere can I sell my oil painting with this bad economic?
Try Livesimon.com or LiveSimonPosts.com
http://www.LiveSimon.com has both auctions and classifieds and has some great features.
http://www.LSPosts.com offers posts by city and there is no need to register.
Try Ebay or make yourself a website and try to sell them there. My guess is you want too much money for them though or you would have sold them already...especially since they are so beautiful.
EAWhere can I sell my oil painting with this bad economic?
maybe a yard saleWhere can I sell my oil painting with this bad economic?
Try Livesimon.com or LiveSimonPosts.com
http://www.LiveSimon.com has both auctions and classifieds and has some great features.
http://www.LSPosts.com offers posts by city and there is no need to register.
Try Ebay or make yourself a website and try to sell them there. My guess is you want too much money for them though or you would have sold them already...especially since they are so beautiful.
Polymer clay / oil paint question.?
Can I use oil paint on baked polymer clay or must I use heat-set oil paint?Polymer clay / oil paint question.?
You can but acrylic paint is better.
Oil will take longer to dry.Polymer clay / oil paint question.?
I would agree with the previous poster in that you can use both, but oil paint will take a lot longer to dry. Acrylic paints are usually used on cured polymer clay when complete coverage is wanted anyway (rather than just ';antiquing'; the crevices).
(You can also use alcohol inks to paint on cured clay, as well as various kinds of tinted liquid polymer clays and thinned solid polymer clays.)
There's loads of info on using various paints with polymer clay on this page of my polymer clay ';encyclopedia'; site, if you're interested:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/paints.htm
...click on *Painting On Top of Clay* but also read the section on Oil Paints and/or Acrylic Paints for more info if you're wanting to paint ON polymer clay rather than just building the color into the clay
HTH,
Diane B.
You can but acrylic paint is better.
Oil will take longer to dry.Polymer clay / oil paint question.?
I would agree with the previous poster in that you can use both, but oil paint will take a lot longer to dry. Acrylic paints are usually used on cured polymer clay when complete coverage is wanted anyway (rather than just ';antiquing'; the crevices).
(You can also use alcohol inks to paint on cured clay, as well as various kinds of tinted liquid polymer clays and thinned solid polymer clays.)
There's loads of info on using various paints with polymer clay on this page of my polymer clay ';encyclopedia'; site, if you're interested:
http://glassattic.com/polymer/paints.htm
...click on *Painting On Top of Clay* but also read the section on Oil Paints and/or Acrylic Paints for more info if you're wanting to paint ON polymer clay rather than just building the color into the clay
HTH,
Diane B.
Oil painting (roughly 2ft by 1ft) - how much should it cost to frame?
Just looking for a rough estimate. I appreciate the cost will vary depending on the type of frame, but how much should I be budgeting for a basic (nice) wooden frame.Oil painting (roughly 2ft by 1ft) - how much should it cost to frame?
I have made my own picture frames for a few years now. I buy the basic framing materials from the hardware store and each frame has cost me anywhere from $5 to 15$ a picture. This includes all the necessary paint and fancy bits to make it look nice. I do not put glass in my frames though!
Of course a factory finished professional frame will cost more. I remember looking at one shop here in Australia that charged $90 for a 3ft by 2ft frame. This included the class insert as wellOil painting (roughly 2ft by 1ft) - how much should it cost to frame?
Arts and craft stores like Michael's - or on line stores like Dick Blick sell frames in 2 section packs so you can get the size you need. You might want to look there. I just had an oil painting professionally framed (odd size 24.5 x 21.25) with plain black wood for $130. It gets pretty pricey unless you do it yourself.
i would budget at least $125.00 for a decent frame of this size. understand though, that the quality of the frame, the width of the moulding style, type of wood used, finnish, the location you live, etc. will all be factors in the actual cost.
I have made my own picture frames for a few years now. I buy the basic framing materials from the hardware store and each frame has cost me anywhere from $5 to 15$ a picture. This includes all the necessary paint and fancy bits to make it look nice. I do not put glass in my frames though!
Of course a factory finished professional frame will cost more. I remember looking at one shop here in Australia that charged $90 for a 3ft by 2ft frame. This included the class insert as wellOil painting (roughly 2ft by 1ft) - how much should it cost to frame?
Arts and craft stores like Michael's - or on line stores like Dick Blick sell frames in 2 section packs so you can get the size you need. You might want to look there. I just had an oil painting professionally framed (odd size 24.5 x 21.25) with plain black wood for $130. It gets pretty pricey unless you do it yourself.
i would budget at least $125.00 for a decent frame of this size. understand though, that the quality of the frame, the width of the moulding style, type of wood used, finnish, the location you live, etc. will all be factors in the actual cost.
How do u get oil based paint of ur hands???
turpentine or gasoline then REALLY WASH THEM!How do u get oil based paint of ur hands???
Wet oil-based paints and varnishes can be removed by using mineral spirits. Turpentine is a little stronger, but works better on dried paint: You should always work with the weakest chemical thinner that will remove the paint you are using, for the sake of your skin, your lungs, and the environment. Indeed, wash your hands well after working with ANY chemicals. I used to paint at construction sites for a living.How do u get oil based paint of ur hands???
If the paint is wet, it can be removed with any gentle soap (like dish soap) and water. If the paint is dry to the touch but still soft, it can be removed by rubbing gently with vegetable oil or motor oil (yup, like from a car). Then, wash the oil off with soap and water. If the paint is dry, there are several soaps available at art stores which will dissolve the paint on you or your clothes.
DO NOT USE turpentine. It can give you a bad chemical burn if you are not careful!
Try washing with plain old Borax. That is what I use in the studio. If you need something a little stronger use Turpenoid not turpentine.
turpentine and then soap and water and then lotion to prevent dryness.
Nail polish remover?
turpentine
use paint thiner
then wash your hands
Wet oil-based paints and varnishes can be removed by using mineral spirits. Turpentine is a little stronger, but works better on dried paint: You should always work with the weakest chemical thinner that will remove the paint you are using, for the sake of your skin, your lungs, and the environment. Indeed, wash your hands well after working with ANY chemicals. I used to paint at construction sites for a living.How do u get oil based paint of ur hands???
If the paint is wet, it can be removed with any gentle soap (like dish soap) and water. If the paint is dry to the touch but still soft, it can be removed by rubbing gently with vegetable oil or motor oil (yup, like from a car). Then, wash the oil off with soap and water. If the paint is dry, there are several soaps available at art stores which will dissolve the paint on you or your clothes.
DO NOT USE turpentine. It can give you a bad chemical burn if you are not careful!
Try washing with plain old Borax. That is what I use in the studio. If you need something a little stronger use Turpenoid not turpentine.
turpentine and then soap and water and then lotion to prevent dryness.
Nail polish remover?
turpentine
use paint thiner
then wash your hands
What is an OLIOGRAPH and how does it differ from an oil painting?
Olio is a print with varnish applied to it, sometimes in the direction of the brush strokes of the original.
Thought I had a Matisse some years ago, only to be disappointed later.
Four pounds down the drain.
Thought I had a Matisse some years ago, only to be disappointed later.
Four pounds down the drain.
What's the fastest drying medium for oil painting?
I heard of liquin... Anything else?What's the fastest drying medium for oil painting?
I would go with liquin, it is the fastest and also gives the nicest effect.What's the fastest drying medium for oil painting?
I always ask the people in my art supply shop for help.web development
I would go with liquin, it is the fastest and also gives the nicest effect.What's the fastest drying medium for oil painting?
I always ask the people in my art supply shop for help.
I have an oil painting of a lion signed Knorr 73. How do I tell if it's worth anything before I sell it? I?
It is an original and not a reprint and it is on canvas. Anyone know any appraisers near Houston Texas.I have an oil painting of a lion signed Knorr 73. How do I tell if it's worth anything before I sell it? I?
Here's a place to start:I have an oil painting of a lion signed Knorr 73. How do I tell if it's worth anything before I sell it? I?
google it. That's all I got
Here's a place to start:I have an oil painting of a lion signed Knorr 73. How do I tell if it's worth anything before I sell it? I?
google it. That's all I got
How Do I Scan An Oil Painting?
I'm getting copyrights on my paintings and I need copies of them.How Do I Scan An Oil Painting?
I heard some people would take photos of them, then edit them on computers to get rid of crops.How Do I Scan An Oil Painting?
It is much easier to get hold of a digital camera and photograph it... Go as far back from the painting as your Lens will allow (zoomed in), this will minimise warping/distortion. The more pixels the camera can record, the better.
Lighting is crucial here! Usually the painting is set up in a curtained off area where the light sources can be controlled... but you may find it easiest to photograph the painting in sunlight. Avoid glare at all costs!
I heard some people would take photos of them, then edit them on computers to get rid of crops.How Do I Scan An Oil Painting?
It is much easier to get hold of a digital camera and photograph it... Go as far back from the painting as your Lens will allow (zoomed in), this will minimise warping/distortion. The more pixels the camera can record, the better.
Lighting is crucial here! Usually the painting is set up in a curtained off area where the light sources can be controlled... but you may find it easiest to photograph the painting in sunlight. Avoid glare at all costs!
I want to paint over a mural, how do i tell if the paint is oil based or latex acrylic?
Use a clean white cloth, pour some alcohol on it %26amp; rub the painted area. If it i latex, the paint will rub off...oil based paint will not.
Good luck...I want to paint over a mural, how do i tell if the paint is oil based or latex acrylic?
You don't need to even ask yourself the question. Simply paint over the mural with OIL-BASED PRIMER. I like Bull's Eye 1-2-3
http://paint-and-supplies.hardwarestore.鈥?/a>
You can then easily paint over the OIL-BASED PRIMER with latex paint. You can't paint over oil paint with latex paint, but you can paint over the primer with latex paint.
Problem solved :)I want to paint over a mural, how do i tell if the paint is oil based or latex acrylic?
You can probably use a good primer and not have to worry about the kind of paint it is, I've used kilz and zinsser both with good results, you can probably ask the people at your home improvement store too.
You will still have to prep the wall before painting over it. I would slightly sand down the wall, and then put a base coat over the mural.
Have fun.
You should be able to smell the oil or the varnish if it is oil.
Good luck...I want to paint over a mural, how do i tell if the paint is oil based or latex acrylic?
You don't need to even ask yourself the question. Simply paint over the mural with OIL-BASED PRIMER. I like Bull's Eye 1-2-3
http://paint-and-supplies.hardwarestore.鈥?/a>
You can then easily paint over the OIL-BASED PRIMER with latex paint. You can't paint over oil paint with latex paint, but you can paint over the primer with latex paint.
Problem solved :)I want to paint over a mural, how do i tell if the paint is oil based or latex acrylic?
You can probably use a good primer and not have to worry about the kind of paint it is, I've used kilz and zinsser both with good results, you can probably ask the people at your home improvement store too.
You will still have to prep the wall before painting over it. I would slightly sand down the wall, and then put a base coat over the mural.
Have fun.
You should be able to smell the oil or the varnish if it is oil.
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