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Oil Painting Your Dreams The Easy Way
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items Ok, let's be real - oil painting is kinda expensive for a hobby. The tubes of paint that are affordable are either small or the pigment just isn't there after a few weeks! All the different tools and methods can be migraine inducing. This list intend...
Paint Container: Oil paint can last a long time out of the tube if you know how to keep it. I use a shallow Rubbermaid food storage container that has a gasket around the lid and two latches on opposite sides. If I haven't already, I add one drop of ...
Paint Container: Oil paint can last a long time out of the tube if you know how to keep it. I use a shallow Rubbermaid food storage container that has a gasket around the lid and two latches on opposite sides. If I haven't already, I add one drop of ...
Sections
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Split Primary Paint
Tremendously Helpful Additions (Paint)
Mediums & Varnish
Tools
Split Primary Paint
Study up on your color theory and be prepared to mix for what you need. I find this to be the best part and I can zone in on just mixing for far too long! This aims to cut down on the amount you are spending on paint.
Q: Why no black?
A: You can grab some Ivory or Lamp Black if you want but your shadows will look flat. Trust me. Only get it if you want to do B & W painting.
Great for creating petal pinks on lips, blush, flower blooms…
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Permanent Alizarin Crimson
This is that “WOW” cherry red that pops with it's vibrant heat.
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Cadmium Red Deep Hue
It may be called Lemon Yellow Hue but I think of it like summer sunshine.
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Lemon Yellow Hue
Yellows are sometimes hard to define in terms of “warm” & “cool” but this one comes off cooler than the Lemon.
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Cadmium Yellow Pale Hue
Cool pthalo blue
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Pthalo Blue
Hot French Ultramarine
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. French Ultramarine
You will be using a lot of this to lighten the value of your colors so trust me when I say, “Get the bigger one.”
Winsor & Newton™ Winton 6.75oz. Titanium White
Tremendously Helpful Additions (Paint)
You don't HAVE to have these but they sure do make color matching easier for skin, green foliage, shadows etc.
Add with Gamsol (mineral spirits) to get a thin canvas scrumbling/wash
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Burnt Umber
Adding warmth, skintones etc.
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Raw Sienna
Take this Yellow Ochre and add in a touch of your choice blue & red + a bit of white and bam, skin tones.
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Yellow Ochre
I find this shade of purple to be nearly impossible to mix. Easy route is to grab a tube.
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Dioxazine Purple
Another one of those shades that is hard to manually mix!
Winsor & Newton® 1.25oz. Sap Green
Mediums & Varnish
I've tailored this section down to the things I couldn't go without for whatever reason!
Mineral spirits back in my day. I almost didn't find what I needed when I went to the store after the name changed! Lol.
Gamblin Gamsol, Size: 4.2 fl oz
If you only get 2, let it be this and Gamsol. But let's talk: This is an absolute work-horse medium but it can be fierce. Chemical heat happens as linseed oil cures so please do not ball up your towels/tissues. They are safest submerged in water or l...
Winsor & Newton® Artisan™ Linseed Oil
“Jesso” for priming your surface. Yeah! Did you know that you can oil paint on wood, cardboard etc? Just apply a coat of gesso, allow to dry, apply another, dry, sand smooth and PAINT!
Liquitex BASICS® White Gesso, Size: 16 fl oz
THICK PAINT! Wanna do impasto? This is your stuff. :)
Gamblin 150mL Solvent-Free Gel
Just when you think the wait for every layer to cure is over, this pops up. There are a lot but I stick to this one. If you prefer a different finish, try out matte, satin, gloss, etc.
Winsor & Newton™ Dammar Varnish, Size: 75 ml
Tools
Tools of the trade that make life easier. I'd obviously get the brushes first!
If you are just starting out you are going to kill brushes by forgetting to clean them or by using one with a quick drying medium and it will be a poor palette knife at that point. I use this set just fine. If you want a fan brush, stick to synthetic...
Brown Synthetic Flat & Round Brushes by Artist's Loft® Necessities
Save your back and get an easel. It can be a tabletop like this or a standing one. Just get one so you aren't hunched over a painting for hours. I would come up for air or food and have tears form in the corners of my eyes. I was so stiff!
Adjustable Flat Surface Wood Table Easel by Artist's Loft®
It takes some practice but a flexible palette knife is everything when it comes to mixing paint, removing paint from the palette to the storage container. I've tried making one from things around the house but I can never get it right and they aren't...
Painting Knife by Artist's Loft™, Size: 2.25"
I dont use one of these anymore but I used to! It's helpful since it is flat but these days I mix & swipe out of my paint storage container.
8" x 12" Clear Acrylic Palette by Artist's Loft™
8x10 canvas x10. A great size to learn on as it doesn't take up a lot of your paint!
10 Pack 8" x 10" Super Value Canvas by Artist's Loft®