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beginner oil painting must-haves!🎨
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Lizzie Rutkowski
oil painting doesn’t have to be expensive or include toxic chemicals! here’s what i use as someone who’s oil painted for years🌝
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prep before the oil paint
 
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what to paint on

 
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spiral-bound mixed media sketchbook are what i use almost every time. the paper is thick enough to withstand all of the paint, and theres tons of pages and sizes. you can easily rip out the pages. once the piece is finished and dried you can press it...
Mixed Media Sketchbook
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canvas board is great for oil painting! they come in many different sizes and are super affordable. they’re also great if you want to see the canvas texture through the paint. they’re also super easy to hang up with a command strip and are easy to sh...
Canvas Boards and Panels
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prep before the oil paint

 
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i use an acrylic neon paint as prep before my oil paint. this way i’m killing two birds with one stone! i have a good base so the paint doesn’t seep through whatever i’m painting on, and a vibrant color underneath my piece which adds warmth and makes...
Basics Acrylic Set - 6x22ml - Fluorescents
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oil paint

i only use these 4 colors and mix them on my palate (an old yogurt lid) to create unity with my colors as seen as the background of my profile
 
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this brand can be blended with water and has no harsh chemicals
Artist Oil Colour Tube 150 ml Primary Magenta 369
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the blue i use is shade ultramarine
Cobra Water-Mixable Oil Color, Ultramarine 150ml Tube
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this being my yellow is the main reason why all of my paintings are in pastels with those dreamy colors
Artist Water-Mixable Oil Colour Tube 40 ml Naples Yellow Red 224
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for white i use titanium white
Cobra water-mixable oil paint | Official website
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only varnish i use!
Artists' Gloss Varnish
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