![]() ![]() You should also check out this post I wrote about the Zorn palette. At a minimum, you should have a red, blue, yellow and white. This will force you to learn how to mix your colors. With your color palette, I suggest you use as few colors as possible. I provide some more detail on the oil painting supplies in this post. A surface to paint on (discussed below).A basic palette of paints (discussed below).You should read my guide here on artist paint brushes for more information. Hog hair and decent synthetic brushes are great for oil painting. A range of small to large paintbrushes designed for oil painting.Here is a basic set of oil painting supplies and equipment: Oil paint is generally at its most stable form straight from the tube. You can make oil paint more fluid by mixing it with more oil, or by adding a solvent, however, this also weakens the paint. The quality of oil paint varies based on the quality of the pigment used, how fine the pigment is and the medium which is used. Oil paint is comprised of ground-up colored pigment suspended in a drying oil, usually linseed oil. There are really only a few “rules” which you need to understand in oil painting (discussed later in this post) and the rest is pretty straightforward. If you think oil painting is too complex for you, then I urge you to reconsider. If you are just starting out with painting, I suggest you jump straight into oil painting unless you really want to practice acrylics or watercolors. You really cannot go wrong with oil paints. Oil paintings seem to be held in higher regard by art collectors compared to acrylic paintings (there are some exceptions to this of course).It is hard to argue the downside of using oil paints when so many amazing artists used them to such success. They were favored by the all-time greats of painting. ![]() This allows you to work with a wide range of painting techniques, including blending, glazing and scumbling. ![]() ![]() You can vary the drying time and consistency of your paint dramatically using paint thinners and additional oil. Why would you use oil paints over some of the other alternatives like acrylics or watercolors? Here are some reasons: (Bonus: Click here to download a PDF copy of my Color Theory Cheat Sheet.) Why Oil Painting? ![]()
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