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| Portrait Oil Painting Tutorial |
[25 Aug 2012|08:36pm] |
Portrait Oil Painting Tutorial
Portrait painting is a great tradition in art. This is not a skill that comes easily, and most artists may find themselves painting portraits again and again to get the process right. Oil paint is a practical medium to start portrait painting with. The slow drying time of oil paint makes blending easy enough--a real advantage when it comes to producing soft shadows, as would appear on the subject's face. Instructions 1Choose a photograph to paint from. Portrait painting is traditionally done from live subjects, but live subjects are problems for their own reasons. Live subjects need to move and change positions. If you paint from a live subject, you are limited in the amount of time you can spend in a single painting session because your subject will need breaks, and changing light conditions will force you to paint at the same approximate time for each different session. If you insist on painting from a live subject, take photographs of your subject, so you can paint/touch up areas even when your subject isn't available.animal oil paintings for sale. In addition, mark the position of your subject with chalk to make repositioning easy.2Draw several studies of your subject before drawing an outline of the subject and a few major features--eyes, nose, mouth-on the canvas.3Paint a thin layer of paint on the canvas, covering the entire picture plane. Use a medium or medium-large brush. Don't paint highlights or shadows--only paint the base colors of subjects. To produce a thin layer of paint in oils, mix the paint with turpentine or whatever paint thinner you happen to be using. Compare what you have on the painting to what you see in the photograph. Amend the painting as necessary.abstract oil paintings for sale.4Begin to build up layers of paint. Oil paint dries very slowly. After a certain point of painting, you may decide that the painting is too wet to continue. If this becomes the case, the painting will need to sit overnight (or possibly longer) before you can continue. Many painters who work with oil paint find it efficient to have several paintings going at once, so when one painting becomes too wet, the artist can move on to something else.5Build up details slowly. Switch to smaller paintbrushes as you start to paint smaller details. When blending areas of paint, like shadows and highlights, with the paint in the background, you may find it helpful to use a dry brush to feather the edges.. For shadows on flesh, shades of brown or blue are usually more appropriate than shades of black or gray.If you find yourself struggling to line up the details in the face, try painting some mapping lines on the face. Mapping lines are lines drawn over the horizontal and vertical axes of the face that allow you to arrange details on the face in a way that is symmetrical. If you still feel like the features of the face are asymmetrical, even after establishing mapping lines and painting the features along them, try turning the piece upside down.6Set the painting aside when you feel you are close to being done and don't return to the painting for a few days or more. This will help you gain a fresh perspective on the steps to producing a completely finished piece.
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| How to Use Water Soluble Oil Paints |
[25 Aug 2012|08:38pm] |
How to Use Water Soluble Oil Paints
Oil paints that are water soluble eliminate the need for solvent mediums. Solvents evaporate into vapors that require open ventilation in large airy rooms. An artist can use water soluble oil paint in a relatively small room with the windows closed if necessary. The oil binders in water soluble paints are specially refined to break up in water. Water is the only thinner needed for painting, and canvasses dry in about half the time as traditional oils. Then brushes and palettes come clean with soap and water. Instructions 1Stand a canvas up and lean it against a tripod or desktop easel.animal oil paintings for sale. Squeeze small amounts of selected oil paint colors into the cups of a palette. Pour lukewarm water into two cups and keep them near the easel.2Thin the consistency of the oil paints with water. Typical oils are as thick as peanut butter. Dip an artist brush into a water cup to transfer small amounts of water to the paints on the palette. Blend the paints into the water to yield thinner consistencies. The more water added, the thinner the paints will spread while retaining their colors.abstract oil paintings for sale.3Dampen a wash rag to catch running drips on the canvas. Thinned paint will run if it is mixed with too much water or applied with a saturated brush.4Clean brushes in water immediately after use. Drop the bristle end of a brush into a water cup after finishing with one color. Remove soaking brushes from the water cup and shake out excess water to use with other colors in the course of the project if needed. Return the brushes to the water cup after each use.. Clean brushes with mild soap and running water after the painting is completed.5Clean water soluble oil paint from palettes upon project completion. Lather mild soap into a wash rag and scrub palettes under running water to remove water soluble paints.6Allow two to five days drying time for finished canvasses. The water evaporates from an oil painting quickly but the oils must oxidate before the canvas dries completely.
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| How to Paint a Horse in Oil Paints |
[25 Aug 2012|08:38pm] |
How to Paint a Horse in Oil Paints
Oil paints work well with many styles of painting (including abstract, realism and impressionism), making them an ideal choice for animal portraits, whether you paint your own or one that you've come across in your travels. Many painters paint from a photograph; but you can look at other paintings of horses for inspiration or paint your own scenario, incorporating or deleting items from the landscape as you see fit. Utilize a combination of oil painting techniques to design your own oil painting of a horse. Instructions 1Sketch out the backdrop of the scene, adding a horizon line and any large objects like buildings, fences and trees. Determine where the horse will be placed in relation to the backdrop.2Outline the shape of the horse in proportion to the rest of the scene.seascape oil paintings for sale. If using a photograph, keep it on hand as a reference point.3Begin layering in color to establish depth. Use a range of shades as opposed to using a flat brown or black. Layering the colors allows the patterns and textures of light and shadow to show in the painting. Shadowy colors like grey, blue, black and brown are a good starting point.portrait oil paintings for sale.4Play with different oil-painting techniques, including glazing, blending, gradation and underpainting, and decide which will work best for the vision you have of your painting.5Begin adding vibrant colors to flesh out the scene and give shape to the horse. Blend patches of red with tones of brown; use of blue to add depth to gray and black. Play with the color until you are satisfied. You can always test the results of layering before you begin painting with a test paper or canvas.pet oil paintings for sale.6Finish the painting by adding in final details. Blend white into the colors to show your light source and to add fine detail. Either let the painting dry completely (overnight) and add finishing details on top or continue layering in detail until you are satisfied with the end result.
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