Wet on wet oil painting (also known as Alla Prima) is a direct painting method where, as the name suggests, wet paint is applied on top of wet paint. The entire painting is usually completed in one session. The following post contains a collection of videos found on YouTube from 2 of the most talented […]
Oil Painting with a Palette Knife
Palette and Painting Knives go hand in hand with oil paints. Many people use these terms interchangeably, but there is a difference between the two. A Palette Knife is a special knife made specifically for mixing your paints on your palette, while a Painting Knife is used for applying the paint to whatever surface you […]
Oil Painting Glazing Tutorial – Glaze and Mist
Below is a wonderful oil painting glazing tutorial by artist Julie Duell (see bio at the end of this lesson). I hope you find these tips and techniques helpful. Enjoy! Oil Painting Glazing Techniques – Glaze and Mist It has become apparent from online painting lessons being requested that an oil painting glazing tutorial as […]
How to Paint a Landscape in Oils for Beginners
About the Artist Ross Bowns is an artist and art instructor working in California. His interests in art are in semi-abstract figurative art but he enjoys teaching broad range of subjects from basic drawing techniques to painting the landscapes. He received an MFA in Fine Arts from The Academy of Arts University and a BA […]
How to Paint a Sunset in Oils Step by Step
Below is a wonderful step by step lesson on how to paint a sunset in oils by artist Gina De Gorna (see bio and website link below). Enjoy and happy painting fellow artist! How to Paint a Sunset with Oil Paint How do I do it and how long does it take? How to Paint […]
How to Make Oil Paints Dry Faster
Oil paint is a slow drying medium. It behaves differently than other mediums like water based mediums for instance, as it dries by oxidation and not by evaporation. This slow drying process can be good or problematic, depending on the situation. If you are a patient artist that works at a slow pace and enoys […]
Telluride’s Gold, Ingram Falls – Landscape Demo
About Kenn Backhaus Kenn was born in Beaver Dam, Wisconsin and spent much of his childhood on the family farm near Burnett, Wisconsin. His fondness for nature became the catalyst for his art. Kenn’s parents encouraged his artistic education and following High School, he attended Layton School of Art in Milwaukee,Wisconsin. After graduation from Layton […]
En Plein Air Oil Painting Demo
Below is a wonderful video demonstration created by Paul Taggart. This is a demo done “en plein air”. Its a fairly quick, energetic and sketchy painting, the point of which, is to demonstrate that oil painting does not always have to be a long drawn out process that takes days or even weeks to complete. […]
Counterintuitive Painting – or – The Problem Might Not Be What You Think It Is
About Karin Karin Wells is an artist of amazing versatility. She graduated with honors from both the New England School of Art and Design, Boston, 1965, and the Butera School of Art, Boston, 1986. Karin has enjoyed a career as an award-winning graphic designer, illustrator and sign painter. She also taught Life Drawing and Painting […]
How to Paint a Lily Flower in Oils
About Beatriz Beatriz Socorro began her formal art training at age 10. During 5 years, she studied art with the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary in Montreal, Canada, where she learned drawing, perspective, the use of light and shadow to obtain depth and likeness as well as clay sculpture. Professionally, she […]