Painting with oils

Oil painting for beginners: 12 tips to help you improve and make sure you get the best results from your painting.

Learn about common mistakes beginner oil painters make, to help you save materials and improve more quickly.

Uncover the essential steps to start oil painting. From canvas prep to understanding color basics, this guide will set you on the right path!

By Carrie Lewis in Art Tutorials > Painting Tutorials Many so-called “rules” of art are more suggestions than rules. It’s helpful to know what they are, but you don’t have to follow them rigorously to make great art. However—when it comes to oil painting, there are three rules that you absolutely, positively MUST understand and follow if you paint in layers, or your work will fail every time. They are: Fat over lean Thick over thin Slow drying over fast drying Why […]

In this guide, find eleven easy oil painting ideas, with step-by-step tutorials on how to try them for yourself.

Check out these oil painting tips perfect for beginners.

How to wash paint brushes, how to sign a painting, which canvas to use, oil painting tips & techniques.

Award-winning painter and international art instructor, Johannes Vloothuis, shares 10 oil painting tips and tricks for better paintings.

If you want to learn how to oil paint, here are some of the oil painting techniques which you will need to learn. You will not need to use all these techniques in your paintings, but it is important to at least have an awareness of them. I cover: 1. Scumbling Scumbling is the technique

This guide on oil painting for beginners will teach you everything you need to know to get started with this amazing painting medium.