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Oil painting methods
Rating: 4.4 out of 5(23 ratings)
98 students

Oil painting methods

A how to guide in the enduring art of oil painting
Created byBogdan Luca
Last updated 11/2020
English
English [Auto],

What you'll learn

  • Oil painting technique

Course content

6 sections • 19 lectures • 1h 14m total length

  • Health and Safety2:15
  • Course Materials8:37

    Choose a non-observant surface, such as canvas, canvas pad, or panel, with optional gesso, and assemble brushes, a palette, a palette knife, oils, and odorless mineral spirits.

  • Solvent Free Painting4:09
  • How to Modify Paint Density2:09

    Oil paint is very versatile and knowing how to change its behaviour is an important first skill

  • Ways of Applying Paint5:38

    Using oil paint, we can create a large number of visual effects, many of which have to do with the interaction between paint and painting surface

  • The Palette Knife2:00

    A palette knife is a very flexible and useful tool in the painter's tool kit.

Requirements

  • No

Description

In this beginner course you will learn the most common techniques associated with oil painting. We'll look at materials and safety concerns, means of modifying the paint, and techniques of application. We'll look a bit at history and some contemporary examples. You will gain the knowledge necessary to apply the medium as well as to be able to better understand how an oil painting was made when you encounter it in a museum.

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner or intermediate painters who are unfamiliar with painting in oil

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