Is it difficult to paint with oils? How to paint with oil paints? Oil painting technique

Have you ever dreamed of painting a beautiful, expressive oil painting? In this article, you will find some tips to help you immerse yourself in the wonderful world of oil paints. Once you master the basics of oil painting, the canvas becomes your fantasy world!

Steps

Part 1

Beginning of work

Choose colors. You understand, before you paint a picture with oil, you need to purchase oil paints. Of course, the choice of paints these days is more than wide, but you should not buy cheap paints. Yes, you'll save money, but cheap paints tend to be of sub-par quality, making your artistic experience...not the most enjoyable. Spend more money, but buy one jar of quality paints, not 2-3 cheap ones.

Stock up on everything else. Aspiring artists often succumb to the demon of economy and do not buy what they need. In principle, this is not as bad as it seems, however, there is something without which oil painting will not be such a pleasant and easy experience!

Prepare your workspace. Since you will need a lot of things and almost all at once to draw, you need a lot of space. An easel or table should be placed where no one will disturb you. It is desirable, among other things, to work in a place well lit by natural light. It would also be nice to put something like a blanket on the floor so as not to stain the floor with drops of paint.

Part 2

Drawing evaluation

1. First, make a sketch of the future picture with a pencil on canvas. This will help to build a composition, small details, straight lines and so on before starting work with paints. Having made a sketch, you can easily make changes to it. First a sketch with a pencil, and then a painting with paints (of course, if you do not plan to draw something abstractly random). Don't forget composition and negative space.

   • Composition - the position of objects in the picture. The composition should be such that the eye is drawn to the drawing as a whole, and not some part of it.
   • Negative space, in turn, is the space around the object in the drawing. If, say, you are drawing some real object, then you can draw complex places without any problems if you look not at the object itself, but at the space around it. Think about how you will fill the negative space in the picture so that the object still stands out and does not get lost in the background.
   • Consider overlapping and overlapping shapes and use them to add depth to your drawing. If the composition is such that nothing intersects anywhere, then it's time to change the composition. Depth will make your drawing more realistic.

2. Find a light source. In order for the drawing to come out realistic, you cannot do without the image of darkened and illuminated areas in the picture. Look at the object and think at what angle the light falls on it, where the shadow, penumbra and highlight will be located.

   • If there is a source of light, then there will be a shadow - a fact. However, if the light comes from above, then the shadow can be difficult to see. Try moving the light source or the subject itself to make the shadows and highlights more visible.
   • Perhaps you will not have darkness, which is darker than dusk, and radiance, which is brighter than dawn. What is there, most likely, your shadow and non-shadow will differ from the strength by a semitone-tone. If your light source does not give a clear light-shadow boundary, then don't worry. This is fine.

3. Choose colors. For beginners, it can sometimes be very difficult to match the color of an object with the color of the paint (especially when the paints must be mixed to get the desired color). This is because the brain "sees" colors in a rather idealized way - you can start mixing paint to paint a blue sky, and then realize that your paint is much brighter and bluer than it should be. How to deal with it? Try to move away from the symbols your brain uses and study the actual colors used. This will change the brightness of your colors.

   • An object drawn at night will be darker and richer in color. A subject drawn during the day will be brighter.
   • Check the color of the light source. On a bright sunny day, your subject should be golden yellow. On an overcast day, the light scattered through the clouds will give the object a grayish color. Light can even be colored - neon lamps are an example of this, and this will also change the color of the object in the same way.

4. Look at the movement of the object. By the way, is your object being drawn moving? Or moving, and how? Maybe not only the object itself is moving, but everything around? Consider this movement, it will come in handy at the stage of planning further work with the brush. In realistic-looking paintings, brush strokes convey movement (however, the reverse is also true).

Part 3

Creating a masterpiece

Mix colors. Oil paints in this sense are ready to "forgive" almost any mistakes - they dry very slowly. However, it is worth remembering that mixing two paints in the same color twice is almost unrealistic. What lesson can be learned from this? That's right, you need to mix paints "wholesale", with a margin, so that the next day you have something to draw.

• Use the color range to make it easier to mix colors. With the help of gamma, you will see the primary, secondary and tertiary colors, as well as understand how to make them.
• Pure colors are those that have not been mixed with either white or black. When primary colors are mixed, secondary colors are obtained.
• Light coloring is obtained by adding white to the color.
• The shadow, respectively, is obtained by adding black.
• To make the tone, add white to the shadow (color + black). Tones are used quite widely, they depict most of the colors from, so to speak, everyday life.

1. Start drawing. You can draw in any way and technique convenient for you, even drawing in parts, even in layers, at least somehow. However, since you are working with oil paint, it is worth remembering the great rule: thick on liquid. In other words, first you need to paint with diluted, liquid paints, and only then on top of them - with thick ones.

   • Try to draw simple objects. All figures consist of several simple shapes: cube, cone, cylinder and ring. Draw them first as real objects (say a box of oranges) or as flat shapes of themselves.
   • How to make the paint not so thick? Take turpentine or linseed oil, mix it with paint and, in general, that's it. Add thinning agent in small doses, slowly, to get exactly the consistency you need.
   • It will take three days for the paint layer to dry enough to allow a second coat to be painted over, so take your time and let the paint dry.

2. Try different drawing techniques. There are dozens of such techniques, but if you, a beginner, start learning them all, then your head will spin very quickly. You'd better choose a couple of techniques and focus on them.

Part 4

Final touches

Correct all errors. You will have something like three days while the paints are still wet, during which time you can both correct the mistakes and completely wipe them off with a damp cloth. Please note that there is no need to rush to declare the drawing ready - first you need to critically evaluate it and think about whether something can be improved.

Save the rest of the paint. If you have mixed so much paint that most of it is not useful to you, save it for the next time. Put the paint in small containers, cover them with cling film.

Clean your brushes. If the oil paint dries on the brush, the brush will be easier to throw away, so don't put off brush cleaning. Take turpentine, an old rag and go ahead - scrub off the paint and rinse the brush under running water until it, flowing from the brush, becomes transparent. Check the bristles with your hand afterwards to make sure all the paint has been washed out. Put clean brushes in a jar - bristles up, not down! Make sure that the room where the brushes are drying has good air circulation. It's best to simply place the brush jar in an open area, such as a shelf or desk, rather than in a closet or desk drawer.

Wait. When is oil paint completely dry? This can take up to 3 months, or even more if the picture consists of many layers of paint. Put your creation where no one will disturb it, and let the air do its withering work.

• To make oil paints dry faster, store them in a well-lit, dry, and warm room. In addition, when choosing paints, give preference to those that dry faster.

1. Cover the painting with varnish. When the paint is completely dry, you need to protect it, and for this you need a varnish. With varnish, you also protect colors from fading (to one degree or another). When the varnish is dry, you can congratulate yourself - your picture is ready, hang it somewhere in a conspicuous place!

   ADVICE OF THE SPECIALIST

   Kelly Medford is an American artist based in Rome, Italy. She studied classical painting, drawing and graphics in the USA and Italy. He works mainly in the open air on the streets of Rome, and also travels for private collectors. She is the creator of Sketching Rome Tours, during which she teaches guests of the Eternal City how to create travel sketches.

   Plein air artist

   The painting should be varnished only after the paint has dried - not before. Kelly Medford, plein air artist, says: “Different types of paint take different times to dry, which determines when they should be varnished. Oil paints dry top down, and it can take six months to a year before the paint dries and you can protect it with varnish. varnish does not allow the paint to breathe and prevents final drying, so that if applied too early, the picture can simply be ruined.

• Ivory black takes a very long time to dry - try not to use it for backgrounds.
• Do not use linseed oil to dilute light colors - they will quickly turn yellow.
• Use baby oil or olive oil to remove oil paint from your hands. Apply a little oil to a rag or tissue and wipe your hands with it. Don't wash your hands until you've wiped off the paint, otherwise this method will be useless. Oil paint is easy to get away with if you knock out a wedge with a wedge - another oil. After you wipe the paint off your hands, wash them with soap and water.
• To prevent the paint palette from drying out, place it in water or put it in the refrigerator.
• Don't put the palette in the water for too long or it will become oily from the paint.
• Wear latex gloves to avoid getting your hands dirty.
• Rinse the brush thoroughly in warm water before using new paint.
• To make the image three-dimensional, draw strokes around the object. For example, if you are painting a floor, use horizontal strokes.

Oil painting is one of the most interesting, versatile and durable painting techniques.

Paints

The main distinguishing feature of this type of painting is paint. They are produced by mixing vegetable oil (linseed or poppy) with colored pigments. The drying period of paints is very long (from 3 to 30 days). This property of this artistic material has its advantages and disadvantages.

Solvent

Thinner for oil paints turpentine or white spirit. Since these substances have a very pungent odor, odorless, purified solvents are now available in art stores. Often, a tee is used to dilute oil paints (a mixture of linseed oil, turpentine and varnish).

Canvas

Oil paints are very resistant and durable. Most often, oil is written on canvas stretched on wooden stretchers. Linen or cotton fabric covered with several layers of a special primer is used as a canvas. You will learn about the features and rules for selecting canvases on stretchers from the publication. They also paint with oil on a specially prepared basis made of wood, fiberboard, plywood, silk, stone, paper, and even plaster.

Easel

You will also need an easel - this is a very convenient device for working on canvas. They come in a wide range of styles, from large, bulky and stable, to small, foldable and lightweight, which is convenient to travel with. For a beginner amateur, a folding tripod is enough.

Palette

Paints are mixed on a palette, which can be a varnished wooden board, a glass surface, a small canvas, or a smooth plastic surface. On the palette you can mix different colors and get the necessary colors and shades. How to do this you will learn from the publication. In order for the palette to serve you for a long time - keep it clean, a short instruction will tell you how to do it.

Tools

In order to paint a picture with oil paints, various artistic tools are used: brushes, palette knife, rags, fingers or other experimental devices (blades, cellophane, roller, etc.).

Oil paintings are painted in one session - alla prima, or in several approaches.

varnish

To protect the paint layer, such works are covered with a special varnish. Since the oil dries for a long time, it is best to do this 2-3 months after painting, depending on the thickness of the paint layer.

Foreign artist and good art school teacher Johannes Vloothuis teaches thousands of students how to paint in oils (among other painting techniques). Johannes gave us the top 10 tips for oil painting artists. I think you will agree that every artist should know these basic techniques in painting.
1. Use white underpainting or quick-drying whitewash.
One of the common problems that oil painters have is that when you add a layer of paint on top of another, they tend to blend. For example, it is difficult to add snow on mountain tops when the first coat of paint is still wet.
When an artist goes into a frenzy and encounters such a problem, he gets frustrated and puts the painting aside and returns to work a few days later. There are special new whites that can solve this problem, unlike standard titanium whites. They are called quick-drying white or white underpainting.
2. Thin lines in oil.

Most, if not all, oil painters get frustrated when trying to draw thin lines with oil paint, especially on wet paint. Even signing a painting is not easy if the signature is small. Here are some ways to achieve this without waiting for the oil to dry:

• Use a plastic card instead of a spatula
• Use acrylic paint over dry oils
• Another innovative way is to use pastels. Usually it does not dry, but you can fix it with a layer of varnish.

3. Underpainting on canvas.

If you visit an art gallery and look at the oil paintings up close, you will see the voids in the strokes in the painting with the color of burnt sienna - this is an underpainting. It provides the following benefits:

• On a white background, it is more difficult to evaluate and choose a color
• In the open air in sunny weather, a white canvas will be too bright. You can, of course, wear glasses, but there will be obvious problems with color matching
• It's almost impossible to paint an entire white canvas in a quick, spontaneous plein air and you'll end up with white gaps between the strokes.
• Oil paint is not 100 percent opaque, so the gaps in the underpainting between strokes will play an important role in the perception of the picture. If you paint a picture with warm colors, for example, autumn, then it is better to make underpainting with a cold color.

In the image below, you can see that a warm underpainting was used, then we added shadow, sky, and foliage colors.

Underpainting Johannes Canyon Vista


The completed landscape of Vista Canyon by Johannes Vloothuis
4. Applying oil in a thick layer

One big advantage of acrylic and oil paints is the ability to apply a thick, thick layer that can convey a three-dimensional look. Other paints such as watercolors and pastels do not have this quality. My advice is to start with a thick layer of oil paint and work your way up to a thin layer. Add drops of paint only for small details - tree trunks, stones, flowers, leaves.
In the picture below, you can see that the flowers and leaves are applied in a thick layer and therefore a foreground effect is created.


Carmel Mission Johannes Vloothuis
5. Dry brush to create texture

In order to paint heaps of leaves, a lawn, foam in the roar of waves and waterfalls, use the Dry Brush technique. Dry brushing is a term used to refer to the technique of applying paint by "spreading" a small amount of paint. The drybrush technique can make a tree look shabby, paint lots of small leaves, paint foam near the water, and add weeds to the grass.
For a more visual representation, in the video below you will see how to draw a tree using the "dry brush" technique.

6. Painting on an already dry canvas

Alla Prima or wet on wet is a popular drawing technique in oil painting. However, the time and size of the painting may not allow you to complete the artwork in one sitting. Working on dry painting does not give the desired blending effect. This can be a problem when doing water reflections that require blending.
In order to work on dry painting, I recommend first adding a thin layer of Liquin Oil Thinner. The new paint will dissolve, but will not merge with the previous layer. This way you can soften the edges of the image!
7. Invest in professional quality paints and save on canvas.

Canvas is an expensive and mostly secondary expense, however, many professional artists choose to use this high quality canvas in their paintings.
I admit that there is some benefit when it comes to drybrushing on canvas as it frames the painting nicely, but I don't think such a benefit is worth the high cost.
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You can prepare your paintings by simply applying Liquitex super-heavy plaster with a paint roller onto a wood panel. This will leave random raised little bumps, mimicking linen fabric. Use masonite or birch for the panel. And, instead of wasting money on canvas, splurge on professional paints and you'll reap the rewards.
8. Use different colors to create more interest in the painting

Solid monochrome colors are boring, so leading artists exaggerate and add multiple variations of similar hues in the same area. Try this: Partially blend the colors on your palette until you've evened out the saturation (about 50 percent blending). Apply more force when squeezing out the paint. You should be able to see subtle color variations in every stroke. This takes some practice, but once you get the hang of it, your paintings will look more alive.
You can also use a multi-colored mixture to paint foliage, grass and rocks. You will learn about this in the short art video below, which shows you how to draw different types of green realistic foliage.

Also watch the video to learn how to mix colors and what strokes you can draw thick fir trees.

9. Draw fog for the depth of the atmosphere

I think fog is completely undermined in landscape painting. Scenes where fog is beautifully drawn can deliver a deep atmosphere to your painting.
In an art gallery, I once saw a beautiful picture of the Upper Yellowstone Falls with a lot of fog, where it fell down to the bottom. However, I could see through the fog and it looked very realistic. This has been achieved through the use of white zinc, which has a characteristic translucency. You can also use it to add haze to distant mountains and other areas where fog can add atmosphere.


10. Use your fingers

There is an unfounded fear of using oil paint, especially if there is skin contact. Be aware that leading manufacturers list toxicity levels on paint tubes.
I love mixing oil paints and I want the strokes to be even. Fingers can touch and apply the right pressure on the canvas, applying good strokes. You can't do that with a brush.
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The most common medium in painting are oil paints, which use vegetable oil. The secrets of drawing with such artistic material are not hidden from us, but on the contrary, many share their experience and offer their oil painting lessons for beginners. Everyone can create their own masterpiece. All it takes is patience and time! The technique of painting with oil paints has many pitfalls. Therefore, oil painting lessons in stages will be able to show all the stages and reveal the secrets.

Oil painting for beginners

Before you run to watch a master class in oil painting, you should purchase paint and everything you need for this painting technique. We start with the most basic.

1. Oil paint

   In stores you can find both individual tubes with certain colors, and sets, which can contain everything that an artist needs. However, do not rush to purchase a set, because it is better to pick up a couple of separate containers with primary colors. Such paints will have the best quality. Assemble an individual set of six to seven colors, with which you can get any other color.

2. brushes

   It is best not to purchase a set of paints that come with several brushes. They won't be of the best quality. Therefore, choose for yourself those tools that are suitable for you and make up for everything you need. For oil paints, we select high-quality and simple brushes. For the first time, it will be enough to have several brushes of different types. For example, you can choose flat, bristly and round. Then select the size of the brushes.

3. Palette knife

   In addition to brushes, many artists use such an artistic tool as a palette knife. With it, you can easily mix colors on the palette, as well as create interesting volumetric effects on the canvas.

4. Solvent

   To thin thick oil paint. You can use linseed oil or its derivatives.

5. Add-ons

   Beginning artists should stock up on a stretched canvas base for oil painting, a wooden palette, a jar of water, an apron, and plenty of old rags. A special box for art materials will not hurt either.

Oil painting technique

There are two main types of oil painting technique: a la prima and layered painting.
The à la prima technique involves the rapid application of paint to the canvas. Here you should not first sketch with charcoal or pencil. However, the drawing is also created gradually, but with very fast strokes. The more paint in every detail of the picture, the better! Moreover, the next day you can correct it and finish it.

For other techniques, multi-layer, the process will be longer. After all, such a picture will have several layers, and it will take at least 3 days to completely dry one. A prerequisite for such a technique is a preliminary sketch with a pencil. It is also recommended to apply primer. Then the first coat of paint can be applied. This oil painting technique is suitable for landscapes and any objects of nature.

Step by step oil painting

Before starting the drawing process, you should prepare your workplace. After all, for oil technology, you will need a lot of materials and tools at once. We choose a place for ourselves in a room closer to a natural light source and an open window. The oil has a strong smell.
We sketch on canvas with a pencil or charcoal. We outline even auxiliary lines for building a composition. We draw large details and smoothly move on to small ones. Consider on these pores where the light will fall and where the highlight, penumbra and shadow will be located. This will give the picture a realistic look.

We proceed to the selection of colors for each element of the picture. We place the main colors on the palette, which will give new complex shades. For beginner artists, this moment will be difficult, because our brain “sees” colors a little differently. For example, for an image of a clear blue sky with clouds, you will start mixing paint on the palette and then realize that it does not fit. After all, this shade turned out much brighter than I thought. Also, experienced craftsmen know that details painted at night will have a darker tone and richer color. But if a day is conceived on the canvas, then the objects will be bright.

Let's move on to colors. The first layer of each object must be painted over with liquid oil paint. To do this, use linseed oil or any other solvent. The next layers can already be applied with thick strokes. We begin to draw in a convenient way and techniques.

Oil painting on canvas often saves aspiring artists. After all, if you applied the wrong color, then it can be easily removed, since the paint dries very slowly.

After applying the first layer, we give time for it to dry completely and only then apply the next one. Basically, it takes about 3 days. During this period, you can slightly correct the details in the drawing or correct errors, or maybe completely wipe them off with a damp cloth.

Layer by layer, you have a complete picture. To preserve its beauty and brightness of the paint, it should be fixed with varnish. To do this, wait until it is completely dry. It all depends on the number of layers on the canvas.

We cover the picture with varnish, put it in a frame and place it in a conspicuous place! Now oil painting for beginners is gradually moving to a new level, where you can learn new techniques.

In order to learn how to draw with oil paints, it would be more correct to say, to write with oil paints, you need to have certain knowledge in this area, namely, to understand the variety of tools that are currently presented in a wide range in stores for artists. A novice artist may get lost by going into such a store without prior preparation, because the seemingly obvious set of what canvas, brushes and oil paints are considered to be for a good start in this matter will not be enough. This article aims to enable you to virtually visit an artist's shop, as if accompanied by an experienced mentor. So, let's begin!

Canvas

The first thing you and I will choose is canvas. As a basis for painting with oil paints, you can choose various materials: board, cardboard, metal plate, glass, plastic. But if we are talking about classical painting, then, of course, you should choose a fabric that is primed in the right way, tightly stretched over a stretcher and ringing like a drum. Yes Yes! The canvas should not sag, its surface should be perfectly flat. In the old days, and even now, many professional artists stretch the fabric over stretcher themselves, they themselves primed it. Since these recommendations are intended for beginner artists, we will not delve into the topic of stretching a canvas on a stretcher, but we will talk about how to choose the right surface that is already ready for work, namely, a canvas already primed and stretched on a stretcher.

It's best to canvas canvas was linen, it can be of medium or fine grain, have a smooth smooth surface without knots, the thickness of the canvas should be uniform everywhere. The graininess of the canvas is various irregularities and knots in the fabric, in the weaving of the threads of the canvas. If there are many such inclusions, the threads are coarse, then you have a canvas with a high grain size. It is suitable for drawing objects with a strong texture, such as old brick walls, knotted tree trunks, stones, rock fragments, etc. Here you can work with large pasty strokes, use a palette knife. Therefore, such a canvas is not suitable for painting objects with a delicate texture, for conveying delicate light and shade transitions. The gentle transparency of grapes and the face of a young girl cannot be drawn on such a surface. For such purposes, it would be right to choose a canvas finer workmanship, smoother, that is, fine-grained. And it is such a canvas that is best purchased by novice artists; by the way, you can make a more detailed preliminary drawing with a pencil on it. And you can easily erase the part of the picture that you don’t like.

Pay attention to the quality of the stretcher, that is, the wooden base on which the canvas is stretched. We have already talked about the inadmissibility of its sagging, it remains to add that it is necessary to evaluate wood quality from which the frame is made. Usually it is linden, pine or birch. The wood must be well finished, dry, smooth, free of knots, chips, rot and wormholes.

Oil paints

To begin with, you should not buy a large number of colors, it will be quite sufficient to purchase a set of 10-12 colors. The most important thing is that this set should contain blue (azure, cobalt), red (medium cadmium, light or dark), yellow (medium cadmium), black (gas carbon black), white (zinc or titanium white) paints. If you already know how to mix primary colors and get additional ones from them, then even such a minimum will be enough for you, but it’s better to diversify a little, even if your first oil palette for now! To find out what color is in the tube, look at the color bar on the label. Complete your set with blue paint (sky blue), ocher shade (ocher light or golden), the so-called "flowers of the earth" - natural umber, natural sienna, as well as natural shades of green colors - olive, grass green, light green, etc. .

Once again, we remind look at the label of the tube. Or you can buy a ready-made set of paints. Over time, you will understand which paints are spent on you faster, which are not. In addition, before buying paints, it would be good to know in what colors you intend to paint a picture: will it be delicate pastel shades or rich contrasting painting? What size will your work be? This may also influence your choice. And, of course, it would be nice to get acquainted with the color table, the names of which are the same for almost all manufacturers, so it is quite possible to navigate by color and see the correct names of the colors and shades you like. The prices of oil paints from different manufacturers are different, they directly depend on the chemical composition of the paints. Paints that contain natural rather than synthetic pigments will cost more.

brushes

Lucky

In the shop window for artists, among other things, you will see various artistic varnishes. They are designed to work directly with paints, that is, the brush is periodically dipped in varnish, then in paint. It's so called " painting on varnish” or “through varnish”. Why is this being done. In order for the painting to be immediately bright and juicy. And it is better, of course, to protect the already finished work with well-dried paints with varnish. As we have already mentioned, varnish gives richness to colors and, most importantly, protects your work from external influences. When the varnish dries, the surface of the canvas can be wiped from dust. Varnishes vary in composition, they are mainly made on the basis of soft resins.

Solvents

A very necessary and important thing for oil painting. Thinner is needed to dilute the paints, in order to clean the brushes before finally washing them with soap suds.

Tee

This is a ready-made composition for diluting oil paints. It usually consists of linseed oil, varnish and turpentine. It is this diluent that is poured into the oiler. If it was not at hand, Pinene No. 4 solvent will come off, plus linseed oil.

butter dish

A special container where a tee or solvent is poured. It is usually attached to the palette, for which it has a convenient clothespin mount. Oilers are plastic and iron. It is more convenient to have an oiler with a threaded cap, then you will not spill anything, and the unused contents will not dry out ahead of time.

Palette knives

A necessary and important tool in an artist's arsenal. These are special spatulas designed to clean off paint residues from the palette, apply and remove paint from the canvas. There are special pictorial techniques when work on canvas is done with a palette knife, and not with a brush. On sale there are sets of palette knives of different sizes and shapes.

Palette

Oh, this is a real visiting card of any artist! You also need to be able to choose the palette correctly, paints on the palette should be placed closer to the edges, in the center there is room for mixing. Palettes come in different shapes and sizes.

Easel

- a very convenient thing in order to objectively evaluate your work, to see the shortcomings. The work fixed on the easel is a professional approach. You can work in front of the easel both standing and sitting. Periodically, you need to move away from the canvas for some distance to see all the details. When buying an easel, be guided by its strength, reliability of fasteners, the size and model that suits you.

sketchbook

Special device for painting outside the home. This is a kind of suitcase in which you can place everything you need for work: brushes, paints, solvents, canvases, cardboards. It is quite compact, opens and closes, has reliable strong straps for carrying. The sketchbook can be of various sizes, with legs that can be adjusted in height and without them. When buying a sketchbook, you need to make sure that it is reliable and durable, has good fastenings. The sketchbook can also be used as an easel at home.

Here are perhaps the most basic tips that we hope will be useful to you when choosing materials for painting with oil paints. If you have the full set of tools that we talked about, you can safely start painting your first oil painting! Good luck and creative inspiration!

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