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White Paint

Saturday Apr 24, 2010

White PaintTo all painters, white is an important part of the palette, but to the marine painter, white and its usage is so important that at times it almost becomes a medium. So working knowledge of the properties of the three basic white paints on the market today will help you to determine your procedure and to realize your final effects, whether it be direct painting, building the painting in successive layers, underpainting and overpainting, glazes or scumbling.

I hope that you will gather from these pages that I dislike very much falling into a system of using over and over again a procedure or a set palette. With your painting materials always the same, each picture will tend to appear just like the preceding one, with only a rearrangement of subject matter. If the materials you use are sound and compatible, and each lends itself to the realization of the desired final effect, then you have selected and used them for their best qualities. Read the rest of this entry »


Learn Oil Painting

Wednesday Apr 21, 2010

Learn Oil PaintingThis is a one session oil painting

Oil Painting Materials Needed:

  1. A photo to reference for your painting.
  2. Canvas panel.
  3. Canvas mount or easel.
  4. Oil paints, using colors from your photo.
  5. Mineral spirits.
  6. Brushes

To start the process, lets work on a canvas panel mounted on a board. Then take your photo reference for the oil painting and have it next to your canvas. Read the rest of this entry »


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