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Unlike many people think, oil painting is not that difficult to learn. There are techniques to discover, ideas and creativity, and patience. Those are all you need to learn to paint by oil. If all of these are done with joy and passion, nothing is too difficult to do.

Before you actually start painting, there are some basic knowledge that you must understand. By following these tips, you will save your time in the learning process.

1. Oil paint dries very gradually so you have to be patient. It is not like acrylic paints which dry very quickly. Acrylic paint was initially created as an underpainting medium for oil painting.  One clever idea is  to put a base of acrylic and then place oil paint over it. This way your painting will be more stable. Add linseed oil added to oil paint in order to extend the color, increase flow and increase workability. Oil paint with added medium is called' long', whereas oil paint used directly from the tube is called 'short' or 'stiff'. 

2. You need to place your oil paints on a wooden board called a palette. A high-quality palette is the one made from wood, pear wood is the most excellent.  

3. It is very essential to understand that the layers of paint will dry at different extends of time.  It is also very important to understand about your paint characters and know which colors to be used: Transparent (see through) Semi Opaque (slightly see through) or opaque (not see through).

4. To get started, put as much oil paint on your brush enough for two or maximum three strokes. Try to at all times end your brush stroke on the canvas. Make certain that you use linseed oil only when you are painting with the wet on wet method or process. Do not confuse yourself with all of the many other mediums. Wait to discover those when you are more skilled.

5. If you can actually afford the professional paints, don't be doubtful, go ahead and buy them. You will notice immediately that they are completely different from the student paints. But if your finances is tight  and you are not yet experienced, do not waste your money on the professional paints. 

6. Do not take the risk of your talent on inexpensive brushes. Always buy the best brushes that you can afford. In my points of view, the Da Vinci brand brushes are the best professional brushes so far. Buy one with long handle bushes. The technique is to hold near the end of the handle. 

7.  When you are increasing talent, you have to consider  the ability to take risks. Just play around with your paint, and learn from the experiences and understand it. At all times do your painting  at an easel and make sure to stand back from your painting all the time. 

8. Do not  put your expensive brushes in turps when you are working in a session. After when you finish painting for the day, wipe the brushes clean with paper towels or cloth. Wash out your brushes in turps or a similar solvent at the end of a session and then be sure to clean right away with soapy water.

9. Preparing the Canvas Is the Basic of Your Work. It is very crucial that you put on the first under-painting or wash on your canvas. This way you can  avoid the glare of the white (which will reflect back at the viewer, and t is very annoying). The more layers of  paint you get onto your canvas the better.  And the more qualified looking your painting is, the more brilliant the paint and the more the painting will sing out with color and texture.1

10. Traditionally, an earth color of a burnt umber, raw umber, raw sienna or an ochre, is  painted on as a good first under-painting. However, sometimes it can be pretty exciting to paint on a bright red or dark blue as your first under-painting, especially when you are in the habit of putting on three or four layers and seeing the under-painting come through your painting. Use a big wash brush to apply the first under-painting. If you use acrylic as your underpaint it will dry quickly so you can get started quicker.

11. There are two methods  of  applying oil paint:  wet on wet or All Prima (in one step) and  Stage Painting or Glazing Fat Over Lean. Wet on wet is applied by using the paint stiff, which is applied immediately from the tube or thinned to the evenness of salad dressing with linseed oil. The essential part of painting wet on wet is making your brushes and painting knives do the work for you.  You certainly want to have thorough control of your brushes and carry out trial with different brushes to see the marks and texture streaks that they make.

The glazing technique is a process of building up your painting in a series of layers of the thinned paint. I found this particular method for the glazing technique with oil paint it is called 'fat over lean', as follows

A Lean 1st layer thinned with solvent
A Lean 2nd layer thinned with less solvent
A Lean 3rd layer thinned with less solvent
A Fat 4th layer straight from tube
A Fat 5th layer thinned with little linseed oil
A Fat 6th layer thinned with more linseed oil

It is very essential that you follow this process exactly or the layers of paint will dry at various levels and probably crack the paint. Yes,  it is a slow method and you definitely need some patience.  However the results are spectacular tonal values which are essential in painting. This glazing method gives you full control of creating tones in acrylic paint.

12. Never work with turps except when you are working with the glazing method. Never ever stand your brushes in any turps working in your painting session. Turps will burn the bristles and certainly there will be some left in the brush when you start to use color. This will make it difficult to keep control of the flow or thickness of paint.

Here you see, there is no secret about paint.

Remember that paint is just pigment with a binder. In the case of oil paint, it is just a pigment with a drying oil usually linseed oil is used for this. The very best professional oil paints you will find are Michael Harding and Old Holland. Windsor and Newton and some other makes are good as well just be certain they are called professional paints and not the lesser quality student paints.

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