Video Training →Oil Painting: The Basics For Beginners

Setting up Your Workspace: I will show you a demonstration workspace and show you all of the tools that I use to make your painting area the most suitable.
Mixing Color: I instruct you on how to mix color using a palette of 5 key colors to mix almost any range of colors.
Brushes: I describe to you the main three types of brushes that I use to create different marks.
The 3D Form: I show you how to create dimension when painting in oils to make your subject stand out from the surface and prevent it from falling flat.
Materials you will need are:
Paints: Ultramarine blue/French ultramarine, Cadmium red, Cadmium yellow light/Cadmium lemon, Burnt umber, and Titanium white.
Brushes: Various sizes and varieties of Flat, Filbert, and, Round brushes.
Cotton or Linen Canvas or Panels.
Paint thinner/Brush cleaner and also Brush soap and Leak proof container.
Disposable or non disposable palette.
Liquin original.