Oil Painting: Learn Oil Painting FAST! Learn the Basics of Oil Painting In No Time

101 Pages·2015·2.88 MB·English

by  Bell

OIL PAINTING FAST!
By Angelina Bell
Table of Contents
Introduction
Chapter 1. What is Oil Painting
Chapter 2. A Beginner's Guide to Oil Painting Materials
Chapter 3. What Painting Equipment Need & How to Choose Them
Chapter 4. A Guide to Stretching your own Canvas
Chapter 5. The Basic Brush Techniques in Oil Painting
Chapter 6. Preserving your Work of Art
Chapter 7. Advanced Oil Painting Techniques and Material
Conclusion
Introduction
First of all, I would like to thank you for downloading this great book, “OIL
PAINTING: Guided Lessons for Beginners”. Congratulations also since you are
about to become a great artist and this book would be the first step in your
journey towards becoming a great oil painter.
In this book, you will find proven steps and techniques that will guide you in
learning the basic techniques in oil painting. There will also be some more
advanced lessons here in this book and, in no time, you would be able to create
wonderful oil paintings in canvass which you could either display or even sell to
people. This is a nice hobby for people who are looking for extracurricular
activities and also for people who want to earn some extra money on the side or
even become a popular painter.
After finishing this book, you will be more knowledgeable about the different
styles and techniques that you could use in oil painting and which are used by
most professional and legendary painters in the world. This guide is very
complete itself and it was written to be easily understood by anyone even those
who have absolutely no knowledge or experience in the arts.
You would only need to follow the tips and guidelines here in the book to start
and gradually become a successful artist. Though this art of oil painting requires
a lot of patience and time in practicing and also studying the methods, it is also
very rewarding since the skill that you learn from all your hard efforts is
priceless and would last a lifetime.
Before you start your journey in becoming a great oil painter, I must give you
some advice that would help you go through the different situations that you
would be encountering on the way. You must be open-minded. Being open-
minded allows you to absorb more information that you otherwise would not if
you thought that you knew a lot already. This is important since everyone has to
start from a humble beginning to be able to learn and master the ar. You must
also be persevering. Perseverance is being patient and dedicated at the same
time. You must continue to develop your skills in painting even though you are
having a hard time in practicing. These are only a few advices to start off and
you would find more throughout the book.
Since you are a beginner in the art of oil painting, it is important for you to know
that the process of growing from a beginner to an advanced level artist is like a
funnel. A funnel in the sense that the first area is rather narrow and small and the
succeeding areas begin to get wider and larger. Just like a funnel, beginner
lessons in oil painting are very narrow and few but once we move into
intermediate and advanced levels, you will begin to learn new techniques and
skills that would be new to you. Also, your mind will be opened to the different
genres in painting that you could practice and the almost infinite painting colors
and techniques you will eventually understand and master.
Advanced oil painting, of course, is the largest part of the process where an artist
would need to have all the essential skills to be able to create a painting with his
own style and character. Creativity is also developed in the process and this skill
is an essential requirement of being a great artist.
After the funnel of advanced oil painting, an artist will be open to a limitless
development stage where he would work on his own identity, style and
technique. This is the stage where all artists strive to be different and unique.
You can build your own legacy in the world of art at this stage and, who knows,
you might be the next Leonardo Da Vinci in this generation.
Some people would find the last stage of the process very exciting and
challenging, but most people would feel fear since they are afraid of failure and
rejection. In my opinion, I would like to share with you my innermost thoughts
regarding fear. Fear is a big hindrance to your dreams; it is what blocks you from
achieving what you truly want. If you want to be successful in any career of your
choice, you must learn how to overcome fear and use it, to your benefit, to be
able to develop your skills and your personal character.
Thank you again for downloading this book! I hope that your passion burns
inside you as you read, enjoy and learn from this book.
Chapter 1. What is Oil Painting?
Oil painting is an ancient art that has been around for centuries. The greatest
artists in history are mostly talented oil painters and wonderful and famous art
has been created through oil painting. Despite the amazing innovation of oil
painting, no one really knows who invented oil painting or even when it was first
created. This has been a mystery that, we, artists have been curious about since
we would want to be grateful to the one who introduced the art of oil painting to
the world since it is such a medium that inspires artists to pursue their passion
and be filled with creativity as they grow in their artistic existence.
For decades, most artists associate the art and process of oil painting to a
Flemish artist, namely Jan Van Eyck, and also Hubert, his brother. They had
remarkable talent in painting, especially in oil painting that most people
considered them experts in the art of oil painting. Their masterpieces were
legendary at that time with the process of oil painting being used. This caused
people back then to believe than using paint mixtures with oil instead of egg
tempera gave out more vivid and sharper colors.
Jan Van Eyck and Hubert Van Eyck made oil painting more recognize since they
executed the technique with near perfection. This may be why most people
associate oil painting with the Van Eyck brothers. But in reality, the Van Eyck
brothers were merely practitioners of oil painting and not its inventors. Oil
painting is believed to have been existent way before their generation and at
around the 11th century.
Basically, in this method of painting we use oil paint. This is a paint mixture in
which oil has been added in order to create a more vivid, colorful and also a
sharper work of art. Oil painting have been existent who knows when but the
earliest examples of oil paintings that were found and are still existent have been
estimated to come from the 11th century. Through oil painting there were also
other techniques that emerged such as the process of easel-painting with oil
colors. This process revolutionized at around the 15th century where a lot of
paintings were created using this technique and it is known now as a variation of
oil painting that creates a more textured work of art.
So how did oil painting develop exactly? Prior to oil painting there were many
other techniques that painters used in order to create beautiful pieces of art. Early
renaissance painting was effectively transformed to the technique of oil painting
because of the increasing number of painters in northern Europe and Italy who
preferred using oil paint in their paintings. Just like the Van Eyck brothers, other
artists discovered the wonder and use of oil paint. They started out by trying out
different substances as a pigment binder and they found that oil was very
effective as a pigment binder. This discovery allowed oil painting to open its
doors to the world of art and, thus, many renowned and famous art pieces were
born.
The discovery of oil as a pigment binder made artists compare this to the
traditional tempera which is the main technique of panel painting. Oil paint,
unlike its predecessors such as gouache, watercolor and acrylic paint, dries when
it is exposed to oxygen. The other paint mixtures evaporate instead which makes
it lose color and texture. On the other hand, oil paint is known to slowly
transform from liquid form to gel and to a very hard state once exposed to
enough oxidation.
Different types of oil are used in producing oil paint but the most popular and
recognized oil substance is linseed oil. Linseed oil is unlike any other vegetable
oil, it dries through oxidation. Although safflower, poppy seed and walnut oil
also have the same outcome when exposed to oxygen but choosing linseed oil is
merely an artist’s preference. Again, he must use materials that fit his style of
painting alone which makes him master of what he is going to use in his works
of art. Most artists prefer linseed oil because of its fast-drying process and its
more flexible paint film that can be manipulated easily. A note must be made
that different substances produce different effects and outcomes while also
having different degrees of fast-drying.
If these facts haven’t convinced you of the practicality and the purposefulness of
oil paint, you might be wondering of its other advantages. Well, the main
advantage of using oil paint is because they are flexible and their colors come
out more vivid and deep. Different techniques and styles can be used to
manipulate oil paint because of their flexible nature and because it is slow to dry
artists can edit their work for a longer time. This allows layering and other
blending effects that would not be possible in non-oil-based paint. The result is a
more lively and realistic work of art that has layers and deep textures to make its
viewers feel the painting more without having to get closer.
It was evident that oil paint has a lot more advantages and also it had the
potential to create more realistic and colorful paintings. By the end of the 15th
century, almost all of the artists stopped using tempera and switched to using the
oil painting method instead.
Many great artists were able to utilize oil in their paint while also combining it