Dying to paint in oil ! HELP ! 236 by tish on 01/17/01 at 10:45 PM
Dying to paint in oil ! HELP !

I have never attended an art class in my life, so I am self-taught, been doing well selling commissioned work, but I have only worked with acrylics. I do pets, celebrities, and family portraits. I'm learning that if I try oil I will see a big difference. I am scared to death because oil is a whole new animal. I did try a beach scene today with oil for myself and I thought it came out pretty good(had to get use to cleaning my brush constantly and the blending is a little tricky)My question is-- Doing a portrait of a person, how do I blend skin tones to get them right without gettin muddy? Do I clean the brush before I apply each shade? And how do you prevent unwanted blending e.g. doing eyelashes above the skin area, (getting the lash color mixed with skin color underneath?) Please some Advice from any of you Pros out there. Would really appreciate it. Thankyou


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: I have never attended an art class in my life, so I am self-taught, been doing well selling commissioned work, but I have only worked with acrylics. I do pets, celebrities, and family portraits. I'm learning that if I try oil I will see a big difference. I am scared to death because oil is a whole new animal. I did try a beach scene today with oil for myself and I thought it came out pretty good(had to get use to cleaning my brush constantly and the blending is a little tricky)My question is-- Doing a portrait of a person, how do I blend skin tones to get them right without gettin muddy? Do I clean the brush before I apply each shade? And how do you prevent unwanted blending e.g. doing eyelashes above the skin area, (getting the lash color mixed with skin color underneath?) Please some Advice from any of you Pros out there. Would really appreciate it. Thankyou

 
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