Re: oil painting?? 539 by pinx on 05/15/01 at 4:12 PM
Re: oil painting??

In Reply to: Re: oil painting?? posted by b korites on 05/15/01 at 11:35 AM:

is there an easier way to oil paint than the one shown on this web site...i'm pretty good at watercolors and sketching..does oil painting have to be this complicated???

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: It's easy: (1)draw critical points and shapes roughly with dilute oil paint and brush (option: draw full scale on paper with pencil or whatever, rub back of paper with charcoal, then trace on to canvas). (2)paint roughly matching colors and tone using dilute paint (3)apply thicker paint in small dabs, continually adjusting color and tone until results are satisfactory. Dabs get smaller as painting progresses. Let under layers show thru in spots to liven the painting. This is the method used by Renoir, seemed to have worked for him.

: For finer work, separate tonal work from color: (1)draw as above then (2)underpaint with dilute monochrome underpainting to get tones right. Some people use red/orange in warm areas, blue/green in cool (Norman Rockwell used Mars Violet), others use black/white. (3)Then overpaint in small strokes with tonal values of colors adjusted to match the underlying tone at each point.

: Dilute oil paints with turpentine. Above techniques are fast, easy and give bright results. Easy to correct too. Only drawback is paintings can have a choppy, impressionistic look, especially in smaller paintings, unless care is taken to smooth out brush strokes. On the other hand, it can have a pleasant "painterly" appearance. Depends on what look you want. If you want to see some really nice color work, look at Degas.

:) in my experience the best way to approach any kind of painting is without fear!!! you gotta just go with it, let go, dont worry about making a beautiful painting, take risks!! you really have to not be afraid of the medium, after all it is only paint!! get stuck in and in no time you will becomme confident!!!




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: is there an easier way to oil paint than the one shown on this web site...i'm pretty good at watercolors and sketching..does oil painting have to be this complicated??? : see It's easy: (1)draw critical points and shapes roughly with dilute oil paint and brush (option: draw full scale on paper with pencil or whatever, rub back of paper with charcoal, then trace on to canvas). (2)paint roughly matching colors and tone using dilute paint (3)apply thicker paint in small dabs, continually adjusting color and tone until results are satisfactory. Dabs get smaller as painting progresses. Let under layers show thru in spots to liven the painting. This is the method used by Renoir, seemed to have worked for him. For finer work, separate tonal work from color: (1)draw as above then (2)underpaint with dilute monochrome underpainting to get tones right. Some people use red/orange in warm areas, blue/green in cool (Norman Rockwell used Mars Violet), others use black/white. (3)Then overpaint in small strokes with tonal values of colors adjusted to match the underlying tone at each point. Dilute oil paints with turpentine. Above techniques are fast, easy and give bright results. Easy to correct too. Only drawback is paintings can have a choppy, impressionistic look, especially in smaller paintings, unless care is taken to smooth out brush strokes. On the other hand, it can have a pleasant "painterly" appearance. Depends on what look you want. If you want to see some really nice color work, look at Degas. ) in my experience the best way to approach any kind of painting is without fear!!! you gotta just go with it, let go, dont worry about making a beautiful painting, take risks!! you really have to not be afraid of the medium, after all it is only paint!! get stuck in and in no time you will becomme confident!!!

 
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