Article Author : Narmatha

PAINTINGS

By seeing paintings you can relief from your pain.
INTRODUCTION:
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface. Painting is one way to express their feeling and love to others. Now in this your going to learn how to draw a oil painting on toned ground.

MATERIALS:
Da Vinci brand brushes, Linseed oil,Transparent, Semi opaque colours, opaque colours, Acrylic Paints

STEPS:
1. Preparing the canvas the foundation of you piece. It is quite essential that you put on the first underpainting or wash on your canvas. Use a big wash brush to apply the first underpainting it you use acrylic as your underpaint it will dry quickly and get you started quicker.
2. Oil paint is applied in two steps
1.Wet on wet or All Prima (in one step)
2. Stage Painting or Glazing Fat over lean
Wet on wet or All Prima
Wet on wet is applied by using the paint stiff, which is directly from the tube Or thinned to the consistency 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 definitely want to have full control of your brushes and experiment with different brushes to see the marks and texture streaks that they make.
Never work with turps unless you are working with the glazing method.
Never ever stand your brushes in any turps working in your painting session.
Glazing Fat over lean
The glazing technique is a process of building up your painting in a series of layers of the thinned paint.
I found this specific method for the glazing technique with oil paint it is called fat over lean
CONCLUSION:
One last thing, Oil Paint dries very slowly, have patience and enjoy the journey. Paint on.