Oil painting set up

Using a glass palette for oil painting has so many advantages for artists, I show you how to set up your glass palette, make your own, and never worry about a palette again.

Brush Care Avoid dipping a dry brush into oil paint. For natural hair brushes, first, dip the brush into painting medium. This distributes the natural oils of the brush hairs and allows each hair to load properly with paint. Different levels of the painting require different types of brush hair. Underpainting: Bristle or Synthetic: Requires […]

This guide on oil painting for beginners will teach you everything you need to know to get started with this amazing painting medium.

What are the different oil painting mediums and what are they used for? Find out how to use oil paint mediums in this guide.

The underpainting technique can be used to establish composition, structure and values before applying colour in an artwork.

Learn how to set up your oil palette for a portrait painting session in this free online art video, instructed by world renowned portrait artist Daniel Greene.