Oil Painting for Beginners, What you need to get Started

If you’re a beginner at oil painting your first trip to the art store can be a bit overwhelming. There are so many different types of paints, brushes, and canvases to choose from. It’s hard to know what you really need, what you can do without, and what is completely unnecessary. You probably don’t want to invest a lot of money until you know that oil painting is something you want to do for a long period of time, so here are some things you might want to know if you’re a beginner at oil painting.

Brushes- You can’t paint without brushes. Brushes range in a wide variety of shapes, sizes, and prices. You have round brushes, flat brushes, pointed brushes, slanted brushes, fan brushes, and single hair brushes. Depending on the price of the brush, the more expensive brushes will not lose their bristle as quickly. To start out with its best to purchase a few variations of flat brushes and a few variations of round brushes. You brushes will change depending on the type of oil paintings you will be doings such as, portraits, landscapes, etc… The more you become experienced at oil painting the more you will be able to tell what brushes you will need for the type of painting you will be doing. You will also want to purchase a good brush cleaning kit; leaving paint in your brush can shorten the life of your brushes.

There are many different varieties and prices where oil paints are concerned. Different brands such as Winsor &Newton and Grumbacher Artist Oils are two brands that are quite poplar today. You can find paints that come in both professional and student grade. The professional grade paints are a bit more vibrant than the student grade paints. While you can purchase the lesser expensive paints, (student grade) you will find that there is definitely a difference between the professional and student grades. Most people find that after using the professional grade oil paints they do not use the student grade paints anymore.

You should also have a palette and colors of oil paints to begin your oil painting. Your palette can be made out of wood, plastic, glass, or even paper. You want it easy to hold, mix colors, and easy to clean. Here are some of the colors that you might like to use and are great to get started with; Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Light, Raw Sienna, Burnt Sienna, Burnt Umber, Sap Green, Alizarin Crimson, Thalo Blue, Titanium White, and Ivory Black.

You also need and easel to hold your oil paintings while you paint, and a canvas to paint your oil painting on. There are different types of canvas such as wood, linen, and paper to choose from. You will also need mediums for you oil paintings. This could be poppy oil are linseed. The mediums help to lighten and darken the oil paints. It’s really personal preference to what kind of mediums you would like to use.

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