Oils have been a favorite of painters since their introduction during the Renaissance. Here you'll find helpful tips, essential techniques, and step-by-step demonstrations on using oil paints.
Oil paint sticks are a convenient form to use oil paint for making monotypes. You create the image directly with them, laying down color and texture, blending and mixing colors, then place a piece of paper on top to print the monotype.
Oil paint sticks are
not oil pastels, but oil paint that's in a stick form rather than tube. They've got some extra wax in them that tube paint doesn…
A review of Winsor & Newton's Artists' Oilbar, which is oil paint in a stick form, suitable for both painting and drawing.
If various sections of an oil painting have different levels of gloss, the technique to use to even the gloss is called oiling out.
I believe in rather buying a few tubes of artist's colors than a whole range of cheap paints as the colors are more saturated, for starters, and you'll get better results when mixing colors. This is a list of my preferences when it comes to oil paints.
Tips for artists on painting glazes, whether you’re using oil paints, acrylics, or watercolor.
Answers to frequently asked questions on painting glazes with oils or acrylics.
What is meant by the 'fat over lean' oil painting technique and why it's one of the basic rules of oil painting.
A look at the properties of the various solvents and resins used in oil painting.
A look at the properties of the various drying oils used in oil painting.
Oil paints are extremely versatile. They can be used thickly in impasto or extremely thinly in glazes; they can be opaque or transparent. Here are 10 tips to help you get professional results.
Stretching your own canvas is easier than you may think, and can cheaper than buying ready-made canvases, and certainly means you get just the size canvas you're after.
An experienced oil painter reveals the simple secrets behind his success with glazing.
Test how much you know about oil paints with this short, 10-question quiz.
Oil paints are very popular because they dry slowly, enabling you to work with the paint for quite a while after you've applied it to a canvas or board. Find out what you need to start painting in oils and what to consider before you buy oil painting supplies.
When you've stretched a canvas, the next step is to prime it so you can paint on it. With a ready-made gesso suitable for both acrylic and oil painting, this is easy.
Varnish is more than simply a layer to protect your painting from pollution in the atmosphere and abrasion. It will also bring out the colours to the brilliance they had when you applied them.
Find out whether you're more suited to using oil paints or acrylics with this quick quiz.
Can't decide whether you'd be better off using oil paints or acrylics? Here are some arguments for and against both from fellow artists.
Heard about the oil paints that you set with a hairdryer? The manufacturer's website tells you all about these oils.
A step-by-step oil painting demonstration on how to use glazing, or thin layers of colour, to paint rocks under water.
While it’s convenient to buy oil paints in tubes, you can make your own. It does require time, but if you’ve got that it can work out cheaper and you can make the paint to match your own requirements.
