Lessons

What to take for outdoors oil painting (part 2), summary My personal set for en plein air painting is different from my standard set. 1. Canvas, glued on a hardboard in such way that it can fit [...]

Which artistic brushes do you need for professional oil painting, summary: 1. The hardest type of brushes for oil painting is bristle and the softest is synthetic. The other types fall between [...]

Color circle, complementary colors, and their contrast, summary: 1. Blue, yellow and red are known as primary colors, because one can’t mix them from other colors and one can mix other colors [...]

Laws of lighting in drawing part 3: Why many complicated forms make up simple ones, summary The form of some objects, which at first seems to be complex, can be easily understood if you notice [...]

Video lesson: How and why light and shadow are formed on objects (shading and turns of form) – the laws of lighting, part two, summary:   Whether a flat surface is shadowed or lighted is [...]

What is shading? Examples of shading on the sphere, cylinder and cube Summary: We discern the form of things by the disposition of shadows on them. Showing shadows in an image is a good way to [...]

How to thin paint for oil painting – video lesson, summary: 1. There are many recipes on how to thin paint and I suggest one of them here. 2. You need to mix one of the following: – 5 parts [...]

How an artist creates an oil painting (how a painter paints) I want to tell how I paint artwork piece and why this is work. In the video you can watch how much time it takes to paint several [...]

Video lesson: How to glue canvas on a board at home? Summary: You need: Firm hardboard Ordinary writing paper, cut into a size slightly smaller than the hardboard Canvas, cut into a size slightly [...]

Transparent and opaque oil colours, what is the difference In this video I’ll show and tell the difference between transparent and opaque oil colors and where to look for it on tube. Summary: [...]