Oil Painting

  • Choosing Oil Painting Pigments
    Another important part of doing oil paintings is using the right pigments. With a vast range of pigments now available today, it can be quite a challenge trying to get those... Read More »
  • Elements of Composition in Painting
    Composition has always been an important aspect of oil painting. It is defined as the selective arrangement of the different elements that make up an oil painting. The aim of good composition... Read More »
  • How to Judge Art
    It is one way to paint a masterpiece and another way of to evaluate it. Judging and evaluating a painting can both be technical as well as an art itself. Judges in... Read More »
  • Know Your Painting Brushes
    Painting may not be all dependent on creativeness and great vision. Beauty in art can also be created by the use of quality equipment. And in the art of oil painting, quality... Read More »
  • Oil Painting Mediums
    Oil painting has been considered as one of the most popular methods of art. It is the process of painting using pigments that are mixed with a medium of drying oil. In... Read More »
  • Oil Painting Process
     Painting, specifically oil painting, can be a very work-intensive and time consuming process. It requires more than just transferring your ideas into canvas and everything is done. There are certain processes that... Read More »
  • Oil Painting Tips
    Oil painting can be a very enriching hobby to get into. But there are some techniques that you should learn in order to get your own oil painting masterpiece in the right... Read More »
  • Oil Portrait Painting
    Many artists have become famous for painting oil portraits. The most renowned painters in the past were made famous by their wonderful portraits that aimed to capture the exact likeness of its... Read More »
  • Painting In Layers
    One common technique that has been used in oil painting has been layering. It is a technique that is characterized by building up an artwork by placing repeated layers of oil paint... Read More »
  • Starting 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 a few tips to help you get... Read More »
  • The Color Harmony Approach
    When applied to the art of painting, the color theory is the field of practical guidance to aid in color mixing and determining the visual impact of different color combinations. The principles... Read More »