Painting Materials
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3:16Cleaning And Storing Brushes
You’ve invested a lot in your oil painting brushes, and one of the best ways to maintain them is to keep them clean, says artist Katie Liddiard. Follow Katie’s step by step process for keeping your brushes in tip-top shape to last many years, if…
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1:37Toning A Canvas
Toning a canvas for oil painting means creating an initial thin layer of fairly neutral color on the canvas that will be underneath your painting so no white canvas shows through. It’s one of the most important foundational steps you’ll learn as an artist, and…
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3:29Mixing Black in Oil Paint
Many artists insist that they never use black straight from the tube. It might seem like an odd rule to follow, but artist Katie Liddiard explains why you might want to do the same, and how you can achieve deeper, richer darks by mixing them.…
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1:40Varnishing an Oil Painting
“You’ve completed a beautiful, carefully rendered oil painting that you’re proud of — congratulations! Now there’s just one final and essential step, and that’s varnishing the painting for a last layer of protection after it’s completely dry. Artist Katie Liddiard demonstrates this easy process that…
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5:08Oil Painting Colors for Painting Flowers
Flowers give us some of nature’s most beautiful colors, but as an artist, capturing those colors isn’t always easy. Artist Katie Liddiard shares her tips for a palette that will set you up for success and joy in painting flowers with vivid, vibrant tones. Working…
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2:13Choosing Your Surface for Oil Painting
As an oil painter, you have many choices for surfaces to paint on. Begin by asking yourself if you want to paint on a stretched canvas or on a panel. Artist and instructor Katie Liddiard breaks down the differences between these two painting experiences, and…
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3:37Oil Painting Brushes
Are you daunted by the selection of oil painting brushes in art supply stores? With so many different types of bristles and shapes of brushes, it can leave you uncertain about what you need and perhaps buying far more than you need. Artist Katie Liddiard…
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5:20Palette Set Up for Oil Painting
“By maintaining a consistent palette setup, as artist Katie Liddiard does, you’ll always know where to reach for the color you need. For her basic palette setup, Katie begins the row of light to dark and warm to cool paints with lead white, a creamy,…
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13:46Introduction to Acrylic Mediums
Go beyond the paint to breathe new life into your acrylics by adding mediums to your repertoire of materials. Mediums are the real manipulators of acrylic paint — but which ones do you use, and when? How do you combine them with your colors, or…
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