Painting with oil paints is not easy. To do this, you need to prepare a canvas, brushes, improvised means. The paint is applied in different strokes depending on the shape of the objects being painted and the light and shade on them.
It is necessary
Linen / cotton canvas, cardboard, wood or other canvas with acrylic primer; natural pig bristle brushes for basic work and sable brushes for detailing; sponges; rags; palette for mixing paints; thinner / linseed oil for thinning paint and washing the brush; varnish for protective coating of finished work
Instructions
Step 1
Mark the future drawing on the canvas using simple shapes and contour lines. Use diluted paint, charcoal, pencil for this.
Step 2
Draw spherical and toroidal objects with sickle and twisted brush strokes, cone-shaped ones with triangular strokes, cylindrical ones with parallel strokes. Draw flat surfaces with parallel brush strokes.
Step 3
Use flat brushes for smooth color transitions. In this case, mix paints on a palette and apply to the intended place of gradation. Move the brush in a forward-backward-forward direction in a crossover manner. In the final stage of the color transition, apply parallel strokes. Work with a clean brush from a darker color to a medium tone, then again with a clean brush from a lighter color to a medium tone.
Step 4
Place transparent glaze layers of oil paint to shade the drawing on the dry layer. To get them, use a special liquid to dilute the paint, and apply the mixture with a core brush in a horizontal position. If you want to change the color of the picture, when glazing, make the direction of the strokes similar to those on the main layer.
Also apply translucent glazing layers horizontally with a core brush. Dilute the paint in a ratio of 1/3 Damar varnish, 1/3 turpentine and 1/3 linseed oil.
