The oil painting brings comfort and tranquility to the house. Oil paints are noble, they were painted by recognized masters of painting. A portrait, landscape or still life painted with oil paint on canvas will decorate your interior, make it refined and unique.
It is necessary
- - oil paints of different colors;
- - brushes with natural bristles (bristle and core);
- - canvas;
- - primer;
- - fine sandpaper;
- - easel;
- - palette;
- - drying oil;
- - palette knife;
- - solvent;
- - turpentine;
- - varnish;
- - the cloth;
- -a cup.
Instructions
Step 1
Purchase quality oil paints, brushes, and other painting supplies from a specialty store or department. Pay special attention to paints and brushes - these are the main tools of the artist. Good brushes retain their original shape after each stroke, while bad ones practically do not bend and do not return to their original shape when dipped in oil paint.
Step 2
Stretch the canvas over a stretcher. For painting with oil paints, a dense cotton or linen cloth is used. It must be primed before work. Apply the first coat of primer horizontally. Smooth the surface with sandpaper and, to get rid of small cracks, apply a second, vertical, layer of primer.
Step 3
Place the canvas on an easel. Pour some turpentine into a cup to cleanse as you work your brushes. After the primer has dried, this will take about an hour. Sketch the painting.
Step 4
Wipe the palette with linseed oil and pat dry. Then squeeze oil paints onto it. During work, the palette can be held in hand or put next to it.
Step 5
Mix linseed oil with dark oil paints that you will use for the base of the picture. Inject a little solvent into the mixture with a palette knife. This will give the colors a fluidity, and they will fall on the canvas more evenly.
Step 6
When working on a painting, apply oil paint with neat strokes. If your work is large, then paint with bristle brushes. Perform separate areas with a fine drawing with calico brushes.
Step 7
Correct mistakes and inaccuracies in the picture by wiping the paint with a palette knife and using a piece of cloth soaked in turpentine. Then sand the area with sandpaper and wet with literally one drop of linseed oil.
Step 8
After finishing work, carefully wipe the palette knife and brushes with a rag. Rinse brushes well in solvent, just do not leave them in it for long. Remove paints from the palette, wipe it with linseed oil and wipe dry.
Step 9
Dry your finished painting vertically on an easel. It will take three days for the oil paints to dry completely.
Step 10
After finishing the painting, apply a layer of Damar varnish on it. It will help fix the color and keep the surface from cracking.
Step 11
For the final varnishing of the picture, two layers of varnish are applied. Let the first coat dry, it will take about overnight, and apply the second.
