Learn how to start an oil painting this free instructional video art lesson on oil painting.
Expert: Vince Fazio
Contact: www.vincefazio.blogspot.com
Bio: Vince Fazio, an artist for 29 years, is currently the Art director of the Sedona art center and has been for 9 years.
Filmmaker: Chuck Tyler
Duration : 0:2:18
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Just pruchased a gorgeous, but rather large and UNframed oil painting…
Since it’s 3′ high and 4′ wide, I am not inclined to have it framed at present–and know it needs to be stretched first anyway. (Also, I have a different painting that is stretched, but not framed and I really like the informal look of it in my home.)
This isn’t something I’ll likely be doing very often, so am I better off paying to have it stretched–and is that a costly service? Or is it simple enough to attempt on my own?
Your help is appreciated!
You will need to purchase the lumber first. I would suggest 1x 2. You will need enough for the 4 sides and a support piece in the middle due to the size.
Cut the lumber to the desired size and I have used a heavy duty staple gun and staples to put the pieces together. :Lay them on a flat surface and staple the corners really good and place the support piece in the middle and staple both ends. Check to see if your frame is square. I have used the corner of the inside of a door. Those are usually pretty square.
You can use small nail but I have found this works just as well.
To stretch the canvas you have to work your way around, you should not staple any side completely at once.
That can cause wrinkles.
Staple the middle of one side.
Go to the opposite side staple the middle of that.
Staple a middle side that hasn’t been stapled.
Then go to the opposite side and staple that middle.
You will work your way around the painting until you get it finished.
After you do the initial stapling of al 4 middles then you can staple on both sides at one time. Staple both sides of one middle, turn to the opposite side and staple it. Do this until you get to each corner.
Neatly fold the corners and staple those down.
You may need a tool to help you pull the canvas tight. Wire pliers will work, just be careful not to tear the canvas. You can also purchase canvas pliers.
If you don’;t want to cut your own lumber you can buy stretchers at your local craft store like Michaels or Hobby Lobby. Or any University Book Store that sales art supplies. You can get them any size and they will slide together at the corners.
Good Luck.
My grandmother did several oil paintings before she died. They are lovely, but only valuable to our family.
The painting is sticky and drippy with smoke residue due to heavy smoking around it. My local art gallery wants almost $200 to clean it!
Is there a home-remedy that I could attempt?
Thanks for any advice you can offer!
I can’t make any guarantees about the safety of these methods for your particular paintings. But I can tell you what I do to clean my own paintings, and how we clean the priceless paintings at the gallery I work at.
1. safest, but won’t work on sticky areas: use a very soft brush to remove dust and soot particles (super soft paintbrush, baby toothbrush, shaving brush, that kind of thing). You can buy a micro attachment kit for your vacuum that has small brushes (under an inch in diameter) for deeper cleaning (don’t scrub the surface with the bristles, though–just light, circular passes). If that doesn’t work, you can use a chemical sponge (dry rubber sponge: http://www.spongeco.com/) in short strokes across the surface, but only if the surface isn’t damaged or flaky. It picks up every last bit of dirt and soot, but likely won’t work on the really sticky parts.
2. use soft, clean cloths and water with a few drops of dish detergent. If you can remove the frame to test this on the side or edge of the painting first, do so. Watch the surface of the painting and check the cloths to see what’s coming off, and obviously if the paint colours are lifting off, stop cleaning. Try just damp cloths at first, dab the painting, no scrubbing. If she painted on canvas, be careful not to stretch the canvas by pressing too hard. If damp cloths aren’t working, use a bit more water, just beware that water can seep under varnish, if there is any, and that if the paint is thin, and the canvas or board gets wet, it can shrink or warp and cause cracks in the paint. I’ve cleaned my own paintings this way, but the conservator would wring my neck if I ever tried it at the gallery. I’ve also used rubbing alcohol on a cotton ball for really bad areas…scary, but it works. Use a tiny amount of alcohol.
If these methods don’t work, it might be worth it to ask around at the gallery to see if there is a conservator’s apprentice or helper working there. Ask around unofficially by checking with the security guards, reception staff, gallery shop clerks, etc. He/she might be willing to look at your painting to recommend a solvent or clean it for a lower price (under the table on his/her own time). You could also check antique and framing shops to see if they have lower prices for cleaning services.
http://artstudiosecrets.com, http://lisagloria.com Alla prima oil painting demonstration of purple and white pansies in a black glass bowl by Lisa Gloria.
Duration : 0:9:59
I’ve seen similar questions asked before, but I’d like to hear from anybody who has dealt with any of the main online oil painting reproduction companies and I’d like to know, good or bad, how your experience turned out. Thanks for your help.
I have has several publishers of my artwork who have reproduced my artwork for sale all over the world.
Canadian Art Prints was a very nice publisher. I am currently with Felix Rosenstiels of the United Kingdom and they do a great joby of selling and reproducing my art as open edition paper prints.
Harvest Prductions in LA produces my canvass limited edition gicless for Art Channel Galleries in Dallas texas. They do a good job and make a great print. Harvest will print work from artists who want to self publish also and are a full service printing company..
Que Imaging in Houston does all my scans on a crusie scanner which makes a big difference on how well the images turn out and the detail that show up in the reproductions. They also will print gicless and do a good job.
The secret to a good reproduction is the initial scan,( far better than a transparency which is then scanned) and the printers. I like pigmented ink printers, I even have my own 60 inch large format ebson printer to make my own limited edition gicless. Color balancing is the other key and I have found that what shows up on the monitor is not always what comes out of the printer and one has to adjust for that. When you get your artwork out sourced to be reproduced I think it helps to have the original there so the people can key off the colors. Standing there too doesn’t hurt either as artists can see 10 more value shades than the average person so will catch more discrepencies.
the next critical factor is the special coated canvas that the art is printed on. This coating can be Bad, and then the print is worthless. You can test for this by slightly weting your finger and thumb and rubbing a small corner of the canvas. if it rolls off like a rubber cement film the coating is bad. I think that as an artist you have to make sure that you are not getting pawned off the crummy defective canvas because you are not a big order. (and in all fairness they may not even be checking for defective canvas)
Stevie Denny, an oil painting instructor in Arizona, gives an overview of the paints, brushes and other supplies needed for Water Mixable oil painting. No paint thinner is required!
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I have a piece of his and want to know what it’s worth! I bought it on a flee market this past summer and it is an original oil painting. I am very curious to see the same thing online, but I can’t find a site that lists oil paintings by this artist, other than a few! Anyone know of some good art web sites? Thanks!
There are two well-known artists named "chaplin". Charles of course, and Prescott. Other than those two, there are lots of non-famous artists named Chaplin. Which is yours? That will determine what its worth in addition of course to the size, condition, and subject matter.
I spilled linseed oil while I was painting and now it has dried and turned a spot on my carpet orange.
Please any artist out there that have had this happen I need help.
A mild solvent such as white spirit, surgical spirit or clear alcohol should work (nail varnish remover would also be effective).
Test an unseen area of carpet first, the solvent could also remove the dye.
http://artpapa.com . Multiple Layers painting Step by Step Portrait Exercise. A special teaching system which I have developed specifically to enable the student to learn and remember the main technical principles of the Flemish painting traditions in a very short time. Students will practice paintng on step-by-step template with 6 windows reflecting the stages of classical multilayer technique, from imprimatura to the final brush strokes. In the windows showing the previous stages (layers), students will imitate the exact color and shade mixture of the next layer, following the example of the template, without waiting for the paint to dry.
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