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Oil Painting for the Absolute Beginner with Mark Willenbrink

admin — Thu, 15 Apr 2010 13:26:02 +0000

Mark Willenbrink is back with ArtistsNetwork.tv to show you how to paint with oils, even if you’ve never picked up a brush. He starts with a review of materials (he uses water-soluble oils), then demonstrates basic techniques for holding a brush, making different kinds of strokes, how to work with a palette and more. From here he takes you step by step through two complete paintings, a still life with pears which shows not only how to paint the pears, but how to setup a still life, and a landscape scene painted from a photograph. Familiar subjects, simple compositions and a realistic style will give you the confidence and skills you need to create finished oil paintings. Practice mixing greens in this preview, to paint pears in light and shadow.

Duration : 0:5:11

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Oil & Acrylic Painting Tips : Texture in Oil Paintings

admin — Mon, 12 Apr 2010 11:25:09 +0000

Texture in oil paintings refers to the quality of the surface, where a smooth painting generally has very subtly blended forms and a rough-textured painting boldly reveals the paint strokes and individual colors used. Achieve various textures in an oil painting with information from an experienced artist in this free video on painting.

Expert: Koorosh Angali
Contact: www.angali.com
Bio: Dr. Koorosh Angali is an accomplished scholar, poet, musician, actor and performance artist.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

Duration : 0:1:30

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Robin Gaynes-Bachman – Oil Painting Interview

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:07:04 +0000

An interview of professional artist Robin Gaynes-Bachman talking about her large oil paintings based off of eastern deities and their mantras.

Duration : 0:8:44

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Robin Gaynes-Bachman – Oil Painting Interview

admin — Fri, 09 Apr 2010 12:07:04 +0000

An interview of professional artist Robin Gaynes-Bachman talking about her large oil paintings based off of eastern deities and their mantras.

Duration : 0:8:44

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Learn Oil Painting 2/2: How to Paint A Puppy Dog- Finishing/Glazing

admin — Tue, 06 Apr 2010 11:18:18 +0000

This is the second of two videos that I (Merrill Kazanjian) made to help the beginner understand the process of oil painting. http://merrillk.com
Welcome to part 4 of my painting video. We are now going to talk about finishing a painting with a strategy called glazing. When an artist glazes he or she adds transparent color as the final layers of a painting. That means that an artist usually uses paints that are transparent to translucent. Most paint companies, put a marker on the outside of their tubes to let a customer know about the properties of the paint. An empty box means that the color is transparent, a half filled box means that the paint is translucent. For any beginner who wishes to try glazing, buy paints that are transparent to translucent.

I have a list of transparent to translucent paints on my website Merrillk.com. The “glazing colors” which I used to finish this painting are in a list at the end of the video description. When I set up my palette, I combine these special paints with a painting medium called Liquin……. But what does the painting medium do? And how does it help you glaze? Let me explain with an analogy; think of frozen orange juice and frozen grape juice! When these two juices are frozen in their containers, they are opaque, meaning that you cannot see through them. But, when you add the correct amount of water, the frozen orange juice becomes translucent and the frozen grape juice becomes transparent. In other words, the concentrated forms of these juices become diluted and the mixture spreads out………Now think of the popular drinks, Gatorade, Vitamin Water, or Life Water….They are even more diluted from their concentrated form!

Glazing works the same way, but with paint medium, rather than water. The tube of paint is the equivalent of the frozen concentrated juice and the painting medium is the equivalent of the water. When a painter employs the strategy of glazing, he or she adds a good amount of painting medium to transparent and translucent paints.
My personal preference is to mix equal amounts of oil paint and Liquin Painting Medium on the palette with a palette knife…..and I usually leave a pool of Liquin on the side, so that I can dilute the mixture even more, if I need to.

Artists have put hundreds of layers of glazes on a painting, but you have to wait for the previous layer to dry. Now I will demonstrate the process.

Be sure use soft tipped brushes when you glaze oil paint. A fan brush is also a great tool to use. Fan brushes are used to spread wet paint on a paintings surface. They do not carry a lot of paint which is an advantage if you want to blend paint evenly (a brush that carries a lot of paint such as a large round brush has to be used VERY DELICATELY).

When I glaze, I usually apply the paint with round brushes. BUT, I manipulate the paint that I applied with fan brushes.

You can Glaze an Oil Painting Countless Times

The colors that I used to glaze were, Ultramarine Blue, Ultramatine Purple, Italian Brown Pink Lake and Davy’s Grey from Old Holland Classic Oil Colors, Asphaltum Black from Mussini Oil Colors Chromatic Black from Gamblin Oil Colors and Zinc White from Vasari Oil Colors.

Duration : 0:6:29

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Amedeo Modigliani – Oil Paintings

admin — Sat, 03 Apr 2010 08:25:58 +0000

Amedeo Modigliani – Oil Paintings – Art in Italy, 1900
Music: Close Cover, by Wim Mertens

Duration : 0:3:25

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Manny Pacquiao Oil Painting by Marcus

admin — Wed, 31 Mar 2010 11:33:09 +0000

“Greatest Of All Time” Manny Pacquiao hand-painted oil painting. for more custom paintings and custom orders please visit www.marcusart.webs.com

Duration : 0:1:30

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Oil Painting Techniques : How to Paint Roses on Oil Canvas

admin — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 14:13:17 +0000

When painting roses on oil canvas, start with an undertone and use a model of rose, making sure to note that the petals of roses overlap. Find out how to add stems and leaves to paintings of roses with help from an artist in this free video on painting roses on oil canvas.

Expert: Carlos Navarro
Contact: www.absolutearts.com/portfolios/c/carlosnavarro
Bio: Carlos Navarro is an artist and history teacher at Design and Architecture Senior High, in Miami, Fla., who was born in Havana, Cuba.
Filmmaker: Paul Muller

Duration : 0:2:8

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Bill Alexander paints a wonderful seascape part 1/3 oil painting art

admin — Thu, 25 Mar 2010 15:01:54 +0000

http://www.alexanderart.com

William (Bill) Alexander was born in 1915 in East Prussia. As a youth he used his artistic talents to paint carriages and murals for local aristocrats. After the war, Bill and his family immigrated to North America to pursue their dream of building a home and to share Bills gift of painting.

Bill and his wife, Margaret, traveled throughout the United States and Canada teaching painting and making friends, often selling paintings to meet living expenses along the way. During this time Bill worked hard to develop his wet-on-wet technique and products. He developed the base medium Magic White, extra-thick oil paints, and special palette knives and brushes. These products work together to help artists, even a beginning artist, create beautiful scenes on the canvas.

By 1974, when he completed his first Emmy-winning Magic of Oil painting television show, Bills dream had become a reality. He had built himself a home in North America a home in the hearts of thousands who discovered with Bills help that they could have the almighty power to fire in and be happy painters too. Today, Bill continues to teach the world to paint through his television shows available on DVD.

william bill alexander learn to oil paint art seascape wave painting

Duration : 0:9:59

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Oil Painting Techniques : Using Oil Pastels

admin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 14:06:35 +0000

Most oil pastels are a combination of wax, oil and pigment, and the harder oil pastels are usually placed onto paper first. Find out how to use oil pastels, and how to create additional effects through the use of knives and wet brushes with help from an experienced artist in this free video on oil painting.

Expert: Lisa Wright & Laura Pace
Contact: www.AselArt.com
Bio: Lisa Wright and Laura Pace are a part of the staff at Asel Art in Austin, Texas.
Filmmaker: Todd Green

Duration : 0:2:41

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