Oil Painting Techniques : Oil Painting Tips for Beginners

Posted on December 30, 2009 by admin

When beginners are doing oil paintings, they should try to paint as if they were doing a drawing, and avoid painting as if they were painting a wall. Learn about putting a ground in oil paintings with help from an artist in this free video on oil painting techniques.

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 : 0:2:16


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2 Responses to Oil Painting Techniques : Oil Painting Tips for Beginners

  1. craigdizzle82 says:
    December 30, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    ok………
    ok………

  2. xInsaneXPropanex says:
    December 30, 2009 at 1:35 pm

    My art teacher told …
    My art teacher told me to always put a midtone layer down with burnt sienna, burnt umber, and a tiny bit of black.