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Thank you so much , this video helped me a lot when I bought a lot of old oil paints, I’m struggling to open it , and damaged some before I found your video, I thumb up and subscribed your Chanel ❤❤❤❤

What do you do if you're background is multicolor?

What if i mixed a medium with the acrylic paint for it not dry quicker? Im having a hard time removing it with a soak. Ive only soaked it for a day at most but before i leave it for a week i was wondering if i need to do somethimg else because of the medium?

You mixed pink

I hate these paint showcases like no one ever uses this much paint it's a waste and just do mix it up with a knife and then smeared all over the place I don't care anybody says that isnt art

Hi, glad that I found this helpful video. I just ran into some trouble with glazing. I did my underpaint in acrylic and then added highlights with zinc white. Luckily I did my first try on just a test and I removed lots of the white in the areas where I put it very thin. I did mix 50/50 turpentine and linseed. Need I go more on the linseed side or what could caused that? Brush was a soft wash brush.

Ufff they all look very bad, honestly you have to blend while it is still damp, once it has dried up you can try but it will never look as good as with wet paint.

Thank you for your great tip but I don't envy you cleaning up after all them kids paint pots.

Thank you somuch! <3

Would you suggest painting with the canvas upright or horizontal. For these demos your painting surface seems to be horizontal. Does it matter?

*Knowing how to make green is simple... but knowing how to make very specific TYPES of green needs a bit of colour theory!* Today we'll chat about each type of yellow and blue, and surprisingly RED you need to make this shade of green 🙂

this is amazing!!!! thank you for saving my paints

Thank you. I realised I wasn't letting mine sit long enough.

*Is it beige? Is it pink? You decide!* Lighting can throw off hues and tones, but when mixing this leaned more into beige territory. But, it's called Pink Dust? 😂 What do you think?

Love the painting in the background.

This is so fascinating that grey is actually made with primary colours not just black and white. I never knew.

*Here's how you can easily mix a warm grey!* And hey, no black required 🙂 We use a very limited palette, because you don't need to buy lots of colours to make what you want. If you understand a little bit of colour theory, you can mix just about anything. We hope to see you again next week for the next one!

may ı ask should ı use turpentine for my new brushes before hit to oil paint?

Hi Stephen, Jess! Loved this and what a great lesson ! Exactly what I need for practising my colour mixing for my orange Dahlia! Thank you!! 👏😊🧡

*This week, Stephen teaches you how to mix this burnt orange perfectly.* Truly, it's so good you can't even see it by the end (but it's there!) We'll upload more colour mixing tutorials over the coming weeks, so look forward to it 🙂 PS: we highly recommend trying this yourself. It's the best way to learn exactly which colours you need to make just about anything. Chat soon! 😁Jess

Is that paint still reusable?

great tip thanks!!!

*laughs* super cool

One question, when you want to reuse the frozen paint, do you just take it out of the freezer and thaw it?

This is very helpful! I legitimately didn't know what to do with my leftovers so I just scrape what little left of it. Unfortunately, I currently don't have those cute little containers yet so I guess I will still waste this current batch :') not next time tho!

Clean off with mineral terps? What’s Terps?

I had to break my lid to open mine but this helped a lot. Thanks man

I bought Canvas boards from Blick, and they warp like crazy! I have heard about 4 x 8 x 1/4" aluminum sheets which should work really well if sanded with a fine grit. Any thoughts on that?

Good video. Thanks. From Jacksons Art website : Refined Gum Turpentine is a colourless solvent distilled from pine sap. It is used to thin oil paint and to clean various printmaking tools of oil-based ink. It generally speeds the drying time of oil paint, and thus is especially useful for underpainting. Paints mixed with this Turpentine will dry slightly matte. Turpentine is a volatile and toxic material; please exercise due caution when using this product. Bottom line. Gum Turpentine is used for thinning oil paint, not for cleaning brushes. A local hardware store has lots of brush cleaning solvents like Clean Spirit. Though, brush manufacturer Rosemary & Co recommend only using specific brush cleaning soaps made with Olive Oil. Which I find is best to preserve some of my expensive brushes. The cheaper brushes, I use Clean Spirit or White Spirit to save money.

Thank you for this great video!

Awesome...very useful 💜 the humor 🤗

Hi, I've just discovered your videos and I love them. I hope you're settling into your new school! Thanks for this helpful video. For my brushes, I cut a little bit off the end, drill into them with a fine bit and attach very small hooks. You do need to find some kind of rack or stand to hang them from, but that can be an interesting challenge. If I have to soak them I adapted a wire jewellery stand into a kind of tree that I can put a water container underneath so the brushes never touch the bottom of the container. I've also made stands out of creatively formed coat hangers to sit on my table when I'm using a lot of brushes at once so I never lay a brush down. I put dowel rods fixed horizontally on the insides of the doors of my cupboard and I hang all my brushes there when not in use. (Sadly, I get a nerdy sort of thrill seeing all my beloved brushes hanging in an orderly fashion.) This preserves brushes for years and years, not only keeping the hairs straight, but preventing moisture sitting inside the neck and affecting the glue which can happen when brushes are stored hairs upwards. It doesn't just save money, I get very attached to particular brushes. I don't know if this would work for the many brushes a school has, but for your own painting it is super helpful. Well, I've subscribed and will binge all your videos 🙂

Use a water mist when using acrylics, and you’ll be fine. I painted with oils for 40 years, it’s fine but, the drying time is insanely slow! I’ve switched to acrylics, much better.

in my palette i cleaned with a sanita]izer and kleenex

Can I use acetone or toluene for cleaning oil paint buushes as an alternative to turpentine?

Thanks for sharing this informative video❤

Yay thanks. God is really punishing me for how I've treated my oil paints. Thank you.

Which dried to be more matte in your opinion?

You are a savior! Thank you!

Excellent. You convinced me to stick with oils.

WHICH reds & yellows are they??? it makes sense of course, but there are tons of warm & cool yellows & reds. One would guess maybe lemon & cadmium yellow, but colors online & the number of hues in different paints are so varied.

It worked like a charm! You just saved me a whole tube of titanium white.

Fantastic 😄

This looks like a house. More like Gold Coast FART School. J/K. I love you. Keep on artin' and a farting and paintin' and a... . pshhhhh. Taintin'?

You're not only beautiful !. You are an excellent teacher w/ a specific "TASK-@-hand -in-mind to be taught.... You're very creative & I enjoy your videos ( you seem to have learned from "the master wisdom retainers")😜😇😎. YOU-ROCK !!! THANK YOU VERY MUCH ! 😁👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 JACK

THANK YOU !!!!

*IT'S FINALLY DONE.* This move took so much more energy than I ever thought it could. And MONEY. Why is moving so expensive?! Oh well, it's done now. We're moved in, teaching, and looking forward to a new year of exploring the arts for 2024 🙂 Jess

Wait...were those old...ice cube trays? *I have old ice cube trays on top of my fridge! What a dope I am!*

Thanks for the tip on blending into dry acrylic paint. That helps me alot🎉

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