The Basics of Oil Painting
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- čas přidán 26. 02. 2016
- The basics of oil painting explained simply! For beginners and anyone looking into try oil painting.
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Acrylics can be toxic when it dries
Meanwhile me: painting on skin
omg please dont . if u want u can get some body paint (which is 100% safe) but it can be a serious issue if u do it long enough
@@belli9281 I thought acrylic paint was safe you have no idea how many times I've painted myself lmao
@@mmallowwxp i did it a couple of times as well until i read abt it, so dont worry but please do get other materials so you can still do it but in a safe way instead :)
Wait really. I didn't know it was toxic
@@supergirlgalaxy8136 yupyup, some of the ingredients and pigments can be toxic for u if ingested or absorbed through skin
I’m a painting teacher and I just want to tell you that this is a fabulous tutorial. Congratulations!
Will you teach me ?
@@jatinpreet8682 warrd ewa w weeetea×× wawqqw2
@@melanieswamers5989 wise words comrade
@@jatinpreet8682 there's a tutorial right here, you don't need a teacher. At first you need quantity of paintings
@@jatinpreet8682 yup
Lena: acrylic is also toxic when dried
Me: *looking at my hands with dried acrylic paint from earlier*
Me: fÜćK
Yeahhh Acrylic gets everyyywheree. It’s my favorite medium though tbh. I’m trying to branch out though.
Miguel Carlo Basilio i literally wipe it off on my legs oh well
Omg literally me rn 😂😂
hand sanitiser
When i am done painting i put the excess paint on my hand and play with it but now.....i knew it...
Instructions not clear. My house is on fire and my arms are missing.
@Jai 0 they have mastered the art of typing with toes :0
Typing with your toes like a trooper. F to pay respects
@@skittlekitty7264 F
What u wasting time and writting here! GET OUT OF THA HOUSE DAWG!
safnhuo F
I wanna cry. This is gonna be expensive. 😢
It's not so bad. I'm incredibly poor, but I've amassed a nice collection. I suspect that Lena has gotten an endorsement deal with Gamblin, which is no bad thing -- they do make pretty good stuff -- but you can go cheaper on the paints. I suggest Richeson/Shiva, a very good pro-quality paint, but easy on the budget; you can get a basic set for under $36 dollars. Student paint is all right for some colors (not all). Gamsol really is the best odorless mineral spirit; you can find 16 oz (which is plenty) for under ten bucks. The Dick Blick website has excellent prices for this stuff.
Ebay has brushes for incredibly cheap prices -- as in a buck apiece. Some are pretty funky; some are surprisingly good. You can use cheap make-up brushes as blender brushes. Michaels usually has collections of cheap bristle brushes. Eventually, you'll want a couple of good round brushes for realistic work -- kolinsky sable is best.
I participate in a forum for artists called Wetcanvas, and I specialize in giving advice in how to paint on the cheap. If you need specific pointers or more information, write to me.
you could also just get only the primary colors this woulf also help you understanding color mixing better
It's cheap, buying all those colors is a waste of money, because you can mix all of them. All you need are primary colors. You use them to make you secondary and tertiary colors. Buy a Red, a yellow, a blue, white, and like burn umber or something. (Never use black, it's for suckers). Rather, mix complimentary colors, so that they can neutralize one another. Red and green make a ridiculous "black". Oil kicks butt because it goes a long way. A tiny pea sized amount, mixed with medium, or thinner; then just keep moving the pigment, it goes and goes like the energizer bunny.
Ellie Mandy enjoyed your video
thanks
Walmart
I got everything set up to start painting... then I realized that I needed a solvent...
Thats me right now
same ._.
Same right now
Same here..lol
Same
*slowly turns to my acrylic pallet w dried paint*
Stop attacking me with this 11 month old comment....
Fun fact: dawn dish washing soap also helps to clean your brushes.
that’s what I use
Max dishwashing soap helps too! I think any dishwashing soap works
and linseed oil.
so i can use dish soap instead of buying a solvent?
@@Itz_Debs No, because dawn dish soap may only help clean your brushes after you have finished painting. You still can't use it to dilute the paint while painting, the way you would use water for watercolors or acrylics. You still need a solvent for that. Hope this helps :)
One thing that I always bear in mind when I am painting is that if the end result really isn't what I had hoped for and would not want it hanging on my wall, I can throw it away and start again. No big deal. If you consider the cost of a night on the town and compare it to the cost of a canvas and a bit of paint it is cheaper to enjoy yourself with an evening of painting than blowing your cash on alcohol. There is also the added bonus that you might one day sell a painting, but a night on the town disappears into the ether and you'll never get your money back. Great vid by the way, thanks.
But with oil up don't even have to throw it away. Just paint over it!
Also, alcohol damages your liver, aggravates the rage centre and causes you to make regrettable calls while painting develops your mind, skills and way of looking at the world.
@@slanguagefreak2388 Great comment!🙂
@@Crimsen13 Love the optimism!😃
Very logical and wise!😉
You know, if you're not using professional grade colours, you could say that you're... *gamblin* with the quality of your painting. (I'll see myself out)
that was good 😂
they hatin' 😂
Saahil Dhar 😂😂
*Opens door* Please leave,Like Now.
Gumbacher anytime
i just bought a pack of oil paints and didn’t know i needed a medium/paint thinner, it wasn’t too expensive but i went broke buying canvases and other supples...
i should’ve gotten acrylic 🥺
same😔 I’m about to bring it back
Go to Michaels. They always gave coupons and deals and can make affording painting way easier
acrylic is expensive as well with artist quality paint so...
I've just started an chose acrylic without knowing about oil painting, I love how cheap acrylic painting is tbh and online at Hobby Lobby most things are 40-50% off atm 😁
@@quayannaanderson4060
I love you
My paints (watercolor, acrylic, oils) have been ignored for way too long. Especially the oil paints, they're still unopened even after 10 months since I got them all because I was so afraid of starting oil painting. But I've been researching what to do with oil paints and this video is very helpful. Thank you.
I’ve never used oil paint and I got some for Christmas and this sounds so complicated 😖 😂
Dude me too thats why i wanted to know how to use it but like its complicated
Same here!!!
literally same😭
Just bought some today hahah
I'm new to oil painting too and it can seem complicated but let's not overthink it. I think the most important medium is the paint and the solvent, the solvent will thin the paint and more importantly clean the brushes when we are done! As for the other stuff I think that will come as we learn more of what we want, the most important thing is to just get started and have fun with it!
Her: Acrylics dry way too quickly.
Me, a watercolor beginner:
Okay now I’m scared to use oil paints. Who knew paint could be so dangerous
I got raw cadmium pigment. Come on over and we can do a line. LOL
Caravaggio died using too much white paint. So did rest of them..
"made of chemicals"
everything is made of chemicals
she means dangerous chemicals, otherwise she wouldn't have mentioned it.
Even air
Which is why my school is so toxic 😎😂
@@adr1luv 😂😂😂🤣🤣
Oil painting sounds so.... hard, in the sense of all the products and the whole paint thinner down the drain thing. Imma stick to watercolor 😹
Hahah just give it a try
@@saniasheeza okay but honestly wtf are you meant to do with the paint thinner?
Halapecia shaniqua you can reuse thinner. Just leave it in a sealed jar for a few days and the pigment will sink to the bottom and you can reuse it
Acrylic and water colors are tougher, so hard to mix and dry out just in minutes
@@Shortandnerdyy Indeed! Metal coffee can (with a lid) with a screen placed in it works wonders. I spent years watching my father paint as a child, and he had the picture perfect Bob Ross paint thinner setup. Very seldom did I see him ever have to swap out his paint thinner.
I'm still confused
+Maggie Ma that's ok! is there anything particular you are struggling with?
+Lena Danya Mostly the mediums because there's so many different types and the fat over lean part. There's so many things required to oil paint I don't know were to begin ;-;
lol
I'm interested in the answer/explanations of this too! It can be very confusing and overwhelming for a beginner to figure out what is what and how to use it.
Maggie Don’t worry about the mediums yet. Just using linseed oil and turpenoid is good enough. And with fat over lean, all you would have to remember is to paint thin layers at first and slowly make each successive layer thicker as you work.
As I was watching your video, I just painted my first oil painting, you were saying "medium can be toxic" and I noticed my plastic glass containing the medium literally Melting letting the oil leaking on my painting.
So I confirm Medium oil IS toxic
her: dont eat or drink the materials
*me who has already tasted oil paints:* 😮
Why the fuck would you taste oil paint
@UCathMmE8a_L0rikyt8oBUFQ big relate bro
So...what did it taste?.
@@yungjose3369 bad.
@@ondra_rx732 it tastes good
I love the results of oil painting but it seems like such a time consuming and difficult process :(
Nothing good comes easy!
honestly by watching all these videos it seemed difficult to me but this year I decided to change to a painting class and its actually not as complicated as it seems trust me
masterkyle3 is the
Time consuming yes but that isn't a bad thing. What I do is paint at weekends, let it dry, come back with fresh eyes next weekend. Just make sure each layer is dry.
04nbod Hi checkout Kevinoilpainting channel...he paints alla prima...non toxic...no medium....very good
Omg I had no idea it was illegal to pour paint thinner down the drain!!
Me either! I rarely use it but I wasn't aware it was illegal to just throw it away. How inconsiderate of me 😨
Lol you're not the only one 😂
Paint thinner can also tear away at pipes.
then where can i pour it.. it seems so bothersome to contact some company probably would be really expensive
Water treatment plants filter old used water
Thank you I want my daughter and I to bond more she loves art and this would be nice for us please put out more videos thank you
This is so sweet
Thank you Lena! I have not worked with oils for some years, your intro was a great brief and "essentials oriented" refresher for me! Keep being obsessed it helps us all.
I prefer acrylics when doing abstracts and expressionism art because the quick drying factor helps to get you to just put down your thoughts and feelings and emotions without thinking so much
I can't tell you how inspiring your videos are to me Lena. You're the best!
+chetinaplant thank you sweetheart! I'm so happy I could contribute positively somehow ♥♥♥
Thank you for explaining the uses of all these mediums in a simple easy to understand way. I couldn't find any other video less than 30 minutes that explained what you did in 10
Thanks, I needed this. Going from using pastels and watercolors to now trying oils. I was a little stuck regarding the solvents and this really helped.
You make teaching and explaining art fun. Thank you for taking the time to make the video. Take care!
This video is so detailed! It is very helpful, thank you so much for the detailed information & tips. I have been thinking of trying oil painting after a friend started oil painting recently, but I had no idea where to start. You really inspired me to start.
Hey thank you so much. I went to the art store today & your video made it feel more confident in what I was looking for. (The couple who owned the store was also very helpful for a beginner like me.) I painted in oil when I was very young, but I didn't know what I was doing. Thank you for introducing me to the world of mediums! I'm excited to experiment with oil! After doing traditional watercolor for so long, I'm finally not intimidated anymore & that's thanks to you. Cheers!
This was so helpful, I'm way less daunted by it now. You explain very thoroughly and you have a lovely manner. Thanks for making this!
Very helpful and well put together vid! I just started oil and I'll be watching this a few times to learn everything
Thank you for such a great introduction for "how to start." This was very informative and well prepared and executed.
Thank you for this! I’m in AP Studio art for my senior year of high school and am currently working on an oil painting.
Thank you for this video! I've watched numerous "how to's" concerning mediums and you broke it down so well for my small brain to comprehend.
I just used oil paints (Gamblin) for the first time like an hour ago, and you're right, it's totally not as hard as it's made out to be. Can't wait for my underpainting to dry so I can continue. Thanks for the tutorials, Lena!
Truly impressed with your motivation. God Bless you...
Just getting back into oil painting after a 30 year hiatus! This vid is so great and you have done a wonderful job. Really brought a lot back to me in a flash.Thanks.
Now THAT is how a succinct informative video is done! I'm about to start oil painting, and am browsing lots of tutorial videos. But whether it's "painting" or "installing a screen door", great job Lean Danya. Thanks a ton!
I just bought oil paint and I realised i should have bought acrylic 🤦🏻♀️
You're already setting yourself up for failure before you even began, it's not as hard as you think it is! :] just mush paint around on the canvas and make something abstract to get a feel for the paint, don't worry so much about doing things right when you're just starting out
I started with acrylic and feel like I should have been using oils lol.. Feels more official.
@@LenaDanya You give excellent advice.
Omg same I just bought some expensive oil paint
Same
Such an informative video, Lena! Thank you for this!
Thank you for explaining all that. It really helped. I've seen so many videos and it was confusing and overwhelming. I appreciate the time you took to video this
Thank you for this video, I've been trying to find something like this for oils and it's actually been hard to find something this well made and informative.
Thank you for giving us some knowledge about oil painting.
Thank you for the advice at thr end 💛 was really uplifting!
Thank you so much, this has really helped me with exploring more with painting and with motivating me to start painting again.
I will have to thank you SO MUCH! I got an oil paint set this Christmas and I want to try it since I love trying out new mediums of painting, and I was so confused on what to use or what to do when drawing.
This helped me a lot! You got yourself a new subscriber!
This video is sooo well made and is very informative! I can't wait for the rest of the videos for this series! Keep up the great job!:)
The best way to learn is to do it.... Thanks Lady.
Thanks for motivation.
I love your work and watching your tutorials are a blessing because of your beauty.
I Love your approach to oil painting! Don't worry about how your art looks, just enjoy the ride! Thanks hun!
You are probably the coolest painter I've watched in any video!
omg could you just do an entire video of you mixing the oil paint up close? so calming! :-)
Thank you. I like the fast pace of your teaching. You liberate your students.
,absolutely loved this!she's definitely getting me rolling back in the direction of my art feeling inspired.
Linseed oil soaked rags are known for spontaneously combusting lol
Very informative video. Concise, simple and clear. Exactly what I was looking for. I was very afraid to start painting with oil paints but thanks to your video I’m going to start very soon. Thank you very much!!! :)
same
Thanks so much Lena, i was just pulling out my 12 tube set of oil paints that have just sat in my drawer for goodness knows how long...your video has been sooo help and hopeful, Have a good day from Australia
This is so thorough and answers every question I never even thought to ask. Thanks!
I realize this wasn't the "point" of the video, but that painting you were doing with the raindrops was beautiful.
Really great video Lena! There's gonna be SO many people that this helps. When I started there was so many conflicting 'rules' of oil painting and it made me really confused. This is just what the younger generation needs. Someone explaining it that they can actually relate to! 😊👍💗
Hi,l love ❤ you, are you married Katie?
Please reply me, l love you
I am a newcomer to painting and to your channel. I knew you were the right fit for me by how your video was executed and when I heard Amarante playing. My heart sang ❤️🎵
I appreciate the beauty more than the mediums and paint of this video. 😍
I'm not even a painter, but I found this video interesting and informative. Thanks, Lena!
Oil painting is way too complecated for me
I use acrylics but that shit literally dries in 0.1 seconds
you can get a slow-drying medium for acrylics :)
That's why I hate acrylics I tried them and I didn't like it
Lena... thank you so much for the information. I love your work! God Bless!
I like this a lot, you seem very genuine, I admire that. Will be following
Screw acrylic. I'll stick with the tried and true oil paints.
Also, the only colours you really need are magenta cyan and yellow.
while technically true, its a time and material saver to have some premade pigments, and much less guess work is involved
Yas
Yes for 99% of the colors. But there's no way to get the phalo green intensity, gold/silver paints, irredesents, etc. of specialty paint. I agree best to learn the basics of mixing the 3 primaries to start. It will save you a lot of paint in the end.
and huge amount of titanium white
Thank you so very much. I am just starting out with oils. I live in a remote country area, so don't have easy access to classes. I didn't know anything about layers and the various drying times, so found this very informative.
I also enjoy your enthusiastic and happy demeanour. Thank you Sara
This is by far the best tutorial I have watched with the most valuable information..for me!
That's really good advice, thank you. I've been on the edge of trying oils for a while and this has really helped me.
The whole paint thinner situation freaks me out, that’s why I’m hesitant to use oil paints
I don't use paint thinner. I thin them a little with solvent free medium from Gamblin or solvent free thinner from the green for oil line from Sennelier, I use different brushes for bright and dark colors and I wipe them really well on a towel before changing color and to clean them at the end of the day I use safflower oil to take out as much paint from the brush as I can and then wash with soap and warm water. Going solvent free is a bit more expensive, but you don't inhale any toxic fumes
@@loati94 I think they mean the disposal of the used thinner
@@cinnamonbun216 Okay, my responde would be the same
It's not as bad as you think
You are GORGEOUS!!
she should be a model.
@@walii777 why
Very convincing to newcomers. Thank you. I come from a medical background x where making mistakes is seen as an offensive lack of knowledge. This is a relaxed learning environment
Initially the very first requirement for the basics in this video is being gorgeous. Very nice and educational tutorial. Thanks a lot!
Thank you so much for making these tutorials, Lena! I've been watching your speed paintings before, but I'm now about to start painting with oils myself and your tutorials come in very handy. I usually paint with acrylics and watercolor, and oil painting always seemed like a big hassle to me compared to those, but I'm easing into it with a starter set of water soluble oil paints.
I really want to transition from watercolour and acrylic to oil so I can finally work in an impressionist style! I'm so scared that it looks so complicated though and expensive, do these oils and such used as solvents last long or run out quickly? I don't know why but so scared of being a beginner at something I love all over again but I know I can only get the results I want if I master oils
Did you start painting in oils yet? I see this comment was 1 year ago. You can work in an impressionistic style using acrylics too.
I currently have a set of oil paints that my mother had been using. She passed away a couple of years ago. After two years I decided to give it a try. I checked the oils and they are in good shape. Oils if you keep them shut and closed from the air outside will not harden. At least in my case they came out as if they were new. Hope that helps.
try water soluble oil paints
You are a wonderful teacher!!!! IYou totally speak language I understand. I so appreciate the foundation you lay down here!!!!Thanks so much..
Awesome channel. Thanks for providing this contents! Very informative tutorial, i do paintings too, but i stopped for about 2 decades, so now i have to start all over again.
"Don't eat or drink the materials." Lmao XD Made my day, thank you for this video though, I was thinking about getting into painting (I've only done one in my life outside of grade school) and oil paint seems pretty cool, I'm going to look into other types of paint and see what suits me best. :)
I can't wait for the rest of this series :D
Love your explanations! You inspired me to try out oil painting in my next videos! Thank you!
I was confused about the difference between solvents and mediums. Thank you for the amazing explanation!
Shit I broke the law...I put paint thinner down the drain.
boi u ruining the environment
Next time try to use paper plates or so so u can recycle it and the recycling people can kindly take care of the oil and stuff on the plate hope this helps
Eventually it will harm you and your loved ones, 2, because that's the environment that you live in it. It's "full circle" effect...
nah im joking itll be fine just dont do it again
Anna Boyden are those cute people on your profile photo gerard and frank xD
Oh my god she's beautiful
Dajita g so?
Doctor Robotnik what are you asking?
so?
yea i was like this is the the best looking art instructor i've ever had XD, i like her personality too
yes😂
😭 your tutorial videos are so eloquently explained!!! My brain is like 💡 the entire time. Thank you for all this information!!! You’re a beautiful human! Thank you for all this info!!!! 🙏
Thank you for this! I love oil paint but was never taught properly how to use them. This has helped so much, thank you 💛💛💛
Such a big help! Thank You.
+Jonathan Kottwitz glad I could be of help! :]
+Lena Danya :)
+Lena Danya i am a bit confused, i keep mishearing what you are saying. what can't i flush down the drain? The thinner? like that gamsol thing or you are talking about something else?
brnfct
yes, thinner and other mediums
including paint?
Is there an alternative to dispose the used thinner instead of doing all that?
Yep, pour it back into a container, and then take it to your local hazmat dump site.
Every major area has one.
You can also reuse it. If you leave it in the container/mug for like a week or so it will separate, and you can just pour the clear stuff back
I'm a college student and mum professor told us to put it in the trash 🙃🙃 we gonna die
I had no clue about needing thinning solvents to paint, I knew about using turpentine to clean brushes but I had never heard about doing the fat over lean thing. I’ve been wanting to experiment with oils for a long time this was super helpful!
By far the best oil basics video I have watched.
THIS WAS THE BEST VIDEO FOR ME CAUSE I AM A BEGINNER
Tbh, I'm really scared to paint with oil paint now😂😂
very informative and clear. The host is very watchable and warm too. cheers
Excellent instruction. Thank you for this introduction to oil painting.
That's alot to watch out for 😯. But I just want my paints to take longer to dry so I'll give it a try 🤗
same
SarahFene lol you just helped me make my decision. Im currently working on a piece and I really wanted to use oil on canvas because it just "looks" so much smoother and "easy" to blend but ima stick to acrylics. I have to move hecka fast but I'm sticking to what ik. Cost less too! Me and oils is just an accident waiting to happen😂😂😂 especially with those mediums 😩
I hear you! For acrylics I just use some sort of retarder (Golden or Liquitex brand) that slows down the drying time and I can get a really good wet on wet blend going. Then just clean up with water and brush cleaner (I often use Dawn tbh lol) no storing and calling anyone to dispose of it, no oily mess on my palette that just smears and
smears. Nothing against oils, they really are BEAUTIFUL... I just haven't had good luck with them previously.
SarahFene when she said call your local trash diposal company i paused....and thought about all the time i DONT have to do that lol but i might just go for the retarder instead. For some reason that never crossed my mind! Thanks for mentioning that 👍!
Depending on the setup your apartment complex/neighbourhood has for garbage disposal you can sometimes find a big vat for paints and other chemicals in one of the garbage disposal rooms. So it doesn't have to be complicated. Worst case scenario you just have to get a large bucket with a lid that you can dump your chemicals in and then take the bucket to your local recycling station and they will know what to do with it.
For beginners like me, do i really need to use mediums?? What if i didnt used a medium?
@@danielrios2497 You don't have to use mediums ~ all you need is paint thinner to clean brushes and to thin paint if you want (I use Gamsol because it's the safest).
This was surprisingly wholesome 💕 I’m glad I gave this video a watch
I am brand spanking new to oil painting....I’ve decided to try since everyone is quarantined at the moment. I haven’t even done one yet (I’ve been experimenting with acrylics) but I have everything except the gamsol and other thinning agents. I’ve been doing some research before I start and I just wanted to take a moment to tell you your tutorial was great!! Normally I’ll lose interest and skip through the boring talk but you did a fantastic job keeping me focused....which can be hard lol. Thank you!