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Monochromatic

Monochromatic / Monochrome paintings A monochromatic color scheme or monochrome painting limits you to just one color along with black and white. This scheme does not allow for conflicting colors, even the colors of the

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Drawing to Oil Painting

Drawing before oil painting Pen and Ink India ink and crow-quill pens are best. Ballpoints with alcohol-soluble (not turpentine-soluble) ink are okay too. You can also use water based colored inks. Pens and inks are

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How to Pose a Model

How to Pose a Model How to pose a model in oil painting depends on a few oil painting factors and oil painting techniques. Often, how to pose a model in oil painting is just

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Light in Oil Paint

Light in oil paint How does light affect oil painting? In oil painting, if a picture does not have light flowing through it, it looks weak. It will not look three dimensional and will not

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Creating Depth

Creating Depth in Oil Painting There are two major ways of creating the illusion of depth in oil painting. One is linear perspective or the use of vanishing points. The other is atmospheric perspective or

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Green

Green for different times of day Sunrise Add Lemon Yellow. For early morning scenes, start with a Lemon Yellow wash on your canvas. This dominant color will unite all the colors in your painting. If

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Tone

What is a tone? Tone is strength of color. It is the light or dark of any color. Tone is controlled by adding more or less white. Colors can be made darker in atone by

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Monoprinting

Monoprinting What is monoprinting? Monoprinting is a fascinating and enjoyable oil painting technique. Monoprinting is a cross between painting and print making. Monoprinting has been a technique widely used in oil painting since early 1900s.

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Water soluble oil paint

Water soluble oil paint This section of oil paint information website discusses water soluble oil paint and water soluble oils. Water soluble oil paints are great substitutes for traditional oil paints. Water soluble oils are

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Water soluble oils

Water soluble oils What are water soluble oils? Water soluble oils are sometimes called water mixable oils. Water soluble oils are very much like traditional oils in traditional oil paint but they are used with

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Cleaning oil paint brush

Cleaning oil paint brush Cleaning oil paint brush is an art that all oil paint artists should learn. However, many oil paint artists paint for years without knowing how to properly clean oil paint brushes.

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