The Oil Paint Website

Oil Paint and Oil Painting

On this website, you will find useful information and resources about oil paints and oil painting. If you are an experienced oil painter now or if you want to start to oil painting, this site contains many useful resources for you.

Oil Painting Basics

Our oil paint and painting website here will take you from the ground up, starting with oil paint brushes and oil paint mediums such as Linseed oil (from the seed of the flax plant), turpentine, balsam, and Alkyd paints.

Paint brushes are very important in oil painting. There are many different kinds of oil paint brushes. One of the first step in oil painting is to obtain a good oil paint brush. A good oil paint brush does not have to be expensive. Read more about paint brushes by clicking here.

We also discuss many oil painting mediums. An oil painting medium discussed is Linseed oil which is extracted from the seed of flax, called Linum Usitatissimum. Click here to read about the use of linseed oil.

The importance of artist Easels

Artist Easels are also discussed on this website since good easels are critical for oil painting. A good oil painting is done when the oil paint artist paints with comfortable easels. Real about easels by clicking here.

Color palette is fundamental in oil painting

Different types of color palette is discussed here. Color palette and oil painting surface are important for quality oil painting. Which type of color palette to use depends on the oil paint artist's preference. However, it is important to keep the color palette clean after each oil painting session using Turpentine substitute.

Oil painting techniques

In addition to discussing what you need to start oil painting, we also discuss some oil painting techniques such as monochromatic oil painting. Monochromatic oil painting is a charming technique of using one oil paint along with black and white instead of using many colors. Read about monochromatic oil painting by clicking here.

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