PAINT TALK: Oil Painting Misconceptions
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- Опубліковано 1 сер 2024
- In this video I go over some of the biggest misconceptions about oil painting.
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Hi, I am the son of two artists and began painting in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia before I could walk. I was a rare combination of artist and athlete so I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to play football for USC. I left the team my sophomore year to focus on painting and filmmaking, applying the same focus and discipline from my football career to my art. I primarily work in oils, and spend most free days painting "en plein air" in my new home of Sarasota Florida.
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For late bloomers in their 60s,70s you are god sent. You instill a lot of confidence. Bless you.
I avoided oils for my entire life until a year ago. Your advice is so on point. I bought a cheap set of paints, a bottle of linseed oil and some thinner and just dived right in. It's changed my artistic life. Thanks for this great video.
Same, just bought a starter pack & dived right into it.
FINALLY!......someone said it about mediums!!!
I ve been using gamsol and linseed oil for years,and liquin when I plein air paint.....
That’s LITERALLY all you need!.
The old masters used thinner and lineseed oil if it was good enough for them then it’s good enough for me
I thought I was taking crazy pills. Good to see I'm not alone lol
Paint Coach lol no sir your are not lol
D Confused I don’t use thinner with liquin......
I use thinner to clean my brushes sure but not mixed with liquin.....I’ve never had a problem with beading up
You really hit the nail on the head with the medium business.
This is a fantastic video. I can’t tell you how much your insight has helped me. Thank you!
Love your honesty and logic.
I absolutely LOVE the way you explain all of this!! I’ve been using acrylics because I had this preconceived impression that it’s crazy difficult and you need to learn SO much before even attempting a painting and I’m so glad I came across your video. It really helped me put that out of my mind and give it another go with oils ❤️🙌🏻
Two less obvious safety points which I didn't come across for a while:
Sanding paintings can create breathable dust which is one way toxic pigments can easily cause you harm (in acrylics and oils). If you're sanding your painting for any reason make sure you aren't breathing that dust in and its not contaminating your home.
Also linseed oil soaked rags can literally burst into flames without any source of flame. This is more of a woodworking thing but check out the videos on UA-cam and be safe.
When you sand a canvas make sure you have a vacuum right there with you it takes in the dust right away. I hope that helps you enjoy yourself painting
Yes I have been worried about the linseed combusting. I wonder how others handle this in their studio
I really enjoy your videos. I just wanted to mention something that few people talk about with oils in regards to reactions to the fumes. Yes, many people have a reaction to solvents, but that was not so much the case with me. I used to love to paint with oils but switched to acrylics because I was having a reaction to the fumes from the curing of the paint in my home and studio. I'd always have a bunch of pieces, some large, some small that were at different stages of drying. I didn't mind the odor but it was as if I developed a systemic reaction. I developed headaches and sometimes it was like my face was burning while painting. I tried linseed oil alone, painted without solvents, tried walnut oil paints, water soluble oils and various air filters but nothing helped much. I read somewhere that when oil paints cure they release organic compounds into the air that are similar to mold. Apparently I'm one of those people who has a sensitivity to mold. It was sad for me to give up oils. I was relieved to find that I have no reaction like that to acrylics. I've used acrylics now for about 12 years. There are creative work-arounds to plein air paint with acrylics that I've come to appreciate. Thanks again for all the great, informative videos. I can still learn a lot from your expertise without painting in oils!
I paint but you're the guy I'm sending my granddaughter to watch. I love your way of teaching.
Great common sense ! Took me nearly 40 yrs. to learn this stuff. Thank you !
Excellent, a real down home, ma and pa’s store approach. I use as little medium as possible because I like to see coarse textural brush strokes. I built my own easel and I make and prime my own canvases. Thank you.
This is the best thing I've seen today. I've seen tons of painting videos and I guess if you're gonna teach something you have to sound like you know what you're doing, which is why many teachers come off sounding all puffed up and pretentious. I love your straighforward and honest approach. It's a breath of fresh air.
Thanks! That is very useful advice and I really like your no nonsense way of explaining :-)
Chris you speak the truth and are fun to watch . Keep painting and encouraging others to explore their creativity . Thanks for brightening my day .
The part about mediums made me laugh, I thought you were close to swearing about it which was great. I agree about the mess people have made about them. Seems like a way for companies to make more money tbh. For me oils dry slow enough as it is so I don't use any mediums at all and don't have much problem getting the paint on there which is the only thing you need to do right? It is getting the paint in the right place with the right value etc which is the hard bit.
Medium: “Just feel it out!” Hehehe. I switched to oil paints because of your videos and luckily, because of listening to you, I learned early on medium wasn’t a big deal. But I feel your frustration explaining this.
The thing about mediums!! Omg what an adorable rant that was. It shows how frustrated you are with people overcomplicating mediums. Super helpful to hear you talk about it.
Love all the info thank you
I really like this talks, they are very informative and your channel should be much bigger! I love this no fuss approach to painting, you really helping me along big time.
I appreciate that!
I love this it absolutely encourages what I have been thinking after I've looked at so many different videos, thanks 😍
You have simplified oil painting.
Well done.
Subscribed.
Thanks a lot 😊
Thanks for the super advice!
Really helpful video!
Your videos have been so helpful. Thanks~
This is being really illustrative, thank you so much for going straight to the point. Greetings from Spain :-) and congrats
Paint mediums, easy, a bit of liquin in the mix, thins the paint enough for finer details and it helps the paint dry a bit quicker unlike linseed oil, job done 👍
Thank you for the "momentum" concept-- I've been making all this complicated and I haven't even started yet=/ I need to go buy some paint-- =D
You had the chance to have it explained right off the bat. When youre trying to teach yourself its pretty confusing when you never heard about it before and its name dropped in tutorials and stuff. good explanation
Very helpful
What you said at the end of the video about a specific layering formula, that helped a lot cuz that is what really kept me intimidated of oil painting, not the supplies or anything like that. Over the past three or four years I have just been winging it with oil paint, and its only in the past five months or so that I actually got a feel for how it works (as far as layers go) not only am I getting a feel for it, but its liberating to hear there isn’t some elusive process to begin with.
However dont you think there may be an exception to that when one is studying (copying) certain masters?? For example carravaggio, as i often see workshops or videos claiming a special carravagio process And other masters as well.
I love your videos ❤️😍❤️ and u such a handsome artist and talented artist ❤️❤️💕
Thanks for sharing
Thank you!! Simplicity, someone finally said it! I started painting with oils 40 years ago and with my first teacher we used linseed oil and turpentine. Then I went to college and painted watercolor and acrylic. Sometimes using oils. Then life got in the way and stopped painting. Now it's been 25/30 years and want to get back into painting and I'm starting off with oil painting again. Your video's are really good and very helpful. I could not get over the amount of art and painting supplies are on the market and at first was very confused about all the mediums and paints. Recently got commission to do a painting and I'm excited and afraid at the same time. But I'm also determined to prove to myself "I CAN DO IT"!! thank you again for your videos! Glad I found your channel!
I'm glad you're liking the videos!
Not sure if you will ever read this,hope you do. Want to say Thank you so much for letting us know about Gamsol, which is amazing. Also Brush Dip which makes life a little easier and all the other important advice that keeps us watching your channel. Oh , and at the end of each video, there is usually a Now Go Get Painting , yes that does work. All the Best to you and all.
Oh. Well I’ve done the worst thing. I had a bunch of oil tubes from about 7 years ago but went and bought more. Yes the artist grade.
Wanting to switch from water color to oils. As a inventor/designer I am use to changing in the middle to a different approach. Figure out what to do on the fly because I never get it right from the start. I have found that putting thicker paint over wet paint is harder then I thought. And I suspect that I like rounder tip brushes then chisel at this point. Also I will change to water soluble oil paints because I can not find a well ventilated area in the house for the winter and painting outside that I do now. I have been driven in by the heat since using my house as the sun blocker means it is also the wind blocker.
Good message. thank you. Wish I saw this when I started painting in April... before some of the videos that were meant for LeBron! :)
Haha about time i found a painter who doesnt act like thinner is the most dangerous substance known to man, so many i watch will not even use it unless outside which is crazy to me. Always used it wherever, just dont hold it under my nose.
I hear ya!
The first time I tried oils. It took months to dry. I switched to watercolor. Yeay. Then I found liquin. I was like, yas!!!...there are many ways to paint you just have to try to see what works for you. And learning from other people they different methods is like stealing like an artist you develop your own idea of painting over time...I do like that acrylic under oils method though.
You are right. You figure this out on your own. Thanks for giving this advice, it will save a lot of beginners a lot of mistakes. My first class out of High school was a class that taught a Bob Ross regiment. I love BobR. but I couldn't figure out how to do it his way, until the painting teacher said I needed to buy BobR. Material. I was too poor for that and had to stick with what I had. Then I got kind of aggravated with the over use of fan brushes. They make trees look awful. The last straw was we were painting a cabin and everyone was tracing their cabin. I refused and the painting teacher kept telling me I would be sorry when my cabin didn't turn out right. She made me understand that she was not right. My art teacher in High school was James Burnett . He would have passed out if he had heard her say that about drawing. He told us under no circumstance trace.
Nice shirt ❕
Hi! Love your work! Been doing acrylics for a few years and wonder if the layering process is simple to just add more medium as i go (linseed or other) since i paint slowly ( few paintings per month, theyll have time to dry in between) thanks! (Im doing this professionally so id like to learn wet on wet but i would like to know the process when its more slower to make the transition and avoid cracking😊
One thing you do need to be aware of is not to paint “lean over fat”. “Lean” is oil paint mixed with turpentine, and “fat” is oil paint either straight, or mixed with your medium. If you do paint lean over fat your painting will crack over time. Do you forgo mixing turp with your oils? If you do, then what you say is spot on.
Diana Korpi I honestly have never made a big fuss about lean over fat. I work thin to thick so I never have any problems. It’s pretty simple once you see it. Start with thinned out paint with paint thinner(turps) and then use less as you go. I’ll use medium as I need but toward the end I am using just straight paint bc it’s the only way for it to sit on top. If you have all this paint on your canvas then try to put thin paint over it you’re not going see good results. Ex: you have a lot of blue paint on the canvas already but now you want some yellow highlights over it. If you make your yellow too thin it will mix in with the blue and turn out greenish. But if you use thick yellow it will sit on top of the blue.
do you have a video about painting safety and how to get rid of your oil/medium soaked rags and paint thinner?
The solvents used with oils are the problem. Those fumes are bad news. After almost thirty years I had to stop using oils. But I was reckless. Never even closed the turps containers.
Speaking of mediums.... I don't use any of it at all...i clean my brush with the dish soap and it works just fine.😁
I fine myself using less and less medium
There's always w and newton for pretty oil color paint
Can you use wet on wet technique for a portrait?
How do I make my own frames - I dont have carpentry tools - just a saw and mitre?
Drying- storage space is what’s worrying me at the moment, do you have any cheap and cheerful suggestions?
keep things simpler.
Another solution, my solution, is Golden OPENs. So with this version of acrylics they stay open as an oil color would for blending and such. They next day, voila, the paint is dried. You can mix Golden's heavy body which is the quick drying version with the OPENs. Not done that but you can. All of the above have no smell. I work in my house so not smell is an imperative. If I were going to go oils I would go with the water miscible oils. I have a collection of Cobra's but went back to Golden. For a heavy impasto you would want to use the heavy body as Golden says no thicker than a dime with the OPENs due to drying time. Golden has many mediums also.
@ConfusedOilPainter That's a fact. They stay open. Really you could go hours and if you need to just put some straight medium on the color and can move it around some more. You can also mix Golden's heavy body acrylics with their OPENs. Not sure anyone would even know if the 'paint' was acrylic or oils and if they tried they would be 'paint snobs'. Try and tell this artist that acrylics were inferior. she uses Charvin heavy body acrylics from Jerry's.
www.westwardgallery.com/ www.goldenpaints.com/products/colors/open
@ConfusedOilPainter Also she used Golden's glazing medium to slow down the drying time. I think in terms of just using the slow drying from the git go. I am hardly going to tell Michelle from Westward about her choice in paints as I would only be good enough to be her brush clean up boy.
The thing about prices is... Everything is relative. You'll get nasty acrylics for 5$, you'll get nasty oil paints dirt cheap. There are high end Premium acrylics for 40$ for a tiny tube...same with oil paints. If you set yourself a realistic budget of 40$ for an entire pallet you'll have great acrylic paints OR oil paints. You shouldn't spend much lease than that otherwise you will get extremely frustrated (especially with cheap acrylics) and you don't need to pay much more
I enjoyed your video! Any suggestions on getting back into painting? I’ve been trying to get back at it and have gotten frustrated and ended up tossing what I started because I wasn’t satisfied😔 but I actually miss creating great pieces, once I get my supplies out it just doesn’t work out..
Elenny you have to honor the effort. The biggest mistake beginners make is thinking every time they pick up a brush they need to make a successful finished painting. This will always lead to disappointment. I say only 15% of the time I paint I actually make a completed painting I am happy with. Most of the time I am doing studies and practicing. I highly suggest getting a pad of canvas paper to to practice on as much as possible. You have to create the bad pieces to get to the great pieces. Keep your bad pieces. Don’t toss them. That way in the future when you’re creating great work you can show people it was bc you worked hard and practiced. 👨🏻🎨👍🏻
Paint Coach Thank you, I really appreciate your advice. For some reason I just thought every attempt had to be a successful masterpiece but it’s nice to know that’s not how it works in reality. I’ll keep doing my best and hopefully get through this artblock ASAP. Thanks for the confidence boost!!
Paint small “studies” in one day-not over time. Less time invested, and you get to move on to something new.
I'm a beginner and feel a huge relief to hear that not each painting has to be successful. Thank you for your clear, honest approach. I'm really learning a lot from you.
WASH HANDS WITH GOOD SOAP OR EVEN DISHWASH SOAP, ND USE PLENTY HOT WATER. Try to do it no less than once every two hours... or even more. 40 years oil painting. No problems. No need to use gloves... just keep them clean and wash frequently.
What ? No huffing
This became a rant really fast l
I've done oil paintings almost my hole life, the question is have anyone ever stole one of your oil paintings?
Hu oh. Let's just say you heard of someone who rubbed paint all over themself, & ate some, sitting in a closet. What would your advice be? Let's just say. Am I gonna die?
I doubt you will die but it sounds like you may need a psychiatrist!.... 😂 Lol.