Oil Painting Basics | Quality & Cheap Boards/Canvas Panels To Practise On. Great Primer Tip Too!
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- Опубліковано 6 лют 2023
- Beginners guide to Oil Painting Having a great surface to work on is very important, if not the most important. Here is my first Oil Painting video... Making and preparing Canvas boards and cheap boards to practise on. I share with you my experience on the best and cheap way to get started.
Painting on an inadequate surface will cause the rich colour of you paint sink in and go dull. The paint should glide effortless across the surface without being dry and unmanageable. I goes though the way I approach it.
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Materials I used in this video...
**Amazon UK links:** (Please note, Amazon could export to your country)
Unibond PVA Glue... amzn.to/40BH9yF
Michael Harding Non absorbent Acrylic Primer amzn.to/3I3Gij6
Gac 100 (Brand GOLDEN) Clear Acrylic Primer amzn.to/3RE1BLf
Winsor & Newton Professional Acrylic Colour, 60 ml - Ivory Black amzn.to/3HFHTKD
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Thank you for your video! I’m professional painter and little nerd about all these grounds/supports, and I honestly watched hundreds of videos about it, but this one is the best ❤
You are so welcome! appreciate the great feedback, reassuring to know that this video is well received. Thanks for watching!🙏
Thank you so much for this. I found your channel via this video as I searched for beginners oil painting videos. I have given up on watercolour, I just don’t get it, but in the past I have dabbled with Faber Castell pastel pencils of which I have quite a lot gathering dust……. I am trying to get my graphite pencil work improving and I have recently been inspired to start learning portrait art. Being over 70 now I don’t know how many years I have to learn 😂 but I do know that no matter how the project turns out each time, I will have thoroughly enjoyed it and even if it’s a disaster, I come away from the easel relaxed and keen to try again.
I really admire what I have seen of your pastel work and I hope to see your oils as you develop your channel and Patreon which I will be signing up to very soon as I feel confident I can learn from you. Best wishes and many thanks 🙏
Hi Graham, you are welcome... thanks for the great feedback... much appreciated... Good to know the UA-cam search is working too. Watercolour can be frustrating for sure... I love graphite, pastels and Oils. Mainly focused on these the last 40 year or so. That is a great sign that you come away from the easel relaxed and look forward to more. Art is such a wonderful way to connect to our deeper self. Aware of being aware is all that is needed to feel the wonders of this life. I will be uploading my first skin tone study soon both here on UA-cam and the real time version on Patreon. Having to get my head around technology to make it all work is a challenge for sure. 🤣. Take care... all the very best with your re-newed love for art. 🙏💕
Thanks Dave, what a great demonstration. So useful!
You are welcome Kathy... appreciate the comment... thanks for watching 🙏
I’m definitely going to try the Michael non-absorbent Harding primer. Also, really like the idea of folding the canvas around. Thanks for Sharing!
It makes all the difference for sure... you won't be disappointed. Folding the canvas protects the board from moisture and bangs. All the very best Phil 🙏
Thank you for your clear and precise instruction. Excellent demonstration.
Glad it was helpful Barbara, thanks for the reassuring feedback, always good to know that my video come across well. Thanks for watching! 😊🙏
Best demonstration I’ve seen on how to do this
Thanks for taking the time to give such great reassuring feedback... Good to know that the videos come across well. Appreciate the kind words Rachel... I like to keep everything straight forward. 🙏😊
thank you so much so helpful for me as your other great videos
You are so welcome! thank you for watching them... much appreciated. 😊🙏
Very Nice
Thanks Luciano 🙏
Thanks Sir
You are welcome 🙏
Just a cautionary tale. I bought panels with glued on pre primed canvas years ago and oil painted on them. Now, all those are falling apart. This is due to the glue getting thru to the painting surface thru the pores of the canvas. Canvases are almost never non porous. So, without knowing, I was paint on glue.
Sorry to hear you have had such an issue. I have oval pet portraits I painted over 40 years ago using exactly the same materials, and the colours are still the same. I use top quality flax canvas and unibond glue which is really good stuff. Not much more I can say really. All the best. 🙏
@@DavePortersArt it does seem to vary by glue. I have other panels that were done with a different glue that 'so far' have held together. The time it takes for the glue to dislodge from the canvas and paint layer will likely vary by many variables. Varnishing has also slowed the dislodging, but only by a short time. In any case, if the canvas lets glue thru, it's a gamble with any glue product. Good luck!
Can you do a lesson on how you frame your pastels?
I tend to get my work framed at the local framer to save me time... so not geared up for it now. I used to frame my own work many years ago, but find it easier to just pass it onto a profession framer now. I would recommend investing in museum quality non reflective glass... it makes all the difference 🙂🙏
Hi, Have you tried the clear in it? Im wondering if after a few coats of clear, it might either darken my natural linen canvas or create a cloudy milky affect? Im looking for a totaly transparent primer. thanks
Thanks for the video!
Do you use linnen or cotton canvas on a roll?
You are welcome... I use linen flax canvas on the roll. 🙏
Hi Dave I've read a previous post which says you use linen flax canvas Can you please tell me what brand you use? And is it fine medium or heavy weave?
Hi Paul, the brand is Loxley UK firm... It is a mix of cotton and flax canvas if my memory serves me well. Fine to medium weave. 🙏
Had many MDF pieces cut out but many of them warped with time, now I know to coat the back as well, thanks to your instructions. This is such big help. Quick question, can I use oil based varnish or maybe acrylic varnish for the back?? cuz I already have those on hand.
You are welcome... best to use the acrylic varnish first and if you like go over with the oil. or two coats of acrylic.🙏
@@DavePortersArt Many thanks.. will do!!