Oil Painting Tips
An ever-growing collection of helpful oil painting tips submitted by fellow oil painters.
Tip for Cleaning Hands and Brushes after Oil Painting
A tip cleaning up your hands and brushes after oil painting.
A tip cleaning up your hands and brushes after oil painting.
Using an Old Credit Card for Oil Painting
A tip on how useful an old credit card can be when oil painting.
A tip on how useful an old credit card can be when oil painting.
Oil Painting Tip: Recycling Turps
A tip on maximizing the use you get from turps.
A tip on maximizing the use you get from turps.
Oil Painting Tip: Make Your Own Fluid White
A tip on how to make your own fluid or liquid white for oil painting.
A tip on how to make your own fluid or liquid white for oil painting.
Oil Painting Tip: Using Alkyd Medium for Faster Glazing
A tip on using alkyd medium for glazing with oil paints as it speeds up your working time.
A tip on using alkyd medium for glazing with oil paints as it speeds up your working time.
Oil Painting Tip -- When an Oil Painting Doesn't Want to Turn Out Okay
A tip on what to do if an oil painting just doesn't want to turn out okay.
A tip on what to do if an oil painting just doesn't want to turn out okay.
10 Tips for Oil Painters
Oil paints are extremely versatile. They can be used thickly in impasto or extremely thinly in glazes; they can be opaque or transparent. Here are 10 tips to help you get professional results.
Oil paints are extremely versatile. They can be used thickly in impasto or extremely thinly in glazes; they can be opaque or transparent. Here are 10 tips to help you get professional results.
Oil Painting Tip: Keeping White Paint Clean
Do you struggle to keep your white paint clean or untainted by other colors? This painting tip will help.
Do you struggle to keep your white paint clean or untainted by other colors? This painting tip will help.
Oil Painting Tip – Dust-free Drying
A helpful tip to add to your oil-painting knowledge.
A helpful tip to add to your oil-painting knowledge.
Oil Painting Tips - Rescuing Old Brushes
A tip on how to rescue old, stiff brushes.
A tip on how to rescue old, stiff brushes.
Stop a Pencil Sketching Showing Through Oil Paint
A tip on how to stop a detailed pencil drawing or pencil sketch from showing in an oil painting.
A tip on how to stop a detailed pencil drawing or pencil sketch from showing in an oil painting.
Oil Painting Tip: What Palette to Use?
A painting tips about what kind of palette to use when oil painting.
A painting tips about what kind of palette to use when oil painting.
Oil Painting Tip: Keeping Oil Paints on a Palette Usable
A painting tip on how to keep your oil paints workable overnight, especially colours you've mixed.
A painting tip on how to keep your oil paints workable overnight, especially colours you've mixed.
Oil Painting Tip: Storing Oil Paint by Freezing It
A tip on keeping your oil paints on your palette usable by freezing it.
A tip on keeping your oil paints on your palette usable by freezing it.
Water Soluble Oils Tip: Cleaning Brushes
A tip on using what to use to clean your brushes when using water-soluble oil paints.
A tip on using what to use to clean your brushes when using water-soluble oil paints.
Oil Painting Tip: Finding Good But Cheap Turps for Oil Painting
A tip on how to find a good but cheap turps for oil painting.
A tip on how to find a good but cheap turps for oil painting.
Oil Painting Tip: Stopping Oils From Drying Out
A tip on how to stop your oil paints from drying out.
A tip on how to stop your oil paints from drying out.
Oil Painting Tip: Stuck Paint Tube Caps
A tip on using what to do if you can't get a tube of paint open.
A tip on using what to do if you can't get a tube of paint open.
Oil Painting Tip: Underpainting with Acrylics
A tip on using acrylics for the underpainting of oils.
A tip on using acrylics for the underpainting of oils.