What kind of oil painting techniques, tips or lessons make the best paintings?Oil Painting... from masterpiece to ridiculous... from brush stroke to brush stroke! It’s an activity that is filled with memorable moments...
Easy-oil-painting-techniques captures a great deal of it, and informs you of how to paint the way you've always wanted. A big HELLO! Welcome to some wonderful pages on oil painting techniques. My name is Delmus Phelps and having been an artist for over 35 years, I’ve been fortunate enough to learn a few tricks of the trade, and some great oil painting tips, lessons and techniques that will help you in this wonderful medium!
While visiting my site you will learn many important things about oil painting techniques, and you’ll discover many important facts. But one in particular will be “Anyone can learn to paint!” All it takes is determination to succeed, and a passion for all things beautiful! You supply that, and I’ll try my very best do the rest! These oil painting tips will empower you to succeed! And I will take you step by step, through the process of creating beautiful works of art, like the paintings below! For those that viewed the video, I hope you enjoyed my son's techno music (which he wrote, composed, and played). I don't think I'll be using the techno music on my instruction video's though, it causes me to do too much dancing! Well, I dance a lot in my studio anyway. When what you do brings so much joy, you simply can't help yourself! Oh, by the way, the guy in the film is me, the guy in the photo is also me, only a few years younger! The mustache was a trademark for many years, I tried shaving it once, but one of my sons, a toddler at the time, ran away crying when he saw me coming home and didn't recognize this strange guy at the door, so, back to growing the "stash" until he outgrew his fear, and learned to recognize his papa. He is in high school now, so, off with the "stash" and the artistic goatee was in order. 
Oil Painting Techniques, and the real secret.Since as early as the 18th century, painters have been obsessed with the idea of a Secret Formula, a small bit of knowledge or an oil painting technique, or trick that would unravel the mysteries of producing works of art as glorious as in the 14th & 15th Centuries. Artists, authors, historians, and manufacturers have all claimed to discover a piece of this mystery. Something that would unlock the secrets of painting so that it could be mastered without effort and with such ease as to be done in one sitting!None of these oil painting techniques or tricks have proven to be THE SECRET, but, we have found pieces to the puzzle. The idea persists and painters continue to seek a simple solution. Of course you already know what the answer is! There is no such thing! There is NO SECRET FORMULA. No secret material, no secret medium, no special recipe, no single piece of instant knowledge, that can fix the lack of technique or understanding of the actual materials you are using. The true SECRET to oil painting lies within the possession of a COMPLETE body of knowledge or information on material and technique that must be acquired over time, study, practice and experimentation on the part of the artist. Having said all that, let me assert that to paint like this is not as difficult as some artist's will lead you to believe. It's kinda like a friend of mine used to say, How do you eat an elephant? One bite at a time! On my site I will talk about the oil painting techniques I use today, and give them to you one bite at a time. They really are so simple and easy to do! These techniques, because they are so easy, will keep your enthusiasm high, and grow that creative excitement! You won't be worrying about what to do next. You just paint!
There is a new frequently asked question section added to the site. It's geared for understanding these oil painting techniques for beginners. These are from email conversations of folks just like you, trying out oil painting. I have gotten a few emails over the years, and this is a nice place to show both the questions about oil painting techniques, and some of the answers to most of them. I hope you enjoy them. Start your journey on the Free Art Lessons page. Here you will learn the lost oil painting techniques that will enlighten your mind for the rest of your travels. It is a method that is over 400 years old, but is no longer used in the teaching of art in our schools today. Hey, I've gotten emails from fine arts graduates that tell of them being so surprised to find this site, and learn of this technique! (Go Figure!) And don’t forget the “On the easel” for some more great oil painting tips. I share what I’m presently working on. From there you can see a number of other demonstrations done in the past.
A Little More about Oil Painting, and Oil Painting TechniquesNow, lets talk some more about oil painting. When comparing it to watercolor, encaustic, fresco or tempera, it simply hasn't been around quite as long. (And you thought those Egyptian hieroglyphics were done in oils!) It actually has it's origins in Europe in the early 15th Century when oils were added with egg yolks in tempera which allowed for better blending. The paint didn't dry as quickly. This made for smooth transitions in modeling and made for a more realistic picture.Artist's that paint in oils are going to find one of the broadest color and tonal ranges of any medium, and unlike most water based products, will not change in color intensity or value after drying. In other words, what you see is what you get! You can achieve the richest dark's than any medium while exploiting similar effects of transparent glazes found in watercolor, tempera and acrylics. Great painting is still an art, and not a science. And each artist will find certain things work better than others. My job here is simply to pass down the oil painting techniques I use, and have learned over the last 30 some odd years. And also discover and show to you other oil painting techniques other artist's use in their endeavors to create beauty. If you find a particular article that you like and enjoy, pass it on to your friends by clicking the Face Book like buttons, or you can even tweet about it! Are you interested in seeing more of my work? There's two ways to do that! Click here for my online fine art gallery or check out the resources link here, to see where my work is represented in real brick and mortar galleries. More oil painting lessonsThere's a great section under "More lessons and tips" with How to paint flowers to a huge section on Rose Art! This area covers a great deal about roses, both in art, and how to grow them!I've also got a complete section on color! and a recent review on the best color course available! (Ranked #1 for quite awhile on Click Bank) I promote very few things directly from my web-site, and this is one of those times I can fully endorse something. You take this course, you will improve your painting! Check out my review to see the many great tips I've learned with Richards' bag of tricks! Art Marketing 101Maybe you're an artist that is spreading your wings and you want to earn a little income from it's sale. I've got an entire section in How to sell your art online, and a number of other art marketing articles. How to approach galleries is another section discussed and about how this great web site came to be! (I really should market this entire section rather than give it away). But hey, maybe I will in the future. For right now, learn the information while its available for free! I like free!P.S. Just setting up your studio? I got a few great articles on Artist Career Practices, of the professional artist. All sorts of information from how to photograph your work for advertising to the latest craze, selling your Artist trading cards are included in this section of the site. You can contribute too, we have two new sections on "Your Paintings!" and "Your Photos!". The painting section features your hard work, and gives you some free internet exposure! You can post several examples of your works and describe your painting techniques. The Photos section is where we are now collecting reference material for all our readers benefit. Got a special rose photo that would make a great painting? Add it to our photo library. Tell us the story behind it too! P.S.S.
And yes, there are all kinds of oil painting techniques information here! So take your time and browse around. If you would like to hear about my story, going from managing the electrical/electronic maintenance of a 2500 employee factory to painting flowers for a living, 
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