http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/oil-painting-techniques-blog.html Easy Oil Painting Techniques and Easy Learn to Draw art lessons at your fingertips. Stay in the know of whats On The Easel. Subscribe here. en-us oil painting techniques Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:06:37 GMT Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:06:37 GMT easy-oil-painting-techniques.org http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/how-to-mix-colors.html Artists struggle in how to mix colors, this color mixing guide guaranteed to make your paintings pop! Paint color combinations in all mediums with no fear! Tue, 31 Jan 2012 18:06:36 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/color-mixing-guide.html An artist oil painting color mixing guide, oil paint color mixing. Tue, 31 Jan 2012 17:59:30 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/when-theres-no-more-a-sea-in-between.html The story of this boat on the shore? It is far to small to sail the ocean from South Africa to NZ But one day there will be no sea in between.......I worked Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:59:06 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/cleaning-brush-hairs-before-next-layer.html Hey, I was wondering how you remove the brush hairs between layers without removing paint too? I tried use a razor blade (to clean brush hairs and dust Wed, 18 Jan 2012 19:22:36 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/index.html Learn these oil painting techniques, oil painting lessons, and tips and enjoy a lifetime of creative freedom! Wed, 18 Jan 2012 05:45:22 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/why-does-it-take-so-long-for-oil-paint-to-dry-on-canvas-days.html Why does it take oil base paint so long to dry (days)? Answer: Oils don't dry like something that is wet with water, and the water evaporates. Oils Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:44:20 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/small-country-spring.html This painting is of a small natural spring in Northwest Florida. We have many of these in the area where I live. They are clear with a beautiful blue/green Tue, 17 Jan 2012 16:17:29 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/copy-famous-paintings.html Copy Famous Paintings and Learn to oil paint from this time honored tradition of oil painting techniques. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 23:23:50 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/leonardo-da-vinci-paintings.html Leonardo Da Vinci paintings and some of the mystery solved! A look at the Mona Lisa Painting. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:35:10 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/mona-lisa-painting.html Leonardo Da Vinci's mona lisa painting and some great art history about this painting. Sun, 15 Jan 2012 22:33:45 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/oil-painting-self-portraits1.html Under paintings done using paper towels instead of brushes. Must see to believe. Wed, 11 Jan 2012 13:32:40 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/legitimate-work-from-home-cb.html Legitimate work from home, sell my products! Take your website and make some real money. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 18:23:55 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/tio-jose.html *Pastels on blue paper (58cm x 48.4cm) Hello. Glad to find this web. Thank you for sharing. I was inspired by uncle Jose having a breakfast. He is 83 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:43:11 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/wikato-river-in-nz.html My kids are staying in NZ (I am staying in SA) and it was pure loneliness that inspired me to paint this. I would love your critic on it. (I am painting Mon, 09 Jan 2012 13:37:28 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/finishing-layer.html This is your final finishing layer in our oil painting lessons using the flemish technique of oil painting. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:24:33 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/color-layer.html The color layer of your flemish technique oil painting. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:16:53 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/gray-layer.html The dead layer, or gray-layer of the flemish oil painting technique. Where your shadows and half shadows are fully developed. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:12:03 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/umber-under-layer.html Umber under layer, the 2nd layer and brown under painting in the Flemish oil painting technique. Mon, 09 Jan 2012 01:11:25 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/imprimatura.html Imprimatura, This is your first painting layer as decribed in oil painting techniques. 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Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:09:21 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/tiffany-portrait-painting.html Tiffany was a painting that took about two weeks. I had a fun time with this painting, and why you ask! Well I painted her after I painted Vermeer's Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:05:45 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/hh-buck.html This is my grandfather, the founder of Buck Knife Company. It is nearly complete, but I am unhappy with the background. Any suggestions? Delmus? Help? Sun, 08 Jan 2012 04:01:43 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/commissioned-portrait-work.html Hi Mr. Delmus, Last year I was contacted to paint 2 portraits, it took me almost a year to complete those two paintings. I would like very much to read Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:59:18 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/madonna-and-child.html Hi Delmus Here goes my last work, I tried my best, but may be the cast shadows are to dark?! I would love to read your opinion. best regards Liliana Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:57:25 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/tennis-players-essence-of-the-man-arthur-robert-ashe-jr.html How do I start? This is a painting I did approximately 17 yrs. ago. I share it because it had a devastating effect on me at that time. I was in a Sun, 08 Jan 2012 03:56:52 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/anna.html Anna is my oldest daughter. Her younger sister took a photo of her and as soon as I saw it, I knew I'd have to paint it. I gave it to her as a birthday Fri, 06 Jan 2012 18:29:52 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/portrait-painting.html Portrait Painting ideas and techniques, for oil painting. We answer the why's and what for's in this historical genre of oil painting. Fri, 06 Jan 2012 13:18:06 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/learn-to-draw-people.html Learn to draw people, realistic pencil portraits, and have your art skyrocket! 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Sat, 31 Dec 2011 19:01:39 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/your-oil-painting-tips.html Your oil painting tips, oil painting techniques, stories and photos of your hard work. Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:35:06 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/a-special-place-in-hawaii.html 9x12 on Canvas board - oil. Original work painted for a friend who lives in Hawaii and loves this spot. Editors Note: Hope you don't mind, I've moved Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:26:01 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/new-seascape.html Step one: there are several spots along the road to the beaches that look a lot like this, I have seen the sky like this. This is step one , I am working Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:18:01 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/morning-mist-an-acrylic-landscape-painting.html oil painting wet in wet technique 60/50cm on a stretched canvas used a part of it with black gesso Editor Note: I love the way the sun is creeping out Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:15:55 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/glorious-sunrise-sunset-picture.html I did this off a photo and it turned out to look exactly like the photo! I'm a beginner again after not touching a brush for 20 years! No formal training Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:15:24 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/a-landscape-painting-illusion-of-distance.html My first painting done when I was graduating student during my high school days, its my high school project. I copied this scene to a picture in my grand Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:14:54 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/oil-painting-techniques-wetinwet.html Hello! I would like to thank you for great tips in oil painting and not being selfish, like most painters. This painting was created in a 4 hour session Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:14:24 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/old-massie-blue-ridge-landscape-oil-painting.html Flemish technique on masonite paneling. Original was 12x36. This painting come with a nice story. Raising a large family, one of my greatest pleasures Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:12:55 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/holmes-creek-floridian-boat-landing.html RAISED IN THE COUNTRYSIDE IN NORTHWEST FLORIDA, I HAVE FISHED IN THE WATERS OF THE CREEKS AND LAKES IN THIS AREA AND THEY ARE JUST BEAUTIFUL. I CAN RECALL Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:12:15 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/lady-in-red.html this has been a work of joy and trial and err.... the original photo I took at Yachats, it was a cold windy day and the waves had a lot ove spray blowing Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:11:44 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/twin-falls.html This painting was inspired by a Thomas Moran painting done back in the 1800's. I made major changes in the painting adding a second falls, more water Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:10:54 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/pigeon-pt-tobago.html I painted this from a photograph I got of Pigeon Pt. Tobago. Firstly, I added three coats of gesso onto my canvas and allowed to dry. Then I painted sky Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:09:29 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/rustlers-barn.html We used to own this ranch called Rustlers ranch and according to the ranch's history some of the last rustlers were living there. I was intrigued by the Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:08:34 GMT http://www.easy-oil-painting-techniques.org/landscape-oil-painting-titled-fireflies-on-lotus-drive-illinois.html I posted earlier this year - having just resumed my oil painting hobby after 30+- years. I finally finished the painting at the end of March. I found Sat, 24 Dec 2011 15:01:30 GMT