Easy Oil Painting Techniques SiteMap

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Oil Painting Techniques that are Easy, Simple, FUN!

This is the main Home Page. From here you start your journey! Learn these oil painting techniques, and enjoy a lifetime of creative freedom!

• Free Art Lessons, and the Very Best in How to Oil Paint!
  
  Crazy Easy Free art lessons in How to oil paint! Showing you the classical method of 7 layer painting.
  
  
  • Materials
    
    A listing of what I use to make a painting!
    
    
  • Canvas Building, Stretching
    
    Your first stop in preparing your canvas's in this technique. Stretching the canvas onto stretcher bars.
    
    
  • Canvas Preparation
    
    How to prepare a Masonite board or canvas for this style of painting technique by applying a gesso mixture.
    
    
  • Art Composition
    
    Composition the is quick to get right the first time. The Ancient Greeks used this formula!
    
    
  • Imprimatur, the first layer in oil painting techniques.
    
    Imprimatur, This is your 1st painting layer as described in the oil painting techniques.
    
    
  • Umber Under Layer
    
    Umber under layer, the 2nd and 3rd layer in the the classical oil painting technique.
    
    
  • Gray-layer
    
    The 4th layer of the classical painting technique. Where I spend my most time on a piece.
    
    
  • Color-Layer
    
    The 5th and 6th layer.
    
    
  • Finishing-Layer
    
    This is your final 7th finishing-layer in our classical oil painting lessons.
    
    
• Crazy, Easy learn to draw step by step!
  
  You will learn to draw and compose in these step by step how to draw lessons!
  
  
  • Composition
    
    Here you will learn an Ancient Greek Tip to verify your composition is right the first time, and every time!
    
    
  • Simple, learn to draw
    
    Simple, learn to draw techniques and exercises.
    
    
  • Complex-drawing, learn to draw
    
    Complex-drawing exercises and more learning to draw tips.
  
  
• More lessons and tips on techniques and practices of the professional artist.
  
  This is a section, a few more tips ranging across a broad spectrum of subjects.

• An Oil Painting lesson on copying famous paintings of the masters and your own pieces!
  
  See here several examples of works copied and what you will learn from practicing the technique.

• An Oil Painting lesson on form and modeling, what all realists and representational artists need to learn!
  
  See here several examples of actual objects and what is done to make them appear 3 dimensional.

• Color Mixing Guide
  
  
  • Color Mixing Part 2
    
    
  • Color Symbolism, & Color Meaning
    
    
  • Color Psychology, Color Meaning
    
    
  • Color Wheel, Color Schemes
    
    A whole new section on Color Mixing, Color Theory, and Color Psychology. No more making mud! Check these great pages out and brighten your paintings up with these great tips, and lessons.

• How to Paint Flowers
  
  Some really great tips on painting that formal bouquet or just that wonderful daffodil you just picked from the garden.
  
  

• Rose Art
  
  I have a whole section on Roses that is growing! Gosh they are beautiful flowers. Learn how to draw them, paint them, grow them, and some history to boot!
  
  
  • Rose History
    
    
  • Rose Color Meaning
    
    
  • Growing Roses
    
    

• Oil Painting Tips from my EASEL!
  
  Paintings in progress, as I discuss some of my problems and how I go about fixing them. Oil Painting Lessons from my EASEL!
  
  Oil Painting Demonstrations:All of my older "from my easel" lessons. This part of the site will grow as I continue to post my new work.
  • Some pretty pink peonies!

  • Food art with onions.

  • I have a Yellow/Red rose to show you.

  • "From the easel" example, Another set of onions, but twice as many photo's showing you the process in better details! Let me know if you like this format.

  • A Gorgeous Christmas Cactus in bloom

  • An older work "Rose of Sharon" paint demonstration.

  • An older work "Glow From Within" of a Succulent Single White Daffodil blossom oil painting demonstration.

  • An older work "Rainbow Niagara" of a hybrid tea rose bush from the Canadian Side of the Falls.

  • An older work "Grapes with Bottle" of a beautiful bunch of grapes, bottle of wine and half full glass of wine. All I needed is the cheese and crackers! Another great short oil painting demonstration.

  • An older work "Roses on a Pedestal" three red roses on a pedestal with a lucky lady bug, gorgeous demonstration.

  • An older work "Full Red Blossom" a fully developed red rose blossom with dew demonstration.

• Art Business News, Art Business, Art Marketing
  
  Art Business News, Art Business, Art Marketing, and Artist Promotion techniques with other musing's that come to mind about the business of art.
  
  
  • Art Musings, how to crash through the blank canvas!
    
    
  • Art trading cards, & ACEO what is it and how can you get in on the craze!
    
    
  • Going beyond just flowers and fruit! 6 ideas on selecting still life subject matter.
    
    
  • Choosing a digital camera for the artist is not that difficult!
    
    
  • Which digital camera features for the artist are necessary. Part 2 on the subject.
    
    
  • Photography lessons on how to shoot your own art work for advertising, brochures and prints.
    
    
  • Squaring up your Fine Art Photo and getting that professional looking shot.
    
    
  • The Mind Map a simple yet powerful tool in organizing any project, especially designed for the artist.
    
    
  • Time Management Techniques for the artist! two powerful tools in scheduling your time for your art!
    
    
• History of Art, American Art History
  
  A launching point for several interesting articles on Modern art, classical art, and a 4 part series on Leonardo Da Vinci paintings and the real facts surrounding the pieces in uncovering "the Code".
  
  
  • Leonardo Da Vinci and the Code
    
    A four part report on the real facts surrounding several on Leonardo's most famous works, 2 of the worlds most famous paintings! And if you live in the U.S., where you can actually view the only Da Vinci painting in America! Start your investigation here.
    
    
  • Modern Abstract Art
    
    A discussion about understanding this genre of art.
    
    
  • Art Politics and the role it plays in todays Art.
    
    A discussion about how politics played an important role in the creation of one of our greatest art movements.

• Art Articles on oil painting and oil painting instructions.
  
  A famous web guru suggested I place articles I've written here on the site. Most articles don't include photo's but there are tid bits of great information buried in this treasure cove!
  
  
  • My First article to post! Oil Painting Instruction's That Will Have You Painting a Masterpiece in 5 Days Or Less!
    A fantastic short cut to try when you have an urgent order!
    
    
  • Color guide on using the rgb color wheel
    How to keep you paintings bright, and keeping mud out of your color mixes.
    
    
  • Photo painting ideas using oils and why.
    An article written by Catherine Hex on painting photo's in oils and why. Of coarse, I agree with her!
    
    
  • Famous Artists and the movements they came out of.
    How many famous artists came you name? Check out this short article on some greats in the field, and what era they helped create.
    
    
  • Artist Career? Have you got the talent?
    Thinking about a career in art? Think you need talent? Think again! And read this article that explodes the myth!
    
    
• How to Buy Art
  
  With all the home decorating idea's out there, where do you start? You'll find a quick and easy step-by-step guide on how to narrow down your choices.
  
  

• How to Sell Art and some other neat products
  
  I don't recommend many products. But here are 2 that will help you secure a career in this field, no get rich quick schemes. Just step by step on how to be successful. And a fantastic learn to draw e-book!
  
  
  • Work from Home Opportunity!
    
    Are you interested in spreading the word. I'm now offering an affiliate program through Click Bank so that you can sell my ebook on your website. Don't have a site, I got a fix for that too!
    
    

• Flower Art Shopping
  
  A new page that offers shopping. Presently I have but some of my giclee prints here, but more neat stuff is coming!
  
  
• About this Site
  
  This page is about me, how I got started in Art, and the neat program that helped me create this awesome website!
  
  
• Your oil paintings, photo's, stories.
  
  This page is about you, how you created that masterpiece, the story behind the art work, and your favorite pieces! Come on and join the fun! Contribute and share your ART!
  
  
• Your reference photo's.
  
  You can use these photos for your next painting and, contribute so others can paint your pictures!
  
  
• Link Exchange Form
  
  Have a cool artistic website? Do you have some great information on your blog? If it's a benefit to most of my readers, fill in the form and we will trade links!
  
  
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  The Easy Oil Painting Techniques Sitemap is an Index that lists at a glance the contents of the Easy Oil Painting Techniques website, grouped by subject matter for your convenience.