To Oil Paint on Canvas, you have to buy good quality oil painting materials, the best
you can afford. After that, Sketch a "notan" of the painting in your sketchbook or on
scrap paper with a gray pen and a black one or a pencil and a pen using the pencil as
the gray. Using charcoal or the pencil, you need to make a value drawing in your
sketchbook. Then, Squeeze out a little of the paint on your palette and mix your
colors. Next, Paint the color study "Alla Prima." Forth, Draw the outline using a soft
pencil or a thin stick of charcoal. After that, Prepare some oil in a cup and some
thinner in another one. Then, Put a small dab of Burnt Sienna on your palette. Next,
Remember the rule "Fat Over Lean." Forth, Block in the colors in general for major
areas first and add a little more paint to make details lighter or darker, redder or
yellower or bluer. You may paint all day, fool around with it, go to bed, put an empty
box over the palette so that your cat won't walk in it, start over tomorrow and keep
making changes while it's wet. Besides, use the palette knife to scrape off whole
areas of it before it dries and start over. Forth, Leave it to dry. Remember that
One of the traditional Old Masters techniques doesn't rely much on brush textures.
Once you finish a day's painting session, you can clean your brushes by dipping them
in the thinner and then use the painting rag to squeeze the paint out of them. After
that, Store wet paintings somewhere safe that's free of dust, dark and cool if
possible. With a "Gallery" canvas which is an inch and a half deep, you don't need to
frame an oil painting. Last, Wait at least a month after the painting is touch dry to
use retouch varnish and give the painting a temporary shiny and finished look.
