Oil Painting Master Series: Pre-Painting Fundamentals

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Lesson Description

A look at adding paint to a palette, arranging warm and cool primaries, mixing secondaries, and using medium.

Lesson Materials

Palette and palette knife, turpentine, linseed oil, paper towel or rags, oil colors: Cadmium Yellow Medium, Cadmium Red Medium, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, Ivory Black, Alizarin Crimson, Prussian Blue, Mars Yellow, and Venetian Red

Lesson Resources

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Course Curriculum

Lesson 1: Introduction (3:06) Lesson 2: Materials Part 1 (10:56) Lesson 3: Materials Part 2 (7:22) Lesson 4: Pre-Painting Fundamentals (14:03) Lesson 5: Blending Oil Paint (12:33) Lesson 6: Underpainting (6:41) Lesson 7: Indirect Painting (11:15) Lesson 8: Direct Painting (11:18) Lesson 9: Painting on a Toned Ground (12:12) Lesson 10: Painting Cloth (14:47) Lesson 11: Painting Clouds (9:10) Lesson 12: Portrait Study - Part 1 (6:48) Lesson 13: Portrait Study - Part 2 (21:03) Lesson 14: Wet into Wet (10:13) Lesson 15: Painting with a Knife (13:42) Lesson 16: Impressionist Approach (11:33) Lesson 17: Non-Traditional Painting (6:16) Lesson 18: Painting Transparency (13:44) Lesson 18: Conclusion (2:23)

Lesson Discussion

  1. I learned a lot information about blending oil paints. I can’t wait to get started. The five videos were great source of learning tools. Thank’s….

  2. It would help to see the instructor lift the paint from the palette and use the medium. I was trying some painting over the holidays and was a little baffled by the whole medium thing until I looked at this video again.

    • Hi Carlos,

      This is likely due to a weak internet connection. You can turn off the high definition to help with streaming. To do so, click on the “HD” icon when you scroll over the video.

  5. Thanks for the video. I did not know that we can use a medium with oil colour tubes. I tried painting without medium (just using directly from the tubes). It seemed fine to me. Do you think we can complete one whole painting without using any medium?

  6. Hi Matt,
    I am not new to painting with oils. Ver interesting videos. Just some clarity, the Turps you mix in, would be pure turps and not those from a hardware store? As the latter would destroy a painting after many years. Your take on this.

  7. Hi Matt,
    I am not new to painting with oils. Very interesting videos. Just some clarity, the Turps you mix in, would be pure turps and not those from a hardware store? As the latter would destroy a painting after many years. Your take on this.

  8. I love your classes and I am taking the colored pencil series ( Awesome ) However, I am buying my dad for Christmas, oil painting supplies and classes. So, I need to know from you what I should buy him? What brand of Oil Paints and brushes. I am aware that you & I draw with the same colored Pencils, so be it, I will buy my Dad some of your classes ( Gift Certificates??? ) I will need to know what oil paints & brushes you suggest? He is not interested in any watercolor, only oil painting. Thank you for your help.

  9. HI Matt, Love everything that you have here! I have a question on making your own pallet. You suggest putting white paper underneath the glass, but I have heard some artist say use gray as your background with the value #5. What is the best or does it really matter?

    Thanks!

  11. Hi Matt,
    Could you please clarify the use of turpentine with oil paint? As far as I am aware mineral turpentine removes paint and that’s what I use to clean my brushes, as for gum or pure turpentine is what I use to thin my paint. Is that correct?

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