So you’ve decided to try oil painting—amazing choice. Oils are rich, buttery, and (despite their intimidating reputation) actually pretty forgiving. But if you’re just getting started, there are a few common mistakes that can trip you up.
This one goes out to all you amazing artists who love to paint in a photorealistic or realistic style, and struggle to soften your brushstrokes to make your work look painterly. In this blog post, we'll cover canvas prep, values, rendering, and much more!
Today, I'm excited to share the journey of creating a painting that's super close to the heart: it's all about bringing a client's beloved childhood memory to life. Her grandparents' cottage had undergone many changes throughout the years, and throughout the process of creating this oil painting, we worked together to make custom adjustments to honour those memories.
Before we start this blog post, here's my latest YouTube video that breaks down the whole process of painting in oil on paper: Regardless of your subject, painting into a multimedia sketchbook is an absolute blast. Here’s the steps I like to follow to create sketchbook entries that pop from the page. Insert the drawing. You can do this directly with ballpoint pen, or you can do a light contour with graphite pencil, before layering the ballpoint pen on top. When you do add the pen, make sure that it’s waterproof. Most ballpoint pens are, but some have a gel base that will bleed when wet. I usually do a test before using a new pen in my book on...
