Everyone is binge watching The Crown, not me, I'm binging on DM videos. I've learned more in the last two weeks then I have in the 7yrs I've been painting. I paint in acrylics (but God loves everybody lol) You're my favorite teacher 🍎
Finally!!! An art/paint instructor who is straight forward & demanding. I mean this as a compliment. U get right to the point & u offer very clear goals. Ur expectations -such as learning to use a brush the proper way, or to paint with proper strokes....simply shows confidence in ur students. Yes art is expressive but I want to learn how to use the tools correctly in order to express myself to the fullest. Thank you for ur time & dedication. Wonderful tips & instruction.
I’ve watched many of your quick tips and I love your practical, straight forward advice but for me this was the best and most useful. Simply by controlling my tendency of over stroking, I’ve improved so much! Thanks!!!
I don't care if something has been demonstrated a million times by other you tube painters. They are not teaching like you are. They assume too much, and you provide essential tips. Please cover all topics even if you think that is over covered in you tube. I watched those videos and they actually made me waste time and materials. YOU are an excellent teacher...a master of details. Thank you Diane
This quick tip answers exactly what I wanted to know about how to use the brush! Thank you so much! As a beginner with oil painting I felt puzzled about how to apply colour properly and what you just explained so well, does finally give me an understanding about what to do.Again , many many thanks!
I am very new at painting and am so pleased I found you before I create too many bad habits. I love these quick tips. I live in Sautee and didn't realize what a treasure of an artist I have right in my own "backyard"! I am sharing your videos with several other aspiring artists. Thank you for your excellent instruction.
How now seen most of your videos now and many others but have to say this by far I think is the most 'informative' and useful explanation about how to use a oil paint brush. I am so guilty of working in the paint thinking that more strokes will make it better and just as you said so well, I might as well be painting my house. As always Dianne you are a pure masterclass when compared to other TH-cam tutors.
I could watch you forever.. (and I probably will by the time I get through all your videos.) I always plan to watch in order but I always find a new fascinating one next to the current one. Always something new to learn. I barely understand beginner watercolor, but this is a whole new world. I am so glad you are in this world because I am a senior and can't afford art school. Dang, when the senior center acrylic painting classes open again, I will not be intimidated to try them.
Thanks for that, Lisa. It was my hope from the beginning that these teachings would fill in gaps I know are left by too many art schools as well as for those who come late to the world of painting.
OMG! I sure needed this tip! I am the queen of over-stroking. Thank you for sharing your talent and helping us o become better painters. I plan to watch all your videos.
Ditto on Masoud. You are an excellent teacher. We would love to see a closer view of your canvas. Even at 'full screen', it's hard to see your examples, and you are excellent in explanation, good audio, but tighten up the shot on the canvas more. Thanks.
wow. I love your teaching methods! I'm learning the basics and that's what I need. I'm learning more from you than I've learned in years. you are a very cool lady.
This is a very helpful video for those questions and/or art style that I have been searched for and the art style I would like to be. I have been doing painting for many years with blending skill and now I am better comprehesive more about stroke styles by watching this then put it in pracitce of my art. Thank you for produced this tourtorial and shared your knowledge with us.
Hi Dianne. Again - thank you! These tips are exactly what I need, and what I've been looking for. I've started to check-out your website and downloads too - I'm in the UK, so I very much appreciate you providing the download option. I read your bio on Amazon - you have a schnauzer! I love schnauzers, they have so much character. All the best.
Thanks, Chris. I've got to update my bio on my website. My schnauzer, Maggie, crossed the rainbow bridge a couple of years ago. She lived to be 13 and was my constant sidekick. And what a sweetheart.
Thank you Dianne, muddyness is a frustrating part of my first year paintings. The colours lack clarity so this is just what I needed. I understand your comments about how over stroking can compromise colour so its an exciting video for me. I come from a pencil sketching background and I wonder if thats where I got my tendency towards back and forth movements. Thanks again.
Peter, even with pencil sketching, overly repeating can cause a piece to look tired, which is another way of saying "muddy". Some of the reasons paintings end of muddy other than over-stroking are not using enough paint, using a brush too small for the area, failing to get darks dark enough, and not using enough variation in value, hue and intensity.
I agree with you. I was graphic pencil artist and indo believe that chang8ng to oil painting is like learning a new language. I keep trying to create in oil the way I did in pencil. It's a whole new experience!
Thank you for your wonderful tutorial. I have watched this one more than 6 times ! I am very new with oil. I have tried a few brush strokes, your tomato and the cup using few strokes. I wonder if you would consider doing a really "beginner" tutorial on how to get the oil to flow on the canvas like you do. Mine is thick and I do not know how to thin it or what to use. Thank you so much!
Thank you so much for your information and lessons for me as a begginer of oil painting for myself. And I have a huge problem about trees and clouds and river. I would like to learn especially about brush stroke of foilage or leaves,. Can I? I appreciate it again.
Miran, go to our channel page at th-cam.com/users/inthestudioartinstructionvideos to find all our tips. Cursor down and watch all those dealing with trees, foliage and brushstrokes.
I love the way you concentrate on one facet of painting at a time. Your clear explanations of your thinking process as well as your painting process makes you an outstanding teacher!! By the way, can you name the specific paint colors on your palette? Do you use a warm and cool color for each of your primary colors? Also, which green paints are on your palette? Do you make most of your own greens? Thanks in advance!
:) Thanks, Shana. Right now, in addition to these TH-cam Quick Tips, I'm teaching only through my video lessons on line. You can go to diannemize.com and chose lessons that appeal to you. Each is about an hour long. You can download for $7 or get at DVD for $10.95.
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Hi Dianne, I would like to download your video lessons and I wonder if there is transcription in english I struggling with listening
Thanks a lot, very nice tip. I needed to tell you something but I forget every time, I don't know who's the camera man but please tell him/her to have more concentration on canvas or whatever you drawing on it, since we can hear you clearly but most of the times drawing surface is covered less than 1/4 of screen. thanks again for great QTs.
Mosio Masoud, thank you for your observations and thank you for subscribing to In the Studio Art Instruction. We are constantly working to keep a balance of detail and form in the Quick Tip videos. As I am sure you are aware of, Dianne's main concentration to these tips (and her lessons available at www.diannemize.com) is composition. This involves everything from how to look at the source to how to hold the instrument you are using to create your art. In doing this it is sometimes difficult to show a close up of the canvas/paper. That along with the current studio space that we have to work with sometimes creates a final video that doesn't show the depth of detail that some viewers would like to see. That is especially true when viewing the videos on a smaller screen such a mobile device. We will take your input into consideration when producing future Quick Tips as we strive to open the world to creating everyone's best artwork. Roger SauteeLive LLC
Not yet, Karen, but I plan to do a nocturne Quick Tip in the near future. Meanwhile, nocturnes depend upon interpreting the values, hues and chromas of what you observe. By studying what happens to these color characteristics in shadowed areas, you can get a head start. Beyond that, it's a matter of observing what any light in the scene is doing and how it is effecting the rest of the scene. The September, 2017 issue of Plein Air Magazine has an article on nocturnes that you might fine helpful.
Hi Diane, Could you please make a quick tip showing how to reuse an awful painting so not to waste the canvas. Also how to save oil paint on the pallet for another day .. Regards Barbara Rose 🌹
Barbara, this is not something I recommend doing. If a painting has been done longer than a year or less, there is a risk of cracking of new paint applied to it. For saving oil on the palette, see Quick Tip 172
I am a beginner oil painting. My first painting I did came out muddy. I hated it. My husband and daughter loved the way it came out. How sweet they are.
Thank you so much for making these very informative videos. I started painting two years ago with watercolors by watching videos. Then, started acrylics last year. I was always turned off to using oil paints due to the smell of turpentine and the long drying time. I recently discovered water mixable oil paints and heve been watching lots of videos. I just discovered your videos and have watched 10 or so. Great information and I appreciate some of the scientific explanations. It will take me awhile to watch all of these Quick Tips. I was was wondering if you would address a couple questions? Do you cover your palette? My paint seems to dry overnight, here in the Denver area. How long do you wait before framing a painting? I looked at your DVD list and didn't see one on basics, ie how to prep a canvas. I have watched other tutorials that say you should tone a canvas with thinned oil paint or use a wash of acrylic paint. Some say use raw umber and thers say use a medium grey. Thank you in advance.
Terry, to answer your questions: 1. After a painting session, I spritz paint on the palette with a light spray of gamsol and cover it tightly with plastic wrap. That keeps the paint viable to begin the next day's session. 2. When the painting is dry to touch, I give it a coat of spray varnish. I frame only pieces that are going to a show or gallery and usually don't put a frame on a piece until a couple of days prior to its exhibition. 3. My video lessons are about the composing of paintings so I don't address the mechanics of preparing canvases, etc. That information is available in abundance elsewhere online. 4. Artists have all sorts of methods of preparing their canvases for beginning a painting. Each artist chooses the method that works best for their individual methods of thinking and working.
Stroke maker...that was very helpful. I over stroke so much that my paint gets blended and you cant even see the colors or hues much less the rythm. Thank you@
Rims1, you probably have watched enough of my Tips now to know that I don't give formulas. My advice is always to observe, and paint what your eyes see in terms of color, value, shape, texture and edges.
I teach oil painting and I have a very difficult time getting students not to “cat lick.” Mud and I think the canvas sometimes sucks the paint in a little more. Also I try to emphasize using a real brush stroke not dabbing, but still a tough time getting folks to break the habit. Any suggestions?
Yes. Give them exercises that require limiting strokes, such as the one I do in Quick Tip 84 - th-cam.com/video/6qlibQoDE_w/w-d-xo.html . In my experience, students need practices sessions where they are NOT creating paintings, but intentionally working towards skills and good habits.
I struggle with this when painting with acrylics, but not oils. Acrylics just don’t spread as easily or as far as thinned oil does. I always end up with a scumbled/dry brush stroke no matter how much I load my brush with paint. Do you have any advice?
One solution is to switch to Open acrylics which dry more slowly. The other is to get a fine mist sprayer and use it to keep them damp while you are working, both on your painting surface and on your palette.
Everyone is binge watching The Crown, not me, I'm binging on DM videos. I've learned more in the last two weeks then I have in the 7yrs I've been painting. I paint in acrylics (but God loves everybody lol) You're my favorite teacher 🍎
Wow! Thanks!
Finally!!! An art/paint instructor who is straight forward & demanding. I mean this as a compliment. U get right to the point & u offer very clear goals. Ur expectations -such as learning to use a brush the proper way, or to paint with proper strokes....simply shows confidence in ur students. Yes art is expressive but I want to learn how to use the tools correctly in order to express myself to the fullest. Thank you for ur time & dedication. Wonderful tips & instruction.
Thanks for that! It is my belief that we can only be free to create when we know how to use the tools, and principles.
Creativity is a luxury for those who have mastered the basics.
Thankyou Diane, there is so much rubbish out there, but finally I have found you.
Thanks for that, Deborah!
I find your instruction helpful, and your company delightful. I am a 74 year old beginner. Just now taking the time to paint and sketch.
Wonderful! Enjoy the journey.
Many thanks. The personality of an artist is revealed by the stroke of the brush
That's a good one.
I wished I could take classes from you in person! You’re such a great teacher!
Thanks, Debbie. The Academy is the next best thing, plus I offer private sessions on Zoom. Check out diannemizeacademy.com
i love you madame , Thank you for all the help you offer , Best teacher.
You're very welcome!
I’ve watched many of your quick tips and I love your practical, straight forward advice but for me this was the best and most useful. Simply by controlling my tendency of over stroking, I’ve improved so much! Thanks!!!
Wonderful!
I don't care if something has been demonstrated a million times by other you tube painters. They are not teaching like you are. They assume too much, and you provide essential tips. Please cover all topics even if you think that is over covered in you tube. I watched those videos and they actually made me waste time and materials. YOU are an excellent teacher...a master of details. Thank you Diane
Wow, thank you. You can thank our TH-cam viewers for these topics. All of them are in answer to questions people ask me.
" Brush is a shape maker ..not just an applicator" Thank You!
My pleasure.
Diane, thank you for this wonderful tutorial! This truly showed how information can transfer to insight! You are a brilliant teacher.
Thank you for that.
Hi, I'm a beginner oil painter and am absolutely guilty of over-stroking. I find this very very helpful, thank you very much.
Have fun with it!
You did it again! More sense in a few minutes than others need an hour to get across. You’re the best!
Thanks, Dennis!
You are the best art teacher on TH-cam.
Wow, thanks!
Good brush advice.
Thanks. Have fun with it.
I absolutely love your videos. so informative. also, you have such a soft and soothing voice.
Thanks, Matt. One of my students here says the same thing. She often falls asleep while I'm talking :).
you're more than welcome and thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. please keep them coming. have a wonderful day.
SO helpful, Dianne. I will watch this seeral times - just what I needed to understand. Thank you.
Have fun with it.
Thank you Dianne, you are a brilliant teacher
Thanks, Tanya!
Really struggling with this right now, it’s like something in my mind telling me to keep stroking the paint on the canvas, thank you for this!!
You can do it! It just creating a new habit.
You are an amazing teacher. I’m so thankful to have found you!
Thanks!
You help me so much with your tips, that is what a call a teacher. I like to know the how to do things, so you are very helpful.
This quick tip answers exactly what I wanted to know about how to use the brush! Thank you so much! As a beginner with oil painting I felt puzzled about how to apply colour properly and what you just explained so well, does finally give me an understanding about what to do.Again , many many thanks!
Wonderful.
Invaluable, Dianne - just what I need! Thank you so much!!
A pleasure.
Great , thanks so much again.❤️👏🏻👏🏻
You are so welcome!
Thank you for this video. It is very helpful as I find myself over stroking more than I realized.
That's an easy one to correct with enough practice to be able to do it automatically.
Wow. I am so happy I found your videos. I am fairly new and one of my biggest handicaps is over brushing. So knowledgeable. Thank you
You are so welcome! Thanks for being a subscriber!
Thank you so much for uploading ....great instructions on brush strokes
My pleasure 😊
Gracias
Thanks for watching.
I am very new at painting and am so pleased I found you before I create too many bad habits. I love these quick tips. I live in Sautee and didn't realize what a treasure of an artist I have right in my own "backyard"! I am sharing your videos with several other aspiring artists. Thank you for your excellent instruction.
Welcome aboard, neighbor! And thanks for sharing.
Thank you so much for your informative and no~nonsense lessons!
My pleasure.
Thank you so much for your instruction, Diane! You're a fabulous teacher! Wish I lived closer so that I could take full classes with you!
Thanks Sherene. Perhaps a good substitute for classes would be my virtual classes at diannemize.com .
Another wonderful tip! Thank you!
You bet!
thank you so much for this quick tip - way easier than what i am doing
You're welcome!
How now seen most of your videos now and many others but have to say this by far I think is the most 'informative' and useful explanation about how to use a oil paint brush. I am so guilty of working in the paint thinking that more strokes will make it better and just as you said so well, I might as well be painting my house. As always Dianne you are a pure masterclass when compared to other TH-cam tutors.
Wow, thank you!
I could watch you forever.. (and I probably will by the time I get through all your videos.) I always plan to watch in order but I always find a new fascinating one next to the current one. Always something new to learn. I barely understand beginner watercolor, but this is a whole new world. I am so glad you are in this world because I am a senior and can't afford art school. Dang, when the senior center acrylic painting classes open again, I will not be intimidated to try them.
Thanks for that, Lisa. It was my hope from the beginning that these teachings would fill in gaps I know are left by too many art schools as well as for those who come late to the world of painting.
OMG! I sure needed this tip! I am the queen of over-stroking. Thank you for sharing your talent and helping us o become better painters. I plan to watch all your videos.
Once you stop over-stroking, you will see a new freshness in your work and will be amazed.
Dear Diane, thank you so much for your fantastic tutorials! I am learning so much!
I'm so glad! Thanks for watching.
Fantastic thanks Dianne
My pleasure
I just found your Site. but I'm already learning Cool Tricks... Thank You.
Great to hear! Have fun with these Tips.
Love you Dianne : D xxx you r amazing teacher
Thanks! It's a pleasure doing these.
Ditto on Masoud. You are an excellent teacher. We would love to see a closer view of your canvas. Even at 'full screen', it's hard to see your examples, and you are excellent in explanation, good audio, but tighten up the shot on the canvas more. Thanks.
Thanks for your suggestion Vicki.
I watched this with my hubby. You are so sweet and so informative. Sending you a hug!
Thanks. I like hugs.
Thank you for all of your hard work and giving us your experience! I will be practicing now.
Great!
wow. I love your teaching methods! I'm learning the basics and that's what I need. I'm learning more from you than I've learned in years. you are a very cool lady.
Thanks, Karen. I love knowing that folks are learning from my teaching.
This is a very helpful video for those questions and/or art style that I have been searched for and the art style I would like to be. I have been doing painting for many years with blending skill and now I am better comprehesive more about stroke styles by watching this then put it in pracitce of my art. Thank you for produced this tourtorial and shared your knowledge with us.
You're so welcome! I am delighted these Tips are being helpful.
Hi Dianne. Again - thank you! These tips are exactly what I need, and what I've been looking for. I've started to check-out your website and downloads too - I'm in the UK, so I very much appreciate you providing the download option. I read your bio on Amazon - you have a schnauzer! I love schnauzers, they have so much character. All the best.
Thanks, Chris. I've got to update my bio on my website. My schnauzer, Maggie, crossed the rainbow bridge a couple of years ago. She lived to be 13 and was my constant sidekick. And what a sweetheart.
Thanks for the good tutorials - appreciate it
My pleasure!
Thank you ! Great information on using the brush correctly! Your a wonderful instructor!
Thanks.
One of the best tips I have seen you give. Thanks for posting. You are a great instructor :)
Thanks.
Another amazing video, thanks
Always a pleasure.
I’m going to label my brush containers “stroke makers” to remind me of all you said 🤗
Love that!
Adore you and your gift of instruction.
:)
Thanks so much for your time and expertise. More tips please!!!
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Excellent video! Thanks a lot.
My pleasure.
Thank you- you're a wonderful teacher!!
Thanks.
Your tips are always helpful. Thank you for sharing your talent and wisdom.
It's a pleasure to share.
Great tip Dianne. Thank you very much. It will help the way I use a brush in future. xx
Great!
Yes very helpful indeed. Many sincere thanks 🤩. And yes, my brush is my tool and like any other tool, need to know how to use it properly ✅thank you 🥰
You’re welcome 😊
Thank you for the simple explanation!
I think I can do that
Our pleasure. Yes, you can.
Love the way you explain :) thank you for sharing these tips
Always a pleasure.
These quick tips are really nice!
Excellent.
Thanks.
I made this video my new homepage for a while so I can hear you tell me this every morning!
😊
Thanks Dianne, v helpful tip.
My pleasure.
I need this lesson, thank you
Have fun working with it.
Thank you. Exactly what i needed. All the senseless dabbling and i wonder why i can't improve.
Have fun with it.
Thank you Dianne, muddyness is a frustrating part of my first year paintings. The colours lack clarity so this is just what I needed. I understand your comments about how over stroking can compromise colour so its an exciting video for me. I come from a pencil sketching background and I wonder if thats where I got my tendency towards back and forth movements. Thanks again.
Peter, even with pencil sketching, overly repeating can cause a piece to look tired, which is another way of saying "muddy". Some of the reasons paintings end of muddy other than over-stroking are not using enough paint, using a brush too small for the area, failing to get darks dark enough, and not using enough variation in value, hue and intensity.
I agree with you. I was graphic pencil artist and indo believe that chang8ng to oil painting is like learning a new language. I keep trying to create in oil the way I did in pencil. It's a whole new experience!
this is exactly what I need to know...i have been applying my paint by overworking it...thanks
Glad it was helpful!
Thanks, Dianne. This is something I'm guilty of and I wasn't even aware of it until I found this Quick Tip. So glad I subscribed to your tips.
I'm glad you found our channel. Welcome aboard.
Great tip, I enjoy your tops very informative.
Thanks.
Thank you for your wonderful tutorial. I have watched this one more than 6 times ! I am very new with oil. I have tried a few brush strokes, your tomato and the cup using few strokes. I wonder if you would consider doing a really "beginner" tutorial on how to get the oil to flow on the canvas like you do. Mine is thick and I do not know how to thin it or what to use. Thank you so much!
Thank you, Marie. I'll put that request on our schedule.
Thanks very helpful instructions that beginners can follow
It's a pleasure to share.
Thank you, I learn so much from you.
My pleasure.
Thank you so much for your information and lessons for me as a begginer of oil painting for myself. And I have a huge problem about trees and clouds and river. I would like to learn especially about brush stroke of foilage or leaves,. Can I? I appreciate it again.
Miran, go to our channel page at th-cam.com/users/inthestudioartinstructionvideos to find all our tips. Cursor down and watch all those dealing with trees, foliage and brushstrokes.
Thank you for this
My pleasure!
Thank you for your answer
It's a pleasure.
I love the way you concentrate on one facet of painting at a time. Your clear explanations of your thinking process as well as your painting process makes you an outstanding teacher!! By the way, can you name the specific paint colors on your palette? Do you use a warm and cool color for each of your primary colors? Also, which green paints are on your palette? Do you make most of your own greens? Thanks in advance!
Thanks Jill. Go to Quick Tip 115 where I explain my palette. th-cam.com/video/RORenwUXMDI/w-d-xo.html
Very helpful
Glad to hear that
Where do you teach..I want to go. You are amazing!!!! You just got me over a million hurdles!!!
:) Thanks, Shana. Right now, in addition to these TH-cam Quick Tips, I'm teaching only through my video lessons on line. You can go to diannemize.com and chose lessons that appeal to you. Each is about an hour long. You can download for $7 or get at DVD for $10.95.
I will definitely!
@@IntheStudioArtInstruction Hi Dianne, I would like to download your video lessons and I wonder if there is transcription in english I struggling with listening
Thanks a lot, very nice tip. I needed to tell you something but I forget every time, I don't know who's the camera man but please tell him/her to have more concentration on canvas or whatever you drawing on it, since we can hear you clearly but most of the times drawing surface is covered less than 1/4 of screen. thanks again for great QTs.
Mosio Masoud, thank you for your observations and thank you for subscribing to In the Studio Art Instruction. We are constantly working to keep a balance of detail and form in the Quick Tip videos. As I am sure you are aware of, Dianne's main concentration to these tips (and her lessons available at www.diannemize.com) is composition. This involves everything from how to look at the source to how to hold the instrument you are using to create your art. In doing this it is sometimes difficult to show a close up of the canvas/paper. That along with the current studio space that we have to work with sometimes creates a final video that doesn't show the depth of detail that some viewers would like to see. That is especially true when viewing the videos on a smaller screen such a mobile device. We will take your input into consideration when producing future Quick Tips as we strive to open the world to creating everyone's best artwork.
Roger
SauteeLive LLC
Great tip, thanks.
Thank you so much, I love your quick tips. I had to laugh when you said - don't brush it to death.
:)
Thank you, really helpful
Glad to hear!
Thank you once again 💟
😊
Excellent video. Do you have any tips on painting nocturnes?
Not yet, Karen, but I plan to do a nocturne Quick Tip in the near future. Meanwhile, nocturnes depend upon interpreting the values, hues and chromas of what you observe. By studying what happens to these color characteristics in shadowed areas, you can get a head start. Beyond that, it's a matter of observing what any light in the scene is doing and how it is effecting the rest of the scene. The September, 2017 issue of Plein Air Magazine has an article on nocturnes that you might fine helpful.
Thank you very much. I will research that further, and I look forward to your video!
perfect!
Thanks.
Hi Diane, Could you please make a quick tip showing how to reuse an awful painting so not to waste the canvas.
Also how to save oil paint on the pallet for another day ..
Regards Barbara Rose 🌹
Barbara, this is not something I recommend doing. If a painting has been done longer than a year or less, there is a risk of cracking of new paint applied to it.
For saving oil on the palette, see Quick Tip 172
I am a beginner oil painting. My first painting I did came out muddy. I hated it. My husband and daughter loved the way it came out. How sweet they are.
Thanks for sharing!! Yep, a supportive family will like anything we've done.
love your intros!
:)
Thank you so much for making these very informative videos. I started painting two years ago with watercolors by watching videos. Then, started acrylics last year. I was always turned off to using oil paints due to the smell of turpentine and the long drying time. I recently discovered water mixable oil paints and heve been watching lots of videos.
I just discovered your videos and have watched 10 or so. Great information and I appreciate some of the scientific explanations. It will take me awhile to watch all of these Quick Tips. I was was wondering if you would address a couple questions?
Do you cover your palette? My paint seems to dry overnight, here in the Denver area.
How long do you wait before framing a painting?
I looked at your DVD list and didn't see one on basics, ie how to prep a canvas.
I have watched other tutorials that say you should tone a canvas with thinned oil paint or use a wash of acrylic paint. Some say use raw umber and thers say use a medium grey. Thank you in advance.
Terry, to answer your questions:
1. After a painting session, I spritz paint on the palette with a light spray of gamsol and cover it tightly with plastic wrap. That keeps the paint viable to begin the next day's session.
2. When the painting is dry to touch, I give it a coat of spray varnish. I frame only pieces that are going to a show or gallery and usually don't put a frame on a piece until a couple of days prior to its exhibition.
3. My video lessons are about the composing of paintings so I don't address the mechanics of preparing canvases, etc. That information is available in abundance elsewhere online.
4. Artists have all sorts of methods of preparing their canvases for beginning a painting. Each artist chooses the method that works best for their individual methods of thinking and working.
Thank you, Dianne. You are sweet to answer my questions. I imagine in all of your years of painting you have heard it all.
Stroke maker...that was very helpful. I over stroke so much that my paint gets blended and you cant even see the colors or hues much less the rythm. Thank you@
I always wonder why painting teachers don't teach teach this.
Thanks Maa'm
right, thanks.
You're welcome!
Can we apply multiple strokes with one tone or make always new tone for next stroke.simply i mean new tone for new stroke???
Of course you can. The idea here is to keep moving forward, to avoid stroking when it's not needed.
Dear Mam
If half a lemon how to paint the half area where the juice is squeezed which colour it should be.
Thanks
Rims1
Rims1, you probably have watched enough of my Tips now to know that I don't give formulas. My advice is always to observe, and paint what your eyes see in terms of color, value, shape, texture and edges.
I teach oil painting and I have a very difficult time getting students not to “cat lick.” Mud and I think the canvas sometimes sucks the paint in a little more.
Also I try to emphasize using a real brush stroke not dabbing, but still a tough time getting folks to break the habit. Any suggestions?
Yes. Give them exercises that require limiting strokes, such as the one I do in Quick Tip 84 - th-cam.com/video/6qlibQoDE_w/w-d-xo.html . In my experience, students need practices sessions where they are NOT creating paintings, but intentionally working towards skills and good habits.
I struggle with this when painting with acrylics, but not oils. Acrylics just don’t spread as easily or as far as thinned oil does. I always end up with a scumbled/dry brush stroke no matter how much I load my brush with paint. Do you have any advice?
One solution is to switch to Open acrylics which dry more slowly. The other is to get a fine mist sprayer and use it to keep them damp while you are working, both on your painting surface and on your palette.
Thak you lady!
When I'm painting it seems sometimes that the paint is coming off the canvas instead of going on the canvas what is my problem
Either your paint is too wet or your canvas is too dry. See Quick Tip 309.
Genius!
Wow, thanks!