Congratulations on reaching this amazing 500th Quick Tip Milestone! We all so appreciate you, your skill, your very helpful techniques and your incredible generosity of spirit. Thank you!
Dianne, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!! I think I found you on TH-cam when you were somewhere between quick tips 150 and 200 and I was hooked from the first one I watched.... Now Wednesdays are "Dianne Days".... And as for 500 more, bring 'em on!!! I'm Canadian so I don't know how it would work down there but I think some U.S. Ministry of Art, or Fine Arts Dept (federal or state or both!) should give you a medal for service to art instruction..... Congratulations for having created such a great body of work! I could keep blubbering but I won't so just to quickly say, like a broken record, "Many Thanks!" :)
I just can’t believe you don’t have a million viewers! You are an excellent teacher. Thanks for. I do acrylic because of prices of oils but also the smell.
Thank YOU both for the amazing 500 Quick Tips! Your teachings have guided so many aspiring artists.... beginner and beyond.... to achieve the next level in their art!
You have taught me so much and I really am greatful ! I love to paint but didn’t know it until I was forty something and I had very little knowledge but my love for it made me hungry for it. I love the quick tips bc I have learned soooo much ! Thank you and congratulations
Thank you for this. This is great. Although I've watched most of your quick tips over the years, some parts of this video gave me needed reminders, and couple things were new to me...I did want to mention that long ago after watching your tip on using the poppy oil and solvent mix to spray on the paint piles for keeping, I tried it. I could not for the life of me get one of those little spray bottles to work. LOL I ended up using just plain poppy oil in a little bottle with an eye dropper. I add a couple drops to each pile and cover the palette with plastic wrap. It works great! The only drawback is that if I have to forego painting for more than a couple of days, it's all pretty much dried by the time I get back to it. My homemade tempered glass palettes help for removal, but it still takes some elbow grease....Apologies for this long post!!! And thank you so much for all your great teaching!♥
Congratulations!!! And thank you for teaching us so much. I love learning from you for many reasons but one is, you make everything fun, interesting and non threatening. Your kindness is abundant. I couldn't comment sooner, have had computer issues. 💖💖
500 quick tips - congratulations. I am working my way through all of them. I feel it is better than doing a degree. I am also down loading some of your lessons. On a personal note, I enjoy welcoming you into my home (albeit on a computer screen). Thank you 500 times. Best wishes from the UK.
I love your quick tips! They are full of information in a short clip. Dianne, do you have any quick tips on painting portraits? How to get the likeness of the person?
Congratulations on 500!🎉 Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Your quick tips continue to teach me so much. ❤ love from northern Ontario, Canada.
I had to add this. :-D I was just thinking about how great a book with all your quick tips in it would be. And then someone suggested it. LOL! But I cannot imagine how huge it would be if you included everything. It would be like the size of a small car. Besides which, I just like seeing and hearing you. Sorry for the double commenting, but I had to add this. 🤣
Thank you again, Dianne. Another informative lesson for us all to enjoy and learn from. You are so generous with your time. One quick question… regarding storing oils. I don’t use oils all the time and seem to hop between mediums. That means I have many tubes of paint that I have accumulated. Some are now hardening and difficult to squeeze or, heaven forbid have started leaking a sticky residue. Any solutions? (Some of the high series ones are expensive to replace.)
The best practice is to keep the oxygen shut away for the oil in the tube. Squeezing the tubes from the bottom helps, and some artists even roll the bottoms towards the tip. There are tube squeezers that are highly effective for that. Another practice is to keep the tip of the paint and its cap clean and make sure the caps are placed tightly onto the tube. Here is a link to a tube squeezer: www.jerrysartarama.com/save-it-paint-tube-extruder-silver?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw99e4BhDiARIsAISE7P9tvSewtJBf3sPY5ySzU67P9XLrO4qmynnqBCVX3QV41p4YF5nfbZYaAquQEALw_wcB
Me encanta su contenido profe! La he visto por un buen tiempo y este formato me encantó. Le deseo una larga y saludable vida para que pueda seguir entregando tanto saber. Un saludo desde Colombia
A wonderful collection of tips in quick tip 500! Thank you. I have a question regarding using certain oils as mediums or softening paint that has become a bit “dry”, you spoke of using linseed oil to do that as poppy seed is slow drying. I’ve noticed some oil paints like Michael Harding have safflower oil as their base as it apparently doesn’t “yellow” a painting years later, does safflower oil not slow oils? And what about walnut oil? Many thanks as always for your amazing quick tips. Oh and it was lovely seeing Rodger too 😘
Walnut oil is slower drying than linseed, but faster than poppy oil. Historically, especially in Italy and the Netherlands, it has been a popular medium with oils.
Your quick tips are so great....you answer questions that all of us have. Now I have a question. Can you explain Matt medium, Matt gel, glazing medium, gloss gel medium, regular gloss gel, etc the way to use these various medium? I have these and more in my stash and truthfully use very few. Thanks so much for all your tips Gloria
Thanks, Gloria. The terms "matte and gloss" refer to the surface quality -- the degree of shininess -- made by the medium. Matte has no shininess, high gloss has a strong degree of shininess. Other terms (such as satin) are used for degrees of shininess between those two.
Hi thank you both for another great video! I love to improve my portrait painting skills, I recently saw Daniel Gerhartz's portraits and I quite like his style. Do you think he is a good artist to learn portraits from? Just wanted some of your opinions. I use acrylics, but I think the principles and techniques should be the same? Thank you 😊
Daniel Gerhartz is an excellent portrait painter. You can't go wrong learning from him. He is doing a free webinar tomorrow (October 22). You can register at www.DanielGerhartzTeaches.com/Webinar . And you are right. Principles and techniques in oils are the same as acrylics except for the drying time which you can compensate for in acrylics.
That will make a good quick tip. Choose a canvas that is the same proportion as your drawing. Then make a grid that divides the canvas and the drawing into three parts vertically and horizontally. Then on the canvas, match the shapes you see within each block of the grid. If you don't want to mar your drawing with the grid, place a good quality tracing paper over it for creating the grid.
Recently I tried using water brush pen filled with linseed oil for urban sketching... outside along with a dipper cup of natural solvent ...and airtight paint box of oil paints...it was good however the brushes were too soft for oil paints. Any comments?
Brushes and pen brushes are made to accommodate specific mediums. Because of the consistency of oil paint, watercolor tools don't really respond to them well.
Congratulations on reaching this amazing 500th Quick Tip Milestone! We all so appreciate you, your skill, your very helpful techniques and your incredible generosity of spirit. Thank you!
Thanks so much.
Dianne, thank you, thank you, THANK YOU!!!! I think I found you on TH-cam when you were somewhere between quick tips 150 and 200 and I was hooked from the first one I watched.... Now Wednesdays are "Dianne Days".... And as for 500 more, bring 'em on!!!
I'm Canadian so I don't know how it would work down there but I think some U.S. Ministry of Art, or Fine Arts Dept (federal or state or both!) should give you a medal for service to art instruction..... Congratulations for having created such a great body of work! I could keep blubbering but I won't so just to quickly say, like a broken record, "Many Thanks!" :)
Wow, Steven! Thank you so much!
Congrats on 500 quicktips Dianne and Roger. Thank you for everything you do.
Our pleasure.
Dianne, I’m in college studying neuroscience but minoring in art, and your quick tips have helped me tremendously! We all appreciate you
I am delighted!.
I just can’t believe you don’t have a million viewers! You are an excellent teacher. Thanks for. I do acrylic because of prices of oils but also the smell.
Thank you so much! Have you tried water-based oils?
No but I bought some just have not been brave enough. So now I think I will😁
Thank you Dianne and Roger for giving us 500 fabulous learning opportunities. Looking forward to 500 more!
Our pleasure!
Congratulations! Love learning from your Tips !
Thanks!
Thank you to you both for those 500 quick tips, looking forward for the next 500 ;)
And here we go!
Thank you! Your work is very appreciated!
Thanks for watching.
Thank YOU both for the amazing 500 Quick Tips! Your teachings have guided so many aspiring artists.... beginner and beyond.... to achieve the next level in their art!
Thanks, Debbie. It is a delight for me to share these.
You have taught me so much and I really am greatful ! I love to paint but didn’t know it until I was forty something and I had very little knowledge but my love for it made me hungry for it. I love the quick tips bc I have learned soooo much ! Thank you and congratulations
You are so welcome! Keep enjoying the journey.
Thank you for this. This is great. Although I've watched most of your quick tips over the years, some parts of this video gave me needed reminders, and couple things were new to me...I did want to mention that long ago after watching your tip on using the poppy oil and solvent mix to spray on the paint piles for keeping, I tried it. I could not for the life of me get one of those little spray bottles to work. LOL I ended up using just plain poppy oil in a little bottle with an eye dropper. I add a couple drops to each pile and cover the palette with plastic wrap. It works great! The only drawback is that if I have to forego painting for more than a couple of days, it's all pretty much dried by the time I get back to it. My homemade tempered glass palettes help for removal, but it still takes some elbow grease....Apologies for this long post!!! And thank you so much for all your great teaching!♥
Suzanne, have you tried a window scraper--one of those little gizmos with a razor blade--for scraping dried paint off your glass palette?
Yes! They work great. The only drawback I've found is that if I press down too enthusiastically I'll leave a scratch on the glass.
Congratulations!!! And thank you for teaching us so much. I love learning from you for many reasons but one is, you make everything fun, interesting and non threatening. Your kindness is abundant. I couldn't comment sooner, have had computer issues. 💖💖
Thanks so much, Eve!
Very very thankful and glag about your wonderful work for us!❤🎉
My pleasure 😊
All of your teaching is just great. You explain everything so clearly even beginners can understand the lesson.
Thanks!
Appreciate how generously you share your knowledge!
My pleasure!
500 quick tips - congratulations. I am working my way through all of them. I feel it is better than doing a degree. I am also down loading some of your lessons. On a personal note, I enjoy welcoming you into my home (albeit on a computer screen). Thank you 500 times. Best wishes from the UK.
We are delighted to be in your home, Mary. Enjoy the journey.
Congratulations / Llongyfarchiadau. Glad to see that you are looking so well.
Thanks, Kevin!
Appreciate your Quick Tips! Thank you so much 🎉congratulations on your 500th Quick Tip on TH-cam ❤
Thanks so much.
I love your quick tips! They are full of information in a short clip.
Dianne, do you have any quick tips on painting portraits? How to get the likeness of the person?
I don't have tips specific to portrait painting. Check out Daniel Gerhartz at www.youtube.com/@danielgerhartzstudio
@IntheStudioArtInstruction thank you!
Congratulations on 500!🎉 Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us. Your quick tips continue to teach me so much. ❤ love from northern Ontario, Canada.
Thanks Christine. We enjoy sharing these.
Thank you, I've learned so much from your quick tips. You are truly an outstanding teacher!!
Thanks so much, Debra.
Thank you 🙏 God bless you both
My pleasure.
I had to add this. :-D I was just thinking about how great a book with all your quick tips in it would be. And then someone suggested it. LOL! But I cannot imagine how huge it would be if you included everything. It would be like the size of a small car. Besides which, I just like seeing and hearing you. Sorry for the double commenting, but I had to add this. 🤣
Comment as often as you like, Susanne.
Thank you again, Dianne. Another informative lesson for us all to enjoy and learn from. You are so generous with your time.
One quick question… regarding storing oils. I don’t use oils all the time and seem to hop between mediums. That means I have many tubes of paint that I have accumulated. Some are now hardening and difficult to squeeze or, heaven forbid have started leaking a sticky residue. Any solutions? (Some of the high series ones are expensive to replace.)
The best practice is to keep the oxygen shut away for the oil in the tube. Squeezing the tubes from the bottom helps, and some artists even roll the bottoms towards the tip. There are tube squeezers that are highly effective for that. Another practice is to keep the tip of the paint and its cap clean and make sure the caps are placed tightly onto the tube. Here is a link to a tube squeezer: www.jerrysartarama.com/save-it-paint-tube-extruder-silver?gad_source=1&gclid=Cj0KCQjw99e4BhDiARIsAISE7P9tvSewtJBf3sPY5ySzU67P9XLrO4qmynnqBCVX3QV41p4YF5nfbZYaAquQEALw_wcB
Love your quicktips,have learned me so much thank you❤
We are delighted!
Should all oil paintings be varnished? What brand varnish do you recommend? Thank you so much for everything you and Roger do!
Varnish protects the painting from dirt, so yes, oil painting should be varnished. My brand preference is Gamblin.
Me encanta su contenido profe! La he visto por un buen tiempo y este formato me encantó. Le deseo una larga y saludable vida para que pueda seguir entregando tanto saber. Un saludo desde Colombia
Muchas gracias. ¡Continúa disfrutando del viaje!
A wonderful collection of tips in quick tip 500! Thank you. I have a question regarding using certain oils as mediums or softening paint that has become a bit “dry”, you spoke of using linseed oil to do that as poppy seed is slow drying. I’ve noticed some oil paints like Michael Harding have safflower oil as their base as it apparently doesn’t “yellow” a painting years later, does safflower oil not slow oils? And what about walnut oil? Many thanks as always for your amazing quick tips. Oh and it was lovely seeing Rodger too 😘
Walnut oil is slower drying than linseed, but faster than poppy oil. Historically, especially in Italy and the Netherlands, it has been a popular medium with oils.
Thank you very useful...
Our pleasure.
Your quick tips are so great....you answer questions that all of us have. Now I have a question. Can you explain Matt medium, Matt gel, glazing medium, gloss gel medium, regular gloss gel, etc the way to use these various medium? I have these and more in my stash and truthfully use very few. Thanks so much for all your tips
Gloria
Thanks, Gloria. The terms "matte and gloss" refer to the surface quality -- the degree of shininess -- made by the medium. Matte has no shininess, high gloss has a strong degree of shininess. Other terms (such as satin) are used for degrees of shininess between those two.
Hi thank you both for another great video! I love to improve my portrait painting skills, I recently saw Daniel Gerhartz's portraits and I quite like his style. Do you think he is a good artist to learn portraits from? Just wanted some of your opinions. I use acrylics, but I think the principles and techniques should be the same? Thank you 😊
Daniel Gerhartz is an excellent portrait painter. You can't go wrong learning from him. He is doing a free webinar tomorrow (October 22). You can register at www.DanielGerhartzTeaches.com/Webinar . And you are right. Principles and techniques in oils are the same as acrylics except for the drying time which you can compensate for in acrylics.
What's the best way to transfer a drawing to the canvas
That will make a good quick tip. Choose a canvas that is the same proportion as your drawing. Then make a grid that divides the canvas and the drawing into three parts vertically and horizontally. Then on the canvas, match the shapes you see within each block of the grid.
If you don't want to mar your drawing with the grid, place a good quality tracing paper over it for creating the grid.
Dianne I have some very old oil paints and they smell pretty strong are they bad and should I throw them away. Thank you!
Probably so, Debbie. If the oil in the paint has turned rancid, I wouldn't trust it.
Recently I tried using water brush pen filled with linseed oil for urban sketching... outside along with a dipper cup of natural solvent ...and airtight paint box of oil paints...it was good however the brushes were too soft for oil paints. Any comments?
Brushes and pen brushes are made to accommodate specific mediums. Because of the consistency of oil paint, watercolor tools don't really respond to them well.
Can urban sketching be done with oil paints? If so how? Not Plein air Painting
Urban sketching can be done with any painting or drawing medium.