OIL PAINTING TECHNIQUES

INTRODUCTION

Oil painting appeared  first in the fifteenth century, and done by Northern
Europe painter. Since than, artists have developed and expanded on  techniques
of oil paintings.
Like all other paints, oil paint are made up of three ingredients, such as binder,
pigment and solvent. First ingredient is pigment which gives  colour and is in the
powder form. Second ingredient is binder is linseed oil in oil paint. Third
ingredient is the solvent which could be a variety of things, but mostly used is
turpentine oil or mineral spirits. The properties of the ingredients affect the
painting very much as variation of these three ingredients will help you create
different textures.Creating the texture of your choice will be simplified if you
know the ingredients. It means you will know for a particular texture you want,
which ingredient to add more and which to use in minimal amount.

SURFACES

Surfaces on which we do oil paintings highly varies. An artist have different
choices to paint or on which surface to work.Some of the surfaces are wood,
paper and canvas which is mostly used. The surface chosen doesn’t matter but
it is always good to prepare the surface with  coat of acrylic primer-like gesso.
Coating surface with gesso creates an acceptable surface for painting with oil
paint. There are also paper and canvas which is pre-primed with gesso, you can
buy them also. Surface texture affects the final look of painting an artist want to
achieve. Masonite wood produces a very smooth and complex details in a final
look of the oil painting. It creates easy build-up of the material creating 3-D
effect also called impasto effects, we will go through different textures also later.
On canvas more paint is required to create build-up details. Surfaces selected by
artists should reflect the subject matter and style chosen to paint.

BRUSHES

There is a huge variety of brushes used for oil painting, stiff hog bristle brushes
are the most commonly used ones. Because oil paint is thick in nature and the
bristle brush can hold it's form and stiffness. Brushes are of different variety of
sizes and shapes . bright brushes have shorter fibers while Flat brushes have
longer fibers that are squared at end. Filbert brushes are flat and also rounded
at the tip.  Round brushes have pointed tip. Fan brushes have an appearance
just like there name, they are flat and "fan" out at the tip. Palette knives are also
widely used for oil painting to apply and mix paint.

TECHNIQUES

As the oil paint uses an oil binder, so it takes a while to dry off completely. This
can be both an advantage or  disadvantage. It’s advantage is when an artist want
some time to work on his/her art piece or got some work and have to postpone
the painting work. It can be done easily as, oil paint gives time to dry.
But the disadvantage is when new layer of paint artist want to apply, right after
the paint in completely new color.

Impasto

Impasto is a painting technique in which we create a three-dimensional texture by building up thick layers of oil paint. This can be accomplished quickly with oil paint when we use a palette knife.

Underpainting

An underpainting is monochromatic painting in which we keep on adding subsequent layers of paint until we get the effect.  These subsequent layers of the paint creates complex colors and values.

Scumbling

In this technique we put an opaque layer of color over a previous dried layer of color. Then use solvent, a brush, or knife to remove the top layer of paint revealing the color underneath.

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OIL PAINTING

INTRODUCTION

Oil painting in very simple way is painting with oil colours.It is the fusion of colour or tones which seems to be very appealing and makes it unique fluid medium paintings.

Also at that same point it gives the effect of crisp and satisfactory linear treatment. Different range of unsurpassed texture variation and range all are in oil painting, for example - transparent, Opaque, and translucent painting.

INTRODUCTION

What makes so appealing about the oil painting is richness and brightness of its color. It is still very popular because of its flexibility with the adaptability of the artist’s requirement(which means oil painting delivers as the artist’s desire for his painting to be). Renaissance oil painting artists have a style of using oil paints in layers, working fat over lean (means they add more oil to the pigment as to prevent the cracking of the painting).It is done by adding successive layer to final surface allowing proper drying or curing so the of the painting. And the layers goes dark to light(highlighting of the painting is done at the very last).

This style of oil painting is usually called indirect painting. An artist enhances the painting surface from layers of underpainting to finishing glazes.

Oil takes a long time to dry, which gives you the opportunity to create paintings with delicate blending, textural effects and fine details.So while doing layers we have to wait for the layer to dry or partial dry, according to our need. So these paintings take time depending upon the way or style you want.   

HISTORY

Oil painting earliest usage of its discovery goes far back in the fifth century where Indian and Chinese artists created thousands and hundreds of paintings in the nexus of caves but  oil painting did not achieve usage and widespread importance until, 15th century in the Northern Europe. Gradually oil painting spread through the Europe, also replacing painting which was the most prominent medium of early’s style known as tempera painting, becomes the painting practice associated with the art of the High Renaissance.

Oil paints are made from a binder and pigments, linseed oil which is extracted from flaxseeds. Oil and pigment were used in the early 12th century, but egg tempera was very popular at that period. In the 15th century, Dutch painters adopted oil colours as their primary medium, which was far more adaptable than egg tempera.

Oil painting first appeared in the fifteenth century, and used by Northern Europe painter. Since that time, artists have developed and expanded on techniques of oil paintings.

So there are way many different techniques, medium, surfaces and brushes. In oil painting a person is free to paint in the way he loves or want, so this art is very versatile. Even if you want to discover your own way you are free because oil paintings never lose there grace if texture is changed, it always have an appealing effect on the person watching the painting.

So if you want to know about textures, techniques, medium, surfaces and brushes, click on oil painting techniques

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ABSTRACT ART

INTRODUCTION

In the 21st century their is wide range of available painting art styles. Some of the
famous paintings are flower paintings, landscape paintings, modern art paintings
and never ending list of paintings. The list outlines seven major art styles, from the
most realistic paintings to abstract paintings. Learning about different styles,
seeing what painters have created, and trying different approaches will help you
find your own painting style. After knowing the different style of paintings you can
be sure which painting style will be your own choice to buy for decoration or to gift
someone. You will find very best paintings on canvas, one is oil painting and acrylic
paintings which will be in the style of abstract art.

Abstract art

DIFFERENT STYLE OF PAINTINGS

Realism paintings

Realism paintings is the painting art style regard as "real art," where the painting
appears to be very real but not abstracted or stylized. Only when painting is examined
closely reveals the brushstrokes of many colors of same shade.Classic example of
realism paintings is "Mona Lisa" by  Leonardo da Vinci.

Realism painting, Mono Lisa

Impression paintings

Impression paintings comes in the 1880s in Europe. This painting captures the light  
with gesture and illusion but not like realism. You don't need to get too close to the
subject you are painting as the bold strokes of colors will be visible. Yet the paintings
have realistic appearance but with unique style about them.

Impression painting, landscape painting

Expression paintings

Expression paintings are characterized by the use of unrealistic and bold colors chosen
by the artist not to describe life, but relate it with his feelings or how it appears to him.
The styles is to create structure that depicts life in an exotic nature.Abstract art have a
part of expression painting.

Expression painting (oil painting)

Abstraction paintings

Abstraction painting is less realistic but more about the essence of art as the artist
explicate it.A painter reduces the artwork to its dominant colors, shapes, or patterns.
These don’t seem to be real but a person can connect to the painting, what it is about.

Abstraction painting (oil painting)

Cubism paintings

Famous artist Paul Cezanne said that, “Everything in nature takes its form from the
sphere, the cone, and the cylinder.”, this evolves the basis of Cubism. In this abstract
art, geometrical shape plays an important role. The final abstract art will be a combina-
-tion of actual form of the object and geometrical shape.Now, Cubism is another style
of abstract paintings.

Cubism painting

Abstract art
Pure abstract paintings, like the opposite of realism and complete hold of the subjective.The subject of the abstract painting is the materials employed to create it, the colour used, and the textures in the artwork. Abstract paintings have a dynamic, kinetic quality that holds the interest of the viewer.Or it can be very simplified subject to colours themselves,"Orange, Red, and Yellow" just three paints in which you can lose yourself.The glorious fact is that abstract paintings can mean anything you want it to be in your personal artwork, gives boundless thoughts to create.I prefer to keep my pieces as broad and non-objective as possible to allow the viewer to bring in their own interpretations drawn from their own experiences.The influential use of abstract paintings has allowed me to better communicate with my emotions and ideas about life, nature and our respective place within it.

Abstract art

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