Oil painting for beginners

Learn about common mistakes beginner oil painters make, to help you save materials and improve more quickly.

Find five established methods to start an oil painting, that will help you compose your masterpiece with confidence.

In this video I share some recent oil paintings I made with you. The portrait painting I did I ended up not liking and I just scrapped it. It's okay though b...

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In this guide, find eleven easy oil painting ideas, with step-by-step tutorials on how to try them for yourself.

Want to start oil painting but don't know how? Here is a step-by-step plan that gets you learning to paint in a fun and fast way.

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Oil painting is an information-heavy enough subject, but trying to learn about all of the different medium types and their usage and drying times can feel hopeless. It's hard to know which ones to try, and how they react with eachother; and worse still, how fast each dries so you can use the fat ove