Oil paints come with three levels of transparency: opaque, semi-transparent, and transparent. All three have their uses and can aid an artist in their art making. You can read more about how here . Before I get too far into why some oil pigments lend themselves to opaque paints while others are transparent, I must first take you back to last Christmas. Sometime last year I informed my husband I that I wanted the book The Artist's Palette, by Alexandra Loske. True or false, d

Walking into an art store and staring at the rows upon rows of oil colors can be either very exciting (if you are like me and want all of them), or very overwhelming (if you are also like me and you just want a green that will do what you want it to do but you don't know which one is the right one).  Here I will go over how to mix the perfect color every time, how to purchase the correct color every time, and how to purchase a new secondary or tertiary color mix. How to Mix t

Oil paint labels can be a bit confusing. Not only because they have so much information, but also because that information is filled with...

There are three main characteristics to each color of oil paint that we need to understand in order to use that paint correctly and to...

Here I am going to cover which colors I would encourage a beginner to purchase and why. Below you will see two colors for each primary, a white, a black, and some browns.