While I am a solvent-free artist, it is not everyone's jam. Here are some tips for keeping your solvent odors and harmful vapors to a minimum in your painting space. Fresh air, ventilation, and circulation are key to keeping vapors minimized. Keep doors open or even better a window. Do not sleep in your studio. When not in use, make sure all of your solvent's lids are tightly closed. Do not use solvents to clean your hands of paint. Instead of keeping your solvents open duri

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Purchasing the wrong kind of oil paint can lead to frustration and confusion. Here I will be explaining the difference between Student...

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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.

Across the internet which oil painting colors are the most important colors for a beginner to purchase is an oddly hot topic of debate. Do you have a severely limited palette with just one option for red, blue, and yellow? Or do you just get it ALL THE COLORS! Maybe something in-between could be a good compromise, a semi-limited palette maybe? I personally fall into the semi-limited camp, but before I get to why that is, let's quickly define some palette options and their pro