Tutorial 2: Getting started Oil painting, a functional color wheel.
Beginners:
I suggest coping the tutorial exactly.
Note the names of each color, photos linked to products. I use these colors to produce the images you see.
If you have had experience painting:
You can use any blue, red, and yellow, keeping in mind your results will differ from mine. If your primary colors (red, yellow, blue) for your project are different use those. Your selection will create a color wheel that is usable for that particular project.
Materials:
Phthalo Blue
Cadmium Red Deep Hue
Cadmium Yellow
Palette knives (or craft sticks)
Rags, I use old socks and t-shirts
Oderless Mineral Spirits
Glass Jar with Sealed lid (Cheaper option)
OR
Paint Brush Cleaner (Saves brushes in the long run)
PRIMED (thick white gesso) painting surface.
Why Prime:
Oil paint will soak through an unprimed surface. It will become discolored with time and even eat through some canvas.
Brushes: Natural bristle hog hair brushes for oil paint are a great beginner choice.
Choose These Kinds of Brushes
The bristles will hold the heavy oil paint and the glue used can withstand the chemicals.
Stay away from These Brushes
Bristles will fall out and get into your paint.
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Palette:
Last thing we need is a place to put our paint.
Glass, old take out container with lids, fancy ones on line. Start with what you have around. Plastic and Glass work best. Palette paper is good for several on going projects with different color needs.
Let’s Get Painting!
Get your palette ready. I am using a clean take out container
The top will work the best for mixing and seeing the correct color.
Get your palette, canvas or paper, kife and brush ready.
Use a Dime size dallop of paint from each of your primary colors.
Starting with our lightest hue, using your brush take a small amout of paint from your palette.
On your canvas, use your brush to creat a center area for just yellow with both sides spreading out towards the next color on the wheel.
Wipe off brush between colors. Since we are going from lightest to darkest we can skip the rinse in oderless mineral spirits (OMS)
Repeat with Red, wiping brush, then blue.
Wipe off excess paint.
Bathe in OMS
Dry with a clean rag.
Starting at yellow, mix the still wet red into the yellow. We are seing how our colors mix on the canvas.
Grab some more yellow and work it form the main hue out to blue. You will see how little blue it takes to change the yellow.
Wipe off any excess paint.
Bathe in OMS
Dry with clean rag. There will be some staining but make sure you get all the color out by dipping and wiping a few times.
Repeat process with Red by blending toward blue.. You will see how little blue it takcs to chane the red. Finish by wiping off brush, rinsing in OMS, drying with a clean rag. Label each section with color as written on the tube. Note the strenth of each hue and how they interacted with each other. Notes will be helpful when we need to make a color for a project.
Wipe of excess.
Wipe off extra paint on a rag. Bathe in OMS.. Dry with a clean rag.
Dry for final time. Make sure most of the color is out even down by the handle… mine are very old and beat up.
Mixing on the palette is a bit different.
Start with yellow and add a small bit of red.
Mix with pallet knife. Wipe excess back on to palette and clean with rag.
Repeat with Yellow and a very small bit of blue.
Mix with knive, wipe excess back on palette and claan with rag.
Repeat with red.
Adding a small bit af blue.
Mixing on the pallete I came up wiht this… Once on the paper I could kind of see the purple. Noticing that it was the white of the paper that helped, I added titanium white.
Without the white
With the white it creats a really nice lavendar. Take note of such things on your color wheel. Great job! You have successfully made a useful colorwheel and learned the diference between mixing on paper and a palette. Thanks for Liking and Sharing!
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I would love to hear any feedback or see any color wheels that are made with this process.
Thank you all who have been so supportive by sharing and liking. It really helps me get funded.
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