Oil painting for beginners

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

Uncover the essential steps to start oil painting. From canvas prep to understanding color basics, this guide will set you on the right path!

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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.

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

Painting is a form of art that can be intimidating to match up to the masters or famous artists. And most of us aren’t that lucky to have a skilled artisan to step up and go through the painting lessons. But, luckily, here are some quick painting tutorials for episodic painters to help you out and teach you some painting lessons.