Basic Oil Painting Materials For Beginners and Purchasing Tips

By Michael Orlando

Deciding to practice the art of oil painting was a great one, but now you’re faced with what you need to buy in order to get started. Oil painting materials can be very expensive and a vast majority of materials to choose from. This materials list will carry you long into your early years of painting and is budget conscious.

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Oil Painting For Beginners – What you need to start Oil Painting

Here is a great little video from artist Andrew Whyte for all you beginner oil painters out there.  In this video Andrew talks about the various tools and supplies that he uses and recommends for beginners.  A big thanks to Andrew for making this video available.  To learn more about Andrew and to see his artwork, click here to visit his website.

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How to Get the Most Out of your Oil Painting

Learning how to become a good oil painter is a difficult undertaking. In fact, it is more than likely one of the most difficult painting mediums to master. Things like color mixing & theory, perspective, techniques and materials can really intimidate a beginner artist.

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“Secret Cove” – Step By Step Oil Painting Lesson By Mike Callahan

About Mike

Mike CallahanNationally recognized, award winning artist Mike Callahan is a fourth generation Nevada native who counts himself privileged to grow up in what he believes to be one of the most beautiful places on earth, the eastern Sierra Nevada mountains near Reno, Nevada where he still lives today. While he has been painting since childhood, he has only been painting in earnest for about the last 5 or 6 years.

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Anatomy of a Commission – Oil Painting Demonstration By Donald Neff

Artist Statement

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Oil Painting Technique – Painting Drips and Drops – Part #2

How to paint water drops on a horizontal surface in four easy steps. By Karin Wells

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Oil Painting For Beginners – Painting Drips and Drops By Karin Wells

I have a wonderful oil painting tutorial to share with you today by artist Karin Wells. Hopefully you remember Karin. I conducted an interview with her not long ago. If you did not have a chance to read that interview, I recommend you take some time to read it by clicking here and become better acquainted with Karin. She is a very talented artist and I am delighted to be featuring her work here again.

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Cedar Crossing – A Step-by-step Oil Painting Demonstration By Aaron Holland

About Aaron

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Step By Step Oil Painting Tutorial By Dan Schultz

About Dan

Dan Schultz was born in New Mexico in 1975 and soon began to take an interest in art. He enjoyed art classes through his primary and high school years, and studied commercial art at Pensacola Christian College in Florida. He received his degree with a focus on illustration and graphic design, but he never felt driven to pursue either as a career. After college, he continued to sharpen his drawing and painting skills by attending Cottonwood Artists’ School in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and it was there that he realized for the first time his desire for a career in fine art.

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Oil Painting Lesson – Introduction To Oil Painting Fundamentals

To accurately convey your feelings about the subject you are painting, you should learn and understand the fundamentals of oil painting like drawing, color theory, value and composition. I hope to give you a better understanding of these oil painting fundamentals in this article. This is meant to be an introduction. You should study these topics further on your own when you have time. Read more