Oil Painting Tutorial For Beginners – Paint What You See!
Here is a wonderful 5 part oil painting video tutorial by Artist William Gelvin that teaches how to paint what you see. This is a long video series, but well worth it. You will need about an hour of free time to watch this series.
There are times when a beginner will paint what he thinks he knows about a particular subject and not what is right before his eyes.
Now, this is not to say that you should always paint what you see exactly. Sometimes it is more important to paint what you know, especially if your eyes are not trained to see color and value correctly, as in a portrait for instance.
In this oil painting lesson for beginners, William uses a subject that he has never painted before: a shiny gold watch.
Shiny metal objects are probably one of the most difficult things for beginners to paint. That is because a beginner is not observing the watch correctly. William teaches you how to observe the watch differently, to break it down into a bunch of small shapes, which makes painting it much easier. Learn more by watching the videos below. Enjoy!
Oil Painting Video Lesson – Alla Prima Oil Painting Technique
Alla Prima Oil Painting Technique – A Video Tutorial by Larry Seiler
Here is a wonderful oil painting video lesson for beginners by artist Larry Seiler that demonstrates the All Prima Oil Painting Technique.
Alla Prima is an Italian word that literally means “At Once”. Its a painting that is completed in one session. This is a direct painting method that produces a fresh and spontaneous look to your work. I love this style of painting because it allows me to get loose and just let go and have fun, which is exactly what Larry does in the following video tutorial.
He begins his Alla Prima painting session by mixing his colors ahead of time on his palette. He says this eliminates a lot of his decisions in advance and allows him to establish a color harmony that will work for his painting. Another advantage of pre-mixing his colors is that his focus is on the subject that he is painting and not on color mixing.
After his colors are prepared, he then creates a basic sketch using some vine charcoal.
Oil Painting Demonstration – Florida Landscape
Below is an excellent step by step oil painting video lesson by the very talented Debra Bryant. I found the following oil painting demonstration on the video sharing site Ustream.tv. This is a very long demo with over 3 hours of footage. So grab your favorite beverage or snack, sit back relax and be prepared to learn something new.
In this oil painting lesson, Debra shares her 
oil painting techniques for creating a beautiful landscape painting from a photo. She begins her painting by first toning her canvas with purple so that this color will show through the final painting in spots.
She demonstrates her techniques for creating a convincing sky and clouds. One key technique that she points out in the video for doing this is to make the sky more green near the horizon. To make realistic looking clouds, she mixes reds and yellows into white. Also, when clouds near the horizon, they become narrower and more gray. These are just some of the awesome techniques you will learn in this video. Enjoy!
Follow this link to visit Debra’s Ustream Profile for more awesome Painting Demonstrations.
Creative Catalyst – Art Instruction Videos
Creative Catalyst Productions produces the highest quality art instruction videos that you will find anywhere in the world.
They produce DVD’s on a variety of different mediums including oil painting, acrylic painting, watercolor, collage and more..
These videos are extremely popular and well worth the small investment.
I highly recommend these videos to any beginner just starting out or to any experienced artist looking to sharpen their skills or learn different and exciting techniques.
Oil Painting Techniques For Beginners – Learn to Paint with Oils
Oil paint is one of the most versatile painting mediums in existence today. There are a variety of different ways to manipulate oil paints . Oil paint can be applied in thin transparent glazes or in thin washes to mimic the properties of watercolor paint. The paint can be also be mixed to a thick buttery consistency and applied using a painting knife. It can be applied very slowly in numerous layers, or a painting can be completed in one sitting. It appears there is really no end to the enjoyable ways you can create art with this fantastic medium. So without further ado , lets being our talk on oil painting techniques.
Dry brush
The dry brush technique is when you apply a stiff dry paint with a dry brush onto a dry surface. This technique works particularly well with a rough surface. The raised parts of your surface pick up the paint, while the dips or valleys in your support do not. This creates a broken color effect where the color of your canvas shows through.
Ng Woon Lam – Floral Oil Painting Video Demonstration
Singapore Artist Ng Woon Lam shares his techniques for painting a still life of a vase with flowers in this oil painting tutorial. Thank you Ng Woon Lam for sharing this video! The art community appreciates your contribution!
Ng Woon Lam is a signature member of the National & American Watercolor Society. He is also the winner of the 20090AWS Bronze Meda. You can learn more about NG and see more of his wonderful videos on this page.
Singapore Artist Ng Woon Lam Floral Oil Painting
Oil Painting outdoor – Voice of Spring vol.1
This is a wonderful series of videos created by artist Artist Kwong Ko Wah, Called “Voice of Spring”. The first is an 
oil painting demonstration, the second is an 
acrylic painting demonstration and the last is a slide show of his spring themed paintings. Definitely enjoyable, educational and relaxing! The beautiful music on the video is by Pion Leung.
If you would like to see more of Kwong’s videos, be sure to visit his YouTube Channel. Enjoy!
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