advice on oil painting

[godfather]

I usually paint using the wet on wet technique. I am finding that when I lay down my shadow colour and go to smooth/ blend it I remove most of it, leaving a very faint shadow. Am I not allowing enough time for it to partially dry? Related question any techniques for using oil to shade/highlight acrylic painted figures. I am finding that the oil does not blend very easily (obviously should I be mixing it with some linseed etc to help the flow?

 

[Kisifer]

Hello there Bruno,
I also use the wet on wet technique. What i usually do is to apply my middle tone and then i'm trying to wipe it as much as i can, leaving a very thin layer of oil. I then put the shadows and start blending. I don't know the way you do the blending but i actually softly tapping the brush where shadow and middle color meets. That gives me a nice transmission between shadow and middle color. The same think i do with my lights. I also apply extreme shadows and highlights when the oil is almost dry, to give a better 3d look.
I hope that this may help.

 

[KeithP]

You may want to look at three basic oil painting threads in El Passo Honroso from Augie R.

http://forums.delphiforums.com/eph2/start

Also, a while back there was a pretty good article on Armorama from Craig Whiticker (with mpegs!) .

Keith

 

[Mongo Mel]

Hi Bruno,
Here's a link to the article Keith mentioned...
Article
Thanks for the plug Keith :lol:
I hope it helps you Bruno. If there are any questions you have about it, just let me know. I'd be happy to try and help.
Cheers,
Craig

 

[KeithP]

You are welcome, Craig. All your articles and dry box have been a big help to me.
I especially found the brief videos helpful. There really is no substitute for seeing things done, IMO.

Bruno- There was also a very helpful article on oil face painting from Gino Poppe and another overall guide from the BMS. I don't have those links anymore, though. I'll see if I kept a hard copy...

Keith

 

[Larry R]

Yeah and Craig's Dry Box works great too!!

 

[godfather]

Thanks for all the help! I actually had downloaded Craig’s article a while ago. I was wondering where are the mpegs of the techniques.

 

[Mongo Mel]

Bruno,
The mpeg's are found on page 3 under the section titled "Stippling". At least, that's where they are if you're looking at the article while on ArmormA. If you've downloaded the article I don't know if they would still show up or not. But I doubt it. And I don't think they can be saved to your machine.
Craig

 

[megroot]

Craig,

your article lays always next to me when i am painting. They are a tremendous help for the oilpainting.
The drybox you have explained is also a real help, not to forget the transport box.
Thankx Craig, your a great help for the figure community.

Marc