![]() This is a thin liquid that has a strong or slight odor, it's a paint thinner as opposed to a medium. You will also need turpentine, or odorless turpentine substitute, sometimes called turpenoid, or white mineral spirits. If you want your painting to dry faster, choosing a medium like Winsor & Newton's "Liquin" will make the oil painting dry faster. Linseed oil is a traditional oil painter's medium. If your set doesn't have it, use the reddish brown. You could do without the Burnt Sienna but there's a reason for it besides mixing. If it's Winsor and Newton open stock, get Lemon Yellow, Permanent Rose and Ultramarine or French Ultramarine (they are chemically close.) If it's choosing primaries out of a set with more colors, use Alizarin Crimson or whichever the more purple cast red is, not the orange red. The smallest essential palette has red, blue, yellow, Burnt Sienna and a large tube of white. If you're purchasing a set, it probably has all the most essential colors. Tubes of oil paint in a basic palette.Try to choose a small board with the exact proportions of the stretched canvas but if it's not, get one larger so that you can mark up that shape on it. You can also use canvas paper or canvas that comes in pads, as long as they say they're suited for oil painting and are gessoed. ![]() It's a good thing to also purchase several small "canvas boards" for practice and preliminary studies. A stretched canvas the size of the painting you would like to do.What you will need at a minimum is: X Research source If you're just starting out, you can find many of these things by looking at gift sets that include all or most of them, sometimes in a nice wooden storage box or a table easel. Purchase good quality oil painting materials, the best you can afford. This article has been viewed 446,176 times. In this case, 100% of readers who voted found the article helpful, earning it our reader-approved status. WikiHow marks an article as reader-approved once it receives enough positive feedback. There are 7 references cited in this article, which can be found at the bottom of the page. She earned her Web Design Diploma from Boston Business College and studied Indian Art, Visual Art, and Modern Art at the University of Oxford, Department of Continuing Education. ![]() She has had over 70 exhibitions around the globe and her work has received numerous awards including Best Figurative Artist by The Richmond Art Museum, Indiana (USA), Best Solo Artist by Eric Smith at the New York Art Expo, and first place in Figurative Painting by Pamela Jean Tinnen from Artrepreneur. ![]() Antoine has over 25 years of experience, specializing in oil painting, graphite & charcoal drawing. Antoine de Villiers is an Artist and the Founder of Antoine Art Studio LLC based in Savannah, GA. This article was co-authored by Antoine de Villiers. ![]()
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