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Realistic Oil Painting: You Can Do It
Have you ever wished you could paint in oils so well that your bunch of grapes, or that city scape, or even that person in a portrait, looked so real that it fools some who view it into thinking it’s a photograph?
Or maybe you don’t want your oil painting to look exactly like a photo. Maybe you want it to look better than what a camera could produce!
Even if you have tried painting before, only to give up because the results looked amateurish, you can acquire new artistic abilities that will make family and friends gasp in astonishment when they view your pictures. Realistic oil painting is an ability you can learn.
In order to paint realistically in oils, you should learn the steps and skills used by many accomplished artists. These include:
- Getting together the right canvas, brushes, paints, mediums — and getting to know what each is for
- Correctly and efficiently transferring a drawing to your canvas
- Wielding a paintbrush the way professionals do
- Understanding the under-layer of your painting, and how to start it
- Finishing the under-layer (do this the right way and you can impress people even at this early stage)
- Mixing your paints (a skill to itself, but simple if you know the tricks)
- Making a “dead layer” or gray layer, and understanding why you want to include this step (clue: it has to do with shadows)
- Using the same time-tested brush strokes that the most accomplished artists use to put paint to canvas
- Adding the little “finishing” details that most amateurs overlook but that can truly make your paintings catch people’s eyes
So, there you have the steps and some of the particular skills that you should master in order to be good at painting in oils. Fortunately, there are many good art instruction courses, videos, etc. that will reveal to you these essentials, and more.
When choosing an art instruction package — or a live teacher, for that matter — you need to make sure that his or her style is one that you personally are drawn to. Although each artist develops a distinct approach to painting, some of your teacher’s style will inevitably rub off on you.
For example, you could learn to paint like this outstanding artist and world-renowned art instructor. You’ll note that on his web site he provides many examples of his pieces. The realism of his paintings makes them really jump out at you, don’t they?
Painting realistic works in oils does not need to remain only a dream. With the right guide and proper instruction, along with plenty of practice, of course, you can be turning out astounding paintings in just a few short months. To become a pro at this yourself, you just need to start working on it.
Pitcher: Still Life Oil Painting Movie
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