How to paint a good oil painting

Painting a good oil painting requires finesse in every step and a lot of practice to produce a qualitative change.

Oil painting is the medium of oil color pigment to create works. The reason why it has become a worldwide painting. First of all, it has a strong expressive power. For example, it can be covered countless times and can be painted over and over again. Secondly, it has bright, saturated colors that are not easily changed. Third, it can be modified repeatedly and has a strong plasticity. Especially it is not like watercolor, gouache as fast drying, once the painting is bad is not easy to modify.

To have a color mixing plate, it is used by the painter for color mixing tools, usually used to adjust the various colors is to use it to reconcile. Palette knife, using him can save color waste and will be adjusted more evenly, you can use the palette knife will be oil painting colors in the palette to make a uniform.

1 sketch: the preparation of sketches is the key to creation, the clarity and maturity of the sketches is the author's thoughts and feelings, the power of comprehensive expression and the ability to focus on the composition, the sketches must be the basic expression of the painting and the specificity of the image to determine.

2 on the canvas: generally you can enlarge the sketches on the grid to get the hope of accuracy and certainty, sketches in the main draft on the enlargement and then carry out some necessary modifications and in-depth specific enrichment, I hope that in the stage of the draft has shown a clear expression of power.

3 coloring: expression is more focused on directness, more heavy view of the first feeling, you can choose to play a key role in their own local start, so that the first color often determines the whole work of color and shadow expression.

The character's face is undoubtedly the most important, you can ask yourself to feel the best time to paint some parts of the district to strive for a painting, which requires a good grasp of the powerful form of each stroke of the ups and downs; the strength of the color and color layer of the thin and thick sometimes the picture will be a non-expected effect, which is precisely the natural outflow of the imagination of the painting, so it is very important to have a good control and confirmation. Generally speaking, my painting method at this stage is not very regular, only in a few related parts at the same time to start painting, some parts need to be repeated.

4 General adjustment: This stage is very critical. Need more patience, this stage is not as easy as the last stage of so much pleasure, that is the emotional stage of the unfolding of the more excited, but this stage on the one hand is to make up for some of the weak parts of the picture, on the other hand, is to try to make every part of the picture are rich in expression and infectious, sometimes in this stage can be a very exciting situation.

Oil painting techniques:

1 Kneading

Kneading refers to the picture of two or more different colors with the brush directly manipulated with the method, the color manipulation after the natural mixture of changes, to obtain subtle and distinctive contrast of color and light and darkness, and can play a role in the transition of articulation.

2 line

The line refers to the line drawn with the pen, oil painting hook line is generally used in the soft hair of the tip of the ready, but in different styles, the round head, the school shape and the old flat brush can also be drawn similar to the book of the strong center like a thick line. East and West painting began with line modeling, in the early plus oil painting usually with precise and rigorous line outline starting, Tempera technique in the line method is the main means of forming the light and dark. Western oil painting evolved later to focus on chiaroscuro and body head, but despite this, the element of line in oil painting has never disappeared. Slender and bold. The use of neat or arbitrary and repeated interlacing and superimposed lines makes the language of oil painting richer, and the treatment of different body edges is even more important. The use of line in oriental painting also influences the style of many western modern masters, such as Matisse, Van Gogh, Picasso, Miro and Klee, etc. are masters of using line.

3 Frustration

Frustration is the method of coloring with the root of the oil painting brush falling, pressing the pen down after a little, frustration and then lifting, such as the calligraphy of the backward strokes of the line, strong and sturdy. The difference between the nib and the root of the pen dipped in color, press the pen in different directions can produce a variety of changes and interesting.

4 Pat

With a wide oil brush or fan brush dipped in color on the screen gently beat the technique called pat. Pat can produce a certain undulation texture, not very obvious, but not too simple, but also can deal with the original too strong brushstrokes or colors, so that it is weakened.

5 pull

Pull refers to the oil painting sometimes need to draw a firm line and the edge of the object, such as painting sharp that is, the side of the sword or glass, etc., then the knife can be used to adjust the color with the blade side of the color in the picture to pull the color of the line or the color surface, the knife painted solid form is sure that it is difficult to reach the brush or other methods.

6 wipe

Wipe is the brush lying down, with the belly of the brush in the picture of the drum wipe, usually wipe with less color on a large area, can form a less obvious strokes, but also lay the bottom of the color of the common method. In the dry base color or undulating texture with the brush rubbing can be painted similar to the effect of Chinese painting flying white, so that the underlying texture is more obvious.

7 Masonry

The method of masonry is to use a knife instead of a paintbrush, like a mason with a clay knife to ring the mud ash like the color onto the canvas, leaving a direct knife mark. The layering method allows for different layers of thickness, and the size and shape of the knife, as well as the direction in which it is used, creates rich contrasts. Using the knife to blend different colors without over mixing, allowing them to mix naturally on the canvas can create subtle color relationships. Layers of color that are too undulating can also be smoothed out by laying them down. If the method of laying is used correctly, it will have a strong sense of shaping

8 suppression

Suppression is the use of the bottom side of the knife in the wet layer of color gently pressed downward and then lifted up, the color surface will produce a special texture. In some places where special textures need to be carved, the suppression technique can be used to achieve the desired effect.

9 points

Points - from the point of view of all methods, all strokes start from the point. As early as in the classical Tempera technique, point drawing is ~ an important technique to express the level. In Vermeer's works also used the point of the brush to express the flicker of light and the texture of the object. Impressionism when pointillism became one of its basic characteristics, but Monet, Renoir and Pissarro, etc. point of each has different variations and personality. The Neo-Impressionists went to the extreme, mechanically using the point as their only brushwork. Modern realistic oil paintings also use the sparseness of dots to produce layers of light and dark, which can result in a definite but not rigid transition. Point method in the comprehensive painting method with lines and decent combination can produce rich contrast, with different shapes and textures of the oil brush can produce different point-like strokes, the performance of certain objects can play a unique role in the texture.

10 row

Row refers to the use of the blade of the knife in the color is not dry on the carving out of the negative lines and shapes can sometimes reveal the underlying color. Different knives can produce different shades and thicknesses of change with the brush strokes and knife sharp technique to produce the color surface to form a point, line, surface of the undulating texture changes.

11 sweep

Sweep is often used to articulate the two neighboring blocks of color, so that it is not too hard, while the color is not yet dry with a clean fan brush gently sweep can achieve this purpose. You can also use the pen to sweep another color on the bottom color to produce the upper and lower interlacing, loose and not tired of the color effect.

12 stomp

The use of hard bristle brush dipped in color with the head of the brush vertically stomp the paint on the screen. The method of stomping is not very common and is usually applied only when a special texture is required in a localized area.

13 Pendulum

Pendulum is one of the basic strokes of oil painting, in which the brush is placed directly on the canvas without further changes. Pendulum method is often used in the beginning and end of the oil painting, with more certain colors and accurate strokes to find the relationship between color and form, often only a few strokes in the key to make a change in the picture, but of course, should be done before the pen in the mind before it can work. Erase - Erase is to put the brush lying down, with the belly of the brush in the picture of the drum rub, usually wipe with less color on a large area, can form a less obvious strokes, but also lay the bottom of the color of the commonly used methods. In the dry bottom color or undulating texture with the brush rubbing can be painted similar to the effect of Chinese painting flying white, so that the underlying texture is more obvious.

14 scraping

Scraping is the basic use of the oil painting knife, scraping method is generally used to scrape the blade of the knife to remove the part of the picture that is not ideal, but also can be used to scrape the knife to remove the unnecessary details or weaken the relationship between the overly strong, so that appears to be tense picture relationship relaxation. At the end of a long day, it is often necessary to scrape away some of the finished color with a knife so that it can dry in time for the next day's painting. After the color is dry, you can also use a painting knife or razor to smooth out any unevenness. You can also use a knife to scrape the color layer in the not dry, so that it reveals the underlying color and thus reveal a variety of texture.

15 paint

If the point drawing method and outline method is the formation of oil painting points and lines of the means, then the paint is the composition of the oil painting body decision, that is, the main method of surface. The methods of painting are flat, thick and thin, etc. There is also the Impressionist pointillism called loose paint. The flat painting is the main method for painting large color blocks, and even flat painting is also a common technique for decorative oil paintings. Thick paint is the main feature of oil painting that distinguishes it from other kinds of paintings, which can make the pigment produce a certain thickness and leave obvious strokes to form texture. Using a knife to scrape or squeeze the pigment directly onto the canvas is known as pile painting. Thin Xu is the use of oil to dilute the color and then thinly applied to the picture, can produce transparent or translucent effect. Scattered paint is applied with a brush that is flexible and lively. Combined with the rubbing and sweeping of the coating method is also called halo coating.