Painting with oils

Award-winning painter and international art instructor, Johannes Vloothuis, shares 10 oil painting tips and tricks for better paintings.

Learn about common mistakes beginner oil painters make, to help you save materials and improve more quickly.

In this guide, find eleven easy oil painting ideas, with step-by-step tutorials on how to try them for yourself.

Find five established methods to start an oil painting, that will help you compose your masterpiece with confidence.

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Elli Milan

The underpainting technique is a useful one to know! Plan the composition and structure of the piece before you start. Or paint like the old masters and apply glazes over the top. #underpainting #oilpainting #oilpaintingtechnique #paintingtechniques #imprimatura #oldmasters #oilpaint #oilpainter #painter #acrylicpainting #paintingtutorials #arttips #arttutorials

Plein air painted in two sessions. 10 x 10 inches, oil on panel. Juried into and received honorable mention in the 10 x 10 Exhibition at the Hui No'eau in Makawao, Maui. On display there until May 22, 2015