Oil, acrylics, gouache tutorials

Stinkie

I was hoping you'd chime in, Alan. Thanks for the tip.

olishea

I'm guessing you wanna give ur cousin a painting....not a book about how to paint?....could be read two different ways.

my advice: get a canvas and get your hands dirty. start with acrylic and gouache. oil is a little devil. a book can't teach you experience with the materials. If you don't wanna practice on canvas then I suggest hardboard (the rough textured side) its cheap and has a lovely texture that can hold a lot of paint. Readymade canvas is pretty crappy I think so avoid it. good luck and enjoy yourself.

Stinkie

Oli ... you okay?

olishea

lol god knows where i got 'cousin' from. i was hammered this weekend sorry, brain not functioning!

Stinkie

lol. I figured as much.

Alan Fraser

Hmm! Oli gets hammered and starts thinking of cousins. This is not good....I thought that only happened in the Ozarks

olishea

haha i left myself wide open for that.....mmmmmm cousins

Stinkie

I'd say it's time for a new avatar, Oli.

olishea

pbacot

I have a six hour video set by a relative of ours (not a cousin) who painted for National Geographic and portraiture. He goes into minute detail in classical techniques for oil, how to mix colors etc. I don't see any harm in seeing how experienced artists do it. Now this set is just gathering dust VHS not DVD. Maybe my wife would part with it, she's a painter but never watched it all. I haven't seen the whole thing either. I can say it is very systematic and detailed but not very exciting.