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Oil Painting Basics, Mediums Part 1: What is an Oil Painting Medium, How are they Used, and Which is the Best Medium?
When I first started to paint with oil paints, one of the more confusing and frustrating aspects of oil painting were the mediums. How...
Katherine Griffin
Mar 15, 20216 min read
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Understanding an Oil Paint's Label
Oil paint labels can be a bit confusing. Not only because they have so much information, but also because that information is filled with...
Katherine Griffin
Dec 18, 20202 min read
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Oil Painting Basics: Understanding a Paint's Opacity, Temperature, and Tinting Strength
There are three main characteristics of each color of oil paint that we need to understand in order to use that paint correctly and to...
Katherine Griffin
Jul 7, 20202 min read
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Color Palettes: A Semi-Limited Color Palette
Oil painting takes a lot of supplies. BUT! Before anything else let's talk Color!
Katherine Griffin
Jul 6, 20202 min read
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A Beginner's Color Palette: Limited vs Semi-Limited
How many oil colors an artist should have at the ready is an oddly hot topic of debate across the internet. Do you have a severely...
Katherine Griffin
Jul 5, 20203 min read
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