Hello
So oil painting is fairly new to me but WOW I sure do love it.
I found a way to safely paint and clean your brushes. I use terpenoids naturals for cleaning. You can dispose of the paint residue and used oil into some kitty litter before throwing away. I reviewed their website and found out some really good information. This product has a citrus odor to it. I still place my used paper towels outside to vent after a painting session but they are not combustible unless you boil them. Which that shouldn't ever be done. However, this product is very toxic to aquatic life for a very long time. Environmentalist should take caution on the disposal of this item. Please review the SDS I provided for the information on the product and the Weber website. I have provided the links to those sites.
Safety:
Turpenoid Natural.Their website link is Turpenoid Natural SDS. Weber website
Walnut Oil is used as a medium. This allows the paint to flow easily off the brushes and onto your painting surfaces. I use this sparingly. The draw back to this is longer dry times of your piece when finished. It will not yellow over time (Linseed oil can be used but, has shown over history to yellow) if that's not a concern you certainly could use that. Oil paint is made with Linseed or walnut oil.
If you want to use a fast dryer I would recommend Alkyd Walnut Oil to accomplish that. The paint has a tacky quality usually within 24 hours.
I use it in my paints and total dry time is about 1 week to touch.
I use a spray gloss varnish from Golden to finish off a piece and protect it (if I feel its worthy 😏) I save my paintings that I don't feel are worth saving to Gesso over later. This helps to reduce the costs of buying new too.
I buy inexpensive panels of cotton canvas to play and experiment on. There is nothing wrong with this. Explore and see what you like. You can always Gesso over any canvas, wood or other painting options to prepare and create a barrier for the paint. You can add color oil washes thinned with walnut oil (acrylic works only with oils as a way to cover the white of the canvas). You can paint with oils over acrylic but not paint with acrylics over oil. Your paint will not adhere properly and will peel off the canvas. That would just be horrible.
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Brushes I use Rosemary Co brushes that I love. They can be expensive and ship from the UK. But I also have Utrecht, and others I have bought in my local art stores. Take care to clean them when you are done painting. I do after every session, but you can clean and condition your brushes later with Terpenoid Natural. I have not personally done that though.
My oil paints are mostly from RGH artist oil paints .They come in jars which I find I like. I use left over paint mixed that makes up grays that I love and blend with my painting well, because it uses the colors I'm using in that particular painting. I store the extra paint that is mixed in small plastic jars with lids you can find in a craft store. They store well for a long time.I have paint rags handy to wipe my brushes and to take extra unwanted oil off before grabbing paint. I also use paper towels (Viva is popular among artists). I mix my paints with a small palette knife and find that efficient.
My Palette currently for both studio and Plein air painting is the Open Box M. I also have others but these are my favorites. The studio one is 12x16 and the Plein Air one is 8x10. Some day soon I plan to get a Best Santa Fe ll easel for my studio. I have one that I like for studio work that can lay flat for watercolor work and is very accommodating for average size work, but I want to work bigger and therefore require an easel that can accommodate the large canvases.
Please ask any art related questions you may have or any requests you may have for subject matter.
Thanks and Happy painting!😉 Don't forget to add your email so you don't miss a post.
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