Comment on How to Oil Paint - Layering by PhilipBohlmann
i want to try oil painting but i have no idea what to buy. any suggestions???
Just like "secretplanet" said, start with cheap stuff. I did most of my painting in college with brush sets came in 4 packs for $10-$15. I don't know too much about oil paint sets. I have always bought all of my tubes individually. I would definitely avoid "Hues" and any "Pthalo" pigments to start. Hues are too weak and if you try to mix them with non-hues they won't even show up. Pthalos are too strong, and they will overpower anything you mix with them. Honestly just to start I would try doing value paintings and leave the color out of it when you're just starting out. Get a cheap tube of each of these pigments to start...
Titanium White
Ivory Black
Van Dyke Brown
Raw Umber
($5-$10 each)
After you get some cheap brushes and paints go to Home Depot or a local hardware store/lumber yard and get some of this stuff...
-A small 1qt can of flat white latex primer (perfect substitute for gesso) ($10)
-A small foam paint roller for priming $5 or $6)
-A few small sheets of MDF (multiple density fiberboard) to paint on. Big places like Home Depot will sell MDF in small sheets for making cabinets but they will also cut them down to size for you at the store. (2ft x 4ft $4- $5)
Hope This helps!
-Philip
Titanium White
Ivory Black
Van Dyke Brown
Raw Umber
($5-$10 each)
After you get some cheap brushes and paints go to Home Depot or a local hardware store/lumber yard and get some of this stuff...
-A small 1qt can of flat white latex primer (perfect substitute for gesso) ($10)
-A small foam paint roller for priming $5 or $6)
-A few small sheets of MDF (multiple density fiberboard) to paint on. Big places like Home Depot will sell MDF in small sheets for making cabinets but they will also cut them down to size for you at the store. (2ft x 4ft $4- $5)
Hope This helps!
-Philip
can i jump in? i'm not professional, but i love oil paints!
i started with a cheapo box of 12 tubes for $10, used the cheapest brushes around, & painted on board, which i primed with leftover wall paint. by the time you empty a tube, you know whether or not you like oil paints & you can replace the colours you use the most with better quality ones. same with the brushes! and there's non stinky solvent to clean brushes in now, although turpentine is still much cheaper!
i started with a cheapo box of 12 tubes for $10, used the cheapest brushes around, & painted on board, which i primed with leftover wall paint. by the time you empty a tube, you know whether or not you like oil paints & you can replace the colours you use the most with better quality ones. same with the brushes! and there's non stinky solvent to clean brushes in now, although turpentine is still much cheaper!