Oil Painting Techniques & Materials

Getting your Money’s Worth: Caring For and Cleaning Oil Painting Brushes

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By Rebekah Griffith, 10.14.2020 Quality oil painting brushes are not cheap, especially when dozens of them are used for one painting.  The artist Michelle Dunaway will paint with up to 200 brushes in one sitting!  When I was first learning oils in college, I would constantly buy new brushes, and would be shocked at the …

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Oil Painting Fat Over Lean, As Easy As 1,2,3

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By Rebekah Griffith, 9.10.2020 After graduating with a BFA in Painting at Western State University  2016, I felt like I knew very little about the properties and techniques of oil painting.  The Aristotle quote “The more you know, the more you realize you don’t know” hit hard.  A feeling of being sickeningly overwhelmed by lack …

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