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Contest Prize- Oil Portrait of Orangemonkey92 HD Link- Phase 1: I began this oil portrait with a pencil sketch on drawing paper. This is very unorthodox (when compared to painting techniques of the past) because oil portraits are usually done on canvas or wood panel and any sketching is done with vine charcoal. Paint becomes more transparent in time and pencils lines will eventually be seen through a painting as it ages. The vine charcoal will blend with oil paint but pencil will not. I have a very creative fix to this problem (as you will see in the coming steps). Phase 2: The second step of a traditional painting is usually an underpainting with brown paint (usually burnt sienna). Underpaintings give painters an opportunity to build masses with paint (turn thin lines from drawing instruments in to blocks of tone, with the help of a paint brush). Underpaintings also allow artists to build tones. I use gray illustration markers rather than oil paint, because of the speed in which I can apply it (no mixing / superior drying time) I recommend the Warm and Cool Grays Marker Set listed below if you wish to try my technique.Chartpak Ad Marker Set: Warm and Cool Grays- Set of 25 A single nib with three distinct line weights. These waterproof, permanent, solvent-based markers deliver brilliant, sparkling color in fine point, medium weight, or broad strokes, with just a shift of the wrist. From crisply articulated tight comps to broadly expressive illustrations, one marker gives you all the lines you need. Phase 3 ...

Drawing / Painting Glass of Water (Part 2)- Illustration Markers, Color Pencil and Oil Paint I am going to be using illustration markers, color pencils and oil paint. Just drop me a line if you have any questions In step 1 I scanned and reprinted my original drawing- I do this for 2 reasons- 1.) If I mess up, I could just reprint it and 2.) marker and color pencil coexist better with printer ink than with graphite from a pencil. Next I add a layer of the illustration markers. These markers are totally transparent and they enable me to add a layer of color and still be able to see the lines from my pencil drawing. These markers give the artist a similar effect to watercolor paint, but without the messy setup and clean up.. I am still following the Polaroid picture development ***ogy from the first video- in that I am adding color to all areas at an even pace and slowly building up the darker tones on the sides and bottom of the glass. The color pencil is great at this point of the drawing, because it adds a translucent layer of color above the marker. In addition to that, color pencils are mixed with wax. The wax will be very handy in the next step when I add oil paint on top of the marker and color pencil. Working with color pencil also allows me to be very precise with my marks on the page. It can be very challenging to be as accurate with a paint brush. This step allows me to make my drawing more accurate and these clarifications will eventually be absorbed by the oil paint. Now you are going to see me add three layers of oil paint to finish my drawing. I am ...

Learning about Oil Paint Mediums with Katie Blackwell -- Welcome to Cheap Joe's Test Studio! This is one of my favorite parts about oil painting because you can take any of these mediums and change the texture and drying time of any paint that you choose. What I have here are 3 different main categories - we have the texture, the quick-dry mediums, slow-dry mediums, and pretty much just the normal mediums. Over here were have refined Linseed oil, cold-pressed Linseed oil - all of those are what's already in your paint. Part of oil paint is a binder and pigment, and generally the binder is Linseed or Safflower oil. By adding any of the Linseeds you're just extending your paint. You're not changing anything about it. So that's good if you want to keep the drying time about 2 weeks depending on the color. If you want to speed up the process you can use something like Gamblin's Galkyd. Galkyd is really glossy and a little bit tackier. Liquin's has a satin finish, there's also Sennelier's Fluid and Dry - they also have a Flow and Dry. All of those you just mix in with your paints - the more you mix with it the thinner your paint's gonna get, but your painting will be dry by the next day. There's also some stuff like Japan Drier that you have to be really careful with. You don't have to use nearly as much as you would with something like Galkyd or Liquin. You just use a tiny little drop. If you use anymore than that, your paint's gonna crack. It's definitely not something you use for glazing. We also have walnut ...