FREE Oil Painting for Beginners- What you need

What you need to start painting in oils

The idea is to keep it affordable and easy to paint. Keeping all your products together in a safe place away from children will motivate you to begin your painting session.

* Canvas board or prepared canvas
* Palette (something to prepare and mix paints on)
* Oil paints
* Clean cloth for clean up
* Turpentine (in a glass jar)
* An Empty glass jar
* Brushes: Sable brush, large brush, a medium sized soft brush, and a fan brush
* Palette knife
* Fat Mix (more linseed oil than turpentine) in a glass Jar
* Lean Mix (More Turpentine then Linseed oil) In a glass Jar
* Linseed Oil (if you wish to prepare mixes )
* Clean up liquid: Concentrated dish wash liquid or hand cleaner is best
* Subject material or idea for a painting
* Charcoal pencil for sketching on canvas
* A strong box or storage container
* An easel to stand your work up unless you wish to work on a flat surface.
* A sealed container to store excess paint. (Place in the freezer at home and your paint will last)

Continue on this tutorial and I will aid you in selecting ideal products and briefly introduce you to the concepts. More instructions can be found in the 'Painting Landscapes' tutorial.

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