Ultimate Beginners Guide to Start Painting

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Detailed notes: 1) Acrylics are water based so dry in a matter of minutes. Oils paints are oil based so dry over a course of several days or weeks- depending on the brand, mediums used, weather 2) Acrylics are easier to clean up as you simply use soap and water. Oils are harder to clean, as you use a harsh paint thinner (which is toxic) or baby oil 3) Painting fundamentals in both acrylic and oil paintings are the same. If you can paint a tree on one you can paint a tree on the other. 4) On both, you work from dark to light (though in watercolour paintings it’s light to dark) 5) The difference in drying times means the colours blend different in both paintings. For example, oil paintings dry slowly so the oils blend very very easily. Acrylic paintings dry quick so they can’t be blended and worked through anymore after about 5 mins (but you can use stuff to make the working time last longer, like mister bottles) 6) Acrylics are easier to use when doing darker colours but oils are easier to use when blending (e.g. painting skies requieres blending, and thus oils are easier to use when painting skies). 7) There are two different kinds of brushes: synthetic and natural. Synthetic brushes. Synthetic ones can imitate natural ones so just looking at the bristles is a bad way to tell what the brush is made from. Though, despite maybe looking the same, they will work very differently. 8) Natural brushes are irregular and tend to leave natural shapes when painting things like trees or grass- ideal for trees and grass.Synthetic brushes make a sharp chiselled edge so they’re ideal for things like rocks, and details on buildings and fence posts etc. 9) Synthetic brushes tend to be softer, and natural brushes are either very stiff or very soft. 10) The length of the brush directly determines the softness of the brush (and thus how much the brush cuts through the paint). The longer the bristle, the softer, so the less it cuts through the paint 11) Overall it’s important to have a lot of different brushes to create any certain effect you want to make. 12) As you grow as an artist, you will want to invest in a duplicate set of bushes, so you can have a set for light colours and a set for fading colours. This is so you can quickly jump from highlight areas to shadow areas without having to worry about dirty brushes. - Tip: use older set for dark and the new set for highlighting. This is because highlighting tends to be softer to the brushes so your new brushes will remain a lot softer for longer (aka keep them new). The older sets can be used for loose broad strokes when scrubbing is required for the under painting. 13) Long handle lengths are preferred because they allow you the hold the brush way at the back for broader and more loose strokes 14) Most commin easels are tabletop easles, studio floor style easles or outdoor/plain air style easles. Easles aren’t necessary but helps with painting. And they last years. 15) Plain air easles are usually thin, boxy and small (designed to be portable). A lot of the time they have a place to screw on a tripod to act as keg Floor easles are most preferred for studio spaces as they have the widest variety of sizes for canvases 16) What palette you choose is likely the least important choice when painting. You could have disposable palette papers, clear glass palettes, wooden palettes

I literally bought my first set of paint, brushes and canvases 2 nights ago. This is perfect timing.

Even though I've been painting for a while, I found this a good reminder. Thank you Kevin!

I bought painting things a long time ago (like quarantine last year) but I couldn’t paint, so they’ve been sitting on my shelf! Thx!

Thanks for this, impulsively decided I want to do painting 30 minutes ago and I have some spare cash to spend on equipment so this is a real help ❤

There is no more valuable tip than to blot the oily paint with a paper towel. My paintings improved immeasurably after he taught me this.

This video is really helpful for me....It's giving me so many ideas for painting, taking care of brushes, choosing canvas.... 👍👍

KevinOilPainting showed me various paintings, so I can study. I watched it well with full viewing in a short time. 👍👍👍

Thanks for all the great tips. I purchased your willow tree download and can't wait to get started on it. Your paintings are all beautiful!

Dear Kevin, thank you for the lessons. I never could draw. Someone suggested that I paint. So I started my journey of learning of painting. My hardest struggle is blending. I love, love your paintings. I wish some day I could paint things more enjoyable.

This is the 3rd time I've watched beginners guide to painting from Kevin hill in the last 6 months. I keep it in my saved videos que as no matter how many oil paintings I do this has something new to teach me.

Thank you so much Kevin. You’ve really inspired me. I’ve done two acrylic paintings, really enjoyed doing them and have had loads of compliments and encouragement. Can’t wait to do more .

Great info and advice. You are the best. Love watching you paint. I learn something new every video. Thank you very much for all you do.

I'm gonna need to watch this at least 2 more times to retain some of my trouble areas. Thanks Kevin.

Very educational. Learned so much from your teaching on this video. Thank you, Kevin!

Thank you, so helpful that you broke it into sections to make it easy to find each topic.

This is an excellent video Kevin, so much good advice. Thanks for taking time to do this 🥰

Excellent video! Very informative and simple to understand. You're humble attitude also helped and motivated me a lot. Thank you!

The video is finally here I've been waiting for a long time 🙏🏼🎨