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Stippling

This is the technique of applying dots of color to build up color. Usually a small pointed round brush is used for this technique. Other tools that have been used are cotton buds or Qtips or a stick.

Stippling is another technique that takes a long time to do. You can use other tools such as a flat round bristle brush, a sponge, and a nail brush.

In Australia, the Aboriginal people are famous for their paintings and this is the technique they use with the dots in their paintings.

Toned Canvas

This technique is just applying a color to a white canvas before painting over it. A toned canvas helps the artist judge the intensity of the color better than a white canvas. The reason is it gives you a rough idea of how the color will look with other colors on the canvas.

Due to slow drying of oil paints, many artist will tone their canvas with acrylic paint. Acrylic paint dries quickly and they can proceed with painting over the dried toned canvas in a more timely manner. I use acrylic paint to tone my canvas with. I usually use a reddish/orange acrylic color to tone with as this gives a warm effect to the painting.

Fat over Lean

When painting with oils you should always start using thin paint first and then gradually build up using thicker paint after.

The reason for this is if you put thick paint first or "fat" there is a good chance your paint will crack. Then you paint over this "fat" layer the thinner paint dries faster that the thick or "fat" paint causing the top layer of thin paint to crack. The thicker oil paint takes much longer to dry and as it dries it contracts causing the dry paint on top to crack.

Many artist who use oils will paint several layers of paint on the picture. As you paint from thin to thick paint each layer should dry enough to go ahead with the next layer gradually building up the paint thickness as you go.

It can take up to 6 months for a painting to dry thoroughly. Many artist will have several paintings being worked on at the same time.

The last technique is WET over DRY which is just painting another layer of paint over a dry layer. This is a timely operation as each layer takes time to dry.

When the painting is finally dried completely you can apply a protective varnish coating over it to bring out the colors again and give it a protective coating.

 

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