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Tuesday, 1 November 2011

Painting a Hobby

By Jane Davidson


Painting is a hobby that can motivate you to use your imagination. If you are a beginner you may want to read some oil painting books to guide you. The important thing to remember is that you already have the skill and you just need to polish it a bit more.

From a various collection of oil painting books we can select our own interest. Choose on that is suited for a beginner like you. The book will have the step by step procedure on how to start painting. It can be an instructional type of oil painting book or one that simply tells you all information about the art of painting.

At first you will correctly learn what tools you need to start painting and where to buy them. You require a canvass in place so you can draw the subject on it. Then you may need charcoal to sketch your drawing on the canvass. You would need different kinds of brushes to paint. Each size of brush has its own use during painting. You can start with a few brushes that you need and later on get the other different brushes as you get to improve your painting style.

At that time you need to learn about paints and paint oils and how they are used. Start with a few neutral and basic colors like brown, blue, black, yellow and red. You can combine these colors together to form other colors. You would learn to do so once you get started on your painting hobby.

From your own imagination you can start. Most oil painting books could start you with subjects like a scenery, still life or probably just some combination of colors that come together to form an abstract painting.

Reading and enriching your knowledge about painting could be your guiding force to start it on the right path. Also you can follow the procedures on the oil painting book that you have and take it from there. You can polish your strokes by practice and you can use the brushes; practice on your canvass so you would get used to it. You can use some old flat board as your canvass to practice. To see your progress, you need to practice as often as you can.

If you already have the talent and interest for painting, it is still an advantage if you learn more about painting. That is the reason why you need oil painting books. Through these books you would be able to learn about helpful tips in the art of painting such as different brush strokes, type of medium to use, how to dry your color paints, saving tips and many other essential things that would be useful to you.




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