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f you’re new to a painting medium,
sometimes it helps to experiment
with just black and white. By ignoring
color, you can reduce the variables and
concentrate on the basic mechanics
of paint mixing and handling. In this
article, I’ll demonstrate six unusual
painting techniques, including some
familiar methods such as oiling up, and
other approaches that are less common,
such as palette knife blending and
dabbing with waxed paper. One feature
they all have in common is short drying
time, which is suited to projects with
tight deadlines.
I include three new dinosaur paintings
in full color that use the techniques
described in the black and white
exercises. Learning these secrets will offer
you a wider tool set for achieving an
illusionistic paint surface, and you may
find some of them useful in your own
artwork, regardless of the subject matter
you prefer to paint.
Experimenting with
Oil Techniques
James Gurney uses black and white oil paints to
demonstrate some unusual techniques
Small experiments with
black and white oil paint.
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