Oil Painting Lesson - Wilson Bickford - Sun Rays

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[wilsonbickford]

Yes, that should work fine, too.

[wilsonbickford]

Yes, but I'd do so sparingly. You won't need much.

[MrMrGadgetboy1]

hi Wilson,

I'm a big fan of your artwork and really like your method of painting. I'm a bit of an artist myself. (with great help from your videos of course). Just one question. can I use normal water to lighten the sun beam instead of using "liquid original" or "Alexander's magic clear medium" its just I cant get my hand on any of these fancy liquids at the moment.

if so I would very much appreciate your reply.

thank you very very much and god bless you.

[wilsonbickford]

@MrMrGadgetboy1 Since this was in Oil, you can't use water to thin down the sunrays. In lieu of the mediums I mentioned ( Liquin, Alex. Clear Medium ) you could substitute just a few drops of paint thinner ( 100% minerals spirits, or turps ) Though an Oil medium would give better bonding to the canvas, "thinner" would suffice and work just fine.

[MrMrGadgetboy1]

@wilsonbickford thank you very much for your reply and I very quick to!

just one last question: can I use water colour to make thin or light beams? has it ever been done before?

I am very grateful for your time and hope I haven't taken too much of it.

I would again be very thankful for your reply.

[wilsonbickford]

@MrMrGadgetboy1 You could use white guoache, or chinese white ( watercolor ) on a watercolor painting, but don't use that on top of your oil painting.

[marivicmakkoy]

i like your teaching

lessons

[angelsforheaven]

Oh wow, I love how you make things easy to follow. :)

[LAGDOW]

Thanks wilsonbickford.

[FireWolfWitch]

Hi Wilson

I really enjoy your painting lessons. Thank you for uploading them, they have helped me a lot. I just have a question about the mediums (liquin original or Alexander's magic clear medium). In a previous post you replied that thinners (100% minerals spirits, or turps) would work sufficiently. What I would like to know is if you could use refined linseed oil instead of those mediums.

I would very much appreciate your reply.

Thank You!

[mreinstein48]

The painting with the snowy mountains is amazing!!! Congrat's!

[vectorization]

can you use linseed oil for this technique?