Learning About Turpentines and Oil Painting Accessories with Katie Blackwell

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Let's look at the Turpentines. This is one of the most important parts of oil painting. You need to have these to make sure your brush is clean between each color, and then when you're done painting, you use this to first clean-off your brush before you brush it more carefully.

There are a lot of different kinds of turpentine out there. There's straight up turpentine that you get at a hardware store -- Home Depot, Lowe's -- but those aren't filtered as much as they should be to be used with paints.

There are a lot of impurities in there and that's also why they're so much cheaper. So that's why you'll see a gallon for $20 bucks, then go to an art store and see one for $40 - that's why there's a difference.

Turpentine by itself is also very smelly, and it's likely to absorb into the skin so it's much more harmful to you.

There's mineral spirits - which are a little bit better for you, they don't absorb into the skin quite as much and they have been filtered out more.

What I would recommend you using is odorless mineral spirits, which is one step farther. It's better for your health, it evaporates quicker, it's not supposed to absorb into your skin, and it doesn't smell - it does a little bit but not that much.

If you're affected by the smell at all, there's stuff called Sansodor, which if you open it up at an art store and smell it, it doesn't smell like anything - it's amazing.

It's pricier, but if you don't want something to smell at all, this is really great.

There's also distilled turpentine - which on the other side of the Sansodor - smells horrible, like gasoline. It's really good stuff, but be prepared because it will stink up your studio.

I really love the Silicoil - there's a coil inside so you can clean your brushes with it and it's good for traveling because it's airtight.

This brush holder - there's a lot of different kinds like this - but it's very useful with a screen inside so you can clean off your brush, and you can keep your brushes up here to hold them.

Now just make sure you pick one of them, it doesn't matter which brand - they're all pretty good, and enjoy painting!

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[Sikabo]

Thanks so much for your kindly videos. Regards

[PERXEY]

thank katie thist video help me a lot.

[terrapin52]

I like Katie. Please show more videos with her.

[CarmellaJarvi]

Katie is great! I would mention that mineral spirits do not totally break down oil paint. Turpentine does. Turp. also tends to suspend pigment longer as well as more evenly.

[juliaormond]

are those her paintings in the background?

[sgautz]

I love that you're posting the essentials & basics of painting. I took an art class in college but we were told what to buy, not necessarily why we should buy it & whether there were alternatives. Keep this series going! Thanks!

[xmoonbloom]

I like this girl. I hope you post more of her.

[Airave]

I had to give up oils years ago

due to my wife's complaints.

But wc and the occasional pastel

are generally tolerated, hehe! ;D

Still, I enjoy your presentations very much.