Oil Painting Tips : How to Oil Paint on Canvas

Oil painting on canvas first requires priming the surface using gesso, which protects the canvas itself from the corrosive qualities of the oil paint. Properly apply layers of gesso to a canvas surface with a demonstration from a self-taught artist in this free video on oil painting.

Expert: Dawn Siebel
Contact: www.dawnsiebel.com
Bio: Dawn Howkinson Siebel is a self-taught artist. She has been living and oil painting in Boulder, Colorado, since 1994.
Filmmaker: Nile southern

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Entertainment

Tags:

• oil painting
• art lessons
• painting lessons
• oil painting techniques
• oil painting on canvas
• canvas
• gesso
• oil paint
• brushes
• paintbrushes
• cleaning paintbrushes

[thisisacunt]

@ReptarrLessThanThree o thanks

[ReptarrLessThanThree]

@thisisacunt It's really more just for professional painting and such, if you want to just paint for fun you really don't have to... at least I don't. But if you are doing it to sell it or something of that sort yeah you should probably gesso it.

[thisisacunt]

are you shiting me with this priming business for fuck sake i just want to paint no long

[MrPL4N3T808]

Thanks for the tips. liking the video's, bookmarked.

[dynomax101]

Lots of good information.

[MiCompre]

Hi Dawn,

Have you tried mixing 'whiting' (French chalk) with the Gesso? Also a tint of colour, to get rid of the white.

The whiting helps the oils to dry much quicker, and it's ideal for Alla prima or En Plein Air.

Thanks for this

MC

[starbionicat101]

I really like your videos! I haven't painted in a while and have tons of oil paints just laying around :D

[DIEZCOLORADO]

Thanks for sharing!!!!

Very kind of you!!!