| Oil Painting has always been one of the most | | | | value color, on the top, and with Violet, the darkest |
| preferred types of art forms, since its introduction | | | | value color, at the bottom. The band of colors on a |
| during the Renaissance. Oil Painting provides scope for | | | | Color Wheel are divided into Warm Colors such as, |
| a lot of versatility, as it can be used thickly as in | | | | Yellow-Orange, Orange, Red-Orange, Red, and |
| Impasto or very thinly as in Glaze. Using some helpful | | | | Red-Violet, and Cool Colors such as, Yellow-Green, |
| methods, can help you achieve finesse in your Oil | | | | Green, Blue-Green, Blue, and Blue-Violet. |
| Painting. | | | | Contrast. The correlation between the lightest light |
| The ensuing discussion provides top 7 techniques of | | | | and the darkest dark shades in an Oil Painting is called |
| Oil Painting. Lets look. | | | | Contrast. The representation of Color Value from |
| Creating Fundamental Structure. All the forms in an Oil | | | | Black to White is called Value Scale. The distances |
| Painting are created from the basic five shapes viz., | | | | between the values on the Value Scale decide the |
| Sphere, Cone, Cylinder, Cube, and the doughnut | | | | levels of Contrast. |
| shaped Torus. | | | | Texture. This is another significant factor in Oil |
| Color Blending. The gradual transition from one color | | | | Painting. It is clearly seen at the transition of light to |
| of Oil Paint to another is called Blending. As Oil Paints, | | | | the shadow. The sharpness of the focus on a picture |
| take time to dry, the wet Oil Paints easily move | | | | decides the smoothness of the object. The same |
| around on the Canvas. This easy movement of wet | | | | object would have a better texture in direct light |
| Oil Paints on the Canvas, makes the Blending easy. | | | | than in a shade. |
| The Paint Brush is dragged back and forth between | | | | Glaze and Wash. The Transparent Layers in Oil |
| the colors until the suitable Blend is achieved. | | | | Painting are called Glaze. Glaze is a thin, see-through |
| Matching colors. The artist handles colors with the | | | | color, used over another dry color to create a third |
| help of a Color Wheel. The Color Wheel, an essential | | | | color. Glaze always darkens a color. Translucent |
| tool for matching colors, is a Circle, sporting basic 7 | | | | Layers in Oil Painting are called Wash. Wash is a thin |
| rainbow colors. It is arranged with Yellow, the lightest | | | | opaque color, used over another dry color. |