Visual Arts & Making · Part of Drawing & Painting
Oil Painting
It stays wet for days, so anything can still be reworked
Its defining property is slow drying: a layer stays wet for days, so it can be pushed around and reworked indefinitely and transitions get blended directly on the canvas, which no other medium allows. The cost is needing a dedicated space and ventilation, since solvents smell and finished work lies drying for a long time.
First stepBuy the three primaries plus white and a small canvas, set up by an open window, and spend a few sessions blending the light and shade on one apple.
Barriers
Cost to start
$50–300
Going deep → $2k–10k
Alone or with people
On your own
Effort
Sitting
Without a teacher?
Self-taught
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One session takes
1–2 hours
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Where
At home
Why people take it up