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Oil Painting On A Budget | My tips for spending less on art supplies | ART TALK
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2016
- Sharing some tips and advice on how you can save money on art materials, particularly when it comes to oil painting.
Places to find deals on art supplies:
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"I don't believe in policing other people's [art] methods". Thank you so much for saying that, Lena! Some people can get really rude with that, in my experience.
Even the painting instructors that I'm with are like this. Can they not just treat a method as a preference without trashing another one? Makes me nuts!
Also another tip: ask stores for used or damaged supplies they usually give it away really cheap or free. For a start
good tip! thanks for sharing :]
You could also just use the whole frame & not take the glass out. That way you've got a ready-made palette and don't have to be bothered with taping the glass edges.
riteasrain i always use frames as palettes they’re so awesome 😊 I remember my painting professor in community college suggested getting a custom glass and taping the edges and I was confused at all that process until I saw a girl using a frame and he was shocked when he saw majority of us using frames of any size
You've got my vote for a paint thinner horror story. I imagine that it gave you the power to clean your brushes using only your fingertips.
I think your wisdom on art can be applied to life in general. The dirt cheap stuff you can buy at walmart doesn't do its job right and ultimately costs more because it runs out/breaks faster. Wisdom? More like expertise.
I thought she would paint a oil painting on a budget XD
It would be fun to watch you do that though, like a oil painting cheap supply challenge! Like and reply if you agree!!
And i forgot to say, YES I WANT a video of you telling the story of you drinking the paint thinner
yesss I agree cheap art challenge would be awesome I love watching those
I've been painting on and off for several years. To save money, I cut and gesso my own panels -- if you buy pre-made panels, they are a lot more expensive than what you can make yourself. Another thing I've used for many paintings is a limited palette - especially a modified earth tone palette: Ultramarine Blue (blue), Burnt Sienna (red) and Yellow Ochre (yellow) plus white. Using a limited palette allows for more overall harmony in the painting plus all of these colors are typically "Series I" colors, so they're less expensive. I also buy the big 150 ML tubes when they're on sale during predictable times of the year: back to school and Christmas. You can always buy empty 37 ML tubes and fill those if you need a smaller size. Overall price per volume is generally less when you buy the larger tubes.
i really appreciate these videos! i am picking up my first oil paints tomorrow! very excited! what would be super helpful is showing you as you paint, how often you dip and mix, how much gamsol you use. i know you cant show a full painting but maybe a few minutes.
thank you so much!
For the glass palette, go to Home Depot or Lowes and look in the glass section. Usually you can find some smaller pieces of shatter-proof glass that are made to replace the easily breakable picture glass. You should still use duct tape to cover the harsh edge, but that glass is still less than $5 but you can be secure knowing that if you drop it for some reason it won't shatter into a million pieces and be impossible to pick up.
Also: Blick's prices can be incredibly inflated, so watch out. My favorite place is Art Supply Warehouse. You can order online or go in person, but you can usually find some amazing deals.
Thanks for sharing the tips!! Much appreciated, I'm gonna have to get me some home depot shatter-proof glass for sure! :]
wow.. I just use old ceramic dinner plates, far less dangerous than sheets of glass!
I hacked glass from old stereo cabinets & coffee tables, some already have either a wood or mdf frame on at least two edges (if you call that a frame) the edges are all smooth, just thought you might appreciate that...dumpster diving is fun in college towns especially! I used to find canvases & even an old easel!
This was 20 years ago already! WOW time flies!
Try a glass cutting board from dollar store instead :) thicker glass, and edge isn't sharp :)
I could only hear you with my left earbud lol
Me too! I thought my right earbud was broken at first lol
Love your profile pic
+Awcey Mer Me too. Thought my head phones had died off.
ya me too
oh my god me too
Love your narrative style. Informative and humorous. Your story about swallowing paint thinner reminds me of Van Goghs addiction to taking few swiggs of turpentine after a strenuous painting session. He and Cezzanne loved their Turps sundowners.
Wow chopping up the canvas paper for practice is such a good tip! I will definitely be using that! Thank you so much for sharing all these great tips! I stopped using those stupid plastic trays and got a glass panel from Walmart because of your video on it!
This is the 1st Lena video I ever saw and 30 seconds into it I was a fan for life. Very useful to start my journey as well as the mediums one.
Lena, I've got a palette tip for you. Ask your friends or go yard 'sailin', find a old microwave or oven, unscrew the door parts and pull out the glass! It happens to be 'safety glass', its around 1/4" thick and smooth on the edges! They're easy to come by and a whole lot cheaper and safer! Some washing machines have the safety glass also! p.s., If I was 60 years younger...yada yada ya
I use mdf gesso a few coats on both sides,very inexpensive,in the US there is a cleaning product called Murphy's oil soap great for cleaning brushes,another way i use canola oil ,wipe the paint off the brush then rub it into the oil until all most the paint is off ,wash with masters brush cleaner or Murphys oil soap.tfs
I know this video is older but still great! People need to shop around for good deals and don't be impatient. When I was first starting out with Watercolor I would go to Michaels and use the 40% coupon on 1 pad of Arches paper and leave. water cups were glass jars I found at dollar store. I bought 1-2 tubes of Sennelier or Daniel Smith online when I could afford it. In between I practiced just drawing and sketching. I have been doing art for 15 years and doing things this way has saved me so much $$$$. It also spared me the agony of buying generic products so overfilled with fillers and binders you can't get the results you want.
I love using the square glass cutting boards from dollar tree as my mixing palette, the cutting board is much thicker than the picture frames, so you don't have to worry about them breaking on you when you're scraping the paint off. Also, the dollar tree has the exact same scraper she was using on the video. Again Dollar tree recently started to sell larger canvas panels and canvases that are fabulous to work with. The blue paintbrushes with the golden metal parts that come 3 to a pack are magnificent to work with, those brushes work great with watercolors, acrylics, gouache, and even oil paints, and if you forget to clean them out you can dispose of them since they are so affordable. Also, you can use the cello gift wrap over your expensive mixing pallets, and cleaning up is a breast because you can just unwrap the pallet and properly dispose of the cello wrap in seconds. Dollar Tree has 6 packs of cloth towels or regular paper towels for a dollar that you can use to clean brushes! Finally, you can make your own oil paintbrush cleaning tank with a jar, stainless steel sink strainer from the dollar store, and just add your favorite paint thinner. It works great and it cost way less than a silicoil cleaning tank.
I hate oils but you get my creative mind really going on figuring out how to get the effects you do with my acrylics! Love your work and choice of subjects! I love that you share your love of art and inspire others to paint.
My left ear really enjoyed this video. Other than that, lots of useful information, thanks. :)
I first subscribed to your channel because I thought your paintings were beautiful. Now I see you and realize that YOU are beautiful. So to conclude, you portray your beauty onto your paintings :D
Loved this thank you so much for sharing! I've always been more of a watercolor person but I did take an oil painting class my sophomore year of college and all those materials are long gone so this is great for helping me get back into painting with oils!
I learned to use Safflower oil for painting. This is used in Europe and Mexico alot, and easy to obtain when traveling. Also great for cleaning your brushes.
Just learned of a great tip from artist Diane Mize....use white 100 lb. card stock 8.5 x11, gesso one side dry, gesso back side so paper will not bend. Paint 2nd coat on one side for front. Lightly sand if you prefer. Best yet, use a foam roller dedicated for gesso use. Let it dry, then you are ready to go for next batch of paper. Good for studies.
you can buy one palette and cover it with scotch tape
mix paint on scotch tape layer and then you just throw scotch away and your palette is just like new!
try :)
Great video. I'd already discovered some of these tips, but you gave me some new ones too. I got a nice cheap piece of thick toughened glass for a pallet by going to a glazier's and asking of they had any offcuts. I made a shallow box with lid for it, so I can keep dollops of paint safely and they don't dry overnight.
do the story time!
Yeees
Superb job on video. You are not cheap. Thrifty. Not cheap. You are a woman of quality. We can see that from your videos and artwork. 😁
for a pallet you can use a neutral color ceramic tile. they are as smooth as glass and cost a few dollars. i have a few up to 24 x 24 inches.
Am using a ceramic tile as well. Very cheap yet so effective.
I want that story time btw
I love this video. I am painting on a budget myself so i love these budget painting video,s😊👍🏾🖐🏾👋🏾
Hi, Lena, thank you for all the wonderful videos. You are a great teacher - so real. Yes, there is Michael's in Canada. I live in Coquitlam, BC and was there yesterday. I had a 40% coupon and was buying the Pearl Ex pigments. Such fun. Love Lyn
You can also buy sheet glass from places like Ace Hardware for super cheap. I have an 8X10 glass sheet and it was like $2
The best way of cleaning brushes is to dip them in vegetable oil and then brush away the paint. Once all the colour is gone, you rinse your brushes with cold soapy water and then leave to dry. Its cheaper than using solvents and its much better for your brushes
so much value and your paintings are dope annnnndddd you're beautiful, might be the best channel for me
also you if you want to transition from acrylic to painting yo can start painting in oil first by doing a painting in acrylic and then paint the final layers with oil instead of acrylic
Glass cutting boards from thrift stores are also a great option! I have found them for less than $5, and it is a thicker tempered glass without the sharp edges.
You can get pre-cut sheets of thinker glass at Home Depot or Lowes, they are much cheaper than the ones at Michaels, and less likely to break than the thinner sheets in picture frames.
Thank you for sharing. Tempered glass cutting board for pallet. I grabbed one in a kitchen of an estate sale for $3. A similar one but smaller at a local art supplies store for $39. Crazy. You can also go to goodwill for glass photo frames for less than $5.
I did the frame pallete as well. I get a lot of supplies at thrift stores too.
I use a wall tile as a palette.
also for anybody who wants to realy save money you can make your own oil paint by using cement colouring powders which are realy cheap though you have only the primary colours by mixing the powder with the mentioned in the previous comment. this is how i started using oils and its realy good for beginners now i changed to artists pigments and still make my own paints
you can use wax paper palette on a clipboard or parchment paper also and you can use muslin esp. or any fabric and it requires one layer of primer (seems like rabbit skin glue) or any fabric that doesn't shed fibers. (to paint on) ....my steal tips...
great video! Here in Malta they do discounts rather then vouchers or coupons. As in paints I use the cheap ones but good like Daler-Rowney or Talens Van gogh. Regarding white spirit I by it from the ironmanger which is very cheap.
I just love your videos so much!! An instant smile appears on my face whenever I see that you have a new video!! :-)
I paint allot in my sketchbook whit oil paint and on my cardboards that i got for free from my work. I gesso the pages or my cardboard 3 times before i go in whit the oil paints. I also paint whit acrylic paint in it. Its so worth it. 😊
I couldn't find glass for cheap near where I live, so I took a piece of cardboard and wrapped a piece of plastic around it. I found the plastic wrap roll for less than 50 cents and every time it gets too much paint on it, I just throw the wrap and put a fresh one on the cardboard
you dont need to buy all the mediums and you can just use linseed oil and to save money on it either buy it from a hardware store or if you want better quality oil for less than art oil buy linseed oil or flax oil from health store it is cheaper than artist grade and it is good for painting (flax and linseed oil are the same)
I use a wood palette and yeah it's kinda hard to get the paint off but that's because it's pretty much a family heirloom so it's old as dirt that's why I use it.
A good tip is to cover your palette with food wrap so that you have less mess to clean up and you can preserve your paint until the next time you paint!
Also canvas paper is sooo good but when I was beginning I just used cheap watercolor paper or mixed media paper???? IDK what I was thinking lol but it worked
Also I like canvas boards because they are thicker that just a stretched canvas and they're double sided so I could work on two paintings at the same time!
I paint in my canson media xl aquarel sketchbook. It works so good wen you are painting whit oil paints in it. I paint whit oils and watercolours
Lena, another tip for you, before you scrape off the dried paint from your palette, spray it with a little Rubbing Alcohol (Isopropyl), it makes the paint slip right off! Also, at the Dollar Store they have a product called "L.A.'s Totally Awesome". Use it to soak/clean your brushes that are getting hard.
Thanks for being so informative! I can't wait to start oil painting
love your videos they help me so much honestly
i love your videos it sometimes get really funny but useful at the same time ♥ thank you
Your voice its a pretty song to my ears. Congratulations for your talent.
I'm very lucky I think here in Australia art materials are very reasonably priced. There's one brand called Monte Martre who do quality canvas in pads at sizes A5 to A2 with 10 sheets. The A3 ones can be bought for as little as 10 dollars in some supply stores and a brand of paints called Spectrum good quality and reasonably priced, its great.
If you are serious about your art, stop buying from australian retail stores - they are the most expensive in the world. Go to www.jacksonsart.com/ and purchase all you need for less - compare the prices. Australia is a regular daily destination for english airlines (we are still their colony)and postage is much cheaper than here in Oz believed or not.
For example: Top Quality oil paint Old Holland
- Senior Art (Melbourne) - A1 TITANIUM WHITE OLD HOLLAND 40ML = $$17.96 with 10% off.
- Jackson's (UK) - A1 TITANIUM WHITE OLD HOLLAND 40ML = $11.99
I am a simple man. I see a very informative video from another artist, I press like. :)
Oooo!!! That story time would be great.
i just wanted to mention, though you said not to use hardware store paint thinners(which i agree with to an extent) they do sell odorless mineral spirits by the gallon at hardware stores for SO MUCH CHEAPER & it is literally the same thing
I use the glass from the frames as well....if you reinforce them with a few pieces of cardboard and tape they can last much longer.....#itWorks
Are there any preferences for brushes, you never talk about brushes. Is there a video you have for that. Is any chance?
You can buy small canvases at Walmart for pretty cheap. They have from 1 x 1 inches to close to 20 inch ones. They also have canvas panels. Most expensive ones at Walmart are still under or maybe only just over $10 USD.
Thank you very much for your advice, I am a comic artist but I am considering to experiment with oil painting. Your video was very helpful for me. I painted a batman on oil (Lol) long time ago and it didn't look so bad hahaha... so... One thing that I would like to know is the "commercial" aspect of the painting business. I see that you have a great website setup. That's one of my goals, to make a shop to sell my art directly to the people. I am also considering other ways, like going to a gallery or something like that but I have no idea how to do it. But first, I have to learn to paint well hahaha... so your video was helpful indeed. Thanks! (Edit: I just saw your video on Ted Talks and it is really awesome. That's what I was looking for. Thanks! )
i noticed that most of your paintings are very cool toned, do you plan on doing any warm toned paintings in the future?
You are a ball of sunshine
Grazie per l'attenta e carinissima spiegazione...
Very sound advice. Thank you.
Guys Michaels always has sales and coupons. I recently got about 12 canvases (5 16x20) (7 12x12) for under $20 TOTAL when it would originally cost $40.
There is a Daler Rowney paint set at Walmart that is 20 dollars. It worked pretty well for me and there are more than 10 colors. The only thing is, the tubes are 12mL.
so much love for you lena! ❤
love your videos lena! they're always so helpful.
Me too
You have the prettiest hair! I'm so jealous!!
Hahaha I tried the Walmart set to start! And omg, it was horrible. Lol I knew even as a beginner like, "man, this stuff doesnt feel right" this was a cool vid Lena
I would like to know more about water mixable oil paint and see the comparison between the traditional oil paints and then the water mixable. Have you tried those or do you know where to get good information?
Another good surface to paint on is any paper with a layer of PVA glue on it(the type of glue kids use in school cos its non-toxic, and it doesnt matter if they end up with it in their mouths...). Stretch the paper like watercolour painters do if its thin. Especially useful if you're only painting it to take a print from, rather than selling it, although I've sold a few like that and they're still fine! A lot of professional artists prime panels with emulsion paint; cheaper than gesso. I've recently tried painting on old bed sheets stretched over fibreboard panels, that works well too, and costs pretty much nothing!
Thank you Lena for the video, you're awesome ..
Well I just started and (don't laugh) I use house paint .. well I'm using water based for now and I'm adding oil base later .. I'm experimenting and learning and I'm not willing to feel guilty about wasted paint and paper or canvas .. I have a set of students' Gouache paint .. I use them when I decide that the house-paint version is good, if that makes sense ..
Thank you for all your videos, they're epic ..
House paint is just fine to use. Muraljoe here on youtube does crazy work using house paint. It's easy to use, comes in large quantities and lasts a long time. It's great to use for experimenting so good job :)
thanks Lena you are awesome!
i haven't used mediums because yo gurl's on a budget but I can totally vouch for still being able to create HQ paintings with a variety of textures. You just have to get a little... _crafty_
I use winsor newton oil paints they are great its good to use oil mediums is good to soften up the paint and can paint smoothy ly the mediums I use is rapid dry weber
Thanks for this, it really helped. I got a bunch of acrylic for Christmas and it's just so hard to mix colors and blend. I'm dying to get into oils, but money's a real issue since I'm a broke college student and art is just my hobby.
Get a blending medium if you can! There are so many out there for acrylics and they really do help! Look up some options and read the descriptions to decide what would work best for you.
Thanks! I've been using a fluid retarder, but obviously that's not the same as a medium. I bought a slow drying medium a few weeks ago, but I haven't used it yet. Also, great tip about the wood. I can't wait to try it. I've been buying individual wood boards at my local art store. :/
Cute cart. I am thinkin about exchanging my cart whit drawers for a open cart like you,res. But i wanna get it in pink i love pink.
Not only are your videos extremly helpful (thank you!!!) - your also pretty funny. I Love you! Now I´m going back to binge watching your videos.Bye
hey Lena! love your vids....I was wondering if you have a video coming up of how to grid on a canvas and how to transfer your image I learned this a looooong time ago in art class but I was hoping for a refresher 🤗
Yeah I would like to hear the Story!
I really appreciate what you're doing, you inspire me to expand the artistry within me to the world of painting. As a beginner in the subject it can be very intimidating with all the equipment and materials. So thanks a lot for your advice!
I'll probably start by painting with spatulas because it seems simple.
So I wish for you to do a spatula video sometime if you find the interest (:
great video I wanna hear the story about the paint thinner
Hiii maam
Take lots of love from INDIA🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳
very useful video. thank you!
I wanna start whit oil paint. I have bought the oil set of Pebeo. Its a frence budget oil paint brand. The oil paint set comes in 20 ml tube in 30 colours for 38,36. You get all the colours. I also bought there acrylic paint set cause i paint allot whit acrylic,s too. I wanna paint solvence-free so i also bought the solvence-free gel from Gamblin. I can not get gamsol from gamblin. I got a gray tear off pallet. 50 sheets for 28,00 euro,s online on amazone. Not even online at amazone and i can,t handle the smell of terpentine so that why i wanna paint solvence-free also. Thank you so mutch for this video. Its super helpfull Lena Danya😊🖐🏾👋🏾👍🏾
I started out learning about oil colors from Daria Callie's RUclips channel, and I, instead of getting a set, bought 5 individual colors of Gamblin 1980 oil paint (Napthol Red, Hansa Yellow Light, Ultramarine Blue, Burnt Umber, and Titanium White). Do you think this is enough for an absolute beginner to oil painting? I'm used to digital art and using Copic Markers for less realistic artworks, where I have more colors to work with, but I can't mix those colors well. I'm hoping I can work with these, but as a beginner to painting in general and being used to higher quality supplies (lmao spoiled, spoiled me, spending most of my money as a minor without a job, on art supplies). It's certainly going to be interesting!
Hi. I am sure that I didn’t “invent” this tip, but it’s still a money saving thing that I do.
MICHAEL’S have a 40% coupon everyday (sometimes more than that) but it’s usually for just one item, at least here in sunny central Florida. But you want two things or more so... what to do? Well, it’s kind of a chore, but I go online, buy one item using their “pay online, pick in store” option, using the discount at checkout. Then, after I pay I put another one in the cart, and pay using that same discount code again because while you are only allowed to use it on one item at the store, I realized that online no one is policing that, as long as you don’t put two things in the cart at once. Then you wait until you get an email message (one for every item) telling you that your order is ready to pick up, and you go and get them. Sure, it will be kinda awkward to tell the employee that you are there to pick up 4 different orders (and sign for each one) but I cannot care less about that.
Option 2 is bringing a friend to the store, give him/her the money and have him/her pay for your item. Option three is my least favorite, which is going out of the store after buying one thing, leave it in the car and go back to get another. I would do that only if I. am in a hurry for whatever I need.
Unless they specify that shipping is free, do not buy online and have your order shipped home; their shipping rates are insulting.
Thanks Lena for such a wonderful channel, I am about to go into oil painting and you had been instrumental on that process. Very well made and produced, a real pleasure to watch.
Glass from the dollar tree is a great idea. You could just leave the glass in the frame though. :)
Thanks for the advice Lena! Money really is a problem when you're a broke (dying) college student haha. Keep on doing what you love. We'll be looking forward to future videos :D
For the pallette, you can just keep the frame with the glass, you don't have to tape the edges and it would be more sturdy too..
Greetings, Lena. Thanks for the wonderful art videos!
I am an artist from the Philippines. Here Gamblin's 1980 series seems to be on the pricey side of student grade paints, even more expensive than the artist grade paints of other brands! There are a number of more affordable brands like Grumbacher (Academy), Winsor & Newton (Winton), Lefranc & Bourgeois (Louvre), Sonnet, and Pebeo that also seem to be good or at least enough to get the job done.
Good oil paints in my country are more expensive and less abundant than in the US. Many artists and art students here use cheap China-made brands like Marie's, Magi-Wap, and the affordable variant of Royal Talens yet they still produce good works of art.
With your influence, I know you can get a lot of people into oil painting. I am just concerned that some of them may not be able to afford the paints that you are using and end up buying cheaper paints and get different or even frustrating results. For this reason I would like to suggest the following:
1. Use cheaper paints, mediums, and brushes in one of your videos
2. Create an oil paint shootout video that may help people understand the differences among brands or between student and artist grade paints
These are just my two cents. Thank you very much, more power, and God bless!
So last Friday, I got together with a couple other colleagues and my wife and we went to our city park to paint. We all hit up Michael's at our own time before our scheduled get together time. I was messaged by one colleague for gesso, and I'm all crap I left the house already but headed to Michael's I'll see what they have. Long story short, I got two tubes of paint and a fifteen dollar bottle of gesso and an adult coloring book for my wife all for 12 buck after online coupons and in store 50% of artist's loft paint for the two bottles (1.99ea.) So yeah, they're crazy about deals.
Is it possible to speed up the drying process with a blow dryer/heat tool? I would like to have the paint at least semi-dry before putting more layers especially with the skin. Also I love your oil paint information videos they have given me so much help to where to start!
Cheap oil paint is made from marble dust and colored dye and a medium is added, like linseed oil. Real oil is made from different colored mineral pigments. like iron oxide, etc. and linseed oil.
Okay, okay....we totally have to hear the story-time. :) Great video!
You are a sweetheart ! Thank's for sharing .
How many people don't paint but watch all her videos... Even ones targeted for painters like this 1?
luv ya Lena
I really like your videos and thank you for all the helpful information and I hope you have a great day and Florida and by the way you're very beautiful