Daniil-Belov-artist

1. The hardest type of brushes for oil painting is bristle and the softest is synthetic. The other types fall between the two. 2. Synthetic brushes are good for laying paint in a thin, smooth layer without texture. They are good for painting smooth areas. 3. Bristle brushes are good for laying paint in a dense, textured layer, but you can also lay paint thinly with them. 4. Using different types of brushes, you can control the thickness and texture of paint layers on the canvas 5. With a bristle brush you can do characteristic “torn” strokes. It is useful for painting grass blades,leaves, etc. 6. There are also fan brushes, a

In this video I will show and tell what is the difference between transparent and opaque oil colours and where to look for it on tube. Summary: There are 4 levels of transparency:Opaque - are not translucent when painted in thick layer, the thinners can't dilute them to the "watercolour" stateSemi-opaqueSemy-transparentTransparent - are translucent even if painted in thick layer, the thinners can dilute them to the "watercolour" state There are symbols of transparency level on the tubes:Filled square - opaque colourHalf-empty square - semi-opaque colourTransparent square with diagonal line - semi-transparentEmpty square - transparent More o

My small masterclass on landscape painting on youtube There are subtitles, to turn them on, please click on the right to the "clocks" button. A pilot video on how to paint an underpainting with oil and about landscape painting as a whole. The next one will be better :)