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Paint is expensive, so if you want to keep your leftover oil paint to use another day, it is important to find a method to stop oil paint from drying out, and keep your leftover oil paint wet.

At the end of your painting session, don't scrape your palette and throw the leftover oil paint away. Do this instead. via @virtualartacade Virtual Art, Learn Oil Painting, Oil Painting Lessons, Oil Painting Tips, Expensive Art, Paintings Tutorials, Leftover Paint, Oil Painting Techniques, Dry Oil

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Save Money On Oil Paints – 8 Methods To Stop Leftover Oil Paint From Drying Out

Paint is expensive, so if you want to keep your leftover oil paint to use another day, it is important to find a method to stop oil paint from drying out, and keep your leftover oil paint wet. At the end of your painting session, don't scrape your palette and throw the leftover oil paint away. Do this instead. via @virtualartacade

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Painting for Beginners: How To Mix A Beautiful Orange

There are so many wonderful kinds of orange, let's look at how to mix oranges of all shades, from saturated vivid oranges, less saturated orange, and greyed oranges. You need to know about all of these to make your paintings work. Orange pigments range from yellowish to reddish and even into the pinks and browns. via @virtualartacade

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Painting for Beginners: How to Mix a Fresh Green

I often read that greens are difficult. But maybe this depends on your perspective. From where I sit there are a great variety of them and so making green means you will most likely wonder what colors make green for many of the paintings you will be working on. It's all about how you see things. via @virtualartacade

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Painting for Beginners: What Is Color Bias?

Understanding how color bias affects color mixing will make the difference between how to mix a color that is vivid and saturated, or a lower saturated or dull color. To get the brightest mixtures, choose base colours with a similar bias, meaning those that “lean” toward each other on the colour wheel. via @virtualartacade

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Painting for Beginners: How to Mix Purple

There are so many kinds of purple like there are oranges and greens, so we need to look at the basics of creating purple. via @virtualartacade

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The 10 Types of Contrast in Art

Contrast is an important principle that helps create visual interest, and emphasizes differences between elements of your painting. Read my blog post and see how I applied ten different types of contrast that will help you to improve your compositions and keep your viewers interested. via @virtualartacade

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Painting for Beginners: 6 Basic Color Schemes

As a beginner artist, you have to understand the properties of color (hue, saturation, and value), and how to use them harmoniously to create beautiful paintings. The basis of understanding the hue property of color lies in the color wheel, and various color schemes in art. Color schemes are also known as color harmonies. Here are 6 simple harmonies you can use to create successful paintings when you are a beginner.