Diane Im so happy I changed to Cobra oils by Royal Talens no more solvent use for me, I also clean my glass pallet & brushes with Chroma Incredible Brush Cleaner, this is so good it removes old dry paint left on brushes and to restore my Rosemary & Co brushes, I use good old Maxwell clean & restore soap in warm water at the end of each painting session. Love your content Diane you are teaching folks the correct way to paint, god bless you.

Diane, your quick tips are so wonderfully presented. This topic in particular was so confusing to me when I was a beginner, and was one of the main reasons I was initially too intimidated to try oils at home. There is a lot of conflicting or incomplete information out there, and you presented a very clear and practical approach. Your channel brings great wisdom and inspiration to my painting practice, keep up the great teaching!

Wow this was so exciting! Loved this video so much Dianne👍🏼

I don’t paint with oils now, after 40+ years I am trying watercolors. Totally the opposite but I am enjoying it. Do you have more watercolor tutorials, if so I will look for them. Thank you

So happy I found your videos tonight Dianne. Makes so much sense the way you explain it, hope to see many more tutorials thank you❤️thank you so much❤

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The advice I would like to give to anyone trying to find the best online tutor, is that you have found her. Dianne is the best. This is a remarkable KZbin. Thank you Dianne.

Great tip. How about acrylic paint tips on its trash and cleaning those brushes.

Great tutorial, exactly what I was looking for thank you

Thanks but not the answer to my question, which is the method you use to keep the piles of GOUACHE from drying while you are painting? Thanks again

Another excellent Quick Tip! Lots of good advice to maintain safety in handling the products we use. I had no idea about flash point. Also, I will try the rubbing alcohol to clean the palette. Do you use it full strength? Also, do you use Murphy's Oil full strength to clean your brushes?

Thank you. An important question you didn’t address: How do you disposed of dirty Gamsol or other solvent? Do you wait for it to separate and reuse

A minor question, Dianne. You mention keeping a towel on your lap. Does that mean that you do paint while sitting? I thought that you preferred to stand? Awaiting your upcoming book...Carol

Oh wow, did not know that fire-danger-stuff for years, omg, thanks! 🤯 great tipps, thanks 👍 If anybody has problems with mineral solvents, chemistry stuff or alcohol: I had Asthma, headache, fatigue, skin issues and more from it. Now I use the more natural Lavender/Orange/Citrus solvents for many years without any issues, and there is actually no difference in behaviour with oil paints. Also some smell quite good. I also use either baby oil - or wet baby-wipe-towels (don't know how you call them in your country) for cleaning my stuff (also great for a quick in-between-clean or for fingers and colour - accidents) - and a block of brush soap for my brushes and water. It gives the bristles back some fat for protection and they look great for many years.

water would be okay to soak the paper towels?

Hi Dianne, what is the paper surface you have under the piles of gouache? I tried to use some tube paint and it dried before I could get to paint with it. Thank you

I used to wash my hands with turpentine.

I have a question about your pallet. Recently I’ve been seeing oil painters with huge piles of paint along their pallets just like yours and I can’t find any information about it online. How do you keep the paint from drying out? Why do this? What’s the benefits/cons? I never see anyone else asking about this so either I’m the last to know or others are hesitant to ask about it. 😊

MSDS. Material Safety Data Sheets.

Dianne, I have started using turpenoid natural which is non toxic, noninflammable as my oil paint cleaner and brush conditioner. And it has a pleasant smell. Any comments on this cleaner.

I have a question, how do you clean out the "sludge" from the bottom of glass jars and brush washers?

Someone else asked this question also, how to dispose of solvent? Also what about toxicity as related to oil paint inhalation? Is a fan in the studio sufficient?

You can also use baby oil to get the oil paint off your hands

Baby wipes work really good for cleaning the palette

Thanks so much for answering my question! Very helpful information.

If you have access to a hose in back yard or paddio, you can hose down your rags and let them air dry. I would continue to do that till they no longer have 'the smell'. Then you can re-use them or dispose of them properly or put them in your washer. Totally agree with using paper towels and not wadding em up, that's been my thing for years and I use mineral spirits, and oil tools such as walnut oil, damar oil and a host of gamblin products oh and linseed, liqulin etc.

Thanks for your fantastic tip

Hi Dianne, thank you for a timely Quick Tip about studio safety. I am interested in how you ventilate your studio since, for instance, Gamblin recommends a well-ventilated space even when using Gamsol (odorless but still toxic!). Thanks for all of the invaluable teaching you have provided through the years!

Thank you so much for this very informative video. This is something that is very important for every painter to know. How do you manage the handling of your solvent?

Don't eat the paint!

Excellent topic! May I ask why you would throw used rags in the wash before disposing? Why pollute our water supply if the rag is going to end up being disposed of in a plastic bag anyway? Also, wouldn't any paint on the rag stick inside the washer and possibly transfer itself to any nice clothes you wash later?

I am trying to hold the pencil as suggested here. I am trying to draw standing up. When I try and draw vertical lines , holding with the suggested grip, my hands shake wildly and the line goes all over the place. Funny enough horizontal lines seem to be ok. Also when I hold the pencil horizontally with the same grip, horizontal lines become impossible because the hand shakes too much, but vertical lines are fine now. Do I just use the position that is more comfortable or do I persist with holding the pencil vertically and hope that it will improve? BTW I am 72 and suffer from benign tremors which affects mostly my left hand.

I love your phantom drawings because you internalize the feeling and the movement/direction.

whew that was high energy and intense! not in a bad way though. you are a great teacher

You are a treasure. Thank you deeply.

This was SO HELPFUL!!

i learned more from you in ONE video than from others on here i watched during a years worth of videos.. TYSM

Hi I don’t see where to “Join”.

Really enjoyed this discussion about Notan. How to find it and adjust (if desired) to balance the art work. Thank you.

Blessings always,thank you

Excellent lesson today, Dianne. I now understand the distinction between notan and a value study. Thank you, Candie

So well said. Thanks

I appreciate you showing what a full stroke means and what an edit verses picking. I was misunderstanding both terms.

Wowooooo! Learnt so much from all your videos 👍👍👍

This nicely explained how to use color values (e.g., darker color in the shade, lighter color in the light), and now I'd like to know how you use color chroma.

As always very well explained. Thank you 👍👍👍

Thank you! 👍👍👍

Instead of counting the small distance 9 times you could use the tool set to 3 times bigger and only measure it 3 times using the larger distance. This would be more accurate.

Like always, great tip 👍👍👍