How to paint in your sketchbook - oil paint

[@dejavulaverite9086]

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[@mariagalvez8844]

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[@sha_sha_art8318]

Привет! Потрясающие портреты, я смотрела весь процесс как завороженная от начала и до конца. Отдельный респект за музыкальное сопровождение 👍 весьма неожиданно было услышать liquid dnb 🥰

[@mrmustache7023]

love the art and advice! I am just wondering can you pre-prime a few pages and then paint on them later whenever you want to?

[@leogalvezart]

Thank you!! And yes you can pre-prime it … if you use acrylic gesso or any acrylic primer the paper will not get sticky (personal experience) ✌️😃

[@ultramarine_finest]

so beautiful! loved it

[@beccogiallo]

Such beautiful artwork!

[@leogalvezart]

@@beccogiallo thank you 😃!!!

[@lindapham1013]

Beautiful! Really enjoyed watching you paint from start to finish. Please do more! ♥

[@leogalvezart]

@@lindapham1013 thank you!!! 🙌 right now I’m working on a new video 😁

[@ricardogalvez7048]

Amazing 🤩

[@tabbi888]

Your work looks amazing, wonderful use of colour and tones. Very beautiful 😍 ❤

[@leogalvezart]

@@tabbi888 thank you so much!!!! 😃

[@Jjmiamjj]

18:01 très motivée oui merciii

[@catheyboocat-design7175]

Incredible art❤❤❤

[@leogalvezart]

😃 Thank you!!

[@creativecolours2022]

Hi. Your portraits are great. I'd like to ask a question in case you know the answer. I'm interested to work in my sketchbooks with oils but I have to use due to allergy the water soluble ones. Do I have to prime my paper with regular gesso or with watercolor ground instead?

[@leogalvezart]

Hello, the water-based oil paint once dry works the same as traditional oil paint, so I recommend priming with gessoo or any acrylic primer you have. ✌

[@creativecolours2022]

@@leogalvezart OK...Thank you a lot for the info. :)

[@ruthbetancur8478]

Maestro...

[@garrettgoldsmith]

nice! is the moleskin a wet medium book or is it just a regular paper sketchbook?

[@leogalvezart]

@@garrettgoldsmith hi!!! Its the regular Sketchbook version 165 g/m2 … in the label says “Art collection “

[@garrettgoldsmith]

@ thanks! I’m gunna gather materials and try this this weekend!

[@КартошкаПюре-р5с]

Thank you for the inspiration! what do you cover your work with at the end?

[@leogalvezart]

Hi! Sometimes I apply a coat of retouching varnish and sometimes just leave it as it is Some colors when they dry tends to get opaque so with a coat of retouching varnish the colors and tones get even ✌

[@pjlewisful]

I don't like how the book cress goes across the face, but good painting.

[@phoebe893]

I never thought about the masking tape trick. Thank you, def trying this.

[@SvetaMyak]

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[@gio946]

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[@clshaw01]

Then what? Leave them open a week? Varnish?

[@leogalvezart]

It’s dry within 24 to 36 hours depending on how thick you apply the paint layer … but you can always use “liquin” (fast drying medium) ✌

[@creativesolutionstoart]

@@leogalvezart so you’re saying after a day or two you can close the book and they won’t stick together? And that you have to basically apply some pretty thin layers? Because I had the same question…

[@leogalvezart]

@ yes you can close it without a problem. There’s people that put a sheet of baking paper to prevent that. So far I haven’t had any problems The reason why i paint on my sketchbook is because it’s faster to prepare and much cheaper than canvases or wood panels Its for practice and I don’t have the pressure of showing it to anyone 😆 I recommend you to try it on a loose sheet of paper and see if it works for you

[@leogalvezart]

If your brushstrokes are smooth it’s going to dry within 24 to 36 hours . But if you use impasto technique I will recommend you to apply a drying medium 🙌

[@creativesolutionstoart]

@@leogalvezart yes, I agree doing things and sketchbooks is faster cheaper easier and low pressure oil painting is not some thing I ever thought I could do that with, however, I have seen other people do it. I just never understood what would happen once you painted it regarding drying time and pages sticking, etc., I have even gessoed an entire sketchbook that I repurposed just so I can do oil paint or acrylics. But I couldn’t get past the part of where to put it once I painted in it and how long it would take to dry, etc.… Thank you for the in-depth reply and explanation. I really appreciate it :-) now I’m just gonna have to try it and see for myself!😉

[@richarde1294]

It's complicating life for not much

[@aku26]

Say more?

[@richarde1294]

@@aku26 1. There are cheap supports already ready 2. Maintaining the notebook (heavy and unstable) to paint. 3. But above all, where is the point of creating an image "cut in half" on a notebook? 4. It is not "exploitable" and it is not aesthetic. It would already make more sense to paint on a single sheet to have the entirety (and integrity) of the image on a single surface. If his notebook were to unravel, for example, he would have pieces of paintings. On a single sheet, he can at least recover his image.