Beginners guide to oil painting and demonstration w/ Lachri

[@blueredcross]

I wanted to thank you Lisa for everything you're doing for us. You taught me so much and I really want you to continue doing the things you do. The more you give the more you are able to receive and the more you love what you do the more that love will spread to inspire others. You are my favourite artist of all time

[@RichardKing4U]

Really good video, I like the way you speak quickly and to the point. Several others ramble on and on and take ages, but you are superb. Thank you ! The silver paper idea is new to me, but I really prefer a grey pallet, because it helps me a lot to judge colours better. I also use a piece of cellophane wrapped around a piece of stiff cardboard about 5 inches square painted grey to use as a micro pallet on which to mix colours and then place next to the canvas, or a reference photograph. Of course when the cellophane is covered with paint, you can discard it and wrap a new piece of cellophane around the piece of grey cardboard. I find this is most useful with acrylics, but it also works with oils Kind regards to all and good luck with you KZbin channel - Chris in Thailand

[@MiraByler]

Definitely going to be investing in liquin now. I usually use turpenoid, but I absolutely love the layers you do with liquin! Thanks for sharing

[@why6773]

+ThatArtsyGirl Hello, I love your videos :)

[@YoTrippinFoChariZard]

I love how something so simple can look so gorgeous and captivating. Really want to try out oil painting!

[@Lachri]

:D

[@nickybee800]

Yes!!!! This is PERFECT FOR ME!!! I am an acrylic artist that wants to try oil. I'm so excited

[@brandonringstad]

great job! I love all the details on the canvas and brushes you used. It was all the details that some other channels don't have which help. I know tons of people who want to know the whole process to painting and this was a 10/10

[@Lachri]

+Brandon Ringstad Thanks!

[@JellieBee]

This is so helpful! I've attempted oil painting a few times but I just didn't understand it at all, this glazing technique seems so straightforward, so I'm excited to try it!!

[@charlesmostert6929]

You are such a beautiful painter and a great teacher! Thank you again! Lorraine

[@elizabethnaisbitt1795]

Fab painting and fab tutorial, tfs x

[@fantasyland8369]

Finally an oil painting video!

[@freeelectron8261]

Great tutorial - lots of useful and interesting techniques. Might try some oil painting. Thanks Lachri!

[@Windkisssed]

Thoroughly enjoyable to watch it all cone together!! I don't plan on taking up oils just yet... Got my hands full with learning so many other mediums at the moment. Always love watching your instructive and inspiring videos!! Thanks for sharing your wisdom with us. Lauri

[@Lachri]

+Windkisssed Thanks for watching :D

[@anitaholmes9713]

Love this video, your painting is amazing...I love your work and love that you take the time to share and inspire! Thank you!

[@Lachri]

Thanks :D

[@nandkumarnaik8186]

Great! Your painting demonstration and the tips you are giving while painting is very helpful. It's Awesome, thank you.

[@DaveKFree]

I just wanted to say thank you! You are one of my favorite KZbin teachers. There was some very practical information in this video that I have not seen elsewhere.

[@Lachri]

Thanks :D

[@SalmaK.Shamshad]

Watching in 2019! I love you for not wasting so much paint. I also loved the pallet idea. ✌🏼 Thank you so much for this video.

[@exhibitjean]

Great video! I must re-watch this many times! So much great information :)

[@MiccoliOfficial]

Great video, looking forward to more. Thanks for sharing, much love Miccoli

[@nathanbanda1978]

Thank you so much lisa for this tutorial! Being a beginner myself this video really has cleared up all my misconceptions about oil paint. Now i know what i need to do to make my paintings even better. Thank you!

[@Lachri]

+Nathan Banda I'm glad to help!

[@FineArtbyAlison]

Hey Lisa! I just wanted to say hi and introduce myself. I’m Alison and I’m and artist myself! I would like to let you know that I’ve been watching your videos for years and your channel was a big inspiration for me to start my own art business and KZbin channel😊 You’re super talented by the way!❤

[@michaelparry1383]

Lisa, this is so fantastic. I really like how you show your detail work. your camera angle and zoom give the viewer an up front and personal view of what you do and how you do ti. All your videos are great (all of them), but these detail views of your work help so much. All the information is so well discussed. We all can hear the words under-painting, glazes, and so forth, but until we actually see it done up close and personal, they are just words. I am so please that you are not just satisfied to do more of the same videos (are great in their own right) and you want it to take it to the next level. You are great, Lisa; always have been and always will be. Great video, great.

[@Lachri]

+Michael Parry Thanks! The boom mic stand helps me get such better camera angles than I used to be able to :D

[@michaelparry1383]

+Lachri Fine Art , Lisa, I just finished a second viewing. Your apple turned out great. It was so great to see this come together. I am pleased that you were able to find a way to do these close ups when you need. I enjoyed watching you display the paints, brushes, and thinner. Your video work is so well done. Thanks again.

[@emilymeinsmith7991]

Even though I don't using painting mediums myself, I still find watching these videos so interesting. Awesome video, Lisa! :3

[@Lachri]

+Emily Mein Smith Thanks!

[@jennyp9091]

Such a great instructor!

[@rosaravelo3709]

Absolutely wonderful

[@tamihughes3979]

you really made wanting to work with oils a lot easier. So use of seeing people using tons of paint, which was scary. You broke it down in such a way - that I might need to review this. In college - they also made it really difficult, to were I did not want to learn it. Believe I still have all of those paints... been a good 30 years now... hmmm Thank you for the this! You are awesome!

[@susanehoffman]

This is a very helpful video for someone new to oil painting, like myself. Thanks for this good information.

[@ATALGE]

One video and I am in love with your channel. You give great tips

[@shirleylinkous799]

Hi hun, just wanted to say thank you for being so giving with your skills. Keep them coming! :}

[@Lachri]

:D

[@jerzeyzgirl03]

Hi Lisa. I honestly learn so much from all your videos. I have done painting in the past and the paint thinners stinked. I never used likin before.. usually my paintings takes weeks to dry lol. I am learning so much with you about different mediums. Can you please do a video on how to varnish your paintings? This is a topic alot of artists like myself have problems with. Thanks for taking time to make awesome videos.

[@Lachri]

+jerzeyzgirl03 Yep, I actually picked up some varnish to review recently :)

[@jerzeyzgirl03]

+Lachri Fine Art Yayyy can't wait to watch it

[@sambeawesome]

Wonderful tutorial! I like how you kept it very simple. Though I'm not into oils, ain't nobody got time for that ;P

[@Lachri]

Haha!

[@billoneil1699]

Thank you very much, i am just starting and trying to learn all the techniques

[@NataliaBadaeva]

thanks a lot for your tutorials! just found them and it's amazing! i'm learning to make oil paintings as well as colored pencil drawings and your tutorials are very helpful!!

[@kittycat0876]

How pretty thanks I was wondering how to get started

[@Lachri]

+kittycat0876 :D

[@AliA-zf5zk]

I love your videos. Thank you.

[@Lachri]

+Ali A :D

[@FullMoonHatch]

Awesome videos!

[@Lachri]

Thanks :)

[@GemmaHurrah]

Lovely painting!!

[@areejyabroudy893]

i love your techniques. ....thaaaaanx a lot ..

[@lisengel2498]

Beautiful

[@andresaroba1967]

Awesome! thanks for sharing.

[@Roubaix001]

Brilliant.

[@CanadianMang]

I wouldnt be worried about "muddy" colors and colors mixing on your painting. I believe that is in fact a positive effect of oil paint which is what makes this medium so beautiful. Oil paint has so much potential especially when you loosen up and allow randomness to take place. We all have our own style!

[@TamiGargantiel]

Thank you so much for this tutorial! It was very helpful.

[@Pobs81]

Great video, i have stayed away from oils thus far but i think I'll give it a whirl after watching.👍

[@madisonrose6324]

Hi Lisa I really love your work. I was wondering if it would be possible for you to upload a video tutorial of a graphite drawing without time lapse so I can clearly see everything you are doing. Thx Lisa and great painting btw it looks awesome

[@Lachri]

+Madison Rose The closest you will get is through patreon, but even those are rarely real time. Real time videos are just too long for youtube and too much work for me given they would be 5-8 hours worth of footage :)

[@Cosmic_Solace]

Wonderful tutorial!! :) Can you give tips on how to clean the brushes?

[@alzeriathewanderertwitch]

doggie piddle pads are the best for wiping brushes/palette knives. I have a puppy and didnt know what to do w/ them once she was house broken plus they cover ur desk nicely.

[@maryannross50]

This was a great lesson, thank you.

[@kelseyforkner]

Thank you for this helpful and charming video. My husband and I are taking a painting class that starts next week, and I have a much better idea of what to buy and how to get started now. Are you going to be doing an introduction to acrylics guide and demonstration video as well?

[@Lachri]

+Kelsey Forkner I need to :)

[@sergeysy3189]

Amazing! Thank you

[@cherylsuitor9678]

Love this, thank you for explaining everything.

[@Lachri]

=D

[@كاريكاتيرعمروحسن]

Good art

[@DrTeterken]

How did the colours become transparent? I loved it by the way.

[@Lachri]

+Toby P Most of the colors used were already translucent, but the more liquin you add, the more translucent they become.

[@cathyt1656]

Very nice video. Thank you for sharing your technique. I'm dusting off my oils after a ten years hiatus. Although I've used a glazing technique, I don't recall ever seeing or hearing of starting with the colors including black and white. Is this your personal technique, or is this how the masters did it? Thank you.

[@ChrisBellArt]

You make it look so easy, lol. Experience. Thank you so much!

[@Saul17r]

Great demo :) Thank you!

[@Lachri]

+Saul17r :D

[@jasoninge5309]

Wonderful video! I usually paint my seascapes in acrylic, but I've been thinking about going over the finished acrylic paintings with oils to get more subtle blending effects. This video makes me totally excited to jump right into oils. However, the Liquitex Basics acrylics I use dry to a matte finish (which I like). I'm afraid I might have random shinny spots where the oils are used.

[@Lachri]

Varnish over all of it when you're done to even out the shine.

[@TartantazCreates]

Thank you a great tutorial

[@Lachri]

Glad you like it! :D

[@DrTusharIngle]

tx a lot lisa for the video..that was so helpful...i have a question..what sells more..oils acrylics or watercolors..pls guide me tx a lot..🙏

[@MariaRevArt]

This was a really good video that takes you through the basics of oil painting. I was wondering though, would you consider making an introduction to acrylics video. I feel like one of the reasons I struggle with painting on the whole so much is because I don't know how to use the paint properly and each type of paint works a bit differently and I think an intro to acrylics might help a lot of people.

[@acheavyequipmenttrucking709]

YOU ARE AWESOME. THANKS YOUR VIDEOS ARE HELPING ME SO MUCH!!!MUCH LUV FRM BAHAMAS

[@Lachri]

That is great to hear!! :D

[@shabhaois9080]

Wow! Thank you!

[@Sakuems]

THANK YOU ! i learned so much

[@Lachri]

+Sakuems I just wipe the mop brush off between colors. If I get it too dirty, I switch to a clean brush. This brush has to be 100% dry to work, so cleaning it won't work. To get your work more contoured, just blend less. Apply the paint more cleanly allowing for more contrast between your edges and background. Yep, sounds like you've got the idea of glazing down right :) For glazing I would pick up some liquin. Non fast drying mediums take SO LONG to dry! You can glaze with any mixing medium though. I don't know anything about the van Gogh oils, but any quality set will glaze fine. Lesser paints can lift, even when dry when applying glazes. Water mixable oils aren't like working with real oil. I passionately hate them. They really should be considered a different medium all together IMO. The only way those work like oils is if you use an oil mixing medium with them instead of water...which pretty much defeats the purpose of using water mixable. If you want to really oil paint, stick with real oils :D Any odorless mineral spirits or paint thinner will work just fine for cleaning your brush. The masters is a must have for me, but you will need both a paint thinner/OMS and a separate brush soap if you really want your brushes to last. I can't wait to see what you paint!!

[@Sakuems]

+Lachri Fine Art thank you so much for all your answers ! :D i got some regular oil paint and the liquin ! and also the set of make up brushes (that has like 6 mop brushes)i can't wait to start painting too, will definitely make a video :D

[@jessicabrum4604]

Hi Lisa. I've got a design ready on the canvas of a Raven and a rose for a oil painting with a cloudy sky, bird flying, all that good stuff. I will be using this method you display here since it'll be much easier, though not sure to use the 3 colours you used in this video or if I can get away with black and white for the first step before glazing? Does it matter which one I choose or will the raw umber be better to add in?

[@barbararodx]

This helped me so much especially since I will be taking a painting class in about a week where we only use oil paints

[@Lachri]

+Barbara Rodriguez :D

[@mercedesdiaz8595]

Excelente, pintura.

[@hadeelabdullah220]

This video is really helpful, thank you so much Lisa for all your work I have a question about oil painting can I finish the painting in one day ?

[@Lachri]

If you do the Bob Ross wet into wet style yes. If you want to glaze to get the depth like I do here, then no.

[@realartdrum]

Thank you for sharing such knowledgeable info!!!!!Such aN unique technique!!!! ;)

[@veroniquemcmurray8417]

Love your apple

[@Yzjoshuwave]

Nice apple! I would definitely eat it ;) I especially like the way you got the veins and highlights in the leaf and the shadow underneath the leaf made it pop nicely. I'm wondering if you have any experience with water-based oils. I bought them about 15 years ago, because I wanted to avoid the toxic solvents of regular oils. They're not quite so soft and buttery as ordinary oils, but I've loved them, so I just kept going with those instead of switching to true oils. At some point, I bought some fast-dry medium. I hoped, when I first bought it, that it would stay blendable throughout my painting session, but would still dry for the next day. It does dry quickly, but my experience has been that it loses it's blendability fairly quickly. Using water (solvent) to soften up tacking medium doesn't soften it smoothly and it wants to break up into little gummy balls. Not what I want at all. For this reason, I've been using water-based linseed oil, which seems to take about a week to be thoroughly dry. I've been considering the switch to actual oils, but the initial investment is significant and I really want to be sure I get what I'm looking for. First, I'm wondering how long you find liquin to stay smooth and blendable. Can you use a solvent to get it to become melty and blendable? Do you find that it tacks up in the middle of your session? Thank you so much for the clear explanations and anything you can say about this!!! When I can afford to support people on Patreon, you'll be in my shortlist. And happy painting :)

[@wendouse8893]

Wonderful, thank you.

[@natashah.s55]

Can I use Fredrix canvas pad for this project?(I'm a beginner).

[@grayindigo21]

you had me at 'viva paper towels'.

[@davidtorres4999]

I have to thank you a lot for this! thank you, thank you, thank you.

[@jodiexc74]

did you do anything to your canvas before you started painting? I've always heard people talking about priming a canvas before painting.

[@Lachri]

No, I use canvases that are already primed. Most canvases come this way. It's rare to find one that isn't.

[@karlenejoiegarcia3489]

Hi Lisa! Can you also try using turpentine for blending with both oil-based colored pencil and acrylics paints? What are there differences?

[@itsaudrey7716]

this was very helpful thank you😊

[@000bullets]

So do you not clean your brushes with the thinner every time you change the colors on your brush? I heard of people not using thinner when they change colors but I don't see how you can't use thinner when you change colors without the colors contaminating each other.

[@Lachri]

It depends. If I'm going from a dark brown and want to use white on that same brush, then yes I will need to use paint thinner. If I'm going from yellow to brown, I only need to wipe the paint from the brush on a paper towel. Normally I just use different brushes for lights or darks so that I can just wipe them between colors without worrying about it.

[@Connor-wv6ln]

Can you do a video like this for acrylics, please. great video btw.

[@Lachri]

+connor guthro I need to!

[@maya-jj5cm]

is it possible to make your oil paints translucent without using any products? great tutorial! 💚

[@JANKOWALSKI-kx8zm]

Żeby farba była polprzeźroczysta trzeba używać farb transparentnych, słabo kryjących. Kieruj się oznaczeniami na tubie. Można też użyć farby kryjącej ale rozprowadzić olejem lnianym. Dlaczego nie chcesz używać żadnych mediów?

[@TheAdelK]

Thank you! Im a beginner and I've learned so much!

[@lopamudraray4571]

hi loved this video . can i use linseed oil in place of liquin ? and the art store says that mop brushes are not suitable for oil colour 😢. but i will get couple of them .

[@Lachri]

Absolutely. It will just take longer to dry :)

[@CHloE748]

I SO wish you would do "studio vlogs" it would be soooo inspiring and motivating for me (and others). I don't know if you remember me but I've been subscribed for years. Even if you only took a minute clip telling us what you are currently doing every once in a while throughout the day or week. You can show what you're painting on, cleaning brushes, editing, buying supplies etc etc. also, since you have to wait a full day to let this dry, do you just move on to the next painting in the mean time?? (This is another thing that would be so interesting to see in vlogs)

[@Lachri]

I post stuff I'm working on on instagram for the most part. I don't have time to upload more videos here though as I'm currently doing four regular videos a week, a weekly livestream and a patreon video and a colored pencil podcast lol. When I wait for an oil painting to dry, I usually work on editing videos or clean my studio :D

[@CHloE748]

Lachri Fine Art lol yeah that is a crazy amount of work. I do follow you on insta though!

[@rochellelisa7959]

Wow you do awesome work. Do you have any opinion about "old Master" style painting? Is it too stuffy for modern collectors and too much trouble to create?

[@renzo6490]

Take a look at the contemporary work of Jacob Collins, Jeremy Lipking, Jordan Sokol, Juliette Aristides, Gary Faigin, Will St. John, Justin Wood and especially Colleen Barry ! These artists produce work in the 'old master' style. There is always a market for excellence in painting. As for it being 'too much trouble to create' that depends on how much effort you are willing or unwilling to devote to the mastery of painting.

[@mercedesdiaz8595]

Es excelente

[@nancymeece5110]

Love ur video. Thanks for all the info. Can u tell me where u got the thing to store ur palette in or list a link for it?

[@Lachri]

Here is my affiliate link for that on amazon amzn.to/2oTxccT

[@consuellacobb5477]

Those plastic palettes with the wells and tiny mixing area you said were good for acrylics... I had to get rid of all of mine I waste so much paint using them lol

[@Lachri]

LOL I don't use those myself anymore. I just stick to a paint tray for acrylics :D

[@renzo6490]

It would be helpful if you inserted, at the bottom left, your reference photo. You mention letting your painting dry over night. Does the Liquin cause faster drying? Or does the greater percentage of solvent aid the drying speed?

[@RivkaMacales]

Hi! Great tutorial! Question - Can I use a different thinner medium (that is not that "drying gel") and get a similar translucent result? (I understand that I would have to wait longer in order for the first coat of paint to dry) Thanks!

[@Lachri]

You can but the results will be a bit different. I recommend experimenting to see which gives you the results you like best :)

[@evebroadbent7125]

Thanks for sharing this! I've been wanting to get into oil painting but it all seems too intimidating...

[@Lachri]

+Eve Br It's really not. I think acrylics are much more difficult to learn :)

[@sarahboardman9970]

Thank you! This was so helpful. I have been wanting to try oils but I was too scared.

[@Lachri]

+Whatwhat? :D

[@Scorptique]

Hi Lisa! I see alot of tutorials out there discussing about the fat over lean rule to avoid cracking and it's quite confusing to me.... mixing the oil and the solvent to the correct proportions at different layers. Instead you just used one medium liquin throughout. What is the difference between manually mixing the oil/solvent and just using liquin? What is your advise to beginners regarding this fat over lean rule because it's quite intimidating! Also, Im not sure if liquin is available from where im at and not sure what I can substitute with. Thank you for your reply!! :)

[@Lachri]

Liquin isn't actually thinning the paint like paint thinner does. All of my layers are pretty equal as far as how fat/lean they are so it's not something I really ever have to worry about. Artists who paint with super thinned down layers and super thick paint have to be aware of this though. If you put a layer that is fat (little to no paint thinner) then a layer over that that is very very thin (with paint thinner), you can cause cracking in the paint because of how each of those layers dries differently. Doing the reverse is no problem. You can put the thin layers first then layer very fat layers over with no issue :) If you paint like I do in this video, you really don't need to worry about it.

[@Scorptique]

Thanks for the reply, Lisa. What if I only have linseed oil & turpentine, how do I create glazes for the top layers? (as the top layers have to be fat, but yet have less paint and more transparency)

[@davidpeake3664]

hope you managed to get some sleep? I've never tried oils, but after watching your demo. I'm defiantly going to give it a go, thanks for the tutorial!

[@Lachri]

+david peake Sleep? What is this crazy word you speak of? lol

[@ronidyer5879]

Amazing! Did you do this in one sitting or numerous?

[@Lachri]

several.

[@mikeross8263]

thaaaaaank yooouuuu!! hugs!

[@Lachri]

:D

[@jesse105279]

Do you wipe your blending brush onto the paper towel each time you are about to blend or keep the pigment ?

[@huxdroid]

Lisa!!!! Oh my, thank you sooooo much for this, you are a saint! I have been looking for a simplified tutorial such as this for years!!! It made oils so easy to understand and to not be afraid of trying them, as a person who wants to learn oil painting what scares me most is following that fat over lean rule, do you follow that? Or is it less of a problem if liquin is used? Also I heard people use cobalt driers, is liquin easier to use than those? Again I appreciate this so much!!

[@joyepittura]

+Julie C. Hi, I have been learning oils as well. This was helpful for glazing..however, if you want to paint all in one sitting..not waiting for the paint to dry..and use no mediums..have a look at paintwithkevin..he paints alla prima..no mediums..no wait time for drying..and very good demos. Hope this helps..good luck and have fun on your journey...

[@Lachri]

The fat over lean rule is really more if you are painting really thick. With me, all of my layers are about the same. Essentially you don't want to paint really thick like with a palette knife then glaze over it. That can cause the thicker (fat) layers to crack, which is especially important if you're thinning your thin (lean) layers down with paint thinner. The mixing mediums count as "fat" so if all of your layers are about the same, then you should have no problems.

[@MegaEssj408]

Do you clean the mop brush in thinner every time you use it or, do you use different mop brushes?

[@Lachri]

I use different mop brushes if one gets dirty. You can't do more than wipe it on your towel and still be able to use it that day. When you clean a mop brush it can take a week to dry out all the way, so you want several of them.

[@ShayyLovesSoup]

What about the fat over lean rule? Or did you keep that in mind during this? I couldn't tell because the glaze on the pair seemed thinner.

[@Lachri]

+ShayyLovesSoup all of my layers are so thin that it doesn't matter. If I were painting with thick paint that would be different.

[@ShayyLovesSoup]

Oh okay thank you! I'm hoping to try this out soon but I need to get brush cleaner again. Thanks for responding pretty quickly!

[@AlphonseElric122]

An older artist told me once that's good way to quick dry oils was to turn on the oven light, not the oven itself, and let the painting sit under the light for a little while. I've never painted in oil so idk if it works but it sounded like an interesting tip.

[@Lachri]

Yeah, I don't think that's how the curing process works lol.

[@joeyvillamiel6763]

Wonder if you can use Linseed Oil alone without the Liquin... reason is we don't have such medium here available in most of our art supplies:(, not really sure I saw one. Great Tutorial btw!!! you've made the glazing lessons far easier than the rest. Looking forward for more . Thanks!

[@Lachri]

Yeah, you can do this with linseed oil instead. It will just take longer to dry between layers :)

[@joeyvillamiel6763]

Great thank you!