4.6. An introduction to oil painting: Oil painting techniques

In this resource you will become familiar with the basic oil painting materials and techniques.

2. Oil painting techniques

In this section we are going to take a look at the following oil painting techniques (to access each subsection, click on the corresponding title within the menu you can find on the right):

2.1. Fat over lean
2.2. Working in layers
2.3. Imprimatura
2.4. Underpainting
2.5. Dead colors
2.6. Overpainting
2.7. Glazing
2.8. Scumbling
2.9. Wet on wet or "alla prima"
2.10. Drybrush
2.11. Impasto
2.12. Varnishing an oil painting