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Cloth rags are very absorbent and can be an excellent choice if you want to save money and make your painting process more environmentally friendly. The cloth easily cleans your bush, absorbing the...

Viva paper towels for Oil Painting are one of the best. There are many types of paper towels out there to choose from. You can use regular or recycled but when oil painting you will have some...

Practice is the best way to improve your oil painting skills. It has been said that you need to make at least one hundred paintings before you start to become fluent with oil painting. Creating all...

If you are practicing oil painting by doing oil sketches perhaps it would be easier for you to paint on paper. It is cheaper than canvas and saves space because it is much easier to store once your...

Which is better Cloth Rags or Paper Towels for oil painting The decision to use cloth rags or paper towels for your painting process is a personal choice and can depend on several factors,...

Portrait in a sketchbook by Guenevere Schwien There are many great reasons to oil paint in a sketchbook. For example, sketchbooks are light, relatively inexpensive, and portable. Oil painting...