8x6" oil painting on pre-toned canvas panel This is the finished painting on the "Sahara" colored pre-toned canvas panel. I don't think I liked it, it was very hard to judge the green colors. The "Studio Grey" color is easier to use. #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting #traditionalart

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8x6 inch work in progress Oil on canvas panel I normally don't believe in posting work-in-progress photos, but I wanted to show you a "Pro-tones" canvas panel from Jerry's Artarama that's comes pre-toned in a "Sahara" color (which is an earthy orange). #oilpainting #art

Catskills in the summer 11x14 inch oil painting on polyester canvas made from recycled PET (that's polyethylene terephthalate, not cats and dogs). Polyester canvas is way more archival than canvas made from natural fibers. Why isn't it more popular? #art #painting #oilpainting #landscapepainting

"Mediterranean Fields" 14x18 inch oil painting on canvas Don't get into a rut of only painting tiny paintings like I did. Force yourself to paint bigger. This size was big for me. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

8x6 inch work in progress Oil on canvas panel I normally don't believe in posting work-in-progress photos, but I wanted to show you a "Pro-tones" canvas panel from Jerry's Artarama that's comes pre-toned in a "Sahara" color (which is an earthy orange). #oilpainting #art

I've written the second part of my review of Winton oil paint. It's more philosophical than part I. #oilpainting #art #traditionalart

Review of Winton Oil Paint, Part II

It's more philosophical than part I

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"Ampersand Gessobord Landscape" 5x7 inch oil painting on hardboard I had six of these lying around for some reason, so I thought maybe I should learn how to use them. I painted a landscape similar to my Winton v. artist-grade test. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

I've done it! Part I of my big review of Winton oil paint is completed! This is the most in-depth review on the internet, as far as I know. And it's only half done.

Review of Winton Oil Paint, Part I

The best Winton review on the internet!

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These are some of the tubes of Winton oil paint that I bought for the big review that I'm still writing. Excellent paint at an affordable price. How does Winsor & Newton do it? Economies of scale and volume selling. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting

"Winton Landscape" 6x8 inch oil painting on canvas For my forthcoming review of Winton oil paint, I painted this landscape using only Winton, to compare with the experience of creating a similar painting with artist-grade paint. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

Tiny New York landscape #2" I ❤️ NY 2.5 x 3.5 inch oil painting on paper I painted this in early May, so I was trying to capture spring colors. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting #aceo

"Tiny New York landscape" I❤️NY 2.5 x 3.5 inch oil painting on paper Painting tiny, on paper, solves the problem of where to store your paintings. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting #aceo

"Artist-Grade Landscape" 6x8 inch oil painting on canvas For my review of Winton paint, I painted this landscape using only artist-grade paints. Then I will paint another one using only Winton, to compare the experience. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

"Small New York Landscape" 6x6 inch oil painting on paper You all know that New York is a big beautiful state full of mountains, lakes, forests, farms and quaint small towns, and it's not just a bunch of skyscrapers, right? I ❤️ NY #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

Future articles for my Substack blog: Review of Winton oil paint I'm not a great painter, but I'm a great blogger, and humble too Review of water-mixable oil paints Why water-mixable oil paints stay tacky for so long The psychology of archival paintings

"Small Florida Landscape" 🌴 6x6 inch oil painting on paper I don't love this, I don't think I did a very good job with the sky holes in the tree. So, just an alla prima practice painting. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

"Tiny Florida Landscape #3" 🌴 2.5 x 3.5 inch oil painting on paper. My theory is that in these days of realistic computer-generated images from text prompts, people are responding to analog paintings like mine that look slightly amateurish, because they have a more human look. #art #oilpainting

Working on a review of Winton oil paint for my Substack blog. Hard to believe it's the most ubiqutous brand of oil paint, but nobody has ever done a good review of it! Winton swatch is on the left, artist-grade paint swatch is on the right. #artist #oilpaint

I wrote a post on my Substack blog to explain that the dead tree and fish pictogram does not mean that your paint is dangerous. Nobody is reading my Substack blog, but maybe one day it will get discovered.

The dead tree and fish pictogram does NOT mean that your paint is dangerous

I’ve been seeing some hyperventilating on social media about the imagined dangers posed by oil paint that contains the dead tree and fish pictogram (officially, a GHS09 environmental hazard pictogram)...

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New Substack article: how to use baby oil to clean your oil painting brushes. Only four people, max, visited the last article, so I don't know why I'm bothering. But maybe if I keep at it, something will happen. artfulinsights.substack.com/p/how-to-use...

How to use baby oil to clean your brushes

I know this topic will cause great consternation to some people who think they know about oil paint.

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In the book Alla Prima II, Richard Schmid writes that "drawing has always been very hard for me." If it was hard for the greatest realist painter of the late 20th and early 21st century, how can a regular guy like me with no formal art training be expected to do it?

"Tiny Florida Landscape No.2"🌴 2.5 x 3.5 inch oil painting on paper. I think this paper surface photographs very well. Good for paintings that you intend to share on social media. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

"Tiny Florida Landscape"🌴 2.5 x 3.5 inch oil painting on paper. Two months ago I experimented with the concept of doing very tiny practice paintings. Not an original idea, I copied this from other artists on the internet. 😀 #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

I can't really say what I want to say about oil painting topics with such short posts like on Bluesky, so I created a Substack! Here is my first post, about pigment load in oil paint. #oilpainting #artist #art

Oil paints and the myth of “pigment load”

A contrarian take on a loaded topic.

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5x7 inch oil painting on canvas (loose) When I paint small, I feel like I'm wasting my time instead of creating big paintings, but then I paint big and I'm not good at it and want to retreat to less intimidating small paintings. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

Misty Highlands 12x16 inch oil painting on canvas panel. I finished this painting back in March. An art influencer on YouTube said that 12x16" is the smallest size that's big enough for someone to consider hanging it in their living room. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

This is a 9x12 inch oil painting I did a few months ago of a Mediterranean landscape. I like how the colors came out, especially the little hints of orange/red in the foreground. I recall using pyrrole red as a mixing color for that. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

My 12x16 inch oil painting on canvas panel, Fall in the Adirondacks. I painted this in November. I live in Florida now, but I used to live in New York, and I miss the beautiful fall foliage we had. And I also miss mountains. I haven't posted anything on Bluesky in a really long time.

When people talk about making art that's archival, they are generally talking about art that will look relatively unchanged after a hundred years. But what if you want to make art that lasts THOUSANDS of years? There's not much good advice on how to do that.

6x8" oil #painting, on Fredrix canvas. I tried to use the limited palette from the previous painting plus ultramarine blue, but wound up adding phthalo green and purple. Switched to mars black, which was a mistake; lamp black mixes better greens. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting

6x8" oil painting, on Fredrix canvas. I took way too long with the last painting, so I forced my self to start and finish this the same day. I used a limited Zorn-type palette to simplify the color mixing. #traditionalart #art #oilpainting #landscapepainting