OIL PAINTING TUTORIAL: chrisbeaven.com/courses/

Love it!!! I’m looking forward to seeing you do some oil painting!

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Matthew! I'll be getting there soon!

This is getting me excited to paint again. It’s always a mental struggle trying to keep my brushes in shape. Thank you for the tip

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

You're welcome!

Enjoyed this, subscribed. Looking forward to seeing your other videos.

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

Excellent video thanks for sharing your knowledge.

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

Thank you so much! I'm applying your techniques of solvent free painting. Helps me a lot as a beginner :D

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

Wonderful!

Thank you so much for this tips!

@ChrisBeavenart

11 ай бұрын

You are so welcome!

Great video, just finished cleaning my brushes

@ChrisBeavenart

Ай бұрын

Great!

I use a cheap painters and decorator’s tray as it lays brushes flat and have plenty of space for all brushes.. Also, used food containers cut slightly on one edge so angle of brush lays flat.. Thanks for your great videos ❤

@ChrisBeavenart

11 ай бұрын

Great tip! thanks!

@morrisjensen1959

7 ай бұрын

My space is a little limited so I use a 5x16 inch rectangle base for flower pots.

I'll give this a go. Thanks.

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome!

Thank you and All the best

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Your Welcome!

Thank you, I'm so glad i came across this video last year. How do i dispose of the old dirty oil?

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

I put mine in the garbage. Treat it like you would cooking oil in your kitchen. Maybe don't put it down the drain though.

Great info. ❤👍Good job Son.

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Hi Chris, thanks for the video, all of your videos in fact. You mention you use both animal hair and synthetic brushes. I'm about to buy some synthetic brushes for specific uses and I'm curious to know whether it's okay to soak them in oil as I've been doing with my hog hair brushes. Thanks.

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Yes, it is totally fine. In fact, I think the synthetic hair brushes last longer than the animal hair brushes. But I haven’t done extensive testing.

Muito obrigada!!

@ChrisBeavenart

10 ай бұрын

De nada!

Excellent and straightforward. Maybe this is implicit, but before placing in safflower oil, would you towel down your brushes to get the most paint and any residue you can get off? Many thanks. Just found your site Subscribed!

@ChrisBeavenart

11 ай бұрын

Yes I try to keep the safflower as clean as possible so I don't have to replace it for a very long time.

Thank you. Can you elaborate on why to add clove oil to the safflower oil? Thanks again.

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

It prevents the oil from drying for years.

Thank you! I’m just getting in to oil and I’ve been a bit hesitant to start due to the toxic solvents. So this helps a lot 🙏 Is there other oils you can use besides safflower oil? I’m in a tight budget so can’t afford it atm and it seems hard to come by here in Norway. And if so can you still add clove oil to keep it from drying? Again! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge ❤

@ChrisBeavenart

Ай бұрын

Safflower, sunflower, linseed, walnut. Any of these oils, avoid all others.

@SusiLuuna

Ай бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart thank you so much!

Hi! Thanks! What if I use linseed oil instead of safflower or sunflower oil?

@ChrisBeavenart

10 ай бұрын

That would work as well. It may cost a bit more though. Use clove oil to keep it from drying. It's a drying oil, not a semi-drying oil so it will dry faster.

Thank you for the tip! I've just done some research on this topic, and found that safflower kitchen oil is slightly chemically different than artist safflower oil, because that one (the kitchen oil) is much higher in oleic acid, that makes it almost non-drying. Do you have any info on that? I really would like to try this method but am afraid to ruin my paintings by introducing non-drying agents.

@ChrisBeavenart

11 ай бұрын

I make sure to use a paper towel and get as much of the safflower oil out of the brushes before each painting session. After over a year of using safflower oil for cooking my paintings dry with no issues. All safflower oil is semi-drying. You don't want to paint with it. It's easy to remove 90% of it out of your brush with a paper towel.

@keshia827

7 ай бұрын

Do you use these oils to clean brushes in the middle of painting? Taking the place of the thinner? Or does that ruin the paint?

Thank you Chris, very helpful tip. What is the ratio of clove oil into safflower oil do you use... you mention 10 drops clove oil but do not mention into how much safflower oil.

@ChrisBeavenart

11 ай бұрын

10 drops is just a guess that seems to work well. The ratio doesn't need to be exact.

Sunflower oil is also works. In my place it is the only option. The price is 2$ for 1 litre which is excelinte!

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Yes! Sunflower or Safflower. Thanks Artur.

Rapeseed oil and Olive oil are also semi-drying oils so they should also work well for soaking your brushes. Information was very intersting, Thanks!

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

A commenter on another video has had much trouble with rapeseed oil which is also canola oil. I would not try either, nor would I try olive oil.

@MickAngelhere

22 күн бұрын

I tried olive oil annnnnd nope!

wow, thank you brother!!

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome

@ladyjess3957

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart after seeing your video i happily ordered oil paint, i got the zen art brand cause i cant afford your brand. ive doing acrylic all this time cause i didnt want to use solvents or paint thinner poisenous stuff. i never knew about your safflower oil hack to clean brushes...🤩brother you made my day!! god bless you. switching to oils. got alot to learn but watching your tutorials and others on here are helping me keep learning. thank you so much.

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

@@ladyjess3957 Awesome! I'm excited for you to get started in oil painting. Keep in touch and let me know your progress. Don't worry about the brand of oil paint or price just get painting and having fun :)

@ladyjess3957

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart 🤩👍yes, im gonna paint now. im a big bob ross fan and you remind me of him. ive been painting and learning watching bob ross but using acrylics. im more of landscape artist. im not much into painting people or animals but i might one day. thank you brother for all your doing for us folks out here. im a 61 year old veteran with anxiety issues and thats how i got started painting in hopes of healing. will be subscribing and watching your videos.👍 greetings from texas.

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

@@ladyjess3957 Wonderful!! I'm here for you. 👍

Do you stir and mix in the clove oil into the safflower oil?

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

Yes.

If I have a sunflower seed oil bath of 1/2 cup, how many drops of clove oil would I need to add?

@ChrisBeavenart

Ай бұрын

Just add a whole bunch. 10 drops or more. Just to make sure it doesn't dry out for a very long time.

Do I need to buy a artist grade refined safflower oil for soaking ? Like gamblin or Michael Harding I have managed to get the metal brush bucket in Black Friday sale for £28 😁

@ChrisBeavenart

7 ай бұрын

Nice deal! Get just the basic as cheap as possible safflower oil. I got a gallon on amazon for cheap.

Thank you so so much for this!! I saw another painter keeping his brushes in soybean oil (vegetable oil) which is much cheaper ($10 per gallon on amazon) than safflower oil. Do you think soybean oil will work just as well with clove oil added to it? Or is there something special about safflower oil?

@ChrisBeavenart

11 ай бұрын

Safflower oil is semi-drying. Soybean oil does not dry at all. You can try it but if you get any of that oil in your painting it will never dry. I would advise against it. Do a google search on drying oils to check my answer. :)

@H_0735

10 ай бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart Thank you! I’ve been using soybean oil to dip my brushes and just wipe them really well before painting. I’ll have to switch to safflower to be safe going forward!

@asaadbobby1

3 ай бұрын

Soybean oil is a drying oil

i have plenty of linseed oil around, can it replace the safflower oil? Should I use raw linseed oil or boiled? cheers

@ChrisBeavenart

7 ай бұрын

Either linseed oil type will work. It's a drying oil though, so you will need to add some clove oil to it so it doesn't try too quickly. Safflower oil is a semi-drying oil and take a lot longer to dry. And it's cheaper.

@HarryDK

7 ай бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart thanks, I have linseed around. Safflowers for painting isn't cheap here in Australia, the cooking safflower maybe.

Can i clean my brushes with safflower oil during the painting process? Dont like to use like 10 brushes i like to clean them sometimes during painting..

@ChrisBeavenart

11 ай бұрын

Yes I do this sometimes. Just make sure you get as much of the safflower oil out of your brush as you can. It's a semi-drying oil and will take forever to dry.

can we use Olive oil?

What do you use to clean your brush I when actually painting ? I’m new to all this !

Chris, what do you do with your oil when it has reached saturation?

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

When the oil that I use to clean my brushes out is too dirty. I will pour it into a plastic grocery bag with a bunch of paper towels and throw it in my big trashcan that sits outside. It’s picked up once a week.

how do you change the colour on the paint?

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

Do you mean how do I go from one color to the next in the same brush while painting? If so, I use multiple brush for areas of the painting that have similar value and hues. If I must clean the paint out of the brush I'm using safflower oil works well for that to. Just white the excess oil out in a paper towel before resuming painting.

Hi Chris, some tutorials recommend RAPE SEED oil for that purpose. What do y o u think about ? And: some claim you have to use every single brush only for o n e oil colour ! Thats very complicated I think. Necessary ? I mean g o o d cleaning should do the job . . . Thanks for your response

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

I would not recommend rape seed oil, it was renamed canola oil for obvious reasons, it's a cooking oil mostly. I don't think it is a drying or semi drying oil. There are more than enough oils out there to choose from that are drying oil. I've proven with my own art that safflower works fine. I don't feel a need to have my brushes super crazy clean to go from color to color. I use about 5-6 brushes max and keep each one for areas of the painting that have similar value and hues. If I really need to clean a brush because I'm going from straight black to white, or super neutral to super chroma then I'll just use my safflower oil jar to get the paint out and a paper towel to get the excess oil out of my brush before returning to painting.

How do you switch colors while painting while being solvent free ?

@ChrisBeavenart

9 ай бұрын

Several ways. 1) Use a different brush for each color group. 2) Use safflower oil to clean a brush between color changes. See my safe non toxic video, and never clean your brushes again video. 3) Saturate your brush in the color you wan to change to so it overrides the previous color.

Hello Chris Beavan. I got safflower oil 1 liter 100% pure. Is this good for cleaning my oil painting brushes?

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely

@lifeismusicparnadonkers

Жыл бұрын

Hello Chris Beavan. Thank you. I,ll buy that for my oil painting brushes together whit my Pebeo acrylic and oil paints. Thanks for this review 👍🏾✌🏾👋🏾😁 have a great day

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeismusicparnadonkers Great Have fun painting!

@lifeismusicparnadonkers

Жыл бұрын

Thanks you too Chris Beavan 😁👋🏾 and thanks for you,re help

Hi. I tried soaking my brushes in supermarket purchased safflower oil however noticed that even after washing with soap & warm water they were STILL very oily. Was concerned about it mixing with my regular painting oils so stopped using this method. Great vid tho 👍

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

Interesting. I haven't had that issue. I use AVO safflower oil from Amazon and every time I wash my brushes with regular soap or Masters Soap they come out clean.

I can't leave a cup of oil sitting around unfortunately. Small space. I have to put stuff away. Can I wrap them in cling film?

@ChrisBeavenart

7 ай бұрын

Yes, and great idea. When I had to put things away I would just put the can at the top of my closet to keep the cats from knocking it over or something.

may i use soya oil for brush clean?

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

I’m not sure what kind of oil that is. You need to do the research to see if it is a drying oil.

One note on clove oil: I made that mistake and won't ever repeat it. I added just a few drops of love oil to my linseed or rapeseed painting oil (I use one for just volume-rinsing and keeping my brushes in inbetween painting and the linseed one for painting), and then must not have squeezed the brush out well enough before dipping it into paint… The result is a painting that has now taken more than 1.5 years (!) just to get - not even dry to the touch, but only finally starting to get somewhat tacky, from completely wet and liquid. I would venture a guess it will be another year or two for it to get actually dry to the touch.

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

My guess it wasn't the clove oil but the rapeseed oil which I think was renamed to canola oil. It's not a drying oil or a semi-drying oil. That's my guess. Try the clove oil again just with linseed oil and you will see with just a drop or two your paint will say wet for days or weeks at most.

I see you recommend safflower oil to clean the brushes. I think safflower oil may yellow with age, so I wonder if walnut oil is a good substitute? If you do, do you recommend a good brand? I understand it may be more expensive than safflower oil, but eh, might be worth it to help maintain the colors.

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

I don't clean my brushes with safflower oil. I just use it to soak. No safflower oil goes into the painting. If I want to clean my brushes I use regular bar soap.

@caramel7149

Ай бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart my mistake! Thanks for the tips on your process

does this work equally well for water soluble oils?

@ChrisBeavenart

7 ай бұрын

I've never used water soluble oils so I can't say. If you try it out let us know if it works well.

@kristenwilliams9123

7 ай бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart My thinking is that as long as I do not use water while painting that it should be fine...and if I am no longer washing the brushes with water...I will check it out and let you. know in time...

How do you clean paint brushes between colors?

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Great question! I don't most of the time. You will see the process in this video kzread.info/dash/bejne/h4psz9ehZ5ucdps.html. The strategy is to have several brushes going at once. I use a light and a dark brush. If I need sometimes I pull most of the paint out of the brush with a paper towel. In very rare instances I will use my brush cleaner filled with safflower oil to clean a brush. But even that is unnecessary. Hope that helps!

@_thewatcher27

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart Thanks. Checking it out.

Can you use vegetable oil?

@ChrisBeavenart

10 ай бұрын

No. You need to use a drying or semi-drying oil. Vegetable oil does not dry. If that got into your painting you would have to through it in the trash. :(

So you have to leave the brushes soaking for months?

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

No, you soak the brushes so you don't have to clean them with soap. If you paint then leave your brushes out they will dry with paint and be ruined. But if you put them in oil the air can't get to the bristles and they will stay nice and new until you need them again. This is just a way to prevent from having to wash your brushes every time you paint. It can save a lot of time especially if you paint every day like me. :)

@themysteriousdomainmoviepalace

2 ай бұрын

​@@ChrisBeavenartOhhh... Solvents weren't getting them clean like it used to. Now they are stiff. Eeeesh!

Can we use walnut oil ?? To let the brushes sit L e your video by the way

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

Sure if you can find it cheaper than safflower oil.

Do you have to change out and dispose of your brush soaking solution very often?

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Not at all. If you wash out your brush in a small brush washer, also filled with safflower oil, almost zero paint is transferred to the big brush washer. I've had mine for months and the oil is still perfectly clear with about 10 brushes in the oil. I expect to go a year or more before changing out the oil.

@barbiesmith7251

Жыл бұрын

@Chris Beaven Thank you for your reply. I ordered my brush washer today! So tired of washing brushes!

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

@@barbiesmith7251 Awesome! Let me know how it goes.

What about olive oil? They are semi-drying.

can u use almond oil?

@ChrisBeavenart

2 ай бұрын

No

Hello Chris Beavan. Wow thank you so mutch. I looked Gamblin up on amazone its 87,01 here😱 thank you for this. It will save me so mutch money. I l found safflower oil in a bottle at amazone for 21,99. Its refined safflower oil 1 liter bottle 100% pure carrier oil. Can i use this too? Thank you so mutch. This saved me littarly👍🏾🖐🏾👋🏾😊😁

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Do not use Carrier oil. It's not a drying oil. Safflower oil is a semi-drying oil, it's similar to sunflower oil as well. And only use Safflower or Sunflower for cleaning up your brushes don't use it to paint with. It takes very very very long to dry. Hope that helps!

@lifeismusicparnadonkers

Жыл бұрын

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@lifeismusicparnadonkers

Жыл бұрын

Ok were can i find the oil you use?😁

@lifeismusicparnadonkers

Жыл бұрын

Hello Chris Beavan. I found 1 liter of safflower oil 100% pure i think i,ll buy this it is not a carrier oil👍🏾👋🏾😁

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeismusicparnadonkers a.co/d/4fggfey

I can,t find this safflower oil any were not even on amazone

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

Oh wow, I'm sorry. Even from the link I sent earlier?

@lifeismusicparnadonkers

Жыл бұрын

I havent checkt don,t know Chris Beaven

@lifeismusicparnadonkers

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisBeavenart i have found 100% safflower oil 1 liter. But its not the same one you have

@ChrisBeavenart

Жыл бұрын

@@lifeismusicparnadonkers Send me a link to what you've found and I'll let you know if it will work for cleaning your brushes.

I always fall over when I hear things about health issues regarding oil painting - maybe we should start talking about life itself and what people will do to themselves without the oil painting stuff - If you are a smoker, if you drink too much alcohol, eat too much sugar, eat too much unhealthy food, drive too fast, live in a toxic environment - why would you care about what you are doing with your oil paint

@ChrisBeavenart

11 ай бұрын

I can agree with that. Daily bad habits, especially surrounding food, are more of a health concern. But I'm an artist so I do my part, even if it's a small percent. Thanks for the comment.

@wyv8570

7 ай бұрын

Thats a very stupid comparison. Only because you do one unhealthy thing doesn’t mean you just say fuck it on everything else. Smoking and breathing turpentine all day is still more harmful than smoking and painting with less fumes. Besides that, there are actually people who eat healthy, don’t smoke and don’t drink so why shouldnt they talk about making painting less harmful? Lets also stop discussing on healthy food then, cause who cares if you are already breathing turpentine all day…

@bananamanchuria

6 ай бұрын

​@@wyv8570 dude yes, you read my mind

@caramel7149

4 ай бұрын

You are absolutely welcome to live your life any way you want. It's less of, you must do it this way, and more- here is something you may not know about, and a potential solution. Then you just choose your own battles and benefit from those changes in your process.

Water mixable oils, no problem. You soaking them compromises the attachment in the ferrule.

@ChrisBeavenart

Ай бұрын

I have not seen that yet with my brushes after years of doing this. Acrylic is a great alternative as well, but that is not the point of the video.

I was thinking of just using oil to clean them. I haven't painted in 3 days 'cause I didn't want to wash my brushes. 😢

@ChrisBeavenart

Ай бұрын

You can do that but the oil will eventually dry. Just soak them

I use a good brand of shop bought walnut oil, 8 euros for a litre. It dries slower that linseed oil and has a less strong smell. Chris you make interesting and insightful videos, obviously based on your many years of experience, but please turn off the music. You're soft spoken, with a good voice for narrating, bit like others have commented here, the music is too distracting, I'm a little older than most and struggle to focus if the background music is too loud. Just saying. Cheers.

@ChrisBeavenart

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the input. I will consider it.