The Truth About Fat Over Lean

Fat Over Lean - A Common Misconception About the Oil Painting Process.

You don’t actually need to add increasing amounts of oil to your painting through the layers.

This is taken from my new course the Basics of Oil Painting. In the full video I explain the fundamental principles of layering.

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[toericabaker]

The mixing in the flour example made it really clear. And yeah that makes sense. Don't put lean on fat

[suntzu]

Cant you use paint thinner and extract medium?

[toericabaker]

My tubes of oil paint have seeped their medium oil out of the tubes.. I guess the pigment inside is the most pure the most lean possible