Topics – Traditional Oil Painting

Varnishing: Best Practices

Learn the best practices for applying varnishes on your traditional oil paintings

Topics including glossary, health and safety, troubleshooting

Preparations, Direct and Indirect Painting, Masters of Technique, Varnishing

Brushes, Grounds, Mediums, Paints, Pigments, Sizes, Solvent, and Varnishes

A glossary of common terms used in describing the materials and techniques of traditional oil painting

Including Rembrandt, Vermeer, Bouguereau, and Sargent

Including Alla Prima or Premier Coup

Including Flemish and Venetian techniques, and French Academic painting

Includes stretching, sizing, priming, toning

Including the yellowing of oil paints, loose canvas, white spots, creases, bloom