Watch the steps required to create an unique Oilpainting

Step 2: Preparing the canvas

• _{Draw the composition on the canvas board with charcoal (I like to make use of a grid)}
• _{Draw the contours with a pigma brush, let dry, and erase the charcoal drawing}
• _{Prepare the canvas with a gesso layer and wait till it is dry}
  • _{how to make the gesso: mix equal parts of white gesso, matt acrylic medium and water and color this with acryl (I use yellow ochre)}

Step 3: time to paint!

• _{I prefer to start with the background of the painting and in case of oil paint let this dry for a few days. You might have to repeat this.}
• _{Dont forget to cook a nice dish with the food items 🙂}
• _{Now you can work on the full painting which can take a lot of time pending on size, materials, subject, expertise, etc. When using a lot of layers of oil paint, it should regularly dry for a few days before you can continue (although you can also paint wet in wet).}
• _{You might want to use a daylight lamp when it gets darker outside or you dont have good light in the area where you are painting.}
• ^{Dont forget to take some pictures or short videos throughout the process.}

Step 4: The finishing touch

• _{Once the painting work is ready and dry (wait at least 1-2 weeks), apply a coat of protection varnish. Leave this to dry for a few days. Note that the final vernish can only be applied one year later when the painting is really dry enough.}
• _{Attach a frame to the painting (optional)}
• _{And the painting is ready!}
• Step 5: The Marketing and promotion

• _{Arrange a high quality photo of your painting for your website and publish (optional).}
• _{If you sell via Print on Demand sites or other websites you can now upload the pictures and all the required textual descriptions and publish.}
• _{If you use social media, you can make a post of your work. I always take pictures or small videos throughout the process that I can use for social media (like for a Reëel on Instagram)}