The Best Tips I Learned for a Solvent-free Art Studio

Secrets for solvent-free oil painting & mixing your own black paint from other colors If you’ve ever ran out of black paint or felt like straight-from-the-tube black just doesn’t cut it, you’re not alone. I love playing with color mixing to create rich, nuanced blacks from scratch, or to add more depth to pre-made tubes of black paint. I’ll share some of my favorite combinations and artist tips for mixing black from other colors, and how that small shift can add real depth and dimension to artwork. Whether you’re into animal painting, portrait painting, or just love experimenting with your palette, this kind of creative exploration can open up a whole new world. It’s part of my ongoing journey with painting techniques and color theory — learning how to make colors feel more alive and interesting. If you’re into oil painting or acrylic painting and want to push your artistic process a little further, I think you’ll enjoy this. I painted this dog portrait with oil paints over acrylic paints, and I also share my favorite, non-toxic tips for oil painting, including a tox-free brush cleaning method! Let me know in the comments — what’s your favorite combo for mixing unique shades? ✨IN THIS VIDEO I SHARE: ○ Solvent-free oil painting techniques ○ How I clean the oil paints from my brushes & palettes using veggie oil, soap & water ○ Affordable image transfer methods, when desired ○ Acrylic underpainting and oil layering (particularly how I combine oils & acrylics into one artwork so they cure properly & last a long time) ○ Color mixing tips for vibrant results, like... ○ ...How I mix my own black paint from specific red & blue colors ○ ...How I get custom results from pre-made, tube black paint & purple or black paint combos I hope you enjoy this as much as I enjoyed painting and making this video, or perhaps it just keeps you company as you work on your own art projects, or if you just want to enjoy watching for a moment. I'm happy you found this video and thank you so much for choosing to watch! ▶️ YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE:    • 🔹Creating HORSE SCULPTURES      • 🔹Creating ANIMAL SCULPTURES      • 🔹Creating PAINTINGS, PRINTMAKING, DRAWING,...   ABOUT ME: I publish videos once a month sharing my adventures in creating horse and animal art in my free time for my own enjoyment, like sculpture, painting, printmaking and more. If you enjoy watching the adventures of an artist making things by hand, experimenting, and sometimes learning something new, I’d love to show you what I make next! ✨FAQ✨ ○ Do you sell your work/take commissions? Thank you for your interest 🥹💙, but no, sorry, I'm just making projects for my own enjoyment at this time ○ Where can we see more of your art? Follow me on Instagram! 🎨🛠️ TOOLS & SUPPLIES used in this video are listed below!!! These are items I have purchased for my own hobby & any links are purely for your own convenience. ✨ PAINTING TOOLS & SUPPLIES: ○ Cradled birch wood panels in assorted sizes ○ Grumbacher acrylic gesso ○ Golden Acrylic Glazing Medium ○ Soft synthetic glazing/varnishing brushes ○ Escoda Modernista Tadami square & round brushes ○ Silver Brush Monza FILBERTS sizes 0, 2, 4, 8 & 12 & ANGULARS sizes 1/8, 1/4, 1/2 https://bit.ly/3ml2jPm ○ Rapheal Kaerell pointed ROUND 1 https://bit.ly/3BuwvgQ ○ Winsor & Newton Cotman ROUND sizes 0000, 1, 3, & 5 https://bit.ly/3EhVbZW ○ Gloves for painting https://amzn.to/2J3QPxl ○ Blue shop towels ✨ VIDEO CHAPTERS: 00:00 Tips I'll share 00:24 Primed panel & drawing 01:26 Acrylic underpainting 01:34 How to make black paint darker 01:53 Acrylic glazing medium 03:11 Oil painting without solvents 03:42 Mix black from only red & blue paint colors 05:39 Learning two ways to oil paint 06:04 Solvent-free oil painting tips 06:14 Cleaning oils & brushes 07:50 Glazing with oil paint 08:19 Final touches MUSIC: Music from YouTube Audio Library. 🔍You might enjoy this video if you were looking for: mixing colour with paint paint with me oil paints paint with me acrylics and oils painting step by step painting videos with relaxing music painting with acrylic paint painting with oil paint painting with different techniques satisfying painting video pet painting process dog painting process dog drawing and painting painting dogs in acrylics oil painting dog portraits painting process painting tips relaxing paint with me hand-made art human made art hand made art process hand painted art human painted art #artprocess #painting #dogpainting #oilpainting #paintwithme #art #artprocessvideo #artvideos #artvideo #paintingvideo #paintingvideos #animalart #animalpainting #animalpaintings #relaxingart