It is possible to make oil paint run, even though most artists reach for acrylic paint.If you're working with oil paint while it's still wet, you can spray, brush, or pour solvent onto the painting to get your desired effect.If you want to get widespread drips, spray your canvas with turpentine.If you want to have more control over where the paint runs, mix it with extra medium and brush it on the canvas.If you want a rippled effect, tilt the canvas and pour the paint on it.Any of these techniques can be used to create background or abstract designs.
Step 1: You can create an oil painting by hanging your canvas.
Set your canvas on an easel or put it in front of a drop cloth.If you're using an easel, hang a drop cloth behind it so you don't damage the wall.You can create any style of painting you want by setting the painting up so it's at a 90- to 1200-degree angle.Large horizontal bars of color can be used for a modern or abstract painting.You can paint a subject or landscape.Keep in mind which area you want to add a dripping effect to.If you paint a large window with panes, you can spray it with raindrops.
Step 2: Put a spray bottle with turpentine below the canvas.
To fill a spray bottle with turpentine, set a funnel onto it and pour it.Make sure the spray top is ready to use.If you want to catch the turpentine and oil paint on your canvas, put a plastic tub or container under it.It's a good idea to work in a well-ventilated space or outdoors.If you get turpentine on your hands, wash them with soap and water.Work against a fence or shed if you prefer.Drop cloths can be spread to absorb the mess.
Step 3: Make the painting run by spraying it with turpentine.
You can make a small burst of turpentine by turning the spray bottle nozzle to the right or the left.Stand in front of your oil painting and spray the paint as it drips and runs.If you want gradual dripping or moving closer to the canvas, you should step back.Try spraying your painting until you get the effect you're looking for.
Step 4: You should dry the painting before moving it.
Don't take the painting off the easel immediately since it could cause the wet paint to run in unexpected ways.You should leave the painting to dry before you move it.If you are working in a studio, keep the window open.
Step 5: You can make an oil painting that has a dripping effect.
If you want to make a dramatic style over the surface of a painting, you can use this technique.Add dripping oil paint to your painting when it is still wet.A dripping glaze on a portrait gives it a modern feel.It's great for landscapes where you want a wet or blurred effect.
Step 6: Once it drips from the end of your brush, mix medium into oil paint.
You can choose which color of oil paint you want to have dripping.You can mix the paintbrush or knife into the paint by dipping it in your choice of medium.Continue adding a few drops of medium at a time and stop once the paint looks blurry.Light drying oil with turpentine is a good medium for this method.The turpentine reduces the amount of oil paint in the canvas.
Step 7: You can spread the brush across the painting by dipping it into the paint.
Put your painting on the easel and dip a clean paintbrush into the paint.Slowly brush across the top of your oil painting while it's still wet and press firmly so the paint runs down the painting.Before hanging or varnishing your oil painting, let it dry completely.If you want to make just one area of the painting look like it's dripping, use a smaller brush and paint along the top of that space.If you want to create a rain-like effect below the storm clouds, you should paint on the bottom edge.
Step 8: Allow your canvas to beprimed and then let it dry.
You should brush an even layer of gesso across the canvas before you start painting.Allow the canvas to dry for as long as the gesso says.This usually takes a couple of days.The primer protects the canvas from being destroyed.Depending on what you have in your studio, you can use oil-based or acrylic gesso.The oil-based gesso will last longer than the acrylic gesso.
Step 9: Put equal parts oil paint, liquin, and paint thinner into a small cup.
Get rid of the cups.You will need 1 cup for each color.To mix a color, pour equal parts of oil paint, liquin, and paint thinner into each cup.Liquin helps the oil paint dry quicker.Turpentine and odorless mineral spirits make paint thinner easier to use.
Step 10: The mixture should be smooth and uniform.
To mix the oil paint with the liquin and paint thinner, use a palette knife or end of a paintbrush.When the paint is thin, you don't see anything.If you stir the mixture with your paintbrush bristles, it can cause a problem.
Step 11: The mixture should be put onto the canvas.
Place a drop cloth or old sheet on your work surface and lay a primed canvas flat on it.Slowly pour a coin-sized amount of the thinned paint onto the canvas.The oil paint should be poured every 2 inches across the canvas to make a background.You can choose between different colors or a single shade.If you want to make a background for an ocean, you can use different shades of blue.If you want to make a portion of the canvas look like it's dripping, pour a tiny amount of oil paint on that space.
Step 12: Make the paint run by tilting the canvas.
The paint will run in the opposite direction if the canvas is held by the sides.tilt it up about 20 degrees to get a slight dripping effect.Lift one side of the canvas up to a 40-degree angle for noticeable streaks.This effect can be tried on any side of the canvas.If you're making an abstract oil painting, tilt all of the sides so the paint drips and runs in all directions.
Step 13: The painting needs to be dry for a week.
Since you used liquin in the oil paint, your painting won't take as long to dry as traditional oil paintings.Place your painting in aventilated room and let it dry.You can hang your painting or oil paint on the new background.If you want to experiment, layer more oil paint on your canvas.You could paint a sun on the waves.
Step 14: You can try all of these techniques on a single canvas.
The most important thing when making oil paint is to experiment and enjoy yourself.You can paint a few streaks of color on a canvas to feel comfortable with these techniques.Try different oil-dripping techniques side-by-side to see which style you like.You can use certain effects for different parts of your paintings.You could tilt and pour paint to create a background.You can paint over it with oil-paint.
Step 15: A painting like Jackson Pollock can be created using thinned paint.
You can make a similar effect with thinned oil paint, just like Pollock did in his famous abstract expressionist paintings.To thin paint with a light drying oil, choose 2 or 3 paint colors.It should be thin enough to leave a mark on your brush.Load a brush with paint and lay your canvas on the floor to mimic Pollock's style.If you flick it onto the surface, the paint will splatter.Don't limit yourself to paintbrushes.Use a stick to flick the paint or squirt it out of a turkey baster.Pollock put paint on his canvases.You can use lots of techniques to create an abstract design.
Step 16: To make a background for a landscape painting, pour oil paint and tilt the canvas.
It is easy to assume that watercolor makes the best background for an ocean or sky, but try using oil paint.Put oil paint on your canvas and tilt it so it runs or ripples.Once the oil is dry, you can use your oil paints to paint over the background.To make a fun abstract painting, just tilt the canvas and turn it.
Step 17: Turpentine can be sprayed on a painting to make it look abstract.
Start with a painting in any style.Paint a landscape, still life, or minimalist image with a few colorful shapes.Then, take a spray bottle of turpentine and spray it over the canvas.George Oommen uses this technique to make sunlight shine on water or tropical settings in his paintings.