{"id":10371,"date":"2026-01-27T18:07:33","date_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:07:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/art-art.com.au\/nsa1\/?p=10371"},"modified":"2026-01-27T18:07:35","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T07:07:35","slug":"beginners-drawing-and-water-mixable-oil-painting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/art-art.com.au\/nsa1\/beginners-drawing-and-water-mixable-oil-painting\/","title":{"rendered":"Beginners Drawing and Water Mixable Oil Painting"},"content":{"rendered":"
“Water mixable oil painting is kind to the body and generous in expression. It carries the depth of oil, while welcoming the unexpected beauty of water. It is a medium worth discovering \u2014 even if only once.”
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Little and Often.<\/span><\/h4>\n

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My beginners class is focusing on “Little and Often” “Repetition”. I will help you setting up the system so you can draw\/paint daily for just 15min. It\u2019s much more beneficial to do it for 15 min daily than for 2hours weekly.<\/p>\n

Improving drawing skills is very important in my class. Drawing enhances the way we see the world around us, conditions us to capture the details. Furthermore, drawing can improve our memory.
\nYou will spend first 2-3classes on drawing (Shape, Tone, Edge) then move on to the water mixable oil painting.<\/p>\n

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Why Water mixable oils<\/h4>\n

I had to stop oil painting more than ten years ago because I could not tolerate turpentine.\u2028Even when I tried odourless alternatives, I still experienced uncomfortable sensations in my mouth and throat.<\/p>\n

As a result, my focus naturally shifted to watercolour, a medium I still deeply love and continue to work with.\u2028However, when I first encountered water mixable oils, everything changed.<\/p>\n

I realised that water mixable oils were not simply a replacement for traditional oil painting, but an entirely new medium in their own right.\u2028They allowed me to combine the depth and richness of oil painting with techniques I had developed through watercolour.<\/p>\n

For example, you may be familiar with the principle of \u201cdark to light\u201d in oil painting and \u201clight to dark\u201d in watercolour. In traditional oils, highlights are usually created by applying white paint over a darker base.<\/p>\n

In my practice with water mixable oils, however, I often use watercolour techniques such as lifting colour and revealing the white of the canvas to create highlights.\u2028What began as an experiment has proven to be both effective and expressive.<\/p>\n

In this class, I would like to share how I use water mixable oil painting in my own work, and how this medium can open new possibilities for painters coming from different backgrounds.<\/p>\n

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