In this video I explain how to save paint and money. For more free videos on painting in oil visit drawmixpaint.com If you are interested in the paint that I use visit genevafineart.com
I always saves the leftover paint. I'll go so far as to keep the dark's separate from the lights. Blend each pile then use it as Mark stated or save it for the background on a still life. Some of my best backgrounds with a little abstraction have come from using this leftover muck.
Put the mix in a pile in the middle of a page of paper then roll it to a size that will fit inside the tube. Pinch the paper roll and pull it between your fingers. No mess.
i thought he was going to say that, but he come out with a nice alternative. i would use it as a background... i dont care if it is ugly or not, it will be cover later, so...
I was going to recommend just that 😂 Also we do abstract so Yes by all means use all the left overs. Our Sheikh (teacher and guide) has always reminded us that Our CREATOR dislikes Wastage of all kinds.
At the end of every studio session I use the left over paint by painting it randomly onto a blank canvas. After a few weeks I end up with an abstract painting which I sell for $1,000 each.
I very much appreciate your taking the time to share your pearls of wisdom with us! Clearly you have a passion you can't keep to yourself. Otherwise why would you be so generous? You've helped to rekindle my spark more than the other artists I've checked out. And the carpentry tutorials to boot! Amazing.
Brilliant idea , and that's coming from someone who hasn't a clue how to paint , i never knew you could keep oil paints in a sealed jar for up to a year
He has an answer for everything. Thank you for doing this video, I had this question on one of your other videos cuz I always thought you seem to have a lot of leftover paint and I don't want to waste any paint once I start painting with these oils!
Thanks so much. I have wondered what to do with the excess paint. I appreciate your transparency that you give to your viewers . That is a rare quality now days.
I call this a bubble gum amalgam. I've created some very useful tertiaries and earth tones doing this. If you do a lot of production painting for art shows and the like, this is a great way to save on cost as Mark mentioned.
What I do is mix all my leftover paint and use it as the background of the painting. I paint the background towards the end of my painting session to really clean up my edges and avoid wasted paint. If the paint is the hue I need it to be, I mix some more colours in.
eu já havia pensado em aproveitar a tinta dá paleta mas nunca fui encorajado, agora vou tentar separar em diferentes recipientes as cores, salvar apenas os azuis em um recipiente em outro apenas os amarelos e assim respectivamente
Thank you for this tip. I mean, everyone knows how to shove paint down into the glass can. Much more interesting at this point would be to mix a usable color from it. From a "neutral" color to get another color.
Another way not to waste paint is to not squeeze too much out of the tube in the first place. With experience you can estimate how much you will need and use just a little more so that when you are finished there isn't much if any left over.
Hi Mark, I just saw that the oil paint you sell at Geneva now comes in plastic tubes rather than the previous glass jars. Is there a reason for that? Glass jars are not only more classy but they are also more comfortable as far as paint handling goes. Squeezing all the paint out of those plastic tubes is a bit difficult because of the rigid cap. Also, correct me if I'm wrong but I heard you say in one of your videos that you didn't like much tubes beacause usually the oil separates from the pigment and tends to come out first when you squeeze it. Kind regards.
For some reason every time I try this, it dries in the jar no matter how well I seal the jar. I was able to use a lot of extra paint to save an old canvas with a failed painting though. I am new and struggle with mixing colors so I wound up with WAY too much gray, so after using what I needed for my current painting, I sanded down the impasto on the failed painting and used the extra paint to cover the old painting giving me a solid gray canvas ready for whatever my next attempt will be.
There is a technique in cooking, used on puddings and other things that might build a film on top of them. They just take shrink rap and put it directly on top of it to stop it from getting this film. I wonder if this would work for oil paint?
Hi Mark, great tutorial. Thanks. One question I have is in regards to the white paint that might be part of this neutral. In episode 20 you talk about never mixing white into shadows. So I'm assuming this neutral mix (if White's in it) is off limits to use in shadows? Can you let me know if this neutral is okay to use for shadow bases, or will it always milk up my shadows? Thanks for all you do!
@DrawMixPaint And here I thought this "Frugal Franny" made that up!😆 Seriously, it has worked well on an *In Progress* painting because hues are already present. Get wild, tone a canvas! Waste not, want not👩🏼🎨😊
Holy crap thats a lot of paint. I always just add a tiny blob to my palette, so if I run out I just add more and if not, I didn't waste a bunch, but that method may not work for everyone.
How are your oils so smooth and ‘liquidy’ please? Are they mixed with a medium on ypur palette? Thank you so much for your lessons. Very big thank you and well done!
I have done that but when storing it is a small jar (after adding a bit of oil and turp) and decided to use it later I often found the top surface hardened.
Giovanni Siano you might lay a small piece of plastic wrap directly onto the surface of the paint in the jar before putting the cover on. Or, store the jar upside down.
Thanks for your suggestions Gerald! Putting a piece of cling wrap sounds good but if I store the jar upside down isn't going to be a bit messy every time I open it?
How long will Geneva paint store unopened? Does temperature matter, room temp or can one store it in a refrigerator? If I am called away from painting for an extended period of weeks can I place saran wrap over the palette to air-seal it till I return?
Mark, what to do when you are painting a still life or a landscape and you find values darker than your black paint? And also values lighter than your white? Thanks!
Mark, Mark, and Mark . . . If you teach everyone how to save paint, you may loose on a sale of some Geneva paint. Great tip, and I like the color that it produced. Thanks for the video.;
So do you have to use a medium for it to be stored very long in a jar? or do i have to put the jar in a fridge ? or put oil on top of it if i havent used a medium.
