Have you been wanting to try oil paints, but are too intimidated? Don’t know where to start? Then this video is for you! This month’s Muddy Colors video will guide you through everything you need to know in order to start using one of the most versatile and time-tested mediums.
This video will cover a wide array of topics essential for beginners, but will also deal with subjects that even professionals will find relevant.
Topics will include:
- Different Substrates and their benefits
- How to Gesso your surface
- Solvents & Mediums
- Studio Safety
- How to transfer and seal your Underdrawing
- What exactly is ‘Fat over Lean’?
- Different painting techniques and their application
- How to varnish a finished painting
This video will be available right here, beginning Tuesday, November 27th. Or, if sign up for our Patreon right now, you’ll receive the download or streaming rental of this video at half price!
More info at: https://www.patreon.com/muddycolors
Explain something to me. “This video will be available right here, beginning Tuesday, November 27th. Or, if sign up for our Patreon right now, you’ll receive the download or streaming rental of this video at half price!”
WHY would I pay for this video if you are going to post it for free on this blog the 27th?
You need to communicate better.
My interpretation: You can buy it now at a DISCOUNT if you sign up for Patreon, or you can wait and buy it at FULL PRICE on the 27th of November. There ain’t so no such thing as a free lunch. (Not these days, anyway.)
Correct. It will be available for purchase here on MC at full price. Patreon subscribers get a discount. And I wouldn’t say there’s no such thing as a free lunch… we did give one video away last month, and are currently running a scholarship for a free booth at SFAL. So there are free lunches… just not THIS lunch. 😉
Why would I pay to watch a video of basically the same info, or maybe better, on you tube for free? I find a whole range in good information on that one website from beginner to advanced in art and music and other realms.
There are certainly some great videos on YouTube, many of which we have shared right here and on our own YouTube page. But we hope the content of our video will be much more thorough, and more specific toward those with an interest in fantasy art & illustration. The quality of information you would receive from a world-reknown illustrator is not the same as the information you’re going to receive from a random, amateur artist. As for other reasons you may want to actually buy this video… We use all the funds from sales of our videos to pay for this ‘free’ blog that you are currently reading (which actually costs us a small fortune each month), and to offer scholarships for aspiring artists.
But it’s entirely up to you where you spend your money, Bill. Some readers would jump at the opportunity to receive a 2 hour video from a world-famous artist for $5, and support the blog at the same time. If that person is not you, that’s totally OK. We sincerely wish you luck with your YouTube searches.