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r/Oilpainting it's a place to share your OWN paintings, we don't care if you are new or professional, all art are welcome.

we only allow real oilpaints, not digital or AI generated, both will get you banned.

For all oil paintings, tips, photos, everything about oils.


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to identify paints:

/r/WhatIsThisPainting


Follow the rules or your post will be deleted and you could be banned

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Shortlist Rules

  • Only pictures of oil paintings made by you.

  • Pictures of persons (others than reference) aren't allowed, this include the painter.

  • Mark NSFW if apply sorry, this it's a Reddit rule

  • We allow pictures of paints from famous painters to discuss about their style.

  • Video post aren't allowed, only as reply to a tutorial video from a well known youtuber, btw: all videos are manually approved.

  • Don't post your social media links or handles

  • Don't post links to external sites.

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Energy Exchange, Oil on sewn canvas

0 Comments
2024/12/18
17:34 UTC

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A lookout along the Appalachian Trail [OC]

This is an oil painting I did entirely en plein air, it’s 18/24” on canvas. Took me a few days of returning to the same location in the same light. Feel free to critique in any way, thanks!

0 Comments
2024/12/18
16:03 UTC

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How do I resume a painting while inbetween layers?

Hello, I’m working on my first oil painting in many years(I’m a water color artist) and I’m wondering if I start a layer and don’t have the ability to finish it at that moment can I just jump back in a day later and finish the layer up without being any issues?

Does the painting have to be wet still? All I’m using right now is walnut alkyd medium. Any suggestions for anything else to add to that for more flow? I heard walnut oil is good. Also worried about how much medium to add to each layer. I used about a drop or two for each inch of paint as it suggests but how much is too much to add to the next layer?

5 Comments
2024/12/18
15:42 UTC

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Silence part two, 12x16 inches

4 Comments
2024/12/18
15:20 UTC

3

Grisaille (on paper)

This is my first attempt at oil painting (and it’s still a work in progress). I haven’t felt confident enough to use color, which is a pity because she has such stunning red hair 🧡 Any thoughts? (or tips for a newbie)

The reference photo is by Anastasiya Dobrovolskaya (credits to her amazing work!)

0 Comments
2024/12/18
15:16 UTC

4

Quick oil study in my backyard

0 Comments
2024/12/18
14:21 UTC

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My first 1,5 hour Livestream and result!

5 Comments
2024/12/18
14:14 UTC

7

Boats (oil on canvas)

This is one of my earlier paintings and it's full of mistakes that I'm now aware of, but at that time I considered it my best work and it was an invaluable lesson in many areas of painting.

0 Comments
2024/12/18
13:23 UTC

4

Techneck all day long

1 Comment
2024/12/18
12:51 UTC

241

Nude study from photograph.

Oil on panel. 42x60cm

6 Comments
2024/12/18
12:44 UTC

1

Oil commission of a baby girl - feedback welcome

This is a commission for a painting of my client’s granddaughter. I’d love any feedback for elements of the painting you like and I could improve on before she collects the piece this week.

0 Comments
2024/12/18
09:06 UTC

103

Grapes and Silver

2 Comments
2024/12/18
11:44 UTC

12

Alien, Oil on Skateboard primed with acrylics

4 Comments
2024/12/18
10:55 UTC

5

Oil portrait 8x10” from photo, 4-5 hours

0 Comments
2024/12/18
10:39 UTC

3

Oil portrait from 3 different pictures

0 Comments
2024/12/18
10:37 UTC

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Here is another 3 hour portrait done from a life

I’ve been sharing my current portrait series here done from life. I am curating a group exhibition called Corpus and as part of the show the public is invited to pose for a portrait painting that is done in on 3 hour session. Also wanted to say huge thanks for your kind words and support in my past posts, it is very much appreciated!

15 Comments
2024/12/18
09:25 UTC

1

Mr Tubby, in oil

0 Comments
2024/12/18
08:51 UTC

15

Recreation of The Fallen Angel

Recreation of a section of The Fallen Angel by Alexandre Cabanel. I've always loved this piece and thought I'd try recreate a portion of it. This is my first time creating a portrait using oils (I've been using oils for a few months now mainly for landscapes) so it was fun to experiment and any feedback is appreciated! ⭐

It was originally done to experiment whether I preferd using a canvas or more board/paper materials to create portraits with oils on. I definitely prefered the paper like material as I found the canvas was more difficult to work with and the paint seemed to move too easily off it in a way, not sure if anyone else has had a similar experience or if I'm just doing something wrong? Either way the paper I found alot easier, and made it feel more like acrylics when layering (which I was more used to) while still blending like oils. Not sure if I've just got to practice more with oils however.

0 Comments
2024/12/18
08:27 UTC

3

Today's efforts

A lot more I could have done with the background but I feel pretty good about this one.

0 Comments
2024/12/18
06:32 UTC

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Decided to paint today!

Im still a beginner so please lmk if there’s stuff I can improve on! I found my reference on Pinterest if anyone’s wondering, link is here: https://au.pinterest.com/pin/991354936727308199/

10 Comments
2024/12/18
06:14 UTC

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"People of r/DrawMeNSFW #1"

#1 of a series I'm doing based on photos shared by people of r/DrawMeNSFW

0 Comments
2024/12/18
05:37 UTC

4

Little Dummy2 painting 60x60cm

Scarecrow / Dummy theme

0 Comments
2024/12/18
05:09 UTC

1

Re-using solvent ?

I used a Low odour thinner for student grade paint, I let the residue sit down on the bottom of the jar and recycle the solvents. I was wondering will it affect negatively if I use the same solvent for artist grade paint ?

i might be overthinking this but I'm curious..

2 Comments
2024/12/18
05:01 UTC

2

damned 2024 - oil on canvas (twt Pacheco_arte)

1 Comment
2024/12/18
05:01 UTC

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