

Do you use paint thinner at any point in your paintings? In the underpainting for example?.What are your thoughts on different palette types?.How do you go about varnishing a painting if you send a portrait to a customer? Have them varnish it? Ship it back to you when it's ready to be varnished?.How important is it to use the quick-dry white? Would a regular titanium or zinc white work for staining?.When using a photo as a painting source, is it better to have a color photograph or a black-and-white photograph?.I am sensitive to smells so I love the sound of the solvent-free paint.Do you clean the surface of your painting between sessions? Also, do you have any tips for avoiding dusts getting stuck into your painting?.Should an oil painting be displayed before it has been varnished?.Why do you usually light your still-life setups from above rather than from the side? And do you ever use gallery wrap? What are your framing preferences?.a tour of my studio setup and a talk about brush holders.Questions from Episode 18 of Oil Painting Q&A with Mark Carder (click a question below to jump directly to the answer in the episode) Do you think certain colors are easier to paint than others? I find it hard to see details when painting really dark colors and even more when trying to add highlights to dark colors.Why not use lemon yellow or something similar? If I am using Geneva paints, what medium should I use to adhere to the "fat over lean" rule?.What do you think about studying anatomy to help with illustrating a particular scene?.


a lesson on how to use white oil color properly.Share Draw Mix Paint on: Google+ Twitter StumbleUpon Facebook Need help? Send an email to Questions from Episode 20 of Oil Painting Q&A with Mark Carder (click a question below to jump directly to the answer in the episode)
