On Thinking differently to improve your oil painting

The steps you should take so you will think differently.


How to translate everything into a "tone system" you can use to paint everything.

If you just remember two tips on thinking differently, you have made oil painting so much easier.

•  A 5 stage thinking process to follow.
• Why the big shapes are more important than the details.
• Why painting is similar to building something, like a house.
• How to "see" in the language of paint, learning to think differently.
• Why you must understand what detail really is, it’s not just an eyelash!
• How to paint from a drawing as your model, without the live model.
• What is the maximum amount of time you should paint outdoors and why.
• What is "oiling out" and why is it so important?
• What really is glazing?