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How Oil Paint is made,

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Colour Mixing

Tonal Values in painting.

Colour Wheel.

Brushes - different types and how they are made.

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Why use a palette?

Which type of easel to choose?

What type of surface to paint on?

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a project to try.

Blending Oil Pastels

New Blending Coloured Pencils on Parchment

About the history of Tole and Tole painting

One-stroke brushes and
the basic Tole Brush Strokes.

Designs painted with oils in theTole Gallery

Gallery of Flowers painted with oils from images.

Flower Gallery

Wet-on-wet Flower painting step by step instruction.

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Using Painting Medium to help the oils flow.

 
The what, why and how of Zest-it.

Zest-it Trade site

About the Zest-it Cold-Pressed Linseed Oil

How to use the Zest-it Clear Painting Medium

How to use the Zest-it Damar Varnish

The Zest-it Product range

Use Zest-it for brush cleaning.

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