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Old 11-07-2010, 01:17 AM   #13
bestcigsnick

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Brother MujahidAbdullah you gotta help me out here. I've done some painting before, heres something I did for my wife (I know, I know, I'm an old romantic at heart );



But, all my paintings are in water based colours. I only paint very occasionally but I would really like to do some Islamic art in oil painting, but have no idea where to start. Where did you learn and is there any sites you refer too?

beautiful paintings by the way.
When you say "water based" do you mean water colors or acrylic paint?

If its acrylic (acrylic is water based and easily cleans up) than your good because the two are simalar - except oils dont clean up as easily and they take days to dry.

My "mursheed" of painting was a guy named Rocky - I grew up in a town called Manitou - this town is very artsy - There is a famous painter there named Rocky, and as a kid I used to go to his studio and watch him work, he taught me how to work with oils.

Its not that hard - you should do what poring rain suggested and just buy some and start experimenting - thats how I learned when I was a kid, and Rocky got some of my artwork in galeries when I was 12. One thing to remeber is that oil paints are worked in conjunction with solvents (flak seed oil, linseed oil) the common ratio is 1 part paint two parts solvent - the more solvent you use, the longer the paint takes to dry - you can add Alkyd resin or Japan drier to speed up the drying process. Adding solvents and driers can affect the texture and appearance of the painting - so experiment with all differnet types of paints, solvents and driers to acchieve your desired affects.

For example - if you look at the painting "Haqqiqat Muahmadi" - its very glossy (and hard to take a picture of) - this is because I used a large amount of solvent (4:1 ratio) - this was so I could achieve the right texture I wanted - and it took about a week to dry.

Also buy some mineral spirits to clean up with - and keep them in a re-sealable container. Its also good to keep your oil brushes seperate from your acrylic brushes and seperate from water color brushes - each medium effects the bristles differently, and oil brushes work best after multiple uses.

Also - on the topic of brushes, be careful on which brushes you buy, because some are made with Bores hair - and I dont know the fatwa on that, but I wouldnt feel right painting the name of Allah with pig hair.

And dont sweat being a romantic - the painting of the tree was one I did for my wife - the chicks really love sensitive artist guys.
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