HOW TO OIL PAINT - Toning a Canvas (Updated)

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Before I begin an oil painting I will tone a canvas. This "How to Oil Paint" tutorial is a lesson and demo on toning a canvas. In fact, it’s a how to paint on canvas tutorial that includes tips you should know when toning, not just a canvas, but any support that’s been primed. So, you'll learn how to tone any oil painting background or oil painting base layer.
This art lesson explains, in detail, all of the materials you need to tone a canvas, oil painting background or oil painting base layer. It also teaches the difference between a transparent tone (called an imprimatura) and an opaque toned ground. And, tells you the number one mistake I see students make.
And, yes! You can absolutely follow along as I demonstrate, step-by-step, how to apply a transparent tone to a canvas, oil painting background or oil painting base layer. Plus, watch as I explain how to create an opaque toned ground, too and show you why it isn’t my favorite way to tone a canvas, oil painting background or oil painting base layer.
Also, you may be wondering if you should even tone a support at all! You’re not alone. It’s the question a lot of beginner oil painters ask -- "To tone or not to tone?" Experienced artists, too. Well, in this art tutorial video I give you my best oil painting answer to that question, along with three reasons that back it up.
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@sillytoo4too 5 күн бұрын

This video is giving !!! No beef with other videos on youtube about underpaint toning but this is the ONLY one that taught me everything i needed to know ! Thankyou sir. Respect.

@sillytoo4too 5 күн бұрын

Paint used = Burnt Sienna (because its transparent) + turpentine as thinner Why tone = 7:38 !

@dafnev3643 2 жыл бұрын

A very helpful video as an art student who is starting paint with oils this tips are helping on understand how to prepare the middle tones that i could not do it while i was painting on white canvas

@artistchronicle Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you commented!

@lilamilam1881 8 ай бұрын

Im in a University Studito Art Painting course ans I learn more from you in 2 videos than almost a whole semester with her. Thank you so much!

@polarbearsrus6980 21 күн бұрын

Love your humor, thanks for sharing.

@40bdg 2 жыл бұрын

Well explained. Enjoy the humor you add to your videos.

@SonnyBurnett2012 5 ай бұрын

The best toning video. Thank you.

@LWashburnDesigns Жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Thank you.

@deenahoward7474 2 жыл бұрын

I love this guy!

@MB-pd6mm 3 сағат бұрын

Thankyou will toning with oil/mineral spirits prevent pencil drawing from bleeding through

@MsVivian99 11 ай бұрын

SO helpful!

@thegoldenart2498 11 ай бұрын

Superb, thanks

@astro3511 Жыл бұрын

THANK YOU THIS HELPED SO MUCH

@garyeverest6178 6 ай бұрын

Thanks so very much for taking the time to share your knowledge and experience. I loved the humor and tempo of your videos, too. I often need a refresher in particular areas, and you are my go to painter. Have a great New Year!

@EyeTea 3 жыл бұрын

Lifesaver 👍

@derekfernandez7701 3 жыл бұрын

I loved this video thank you! 💙

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! 😊

@yeggneswararaojammalamadak6084 Жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation. Thank you ❤️

@artistchronicle Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Appreciate your comment! 🙂

@rei2684 Жыл бұрын

Thanks 🎉

@squadgeman3247 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, great vid!

@AndyDePooter_Art 8 ай бұрын

Great stuff! Well put together 👍

@gfreling 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks, this was very helpful!

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Thanks for your comment!

@lilyunderthesun Жыл бұрын

this was so useful thanks do much

@kanthiban8968 3 жыл бұрын

Really awesome

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@eloisemarch6289 3 жыл бұрын

This was entertaining and helpful! Thanks for sharing!

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! I'm so glad you found it entertaining!

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

You're welcome! So glad you commented!

@nishantjain1996 3 жыл бұрын

I love your videos ❤️

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! I'm glad you commented!

@EmmaCownieArtBrynmill 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent, Really helpful and clearly explained. Thank you!

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Glad you commented!

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome! Glad you commented

@tonjabalden6742 2 жыл бұрын

You made a great video! Very informative and not too wordy.

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you commented!

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@joshaw3753 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

@khushishah4934 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing video! Very helpful ♥️

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks 😊

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Thanks!

@janetgoldstein7597 Жыл бұрын

Good video.

@misssosolibya 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so entertaining

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you commented!

@craftgenics 2 жыл бұрын

thanku soooo much please upload more videos please🙏🙏 💜🖤💗

@sarimari6290 3 жыл бұрын

I❤your videos.....I learn a lot... Btw...cool intro

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Glad you commented 😊

@granlex 5 ай бұрын

This is an amazing explanation (best i have seen). I need to know it this works the same for oil painting and if i have sketching on the canvas using graphite pencil will the toning remove the sketching on the white canvas?? Thank u so much.

@jcepri 3 жыл бұрын

Grat video. Very helpfull. I recently decided to try toning with acrylic so that it dries faster. I bought 3 tibes....burnt sienna, phalo blue and white to lighten them I'd needed. Do you see any need to the whiite or blue for toning or should I just use the burnt sienna for now. I am new to painting so Im kind of clueless at this point. I do excel at collecting art supplies though.

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Haha… collecting art supplies is the funnest part! Either way would work with acrylics. Tone with acrylics thinned with water for a transparent quality or tone with acrylics mixed with white (no thinning needed since acrylics dry right away) to create an opaque ground.

@christinegalysh7433 3 жыл бұрын

Just found these videos and they are amazing so informative . very sensitive with the scent of oil paints and odorless thinners. have sinus. any suggestions or any new products that have been made thank you

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you're finding the videos informative! It's probably the scent of thinners/solvents that is bothering you. Not the paint itself. A good quality odorless mineral spirits like Gamblin's Gamsol might not be so bad. There are also water-soluble oil paints that some artists use. But I don't use them and so know nothing about them.

@jaysjitsu 2 жыл бұрын

Great video. Very helpful. Solvent and medium. Could you please suggest a couple to start priming for oil on canvas. If you could write them down specifically in the comments I can look for them in the art supply store and purchase. Then get the priming practice in :) Thanks again brill video

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

For an oil painting solvent, any artist quality 'odorless mineral spirits' will do. Gamblin's Galkyd, for example, is an excellent choice. Turpenoid is another popular brand. As for mediums, there are so many out there. They all have different properties and effect the paint differently. Check the manufacturer's (Gamblin, Winsor & Newton, etc) website for details. Currently I use 2 parts stand oil with 1 part odorless mineral spirits as a medium.

@Amy-um2lk 2 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video, and I’m a new subscriber! Question: I’m working on mixed media paper … do I need to gesso that before toning?

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Yes - don't oil paint directly onto paper that hasn't been gessoed. Acrylic gesso works best.

@ATINKERER 2 ай бұрын

I've always thought that thinning a paint as much as you recommend would leave the pigment without enough binder. I sort of imagine it to be like getting the powdered pigment, mixing it with water, and rubbing it on the ground. After the water dries it would create powder layer that would separate the oil paint from the ground, so it wouldn't stick to the canvas. What do you think?

@abbysua6854 3 жыл бұрын

Hello love your vids!! I stretch my canvases and gesso them with acrylic paint (which I believe gesso is acrylics) anyways after I gesso can I still add toning to it or is it only to canvases that have not been gesso? I started painting using oils recently

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Actually, you shouldn't paint on canvas (or any type of support) that hasn't been gessoed. The gesso is what protects a canvas from being 'degraded' by the oil. So, the answer is yes… tone after applying gesso. :)

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for your question! You should only paint on a canvas that has been gessoed. Gesso serves to protect the canvas. So, yes, tone over a gessoed canvas. 😊

@lavaart9979 16 күн бұрын

What was the liquid solution you mixed with the oil color? Something like water or oil or oil flax seeds?

@ellagirl3496 6 ай бұрын

Can you tone with acrylic for an oil painting?

@starbucks1971 4 ай бұрын

hello. I am a student who started oil painting for about 3 months. I was reading an article about blocking and was curious, so I would like to ask a question. What oil should I use when blocking? I searched through numerous videos and articles, but couldn't find it. The two oils I have on hand are flaxseed oil and gamsol. (Please understand that I am not good at English, so I am using Google Translator)

@jameskipp66 3 ай бұрын

My subject is entirely nearly the same color as the tones background.. are there other suggested colors

@jamieb7342 2 жыл бұрын

I'm planning a painting with candles with lots of light color paint. Will the tone make it hard to make my colors light enough?

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

Fortunately oil paint is opaque, so 'light enough' won't be an issue. Keep in mind, I tone to about a 30 to 40% value. Tone too dark and you may need more than one coat of paint to cover.

@bvgatti 2 жыл бұрын

question; i used oil paint pen but when i tried to cover it, it stays visible even after several coat...any suggestion? thx

@yafetejigu3094 3 жыл бұрын

Did you mix oil paint and water in order to tone?

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

No. I mixed oil paint and odorless mineral spirits. I think there's a water-mixable oil paint available now. But, that's not what I use. Regular old oil paint and water don't play well together. Thanks for asking.

@romandybala Жыл бұрын

Hey, is your twin Superfast Matt? Amazing.

@artistchronicle Жыл бұрын

Lol. Yes. Yes he is.

@a7edits37 3 жыл бұрын

Sir,can we use turpentine oil in acrylic paints

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

Acrylic paints are water-based. So, no don't use a solvent like turpentine with acrylic paints. And, if you're asking about mixing wet oil paint with wet acrylic paint, that won't work either (although, I must admit I haven't tried it). You can paint over acrylic paint, that has dried, with oil paint. But, don't paint over oil paint (dry or wet) with acrylic paint. Hope that covers it for you.

@navergirl7797 3 жыл бұрын

@@artistchronicle so can we paint oil paint over white acrylic gesso?

@artistchronicle 3 жыл бұрын

@@navergirl7797 Yes you can paint over white acrylic gesso with oil paint.

@emmettolson3499 2 жыл бұрын

No one is ever clear on which solvent or medium to use. It’s very vague and it’s frustrating because I can’t find any advice anywhere. So for “medium” can I use Galkyd? Because it says medium on the bottle. And can I use paint thinner because that’s a solvent. I’m just really confused

@artistchronicle 2 жыл бұрын

There are a lot of different mediums out there and they all have different properties. I consider Galkyd to be a good all around medium. Think of it as a faster drying linseed oil. Visit the Gamblin website for details about Galkyd and other mediums they offer. As for the paint thinner and mineral spirits you find at a home improvement store, my understanding is that they are the same thing. Yes, they are solvents and can be used, but I avoid those for oil painting because they are less refined. Instead I use only artist quality "odorless mineral spirits," found at an art supply store. Gamblin's Gamsol is excellent.

@emmettolson3499 2 жыл бұрын

@@artistchronicle okay came back to say that now that I’ve bought the product you suggested, this entire tutorial is one of the most detailed and actually answered a lot of questions I didn’t even know I had. Amazing video! If you aren’t already, you’d be an amazing art teacher! I also was wanting to know with the odorless mineral spirits, can I use it inside with a fan going?

@F_rata Жыл бұрын

what if we don't have solvent?

@akazawayuki984 Жыл бұрын

I need help! I toned my canvas with kerosene oil instead of mineral spirits! What should I do???!!

@szeszeng2157 Жыл бұрын

question: the toxicity of the oil paint and solvent you using? do you wear gloves sometimes?

@artistchronicle Жыл бұрын

There was a period of time when I was concerned about toxicity and wore gloves all the time. Not so much these days. But, a valid consideration for anyone working with oil paint. Appreciate your question!

@randomchannel6106 2 жыл бұрын

I really want to try painting but I don't had enough material. 😐😐😐

@GayRocker81 2 жыл бұрын

Answer to question... 7:30

@brjplummer9415 2 ай бұрын

Loved it ! But You da Cheata, You did not paint the toner on in Two tones , Just One Tone

@cluek9780 Жыл бұрын

Once you “tone”, you’ve deleted reflection “back thru the paint”

@artistchronicle Жыл бұрын

The canvas toning method I show in this video helps keep the translucent quality. There's another method which involves tinting a white, opaque ground and then applying that opaque ground to the canvas. With that method you are correct. Not as reflective. 🙂