The beauty of oil paint needs a lot of materials and details. The right choice of color, canvas, a brush is very important. However, there are few other things too, which play an important role in every aesthetically appreciated oil painting. Here is a complete list of things one needs for an oil painting:
- Oil Paints.
- Painting surface: Canvas, paper, board.
- Brushes: you can use sable, nylon or hogs hair brushes according to the nature of painting and colors used
- Thinner, turpentine oil: for cleaning the brushes
- Palette: for smooth mixing
- Palette knives: not only to clean your palette but also to apply paint directly on the canvas
- Easel: expensive but important in the long run
- Pencils and charcoals
The above being the basics, one can always add on materials depending on their specific needs.