>>945751>>945746Holy crap, how /ic/ is unhelpful... If you don't know how to paint with oil or acrylic just admit it.
>>945718Well Op, go for Oil, the most flexible and fun paint
1. You will decide if you want to paint a la prima (directly painting the colors) or grisaille/verdachio (indirect monochromatic layers and then glazes).
2. You will choose what kind of imprimatura you want, if it's dark brown like Caravaggio, lead white over gesso like Leonardo, orange like Rembrandt and Rubens, etc... Most modern painters (incluiding myself) make the imprimitura with white acrylic emulsion, used a lot in constructions and house painting. The acrylic emulsion which can be substituted by acrylic paint, is more resistant and durable than the old gesso imprimitura.
3. You will need a solvent like Turpentine. But classic turpentine is toxic so I recommend you to use other. You will need a oil stand for the glazes... Maybe a secant oil gel... And I don't recommend varnish.
4. Make the underdrawing with charcoal.
5. I recommend Maimeri Oil for student, pretty cheap and good quality. Use a reduced pallete, just 6 six colors or less. Pay attention to the colors transparency or opaqueness. Most paints have a square indicating this, if the square is half full the paint is half transparent, and so it goes. Solve the paint a lot when painting and abuse the transparency... This is the advantage of oil.
6. ???
7. Profit
Any more questions? I'm willing to answer with my sparse knowledge.
