How to Make Your Own Oil Paints

Have you eve wanted to make your own oil paints? Making your own oil paints takes a little time and effort but is well worth. Before you get started you should know that making oil paints will expose you to harmful fumes so you must do this in a well ventilated room and wear a mask. This article will teach you, step by step, how to make your own oil paints.

There are quite a few things you will need to do this, so here is a list of them:

• Pigments
• Linseed oil
• Rubber gloves
• Safety goggles
• Mask
• Muller
• Palette knife
• ¼ inch sheet of marble or glass
• Cleaning solution
• Empty paint tubes
• Marker
• Labels
• Timer
• Canvas-stretching pliers
• Airtight jars

Step 1. Put on your safety gear

Make sure you are wearing rubber gloves, goggles and a mask to cover your mouth and nose.

Step 2. Pour pigment on your grinding slab

Put a small portion of pigment on your grinding slab.

Step 3. Add linseed oil

Pour a very small amount of linseed oil onto your grinding slab and mix it with the pigment using a muller. You should do this slowly.

Step 4. Even out the consistency

You can add more pigment or linseed oil to your mixture until you achieve the desired consistency.

Step 5. Use your palette knife

Use your palette knife to pull and scrape the mixture back to the center of the grinding slab while you are grinding it. Continue to perform this grinding/scraping process for about 30 minutes.

Step 7. Put the paint in tubes

Use your palette knife to scrape up and pack the oil paint into the empty paint tubes. Seal the tubes by using the pliers to smash down the end of the tube until it's airtight.

Step 8. Label the tubes

Label each tube with the name of the color and the date it was created. This will help you keep track of your paints.

Step 9. Store your pigment and oil

You will want to store your pigment and linseed oil in airtight jars to preserve them.

Step 10. Clean your grinding slab

You should clean your grinding slab thoroughly immediately after you are done making your paints.

Now you have your very own, homemade oil paints to use whenever you want. Who knows, you may stop buying oil paints all together.