Oil Painting SECRETS - Transparency & Opacity

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In this oil painting tutorial, realist artist Alex Tzavaras talks about one of the most important properties of oil paint, the difference between opaque and transparent colours. He shows how these different pigments behave and demonstrates the correct opaque and transparent painting techniques in order to acheive clean colours.

Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.

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