Things You'll Need:
- Primed canvas
- Paintbrushes of various widths
- Oil paint colors: black, red, white, dark brown, gray
- Linseed oil or other thinner
- Turpentine or other solvent
- Old coffee cans
- Palettes, such as Styrofoam meat trays
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Step 1
Start with canvas that has been primed for oil paints. Pour each color of paint into a separate container, such as a coffee can or meat tray. Add a little linseed oil to thin the paint and make it easier to work with.
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Step 2
OutlineDip a 1/2-inch wide paintbrush into the black paint. Paint a line of rectangles and another below them. Then paint another line below those rectangles. Shift each line back and forth, as in the picture, so it looks like a brick wall.
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Step 3
Boring flat blocksTake a wider paint brush and fill in the bricks with you basic dark red brick color. At this point your painting will look like flat blocks.
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Step 4
Beginning to Add TextureCreate texture with color. Dip a 1-inch wide paintbrush in a dark brown color, and paint a line across the lower half of the bricks.
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Step 5
Highlighting AddedHighlight the spaces between the bricks with a narrow tipped brush dipped in white paint.
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Step 6
Continue to experiment with shadow and highlight. Shadows are more like smudges, highlights are more similar to lines or waves.
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Step 7
Clean your brushes well. Use a little turpentine to get all of the oil paint out. Follow the directions on the turpentine can well, and use in a well-ventilated area.
