Painting Metal Made Simple: A Calming Guide to Brass in Oil

???? Free Masterclass: Oil Painting for Beginners ($500 value!) Learn the fundamentals and start creating beautiful paintings with confidence. https://artlifewithkelli.com/oil-painting-for-beginners/

✨ Learn to Paint Reflective Still Life Metal – Brass Object Oil Painting Tutorial

In this Day 3 lesson of the 5-Day Still Life Challenge, I walk you through how to paint a highly reflective brass object using alla prima oil painting techniques. This challenge builds on your foundational skills and dives deeper into how to capture light, shadow, and color on metallic surfaces.

???? What you’ll learn:
How to block in reflective objects with confidence
Mixing cool and warm tones for luminous metal
Creating bold highlights with cadmium lemon and palette knife
Painting shadows and reflected light for realism

????️ Materials and colors are listed in the description. Perfect for intermediate oil painters or motivated beginners wanting to grow their confidence and brush control!

???? Subscribe for more oil painting tutorials, floral demos, and classical still life tips.

00:00 – Introduction & Drawing the Brass Object
05:00 – Background & Initial Highlights
10:00 – Building Form & Reflective Color
15:00 – Final Highlights & Fine-Tuning

???? FREE RESOURCES:

► Get my "Oil Painting For Beginners Masterclass" FREE ($500 Value): https://artlifewithkelli.com/oil-painting-for-beginners/

► Sign up for my FREE 5-Day Still Life Painting Challenge ($250 Value): https://artlifewithkelli.com/5day-painting-challenge/

???? Ready to take your art to the next level? Join our supportive community of artists in The Art Life School: https://artlifewithkelli.com/art-life-school/

Materials List
Brushes
Silver Grand Prix hog hair filberts https://amzn.to/40CB0UC
Hog hair plein air set: https://amzn.to/44hytl8
Ruby Satin’s size 4, 8 flats https://amzn.to/4leOGxf
Bristlon Cats Tongue size 4 https://amzn.to/44CPWU7
Bristlon filberts size 2,4,6 https://amzn.to/3Ii1g0e
Bristlon set of filberts and cats tongue brushes https://amzn.to/4eO8nd1
Ruby Satin round signing brush https://amzn.to/3Ttt9ow

Canvas
Ampersand Gessoboard Museum Series Panel https://amzn.to/4nDQh1c
Centurion Deluxe Professional Oil Primed Linen Panels https://amzn.to/406hU9c
Centurion Deluxe Oil Primed Linen Pad https://amzn.to/4eCCd45
Frederix Canvas Pad https://amzn.to/3GCafc5

Medium
W&N Liquin Light Gel https://amzn.to/3Gexbyd
Gamblin Neo Meglip https://amzn.to/4ksscI3
Gamblin Solvent Free Gel https://amzn.to/3Gx3Kay

Oil Paint
Alizarin Crimson - Sennelier https://amzn.to/4eGZIt1
Titanium Zinc White - Sennelier https://amzn.to/4m2M3yX
Naples Yellow Light - Sennelier https://amzn.to/3Ic1NRz
Chinese Orange - Sennelier https://amzn.to/44xn8Mv
Transparent Oxide Red Lake - Old Holland https://amzn.to/44D4t28
Titanium Zinc White - Gamblin https://amzn.to/4nDN5CW
Titanium Zinc White - Permalba https://amzn.to/4lJweNj
Yellow Ochre - Charvin https://amzn.to/3IizIrw
Cadmium Lemon - W&N https://amzn.to/44zjjqb
Cadmium Yellow Deep - W&N https://amzn.to/406oNay
Cadmium Orange - W&N https://amzn.to/45ZD7FB
Cadmium Red Light - Grumbacher https://amzn.to/4leBTej
Cadmium Red Light - Gamblin https://amzn.to/46xH98m
Burnt Sienna - Gamblin https://amzn.to/45V1qod
Ultramarine Blue Deep - Charvin https://amzn.to/4kpt0xm
Phthalo Blue - Gamblin 1980 https://amzn.to/44A14RD
Chromium Oxide Green - Charvin https://amzn.to/3GzjgTg
Raw Umber - W&N https://amzn.to/3TYbbdV
Burnt Umber - Gamblin https://amzn.to/44zjEcr
Ivory Black - W&N https://amzn.to/4ktZGG3
Tube wringer by Gill Mechanical Company https://amzn.to/4eIHdnU

Pochade Boxes
Ugo https://amzn.to/44G4GS8
Sienna https://amzn.to/4lt1uAc
Guerilla Thumbox (plein air / small paintings) https://amzn.to/4lgN7Pp

Starter kits
Gamblin Oil Color Introductory Set https://amzn.to/407pvVb
Gamblin’s Student Grade Introductory Set https://amzn.to/409V2ps

Other
W&N Varnish https://amzn.to/45nSur4
Masterson Sta-Wet Palette https://amzn.to/3HW4IgI
Light https://amzn.to/43Z9X70
Razor Blades https://amzn.to/3CzePWI
Gamsol https://amzn.to/45nNbbk
Brush Cleaning Tank https://amzn.to/4487Xtg
Brush Cleaner & Preserver https://amzn.to/440jk6e

My Books
30 Ways to Master Still Life Painting https://amzn.to/40JwZx5
Art Life Adventures https://amzn.to/4jJKMvZ
ART Your Way Through Life https://amzn.to/3CqwnEv
Painting Flowers https://amzn.to/3Eq1G2P
Painting Roses https://amzn.to/4aHo97D

#oilpaintingtutorial #learntopaint #stilllifepainting #beginnerartist #oilpaintingtechniques #artteacher #paintingclass #oilpaintingforbeginners #paintingworkshop #artlessons #paintingskills #paintingcomposition #arttips #paintingvalue #artistcommunity #classicaloilpainting #realismart #paintingmasterclass #artschool #oilpainting #paintingcomposition

==================================