Art Tips # 3: Is There Variety In Your Texture Painting?

Art Tips # 3: Is There Variety In Your Texture Painting?

Bring more depth and interest to your texture painting! In this third episode of my Art Tips series, “Is There Variety In Your Texture Painting?”, we dive into how to create lively, dynamic surfaces using Liquin Impasto Medium and Cold Wax Medium. You’ll learn practical ways to keep your tools and colors clean, load enough paint for a session, and let the process itself guide the final effect. Perfect for artists working in oil, impasto, or mixed-media who want richer, more expressive textures.

Whether you’re new to texture painting or refining your impasto technique, this video will give you actionable tips you can apply right away.

⏱️ Chapters
00:00 – Introduction & why texture variety matters
03:00 – Paint overview & setup
04:00 – Preparing your board
05:43 – Fundamental rules
12:32 – Applying Liquin Impasto Medium effectively
19:00 – Layers close up
20:21 – Bonus abstract demo
26:00 – Quick recap & final thoughts
26:23 – What’s coming next week

🖌️ Materials Used in This Video

Oil paints (assorted colors)

Liquin Impasto Medium (Winsor & Newton)

Cold Wax Medium (Gamblin or preferred brand)

Palette knives / painting knives

Brayers or scrapers (optional)

Rags & solvent for cleanup

🎵 Music Credits
Easy Lemon 30 Second by Kevin MacLeod is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 license. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...

Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-...

Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Let’s talk:
How do you create variety in your texture painting? Share your tips in the comments—I’d love to feature some in a future episode!

Next week we’ll be answering: “Is There a Good Abstract Idea For Your Painting?”—stay tuned!