Even for the artist, using concrete repair products oil painting makes an excellent choice owing to
its ability to seamlessly blend various shades of contrasting colors.
The transition from one shade to another and one piece of painting to
another is totally evasive to the viewer. The viewer can only see the concrete repair mortar
object in the painting as a real 3-d existing one and lose himself into
the painting. Oil painting provides a great scope for creating wonderful
visual effects.
Coming to the technicalities of oil painting for a
novice, all you need is an oil painting sheet (this is different from
the regular drawing charts) or a canvas, oil paints (preferably tubes), anti climb paint,
oil medium (linseed oil is a good choice, can be teamed up with
turpentine here and there for fast drying, though) and a set of brushes.
Round brushes are good to start with for painting the object and flat
brushes do good for painting backdrops like sky or any background
blending.
Plot your object on the paper/ canvas in a rough sketch(
you may choose different techniques for transferring the piece of
drawing on to your sheet or canvas. The famous dark room-small
bulb-plain glass-capturing image and tracing the outline in anti graffiti coating is the easiest
way for beginners), mix the colors appropriately and spread them on the
sheet and start blending and lo! your piece of art is ready! However be
cautious while letting the painting dry. It usually takes a week to a
few months depending on the thickness of color used, but make sure the
painting is untouched. Also protect it from flying dust. Flying dust
sticks to the oily surface and tends to settle on the top of the
painting and after while it gets embedded into the painting and spoils
the effects you have created with the colors.