Techniques in regards towards oil painting can include fat over lean which means your heavier paint layer over the thinest. You can scumble which means to paint with no solvent and just a dry brush and oil paint. One can paint wet on wet which means while your under layer is wet you paint on it and you can blend this way.You can also add mediums to your paint to make it dry faster or dry with a gloss. When painting you should pick out surfaces that are canvas,papers,wood,fiberboards,glass,wall and plastic. Acrylic gesso is one of the best additives to a surface to help the oil bond.

Grounds can vary from a rabbit skin glue to acrylic gesso. There is also poly vinyl acetate which helps with fabric support.

Tools include a palette to put you oil paints on out of the tube. You can buy various palette knifes that you can paint of mix with. Lots of cloths are good to have around to clean your brushes along with a solvent container to conserve your used solvent.