Classical Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture

Description

In this course, you will :

• Discover her distinct tenebris-style, which focuses on observation and aesthetic composition.
• Learn how to paint a bird from nature and watch it come to life on canvas.
• cover drawing fundamentals such as proportions, light, shadow, value, modelling, and rendering
• Explore Sarah's method for creating an animal portrait with the alla prima technique to learn more about the oil painting process.
• how to organise your palette and premix the colours for the painting based on value, also known as value triangulation
• Learn how to keep the intensity of your colours in your painting and how to protect it with varnish.

Syllabus :

1. The Fundamentals: Materials, Sight-Size Technique, and Drawing

• Preparation of Materials 
• The Basics of Sight-Size Technique
• The Fundamentals of Drawing: Construct
• The Fundamentals of Drawing: Light and Shadow Pattern
• The Fundamentals of Drawing: Values
• The Fundamentals of Drawing: Modeling and Rendering
• Colour Mixing and Palette Organisation

 

2. Oil Painting Process and Technique

• Monochromatic Underpainting 
• Triangulating Values
• Blocking in the Colours of the Bird 
• Painting the Background
• Finishing Touches: Impastos, Details, and Edges 

 

3. Varnishing and Photographing Your Painting

• Varnishing Your Finished Painting
• How to Take a Dynamic Photo for Social Media

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