Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique
Tools and Materials
A course by A.J. Alper , Painter
About the video: Tools and Materials
Overview
“It is important to have the right tools and materials for your personal level of painting skill and for the task you want to undertake. The paints, brushes, solvents, mediums, and surfaces all work together to facilitate a satisfactory result.”
In this video lesson A.J. Alper addresses the topic: Tools and Materials , which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique. Discover how to paint captivating portraits that capture immediacy and emotion with every brush stroke.
Partial transcription of the video
“Tools and Materials Now that we've gotten to know each other, let's talk a little bit about the tools and materials that we'll need for this course. I use a high key color palette, which utilizes the full range of the spectrum. If you look at my colors, you can see, I have yellow on one end going all the way to green. Here I have my black and white, which I add to the color to be able to change the chroma or the intensity of the paint. This high key palette allows me to get every hue in the spectrum at a high intensity. You can use different types of palettes, mine's a high-key color palett...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique
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Category
Illustration -
Software
Adobe Photoshop -
Areas
Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
A.J. Alper
A course by A.J. Alper
AJ Alper is an American painter specialized in oil painting. Though painting has always been his passion, his career first led him to become a graphic designer and web developer. He eventually decided to follow his creative instinct and dedicated himself to the world of oil painting.
Through his social media, he has created an online community committed to encouraging and educating his followers about the art of oil painting and portraiture. With over a hundred thousand followers, he started the 100-Day Portrait Challenge to encourage his community to express their creativity. His work can be found on the walls of Marriott hotels, Mitsubishi corporations, Philip Morris buildings as well as in various solo exhibitions throughout the US.
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