Oil Painting for Beginners
Influences
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: Influences
Overview
“Here I will show you some references that I find interesting to understand the world of painting in general and oil in particular. You will see different authors who have studied painting from a multitude of themes and resolutions. But each one in a different way and reaching the same conclusion: "do painting."”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Painting for Beginners. Get started with the endless possibilities this painting technique offers and create a composition from start to finish.
Partial transcription of the video
“Influences In this lesson, I'll talk about several artists, painters, and illustrators that I consider important, so you can see how different artists approach oil painting in very different ways. The first artist I want to show you is Joaquín Sorolla. He is Valencian, like me, and represented the light of our city like no one else. His painting is based on long and spirited brush strokes, with lots of strong color, and plays a lot with complementary colors. I will try to show you different themes from the same painters. Here we see a landscape by Joaquín Sorolla, this is the garden of his ...”
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Course summary for: Oil Painting for Beginners
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
Ale Casanova
A course by Ale Casanova
Alejandro Casanova was born in Valencia, Spain in 1981. After studying Fine Art at the Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, he moved to Tenerife where he completed his doctorate. He has received various national and European research grants as well as others for the plastic arts.
His work focuses on the human body and portraiture as a window into the creation of plastic art. He also composes oil paintings, although watercolor is his preferred medium as it allows him to work swiftly and effectively using transparency and the richness of the color spectrum to create figurative pieces. His work has been exhibited in different Spanish as well as other European cities and he has also given numerous workshops across Spain.
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