Oil Painting for Beginners
What will we do in the course?
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: What will we do in the course?
Overview
“I am going to summarize the content of the course and the steps that we are going to follow so that you can enter and understand the world of oil painting.”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: What will we do in the course?, 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
“What will we do in the course? Now, I’ll show you what we’ll do in the course. I will give you the tools you need for oil painting, from the materials we will use to how to protect your final work. I have selected a still life as a final project, where you will approach several objects with different methodologies so that you can paint any image you want, be it a portrait, a landscape, or any other still life. Oil painting is a traditional technique. It’s a very versatile technique, and it's also very durable. This versatility will allow you to create anything, from illustrations to matter ...”
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Course summary for: Oil Painting for Beginners
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Category
Illustration -
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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