Oil Painting for Beginners
The stained. Back to front 1
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: The stained. Back to front 1
Overview
“In this lesson we are going to start with the base of the oil work staining with thin layers of color without white and with plenty of solvent. Immediately I will explain one of the most important concepts of oil painting: "From back to front and from top to bottom."”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: The stained. Back to front 1, 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
“Underpainting From back to front Now we will start to underpaint the canvas. We will start with a few thin layers of color with turpentine, without white, to give color to all of the support, to go in on one of the methodologies that we will study, which is the concept of back to front, something basic in the world of painting. For the project, aside from the two soft bristle paintbrushes that we used before, we will use a stiff bristle paintbrush and a brush, and I’ll use a synthetic one, but you can use any stiff bristle brush. Also, we will need the spatula. I'll assemble the palette. As...”
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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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