Oil Painting for Beginners
From dark to light. Inorganic and organic 1
A course by Ale Casanova , Painter and Teacher
About the video: From dark to light. Inorganic and organic 1
Overview
“Now let's attack one of our elements and thus the rest of them. I'll show you how to start with the darkest areas of the object, as we did in the tonal value exercise. But we have to take into account the color of the light on the object and the color of the shadows affected by the bouncing light. From those dark areas, I will show you how to dim the brightness between 2-3 tones of darkness and 2-3 tones of light. Accompany me! ”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: From dark to light. Inorganic and organic 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
“From dark to light Inorganic and organic In this lesson we will continue with our painting. We will keep that idea from back to front, starting with the background. and then we will go after the inorganic and organic elements, starting with the dark ones and ending with the light ones. But first we take our little brush and we will make the frame of the photo frame. Since we don't have black, we have to look for a dark color. This purple could serve us, but, as you know, if we unite the three primaries, we have a very dark brown. We will add, now it’s green, I can balance it with the magent...”
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Course summary for: Oil Painting for Beginners
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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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