Oil Painting for Beginners
Tonal value 1
A course by Ale Casanova, Painter and Teacher
About the video: Tonal value 1
Overview
“Here we are going to stain our hands, but before starting with the color I am going to introduce an intermediate step and very necessary as well as satisfactory. You will learn what tonal value or brightness is by doing a small exercise in black and white on an inspiring motif that we have found on a walk, in a bar or in our own home.”
In this video lesson Ale Casanova addresses the topic: Tonal value 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
“In this lesson. we're going to get our hands dirty. but before starting with color. we have to tackle black and white. We'll define what brightness or tonal value is. and then we'll do a small black and white exercise based on an inspiring image you found on a walk. Enjoying coffee on a terrace or at home. Tonal value refers to a fundamental aspect of color. specifically its capacity to reflect light. This characteristic is crucial in understanding how colors interact with The tonal value or brightness is represented on a gray scale that spans from white to black. Each color possesses a dis...”
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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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