Realistic Oil Portraiture: Conveying Detail and Expression
What Will We Do in This Course?
A course by Alan Coulson , Portrait Artist
About the video: What Will We Do in This Course?
Overview
“Now that you know about me and my influences, I would like to brief you about the course, what are we going to do and what you can expect from it.”
In this video lesson Alan Coulson addresses the topic: What Will We Do in This Course?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Oil Portraiture: Conveying Detail and Expression. Discover the vibrancy and versatility of oil paints to create an expressive portrait.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this course, we're going to be exploring my personal approach to making a portrait in oil. I'm really interested in realism, but I'm also really interested in exploration and enjoying the process of making a painting. So for me, it's really important that we use some of the tools that I'm going to give you to make a painting that is real, but also very unique and very much your own. I'll show you my approach to working with the particular materials that we need, using oil paint, using solvent to dilute the oil paint. I'll show you the brushes that I use and the kind of marks that I like ...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Oil Portraiture: Conveying Detail and Expression
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Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
Alan Coulson
A course by Alan Coulson
Alan Coulson is an award-winning portrait artist from England with over fifteen years of experience using oil paints. He began a Fine Arts degree, however, after struggling to articulate his creative ideas, he dropped out and began working in fashion retail.
It was the birth of his first son in 2005 that prompted him to reconnect with his artistic ideas and explore oil painting. Shortly after deciding to pursue his dream of becoming a portrait artist, Alan Coulson was awarded a BP Portrait Award from The National Portrait Gallery in London. The exposure and awards he has received have given rise to a successful career in portraiture with clients including The New York Times, The Sunday Times Magazine, Bloomberg Markets Magazine, Carlton Books, The Chronicle Review, Club Wembley, and more.
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