Realistic Oil Portraiture: Conveying Detail and Expression
Highlight, Fine Details and Glazing
A course by Alan Coulson , Portrait Artist
About the video: Highlight, Fine Details and Glazing
Overview
“Now we have loosely established an underpainting, we can begin to make close observations and add detail. Often I will begin with the eyes, adding colour to the iris, painting the “whites” of the eyes, closely observing where the light falls on the eye, the eyelids, and corners of the eye. Highlights are also likely to be found on the nose, lips, cheeks, and forehead. ”
In this video lesson Alan Coulson addresses the topic: Highlight, Fine Details and Glazing, 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 lesson we're going to be finishing our painting using glazing and adding final highlights to our work. Blazing is a technique that involves adding a very fine layer of pigment to areas of the painting that are already complete. Highlighting will just be really punctuating all the areas on the face that the light is catching and is most prominent. And then we'll be taking a look at the painting and see if there's any fine extra details that we want to add. In the previous lesson, we looked at areas of the painting that I might want to change slightly whilst we were cross-referencing ...”
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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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