Oil Painting Techniques: Still Life on Paper
Mixing and Finding the Colour
A course by Remi Cárdenas , Painter
About the video: Mixing and Finding the Colour
Overview
“Here I will apply what I explained before in the colour wheel lesson. I’ll also share with you what do I ask myself when trying to match a colour.”
In this video lesson Remi Cárdenas addresses the topic: Mixing and Finding the Colour, which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Painting Techniques: Still Life on Paper . Discover the colorful world of oil paint by learning essential techniques on a practical medium.
Partial transcription of the video
“Mixing and Finding the Colour Now I'm gonna start adding color and don't be afraid of color, because people think this is a really complex thing, but as human beings, we've evolved to actually be very visual. So trust your eyes, trust your sight and then you can correct, right? So, I'm going to mix the main colors that I see and then I'm going to apply them directly on the paper. So I'm squinting. And I see, of course, the background is really red and of course, some accents of the yellow and the green. So I'm going to mix those three colors, the red, the yellow and the green. And you can s...”
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Course summary for: Oil Painting Techniques: Still Life on Paper
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Areas
Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
Remi Cárdenas
A course by Remi Cárdenas
Born and raised in Mexico, Remi Cárdenas started his artistic career at the University of Veracruz, where he studied painting and graphic design. He quickly discovered his passion for traditional painting techniques, which led him to study in places like The Academy of Realist Arts in Toronto, Corcoran College of Art + Design in Washington DC, the Arts Students League and at the former Grand Central Academy in New York.
He has done various commissioned work like scientific illustrations, book covers for Editorial Planeta publishing house, and large scale paintings for Museum of Natural History in Mexico City. In addition to painting, Remi also hosts regular drawing workshops.
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