Experimental Portraiture: Fusing Oil, Acrylic, and Spray Paint
Creating Light with White Spirit
A course by Nikolas Antoniou , Painter
About the video: Creating Light with White Spirit
Overview
“In this lesson, I will show you how to benefit from the white canvas and use white spirit to create smooth light textures on your oil painting.”
In this video lesson Nikolas Antoniou addresses the topic: Creating Light with White Spirit, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Portraiture: Fusing Oil, Acrylic, and Spray Paint. Reflect the emotions of your subject by experimenting with ideas and accidents using different types of paint.
Partial transcription of the video
“Creating Light with White Spirit In this lesson, I'm going to show you how to take advantage of the white of the canvas and with the help of white spirit on paper, you can create light and smoothen your areas. White spirit is toxic. In case you feel that you are using a lot, it's maybe recommended to wear a protection mask. In my case, I'm not going to really use a lot, so I will do it without the protection mask. The whole idea of this technique is to use white spirit as an eraser to remove oil color that you have applied on your canvas. By removing it, you will have the white of the canva...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Portraiture: Fusing Oil, Acrylic, and Spray Paint
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Areas
Acrylic Painting, Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
Nikolas Antoniou
A course by Nikolas Antoniou
Nikolas Antoniou is a Cypriot painter who specializes in portrait art. He first began experimenting artistically by recreating his favorite album covers in his school books. His cousin, an architecture student at the time, later introduced him to the medium of charcoal which inspired him to draw daily and consider art as a career option. Nikolas went on to study fine art at the University of Western Macedonia and, after graduating, returned to Cyprus to open a studio where he could work on his art full-time.
Nikolas’ style is inspired by the feelings and emotions behind his subjects and his work has been displayed at solo exhibitions and art fairs across the world. He has collaborated with galleries including Morren Galleries in The Netherlands and Alpha C. K Art Gallery in Cyprus as well as with companies like Absolut Vodka.
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