Experimental Portraiture: Fusing Oil, Acrylic, and Spray Paint
Create the Grid
A course by Nikolas Antoniou , Painter
About the video: Create the Grid
Overview
“In this lesson, you will learn a fast and easy technique to draw characteristics of the portrait from your reference image on your canvas.”
In this video lesson Nikolas Antoniou addresses the topic: Create the Grid, 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
“Create the Grid Now that our canvas is ready, I'm going to show you how by using the grid technique, we will transfer our drawing from our reference image to our canvas. To create the grid and start drawing the reference image, I like to use color pencils. I would recommend that you use some light colors, so you don't end up with really hard and intense lines that later on will be hard for you to remove from your final project. For this course, I'm going to use something a bit more dark as it’ll be easier for you to see and understand. Obviously, we are going to meet the reference image we ...”
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Course summary for: Experimental Portraiture: Fusing Oil, Acrylic, and Spray Paint
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Category
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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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