Classical Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture
The Fundamentals of Drawing: Light and Shadow Pattern
A course by Sarah Margaret Gibson , Classical Realist Painter
Joined March 2021
Joined March 2021
About the video: The Fundamentals of Drawing: Light and Shadow Pattern
Overview
“In this lesson, we will discuss the importance of the light and shadow pattern in creating a realistic drawing or painting, and how to accurately see this pattern through observation of shapes and an understanding of the light source.”
In this video lesson Sarah Margaret Gibson addresses the topic: The Fundamentals of Drawing: Light and Shadow Pattern, which is part of the Domestika online course: Classical Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture. Learn the fundamentals of drawing and painting to create a realistic oil portrait using the alla prima technique.
Partial transcription of the video
“The Fundamentals of Drawing: Light and Shadow Pattern Now, we'll discuss the importance of the light and shadow pattern in creating a realistic drawing or painting and how to accurately see this pattern through an understanding of the light source and direct observation of the shapes. In a representational picture, at the core of its illusion and its compositional interest is the light and shadow pattern. On a broader level, the light and shadow pattern is at the heart of all pictorial composition. The distribution in various sizes of the light and shadow shapes is what gives interest to a ...”
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Course summary for: Classical Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture
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Areas
Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Oil Painting, Painting
Sarah Margaret Gibson
A course by Sarah Margaret Gibson
Sarah Margaret Gibson is a classical realist painter from Cincinnati, Ohio. Artistic expression has always been present in Sarah’s life; her maternal grandmother was a curator at the Cincinnati Art Museum, and her paternal grandmother was a watercolor painter. Sarah received her formal training in drawing and painting in Florence, Italy. She studied at the Angel Academy of Art, and later the Florence Academy of Art, from which she graduated in 2013. Sarah also taught at the Florence Academy’s intermediate studio as principal instructor for three years until leaving Italy.
In 2015, Sarah Margaret moved to the west coast of Scotland, alongside her husband and fellow artist, Lee Craigmile. Together they co-founded the Glasgow Academy of Fine Art in 2019, where Sarah is the academic director. The academy is an atelier-style school, teaching traditional methods of representational drawing and painting. Her work can be found in numerous private collections throughout the U.S. and UK, as well as in permanent exhibitions in New Salem Museum of Art and New Britain Museum of American Art.
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