Classical Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture
Blocking in the Colours of the Bird 2
A course by Sarah Margaret Gibson , Classical Realist Painter
Joined March 2021
Joined March 2021
About the video: Blocking in the Colours of the Bird 2
Overview
“We are now going to concentrate on the lighter mid-tone values and highlight values within the upper section of the bird's chest.”
In this video lesson Sarah Margaret Gibson addresses the topic: Blocking in the Colours of the Bird 2, 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
“Blocking in the Colors of the Bird Given that I'm relatively happy now with the tail feathers and there may be room for adjustment later after I've blocked in the background, I'm relatively happy with the lower half of the bird, and, in particular, the shadow values. I'm now going to move on to those lighter mid-tone values and then also more to the highlight values within the upper section of the chest. A general rule of thumb when considering color is that if we take away the idea of the different hues on the bird, because of the feather pattern, and we just consider a single section, whi...”
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Course summary for: Classical Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture
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Category
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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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