Classical Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture
Varnishing Your Finished Painting
A course by Sarah Margaret Gibson , Classical Realist Painter
Joined March 2021
Joined March 2021
About the video: Varnishing Your Finished Painting
Overview
“Now you will learn how to varnish your painting in order to protect it. We will also talk about how to bring back the colours after they’ve dried.”
In this video lesson Sarah Margaret Gibson addresses the topic: Varnishing Your Finished Painting, 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
“In this lesson, you will learn how to apply a finishing varnish to your painting in order to protect it and also bring back the colors after they've dried. So here we have a finished painting which has been allowed to dry for two weeks. It's very important that you allow your oil painting to dry thoroughly before you apply the Gamvar. As we discussed in the materials lecture, with a GamVar, which is nice and breathable. And allows the painting to continue to oxidize, What you're looking for is that your thickest application of paint, when you press on it, is nice and solid. So I can tell I'...”
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Course summary for: Classical Oil Painting for Naturalist Bird Portraiture
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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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