Artistic Oil Portraiture on Paper
Shades of Light
A course by Camila O'Gorman , Artist
About the video: Shades of Light
Overview
“Now we will begin to shape the portrait, filling in the previously made outline and prioritizing the expression by using the three main tones.”
In this video lesson Camila O'Gorman addresses the topic: Shades of Light, which is part of the Domestika online course: Artistic Oil Portraiture on Paper. Learn to capture the expression and beauty of people through oil painting on paper without an initial sketch.
Partial transcription of the video
“shades of light In this lesson I will begin to define and cover the areas occupying the three main shades of light: the dark, the midtone and the light. I'm going to continue using the thick brush because I don't want to go into detail and the thick brush allows me to do that synthesis. Remember that we will always try to go from the general to the particular. Then I'll grab my dark tone. Also keep in mind that all the time we paint we are redrawing and adjusting our composition and our portrait. So here I am putting the dark. Since our paper is white, which is the highest shade possible, I...”
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Course summary for: Artistic Oil Portraiture on Paper
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Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
Camila O'Gorman
A course by Camila O'Gorman
Camila O'Gorman is an Argentine artist from Buenos Aires who specializes in oil painting and watercolor. After enrolling at the Escuela Nacional de Bellas Artes Prilidiano Pueyrredón in 1994, she completed her studies under maestro Guillermo Roux. Her penchant for the human form and portraiture based on geometric composition can be seen in many of her personal projects.
Her work has appeared in different galleries, fairs, and exhibitions in Argentina, Chile, the US, Germany, and the UK, and she has also been teaching drawing and painting classes in her own workshop for several years.
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