Oil Painting: Create Surreal Landscapes
Varnishing
A course by Paul Neberra , Artist
About the video: Varnishing
Overview
“This lesson is about adding the final touch to your painting. Varnishing will make all the beautiful colours pop out of the canvas, creating more contrast and saturation. I will talk to you about the safety measures you need to have. You will learn how to apply the retouch varnish with a large brush. ”
In this video lesson Paul Neberra addresses the topic: Varnishing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Painting: Create Surreal Landscapes. Learn to use oil paints to create a unique landscape, combining both realism and symbolism..
Partial transcription of the video
“Varnishing After you've finished your painting and it's completely dry, you can now varnish it. Wait at least two or three weeks before you varnish your painting. Your painting must be dry. Also, use retouching varnish. For the final varnish, you have to wait more time, about two, three, or maybe five months. While you're using varnish, you have to work in a ventilated room, so open a window or use a mask for protection. I'm using Sennelier retouching varnish, and for this varnish, I need some drops of turpentine. First, I'll put the varnish inside this container. Next, I'll use a bit of tu...”
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Course summary for: Oil Painting: Create Surreal Landscapes
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Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
Paul Neberra
A course by Paul Neberra
Paul Neberra is a self-taught artist from Portugal. After graduating with a degree in graphic design he began his career working as an illustrator, designer and then as a teacher of graphics-related software.
Surrealism has been a passion of Paul’s since he was a child and once he discovered Pop Surrealism everything fell into place. In 2013 he began pursuing his artistic career. Since then his work has been used on products such as beer cans for French brewery La Débauche, and featured in several magazines including on the cover of Heavy Metal magazine, in Catapult, and Beautiful Bizarre.
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