Experimental Oil Painting Techniques for Portraiture

Influences

A course by Andrés Kal , Visual Artist and Painter

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Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Influences

Overview

“Next, I will tell you about those artists that have influenced my work and that, in some way, have given it the nuance that it has now.”

In this video lesson Andrés Kal addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Experimental Oil Painting Techniques for Portraiture. Learn to use unconventional tools and methods to compose expressive portraits from a reference photo and transform them with colorful strokes.

Partial transcription of the video

“Influences In this lesson I'll share with you some of my creative influences that have marked my career so far. Let’s go! David Carson INFLUENCES Let's start with David Carson. I am very struck by the way he approaches composition. He breaks the typography, he breaks the readability and legibility in his graphic pieces. He was the creative director and designer of the magazine "Ray Gun" in the mid-1990s. This magazine marked a milestone and marked my way of designing and of looking at design. I vividly remember at the time the pleasure of looking for this magazine in bookstores and finding ...”

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Course summary for: Experimental Oil Painting Techniques for Portraiture

Level: Beginner
98% positive reviews (97)
3849 students
4 units
17 lessons (3h 20m)
10 downloads

Category
Illustration
Areas
Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting

Andrés Kal

A course by Andrés Kal

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Visual Artist and Painter

Although he is mainly dedicated to portrait painting, Andrés Kal paints what he believes builds the identity of an individual. Since he published his first drawing in a newspaper at the age of 17, he hasn't stopped creating images. Over the last few years, he has developed a personal language to express himself freely.

Throughout his career, he has exhibited his work in Colombia and places like Peru, Mexico, USA, France, and Canada, among others, and he has had the opportunity to collaborate with brands such as Grolsch, VICE, Natura, Soho Magazine, Cromos, and Winsor & Newton.