Experimental Oil Painting Techniques for Portraiture

Intent, Composition, and Interpretation

A course by Andrés Kal , Visual Artist and Painter

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3,849 students

Audio: Spanish, English

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About the video: Intent, Composition, and Interpretation

Overview

“Now let's look at the color and exposure adjustment tools. Then, I am going to play with the image to generate a more personal composition, adding and subtracting elements in the composition that help me enhance its communication.”

In this video lesson Andrés Kal addresses the topic: Intent, Composition, and Interpretation, 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

“Intent, Composition, and Interpretation Now that you've chosen your reference, I'll show you how I work with and enhance the intention and interpretation. Let's get to it. So this is the image I've chosen. I'll import it into Photoshop. I'll go here and click Edit. I'll make a new file, place this image there, and start composing everything in a new file. I can use these default settings that are already here or set the dimensions here and set up a file. I'll simply work with this letter size and place the image there. First, I'll add a little color to this background with the Paint Bucket ...”

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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.