Oil Landscape Painting: Explore the Power of Light
Monochrome sketch
A course by Alexandre Reider , Visual Artist
About the video: Monochrome sketch
Overview
“In this lesson, we will put into practice the scale of lights and shadows using only one color, preferably one of the earth tones.”
In this video lesson Alexandre Reider addresses the topic: Monochrome sketch, which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Landscape Painting: Explore the Power of Light. Learn oil painting techniques using light as a narrative tool to convey ideas and feelings.
Partial transcription of the video
“Monochromatic Sketch In this lesson, I'll continue discussing the fundamentals of tonal values, but now I'll use the oil-painting technique. To apply this technique called frottis, which involves scrubbing, I'll apply some linseed oil on the surface of my blank panel. I'll apply the linseed oil with circular movements to moisten the canvas. This will prevent the canvas from damaging the brush's bristles. Linseed oil is nothing more than the binder in oil paint. Oil paint is made of pigment, oil, and inert thickener. It's same material that's already in the composition of the oil paint, and ...”
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Course summary for: Oil Landscape Painting: Explore the Power of Light
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Oil Painting, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration
Alexandre Reider
A course by Alexandre Reider
Alexandre Reider is an artist specializing in oil painting from São Paulo who started painting at just 14. He studied at the Escola Panamericana de Arte and received a degree in social communication from the FAAP. Before dedicating himself exclusively to painting, he produced illustrations for a range of different advertising agencies.
A large part of his work depicts either rural or urban scenes using a combination of realism and expressionism. He is the founder of Plein Air Studio, a studio that focuses on arts education, offering painting and illustration courses, workshops, and talks.
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