Introduction to Photorealism for Oil Painting
About Me
A course by Christopher Paul Stevens , Studio Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: About Me
Overview
“To begin, I will talk about my twenty-plus-year journey to becoming a professional studio artist. I will share with you my influences along the way that inspired my style and encouraged me to always improve and evolve. Then, I will tell you how I approach my work today. ”
In this video lesson Christopher Paul Stevens addresses the topic: About Me, which is part of the Domestika online course: Introduction to Photorealism for Oil Painting. Recreate the effects of photography with brushes and oil paint to create a realistic image on canvas using layering and blocking techniques.
Partial transcription of the video
“ About Me My name is Christopher Paul Stevens and welcome to my course "Photorealism and Oils." I'd like to tell you about myself. I am a photorealist painter. I'm a full-time studio artist. I sell the majority of my work to galleries throughout the world. I've always been a painter, an artist. I've always been drawing and painting. I remember when I was a kid, my mom used to come home from work with scraps of paper that were left at her office so that I could have something to draw on. She always encouraged me to continue to pursue my passion as an artist. I started working full-time jobs...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Photorealism for Oil Painting
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Category
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Areas
Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting, Realistic Drawing
Christopher Paul Stevens
A course by Christopher Paul Stevens
Christopher Paul Stevens is a contemporary realist painter from Savannah, Georgia. He completed his MFA in painting in 2015. Stevens currently lives in Atlanta, Georgia, where he works full-time out of his studio. His artwork can be seen at galleries in New York, Dublin, Montreal, Portland, and Atlanta, and is featured in the Art Collection at Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta.
His paintings capture the daily routines of 21st century Americans as they progress through their lives. By translating photographs of ordinary affairs into paintings, Stevens elevates the mundane to the monumental. His current work challenges contemporary expectations of art by exploring the relationship between painting and photography, focusing on pushing the boundaries of photorealism by exploring ways of capturing and manipulating the photograph.
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