Introduction to Photorealism for Oil Painting
Toning the Canvas
A course by Christopher Paul Stevens , Studio Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Toning the Canvas
Overview
“Now you will learn to use an acrylic raw sienna to tone the canvas. ”
In this video lesson Christopher Paul Stevens addresses the topic: Toning the Canvas, 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
“So we've drawn our grid. On our printed out image and our corresponding Blake canvas, we transferred our image. From the printed image. onto our canvas. In this lesson, we're going to focus on toning the canvas. Now, One of the reasons that we're going to tone the canvas is we're going to get pigment on the canvas. We no longer have just a white canvas. psychologically, it will help Even though we have our drawing, but a blank white canvas can be intimidating. and just getting paint on there It just frees you up. You're not so stuck with just having that white canvas. The other thing is tha...”
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Course summary for: Introduction to Photorealism for Oil Painting
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Category
Illustration -
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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