Introduction to Photorealism for Oil Painting
Blocking In and Details 1
A course by Christopher Paul Stevens , Studio Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Blocking In and Details 1
Overview
“It's about time to start painting! To begin, I will show you how to start blocking in. You will learn to add oil paint to your canvas, fill in basic shapes, and match colors as good as possible”
In this video lesson Christopher Paul Stevens addresses the topic: Blocking In and Details 1, 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
“ Blocking In and Details In the last lesson, we learned how to color mix and match. We talked about tone and value. Now it's time to paint, so let's get started. Let's reintroduce you to our mahl stick. This is a more traditional mahl stick. This is a dowel rod. I've got a little pad that's inside, I've wrapped it with cloth. I think this is a T-shirt that I cut up, and then wrapped a bit of leather around the end to hold this fabric on. This is your traditional mahl stick. What I'm going to use is one that I've invented for need and necessity. Still the same idea. I've got a yardstick fro...”
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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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