Introduction to Photorealism for Oil Painting
Varnish
A course by Christopher Paul Stevens , Studio Artist
Joined July 2020
Joined July 2020
About the video: Varnish
Overview
“Next, I will talk about the questions regarding varnishing, such as: should you varnish? What are the advantages of varnishing? When should you varnish? What type of varnish you should use? Then, I will go over the varnishing process and application. ”
In this video lesson Christopher Paul Stevens addresses the topic: Varnish, 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
“ Varnish We finally finished our glazing and layering and adding some details to our final piece, and in this lesson, we're going to varnish, we're going to discuss varnishing, pros and cons behind it. Varnishing is an esthetic choice. They make different types of varnish, you have matte, semi-gloss, gloss. Today we're going to be using a gloss varnish. What you want to do when varnishing is you want to make sure that the work is dry. Now we're working on a very small canvas and we did very thin layers of paint, so at minimum, I would say we could wait about two weeks before we varnish thi...”
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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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