Realistic Oil Painting: The Color of Plant Life
Influences
A course by Antonio Barahona , Painter
About the video: Influences
Overview
“My most important sources of inspiration have been painters, including my father. Here I will take a tour of my main references, explaining what stands out from them and how I incorporate their teachings into my painting. ”
In this video lesson Antonio Barahona addresses the topic: Influences, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Oil Painting: The Color of Plant Life. Learn oil painting techniques to create realistic plant compositions from scratch, focusing on shapes, colors, and perception.
Partial transcription of the video
“influences In this lesson I will tell you about my main influences. My influences, obviously ignoring my father's, because I had it at home, They begin with the painter of painters, Velázquez. Velázquez is a Sevillian painter who became a court painter. What I like most about him is how it anticipates the concept of the language of painting, What we will see in this course and how does it have a progression from a realist painter to a naturalist painter. We can see that in the brushstrokes. How information is melting more and more until reaching an atmospheric sensation. Of Velázquez I also...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Oil Painting: The Color of Plant Life
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Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Oil Painting, Painting
Antonio Barahona
A course by Antonio Barahona
Antonio Barahona studied fine arts before earning a degree in painting from the University of Seville, Spain. He was given a grant to study at the Antonio Gala Foundation, where he created the project Costumbrismo andaluz. Through many years of research and dedication to his art, he became an expert at depicting plants with oil paint, specializing in the interplay between vegetation and light as well the color green and all its complexities.
His paintings have won numerous awards and have been displayed in group exhibitions, international contemporary art fairs like KunstRAI Art Fair (2021), put on by GalerieMokum, and solo exhibitions including Sobre verdes y otras verdades, held at the El Quatre venue in Barcelona (2016). He has also collaborated with prestigious brands like Winsor & Newton.
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