Realistic Oil Painting: The Color of Plant Life
The oil technique
A course by Antonio Barahona , Painter
About the video: The oil technique
Overview
“Now I want to show you the expressive capacity of oil and its psychological meaning. Because painting is also a form of language and not just a representation.”
In this video lesson Antonio Barahona addresses the topic: The oil technique, 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
“The oil technique In this lesson I will teach you the oil painting technique and everything you can do with it. Obviously you don't have to do all the things and resources that you will see every time you paint a picture. But I do encourage you to look into it. to find a personal language. Speaking of procedure, it is very important to me arrange the colors in the palette and always have the same order. There are many ways to order the palette, but it seems to me the most appropriate or the simplest order them from light to dark, from warm to cold. It would turn out like this. The two white...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Oil Painting: The Color of Plant Life
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Category
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Areas
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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