Realistic Oil Painting: The Color of Plant Life
Development of painting in its middle phase
A course by Antonio Barahona , Painter
About the video: Development of painting in its middle phase
Overview
“For me, this is the most fun part of the process: shading and analyzing color relationships. Here I will show you the technique that characterizes my personal language. ”
In this video lesson Antonio Barahona addresses the topic: Development of painting in its middle phase, 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
“Development of painting in its middle phase In this lesson I will teach you how to develop painting in its middle phase. For me this is the funniest lesson because it is where you can deploy all the resources and the language that we have seen before. In these 20 years painting I have developed a personal language after much research I think it gets along very well with the treatment of vegetation. The final texture of my painting it's always about the same thickness and my language is something sensual, with long strokes that accompanies a lot to the movement of the leaf. Before you start ...”
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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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