Pop Culture Oil Painting with a Surreal Twist
The Sketchbook
A course by Bob Dob , Painter
About the video: The Sketchbook
Overview
“In this lesson, you’ll learn the value of sketchbooks and how to archive your sketches, reference photos, and other ideas in a sketchbook. Gathering numerous photos to accurately draw something is very important! You will also learn the importance of generating numerous compositional thumbnail sketches. It’s key not to dive right into a painting with only one sketch.”
In this video lesson Bob Dob addresses the topic: The Sketchbook, which is part of the Domestika online course: Pop Culture Oil Painting with a Surreal Twist. Learn to create surreal oil paintings inspired by everyday culture, from the initial concept to the final glaze.
Partial transcription of the video
“ The Sketchbook In the last lesson, I discussed the materials. In this lesson, I'll be discussing generating concepts and using your sketchbook. A lot of my ideas and concepts come from real-life experiences or things I've heard from people. For instance, I played in a punk band called the Amp Head. It was such an interesting concept that it's called an Amp Head, as it's like a head. From then, all of a sudden, words started to come into my head, like a pot head, a butt head, and things of that nature. Then, visually, I started to think, "What do these things look like? What do these chara...”
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Course summary for: Pop Culture Oil Painting with a Surreal Twist
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Character Design, Drawing, Oil Painting, Painting
Bob Dob
A course by Bob Dob
Bob Dobbie, also known as Bob Dob, is a painter from Hermosa Beach, California. After being diagnosed with cancer at 12 years old, he was drawn toward music and art and went on to play in a band for over a decade, which had a big influence on his style. Bob later completed a BFA in illustration at Otis College of Art and Design and, after graduating, worked as an illustrator for clients including Epitaph Records, Intel, American Airlines, Random House Publishing, and Disney.
He currently exhibits his work in galleries throughout the US and parts of Europe. He is known for his sardonic humor and is often commissioned to paint iconic pop culture characters, which he shares with over 35K followers on Instagram.
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