Realistic Pet Portraits with Oil Painting
Best photo and composition
A course by Marcelo Rochá @artrocha , Painter
Joined November 2021
About the video: Best photo and composition
Overview
“In this class, I will show you which photo will be used for our reference. I'll explain why I chose it, what types of photos work best in oil painting, and what compositional factors to consider.”
In this video lesson Marcelo Rochá @artrocha addresses the topic: Best photo and composition, which is part of the Domestika online course: Realistic Pet Portraits with Oil Painting. Learn to paint your pets from scratch in oils using the expressiveness of the alla prima technique.
Partial transcription of the video
“In this class. i'll explain how to select the ideal reference photo and guide you through creating an effective composition. Here we have Milly. whom I've selected as our project subject; she's a boxer. This particular image serves as an excellent example of what makes a good reference photo for our purposes. One very important feature is the dog's head position and where it's facing. For example. in Milly's case. she's in a three-quarter position. This position is very interesting because it adds more depth to the unlike a position that's too frontal or completely sideways. Unlike a positi...”
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Course summary for: Realistic Pet Portraits with Oil Painting
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Fine Arts, Naturalistic Illustration, Oil Painting, Painting
Marcelo Rochá @artrocha
A course by Marcelo Rochá @artrocha
Marcelo Rocha is a Brazilian painter specializing in oil and plein air paint. After working for many years as an IT executive, he decided to study painting at Plein Air Studio in Brazil and The Art Students League in the United States. Nowadays, he dedicates himself exclusively to art and is the author of hundreds of canvases made to order and scattered throughout private collections in America, Europe and Asia.
With a realistic style, Marcelo portrays people and pets with marked brushstrokes and interesting pictorial effects. His passion for painting pets started with his own dog, a Paulistin fox named Sheik. After a first try, he realized he could be happy in that niche.
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