Realistic Pet Portraits with Oil Painting
Painting the shadow
A course by Marcelo Rochá @artrocha , Painter
Joined November 2021
About the video: Painting the shadow
Overview
“With the darkest areas already painted, in this lesson, I'll paint the shadow areas of the subject starting with the midtone, that is, neither the lightest nor the darkest part of the shadows. ”
In this video lesson Marcelo Rochá @artrocha addresses the topic: Painting the shadow, 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
“Now that we’ve completed the darker areas around the eyes. nose. and mouth. it's time to move on to the shadow regions. particularly focusing on the brown part of Milly’s fur. We'll start by working on the mid-tones. which are neither too dark nor too light. capturing a balanced middle range of tones. from this part of the shadow. Gradually. we transition to the darker sections within this shadow area. For this task. i'll employ natural bristle brushes. specifically filbert or cat's tongue in size 6. to 4. 3. and 2. for a bit more detail. These brushes are new to us. and the palette remains...”
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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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