Expressive Monochromatic Oil Portraits

Overview

“Now I am going to show you how to prepare the paper and I will explain the importance of the surface for the works in which we work.”

In this video lesson Gustavo Velasco addresses the topic: Prepare the paper, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Monochromatic Oil Portraits. Learn the technique of monochromatic oils and create expressive portraits that capture the power of your gestures and the quality of the materials.

Partial transcription of the video

“Prepare the paper In this lesson I am going to show you how I prepare the paper, how can we prepare the surface so that it receives oil paint properly. The first material is paper. We have already chosen a paper with a grammage of 300 g. A cotton paper preferably. In this case, this is a paper with 50% cotton that will allow us to absorb this imprint, this preparation, properly. For this we are going to use our glue and we are going to dilute it with water, preferably distilled. This will prevent the appearance of fungi or some type of bacteria, then it will help our material be kept for a ...”

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Course summary for: Expressive Monochromatic Oil Portraits

• Level: Beginner
• 98% positive reviews (82)
• 2856 students
• 4 units
• 15 lessons (2h 25m)
• 2 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting, Portrait Drawing