Portrait Painting with Oil: Explore Light and Shade
About Me
A course by Jane French , Painter
About the video: About Me
Overview
“First of all, I want to introduce myself. In this lesson, I will talk about myself and how I came to be an oil painter. ”
In this video lesson Jane French addresses the topic: About Me , which is part of the Domestika online course: Portrait Painting with Oil: Explore Light and Shade. Experiment with light, color, composition, and mark-making to illustrate the features and expressions of a subject in a way that captures their story.
Partial transcription of the video
“About Me Hello, my name is Jane French. In this lesson, I'll tell you a bit about myself and how I became an oil painter. I grew up in a small town on the south coast of England. I'm one of five children, and I'm actually an identical twin. My twin sister, Emma, is an artist, too. As a child, I was interested in drawing, and I remember at primary school, people would say, "Can you draw this for me?" I went on to do art at GCSE level and A-level, and eventually I went on to do fine art at university. The degree was a four-year course. In the first year, I did a bit of painting, printing, scu...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Painting with Oil: Explore Light and Shade
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Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
Jane French
A course by Jane French
Jane French is a painter from the South of England. She grew up in a family of creatives with two siblings who are also artists. As a child, she was always interested in drawing and painting and was encouraged by teachers at school to pursue her passion. She went on to specialize in painting at Newcastle University and, after graduating, worked at a design company before completing a postgraduate degree in information design. Years later, she returned to her artistic roots, painting commissioned portraits for Mark Gatiss and BBC Radio’s Ben Jackson among others.
Jane has run workshops and taught at schools and universities, including the Attenborough Arts Center. She has won numerous awards, had her work featured in exhibitions, and was selected to appear in Sky Arts' Portrait Artist of the Year. Jane also contributed to a book published by Bloomsbury Publishing to honor the heroes of the NHS.
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