Portrait Painting with Oil: Explore Light and Shade
Colour Mixing: Painting a Simple Object in Full Colour 2
A course by Jane French , Painter
About the video: Colour Mixing: Painting a Simple Object in Full Colour 2
Overview
“During the second part of this lesson, I will show you the painting process, beginning with darker areas and moving towards lighter areas. ”
In this video lesson Jane French addresses the topic: Colour Mixing: Painting a Simple Object in Full Colour 2, 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
“Colour Mixing: Painting a Simple Object in Full Colour Here, I'm overlapping the darker values I've already put down. If you mix them well enough, they should merge together to create that graduated tone. Again, think about following the contour of the shape you're painting. Don't just work the brush marks in one direction. I'm always looking at the reference, so make sure you're matching what you're painting to what you're looking at. Here, I've blocked in these darker areas and I'm going to start getting a little bit lighter. As before, I'll just wipe that brush off and go into this dark ...”
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Course summary for: Portrait Painting with Oil: Explore Light and Shade
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Category
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Areas
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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