Portrait Painting with Oil: Explore Light and Shade
Preparing the Painting Surface and Drawing
A course by Jane French , Painter
About the video: Preparing the Painting Surface and Drawing
Overview
“In this lesson, I will explain how and why I apply coloured ground to my painting surface. I will also talk about the different methods of making the drawing prior to the paint application stage. ”
In this video lesson Jane French addresses the topic: Preparing the Painting Surface and Drawing, 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
“In this lesson, I'll prepare my surface for painting and complete the drawing stage. So I'm going to be painting on a canvas. It's a 20 by 20 canvas, so it's quite small. I'm going to be putting a coloured ground on the surface. One of the reasons for doing that is to get rid of the white. So it's always a bit daunting to have a white surface. So I put a ground on just to get rid of that white. And also... If you've got a mid or earthy tone there before you start painting, it's almost like you've already done some of the mid-tones, so it sort of helps you out a little bit. I often, I nearly...”
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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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