Portrait Painting with Oil: Explore Light and Shade
Blocking in Mid-Tones and Light Values 1
A course by Jane French , Painter
About the video: Blocking in Mid-Tones and Light Values 1
Overview
“Now you will learn to block in the mid-tones and light values on the face by using the pre-mixed skin tones.”
In this video lesson Jane French addresses the topic: Blocking in Mid-Tones and Light Values 1, 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, our portrait will really start to come together. We'll block in the mid-tones and light values on the face. So, as you can see, the dark tones have been blocked in. I'm now going to work towards the mid-tones and lighter values. I'm going to pick up my larger brush. I'm gonna wipe it off. Just so I've got some of the excess off. And I'm now going to look at what I'm going to add next. So if I look at this reference, The mid-tones I'm looking at really are around the shadows on the side of the nose, The more of the shadows around the eyes, the lower lip, more of the shadows o...”
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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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