Oil Painting: Water and the Human Figure

Overview

“In my opinion, it is essential to distance yourself from the work during the process and also after each stage. This way we can analyze it, see what we like and what we don't, and assess how we can make the necessary adjustments.”

In this video lesson Pedro Covo addresses the topic: Surface Preparation and Large Blocks of Color 2, which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Painting: Water and the Human Figure. Learn to paint expressive oil paintings where human figures interact with light and the movement of the water.

Partial transcription of the video

“Surface preparation and large blocks of color So we take advantage of this green that we have, which is the predominant one, and we mixed it a little bit with blue and a little bit of white, a little bit of the phthalo. I mix directly with the brush, I don't mind if it gets dirty, and I take a bunch of paint and just put up blocks of color. Right now it's about us grabbing paint and let's put it Grab paint, big blocks of color, mix it here, on the palette, and put one color plane next to the other. Here I mix with a little bit of this lemon yellow and realize that this lemon yellow is not j...”

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Course summary for: Oil Painting: Water and the Human Figure

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (62)
• 2532 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 35m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting