Sculpture and Color: Polychrome Techniques

Overview

“In this lesson I want to talk about the relationship between painting and sculpture. Above all, to ask ourselves the question of why "serious" sculptures are not painted.”

In this video lesson Tomas Barcelo addresses the topic: To paint or not to paint: why aren't “serious” sculptures painted?, which is part of the Domestika online course: Sculpture and Color: Polychrome Techniques. Learn to use polychrome techniques to achieve unique effects with your sculptures and create your own catalog of pictorial resources.

Partial transcription of the video

“To paint or not to paint: Why aren't "serious" sculptures painted? In this lesson we will talk about something that is very important and that will affect the big decision we have to make before we start, and it is if we really want to paint our sculptures or not. We live in a moment in which it seems that serious sculptures are not painted and we have to understand why it is so. If we review the history of art from antiquity sculptures have always been painted, in all cultures, in all places on the planet and at all times. The most natural thing has always been to paint the sculptures. If ...”

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Course summary for: Sculpture and Color: Polychrome Techniques

• Level: Beginner
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• 4 units
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• Category

  Craft

• Areas

  Arts & Crafts, Decorative Painting, Fine Arts, Sculpture