Oil Painting: Explore Creative Portraiture

Portrait Studies 1

A course by Isabel Garmon , Figurative Painter

Figurative Painter. Zaragoza, Spain.
Joined September 2010
94% positive reviews (86)
2,846 students
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About the video: Portrait Studies 1

Overview

“Now we are going to create the brain storming of graphic ideas to discover what type of composition we are going to want to work with. I'll start with 3 sketches of composition ideas to choose from.”

In this video lesson Isabel Garmon addresses the topic: Portrait Studies 1, which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Painting: Explore Creative Portraiture. Learn to create pictorial portraits in oil while developing your personal style and creative voice.

Partial transcription of the video

“portrait studies In this lesson we are going to develop the important part which is to find out what design we want to work for our painting. The first thing we'll do they are quick sketches of composition ideas. We are going to work from a reference image, a photograph with a female model. We are going to use it as a reference to develop our painting, but actually we are going to decide the type of composition we want. It is super important to always work sketches, not be slaves to the references we use. The reference that I use, in this case it evokes a woman with her hair blowing in the ...”

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Course summary for: Oil Painting: Explore Creative Portraiture

  • Level: Beginner
  • 94% positive reviews (86)
  • 2846 students
  • 4 units
  • 17 lessons (3h 42m)
  • 12 downloads
  • Category

    Illustration
  • Areas

    Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting, Portrait Drawing

Isabel Garmon

Isabel Garmon
A course by Isabel Garmon

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Figurative Painter

The painter Isabel Garmon studied illustration, graphic design and animation between Zaragoza and Madrid, before making the leap to Florence where she completed her training at the prestigious The Florence Academy of Art. The artist loves to create worlds of light and color through which can arouse the emotion of the spectator.

His works have been part of private collections and exhibitions around the world. Although he has always been fascinated by the human figure, today his work is mainly focused on portraits, where he can share his vision of the world and human power.


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Oil Painting: Explore Creative Portraiture. Illustration course by Isabel Garmon

Oil Painting: Explore Creative Portraiture

A course by Isabel Garmon
Figurative Painter. Zaragoza, Spain.
Joined September 2010
  • 94% positive reviews (86)
  • 2,846 students