Oil Painting Techniques Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, I'll teach you how to prepare your color palette before painting. I'll mix all the colors necessary in advance to maintain flow and focus on the artistic process, using a paint retarder to keep the paint wet and work comfortably. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Color Theory and Pre-Mixing Your Palette 1 , which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Painting Techniques Specialization. Master oil painting techniques to create expressive portraits, surreal landscapes, and photorealistic effects using varied materials.

Partial transcription of the video

“Now that we've completed painting our underpainting and everything's dry and ready to go, it's time to move on to mixing your palette, the first step of sketching with color. Now, many artists do this differently. Some artists like to mix their palette as they go and kind of do it on a whim. Personally, I prefer to mix all of my colors out in advance. I think it's the best way to go if you're trying to focus the most on your painting process and really get involved in the actual act of painting. If you're stopping to mix colors as you go, it can get you out of that flow state, which can rea...”

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Course summary for: Oil Painting Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (17)
• 2140 students
• 7 units
• 100 lessons (20h 58m)
• 26 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Creativity, Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting, Portrait Drawing, Realistic Drawing