Oil Painting Techniques Specialization

Overview

“Next, I will teach you how to use brushstrokes that follow the contours of the face and features. You will also see how to gradually get lighter and lighter with your colours until you've fully blocked in the face. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Blocking in Mid-Tones and Light Values 2, 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

“And once again, look around the rest of the face. I'm going to use a little bit of this underneath the mouth as well. And in the corners of the mouth. I might put a little bit up here in this corner. Although again, that looks light compared to what's next to it. It's still about this sort of value. So we're just going to put that in there. I'm going to make this a bit lighter. So I'm going to add the cerulean blue and to the side of that and a little bit of white. So I haven't washed my brush off. I'm just continuing with this particular value, but getting, making it lighter. Maybe just a ...”

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Course summary for: Oil Painting Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 2139 students
• 7 units
• 100 lessons (20h 58m)
• 26 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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