Oil Painting Techniques Specialization

Overview

“In this second part of the lesson, you will see how to paint the background. I will teach you how to choose a colour to complement your portrait. I've chosen a bright blue because I think it will look good with the orange streaks in her hair. You may prefer a more neutral background or you may leave it as the original ground colour. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Adding Highlights and Final Details 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

“So as before, I'm going to start with these dark values. So because you've got quite a lot of long strokes of the same colour, I'm just going to nice big strokes with the brush just to cover the area. This is where you can have a bit of fun with the mark making and just enjoy the texture of the paint. Don't worry too much if you've got little areas that are lighter, you can definitely go over the top of there with the lighter tones. You can slightly drag the brush occasionally if you don't want it fully dark, you can just sort of drag it over the surface. I'm using quite a big brush but alw...”

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Course summary for: Oil Painting Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
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• 2144 students
• 7 units
• 100 lessons (20h 58m)
• 26 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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