Oil Painting Techniques Specialization

Overview

“In this lesson, I will show you how to benefit from the white canvas and use white spirit to create smooth light textures on an oil painting. ”

In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Creating Light with White Spirit, 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

“In this lesson I'm going to show you how to take advantage of the white of the canvas and with the help of white spirit on paper you can create light and smoothen your areas. White spirit is toxic so in case you feel that you are using a lot it's maybe recommended to wear a protection mask. In my case I'm not gonna really use a lot so I will do it without a protection mask. The whole idea of this technique is to use white spirit as an eraser to remove oil color that you have applied on your canvas and by removing it you will have the white of the canvas which can really look like a bright l...”

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Course summary for: Oil Painting Techniques Specialization

• Level: Beginner
• 100% positive reviews (17)
• 2143 students
• 7 units
• 100 lessons (20h 58m)
• 26 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

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