About the video: Testing materials
Overview
“You will learn how to use the materials through some exercises that we will work on. These exercises will help you understand the pictorial possibilities that oil pastel has and that you can use to draw your project. ”
In this video lesson Domestika addresses the topic: Testing materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Drawing Specialization: From Fundamentals to Artistic Expression. Learn creative drawing techniques, unlock your creativity, explore colors and textures, develop artistic confidence..
Partial transcription of the video
“Now we are going to develop the following exercises with our log and oil pastels. These exercises will allow us to learn a little more about the pictorial possibilities of oil pastel. We will make three types of samples, the first of gradation, the second one of stroke and finally one of superimposition of colors. We will start with the grading one. So you might be wondering what gradation means. Gradation refers to the force we exert with our material on the support. This will allow us to have different types of textures, some are more covering to very fine and very superficial, such that ...”
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Course summary for: Drawing Specialization: From Fundamentals to Artistic Expression
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Illustration -
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Creating with Kids, Creativity, Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Sketchbook, Traditional illustration

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