Oil Painting Art Course – Is Using Photographs OK? Edgar Degas and Norman Rockwell Thought So
Edgar Degas painted from photos:
Photos were a tool in his paintings, drawings and sculpture. Degas’ photographs had the look of his paintings. His paintings were based on his photographs.
Students ask me if it is proper to use photos:
Artist Spotlite – Barbara A King
Artist: Barbara A. King
Artist Website: www.barbaraaking.com
Location: Toms River, New Jersey
Title of Artwork: “Proud Peacock”
Medium: Oils
Support: Canvas
Dimensions: 24 x 30
Artist Spotlite – Warren Keating
Artist: Warren Keating
Artist Website: http://www.warrenkeating.com
Title of Artwork: “Maui Golf, Wailea Emerald, Hawaii”
Medium: Oils
Dimensions: 48″ x 36″
Support: Canvas
About This Painting: This large, 48″ X 36″ oil on canvas, “Maui Golf, Wailea Emerald, Hawaii” by Warren Keating, depicts a colorful, painting of a spectacular view of golfers on the putting green at the Wailea Emerald Golf Course with the Maui Coastline and Pacific Ocean in the background.
Top 10 Tips For Improving your Oil Painting
LEARN HOW TO DRAW
You will be amazed at how much learning how to draw will help improve your oil paintings. In fact, years ago art students were not permitted to paint until they learned the fundamentals of drawing. Drawing gets you more in touch with value, line and form without the distraction of color. Find a good book on drawing fundamentals and start there.
LEARN ABOUT COLOR
Nothing can confuse a beginner more than color. You need to have a good understanding of color theory if you intend on producing high quality paintings. Concepts like color temperature, hue and intensity are very important and should be studied. Once you have a good understanding of color theory, you must then learn how to mix your colors. There is much more to color mixing then meets the eye. For instance, you cannot mix any old blue with any old yellow and get the perfect green. Certain blues and yellows behave differently than others, so you must learn about the properties of each color. Read more
You Asked – Help With Glazing
Today’s question is from Marion:
Marion Writes:
“I would like to learn more about glazing your paintings – I have read some on the subject but can not fully understand it–how do you know what colors -goes -over each color?”
Do you have any information that might help Marion?
Please leave your response in the comments box below. Thanks!
The Method and Formulas of the Mische Technique By Brigid Marlin
About Brigid:
Brigid Marlin was born in Washington, D.C., studied at the National College of Art, Dublin, the Centre d’Art Sacre, and the Atelier André L’Hote, Paris, the Beaux-arts, Montreal, and the Arts Students League of New York. Later she went to Vienna to learn the ‘Mische’ technique, a process of painting which was a carefully guarded secret of the Flemish and Italian Renaissance painters, and revived after painstaking research by Ernst Fuchs.
Returning to England, she founded the “Inscape” group of painters to continue the exploration and research into techniques of painting; and later the world between painters, sculptors, print-makers and jewelers. She teaches painting at West Herts. College and in London.
In 1982 she was resident artist at the Dorland Mountain Colony and in 1985 she was resident artist and painting teacher at the Carl Rogers Center for the Study of the Person, at the University of California.
A Direct Approach to Acrylic Painting by Greg Biolchini
Meet the Artist :
From an early age, Greg has worked to hone his craft, learning from past masters and inventing his own techniques and styles. In the process, he has built a body of work and list of awards that any painter would be proud to call his own.
With 30 solo and many juried group exhibitions to his credit, Greg Biolchini’s list of shows is testament to his solid local and growing national reputation. After winning his third national award at the National Arts Club in New York City, Greg was awarded Master Pastelist status by the Pastel Society of America. This, combined with his growing list of national honors and awards has helped further his reputation.
Greg enjoys tremendous popularity as a teacher. His workshops and demonstrations are well attended and consistently rated by attendees as superb.
Watercolor Techniques – Learn How To Paint with Watercolors
watercolor techniques.
I have also included several excellent videos that demonstration watercolor painting techniques below. Enjoy!
Basic Watercolor Techniques
Introduction to Pastel Drawing Mediums
Pastels are available in a wide range of exciting colors and materials from soft pastels and oil pastels, to pastel pencils and crayons. You could literally spend a lifetime exploring this versatile and exciting medium.
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