Contemporary Oil Painting Techniques

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Course overview

Provider
Domestika
Course type
Paid course
Level
Beginner
Deadline
Flexible
Duration
4 hours
Lessons
21 lessons
Certificate
Available on completion
Course author
Alai Ganuza

Want to transform everyday scenes into stunning works of art? Look no further than oil painting with Alai Ganuza, painter and content creator whose social media accounts showcase how to marry beauty and the mundane through her unique use of light, color, and expressive brushstrokes.

In this course, Alai teaches contemporary oil painting techniques. Explore color theory and which materials are best suited to you. See how to paint a still life of an everyday scene from the photo of your choice, making adjustments digitally and then translating it all to the physical world using contemporary oil painting techniques taught throughout the course.

Description

Discover how to depict the beauty of everyday life on canvas with distinctive brushstrokes and expressive colors

Get to know Alai Ganuza as she explains how she swapped out sciences for fine arts and became a content creator thanks to her artwork. She also shares her biggest influences and gives you an overview of the course content and final project.

Begin with an introduction to color theory and discover how to make your own guides to save time when painting, as well as how to interpret for your own eyes. Continue by exploring all the available manual and digital tools and choose the ones that are best suited to your needs.

Before putting brush to canvas, warm up with a little prep work. Choose a photo and transform it digitally to use as a template for your final artwork. Then, learn to set up the physical materials for your piece using printing techniques.

Now it's time to get painting! Alai shows you how to add color to your image for that window back to reality, working on each object individually. Next, she shares the secret to the perfect working order while painting with oil and how to retouch the edges and reflections to naturally blend each object to the background.

Discover some final tricks to finish off your piece as well as how to take care of it. Alai also gives you tips on photographing your piece and how to share your work on social media and increase your visibility.

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