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Curated by: Anna Wakitsch (202 videos)
This oil painting tutorial walks you through a simplified two-value study that approximates the main light mass and shadow mass in the reference (in this case, an eye). On its own, a two-value study is an excellent exercise and helpful to establish the basic light/dark structure before attempting any finished painting. If you decide to continue on with the rest of these lessons (available with my full eye painting course), we will build on this two-value foundation with intermediate values to create a complete monochrome study before starting the full-color painting, which is a master study of the eye from a portrait by 19th-century artist William Bouguereau. Full course: https://www.annawakitsch.com/eye-with-rubies-video-demo What I cover in this first lesson: * My experience using Stonehenge oil painting paper. This is ready to paint on without having to gesso, and the absorbency allows me to paint multiple opaque layers in one sitting. * A trick I use when taping paper to my easel to avoid ripping the surface upon removal. * I walk you through mixing the initial gray values * Painting into a “couch” of oil (oiling out the surface before painting) * I share the exact the brushes I’m using * Starting with an initial sketch in paint * Why to start with the darker values when painting * The right consistency of paint you need to create an opaque value study. * Looking for positive and negative shapes and how to push the two values back and forth to get an accurate “mass drawing”. * The difference between “light and shadow” versus “light and dark” * How to “nudge” an edge between two values of paint (easier than repainting it) * How to make an edge crisper TIMESTAMPS: 00:00 - Why a value study? 01:18 - Paper prep 03:24 - Reference 03:55 - Mixing grays 04:38 - Painting medium 04:56 - Stonehenge paper 07:17 - Oiling out 08:45 - Brushes 10:03 - Start with darks 10:37 - Brush drawing 15:15 - Value 3 20:41 - Value 7 30:40 - Refining shapes 40:12 - Black border 46:30 - About the course Full course: https://www.annawakitsch.com/eye-with-rubies-video-demo