Advanced Oil Painting Lessons

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As more and more painters these days turn to history, there's been a significant revival of interest in painting realistically -- in making convincing illusions of three-dimensional detail on 2 dimensional surfaces.

Just how did the old experts produce their own works of art? What type of training allowed these types of great painters to produce this kind of stunning work, and just how could a painter master these lessons in the present day?

The advanced painting lessons here answers those queries and much more. These advanced oil painting instructions looks at the most advanced degrees of oil painting, along with complete details on the most recent scientific breakthroughs.


List of Advanced Oil Painting Lessons:

 

  1. Creating Visual Pathways Through a Painting | Training Viewer's Eye
    Creating visual pathways through a painting help keep the work of art interesting. The other purpose of a visual pathway is to create an interesting focal point. It is a way of keeping their attention on the main point of the work.
  2. How to Create Symmetry and Balance in Painting
    There are no real rules when it comes to creating symmetry and balance in paintings. A lot of it is “your eye and gut instincts.” However there are some things that just look awkward.
  3. How to Plan an Original Painting
    Planning an original painting does not have to be complicated. It is recommended that you start off by planning to paint a still life painting first. That will teach you all you need to know about juxtaposing objects so that they are pleasing to the eye.
  4. Learn How to Fill Your Art with Light and Color
    If you learn how to fill your art with light and color you will be engaging in one of the most delightful aspects of creativity. Furthermore it is a way of adding depth and realism to any work of art.
  5. Placing Focal Points On Your Canvas
    There are more than a couple of methods for locating and placing a focal point on your canvas. The focal point is the area of emphasis in a painting that pulls a viewer’s eye into the painting.
  6. Techniques Artists Use to Make Paintings Compelling to the Viewer
    Every painting starts with a drawing and to make a drawing look more realistic many expert art teachers recommend focusing on negative space. Paying attention to negative space and how it impacts the figure is very important in realism.
  7. Drawing Lights And Shadows
    Gone are the days of drawing stick figures standing by two dimensional houses. Now that you’re a more mature artist, you’re going to want to learn how to make things seem a bit more realistic than that.
  8. Painting Like The Masters
    Almost everyone knows who Monet, Da Vinci, Rembrandt and Van Gogh are, even if they’re not at all interested in art. But many of us get interested in art because we’ve been inspired by a specific piece from a famous artist.
  9. Drawing The Human Figure - Tips For Beginners
    Those new to figure drawing may not know where to start. The human body is a wonderful thing full of many different shapes, angles and curves, but this unfortunately translates into something that is difficult to render on paper or canvas.
  10. How Your Oil Paintings Can Flower | How to Draw Flowers
    Flowers have always been one of the most common subject choices for a painting. Their natural beauty is something that captivates many people, which makes them a good choice for an artwork.
  11. Using Transfer Images in Oil Painting
    Apart from using pencil and tracing paper, there aren’t any well known techniques of transferring images onto canvas in matching with oil paints.
  12. Texture With Oil Colour
    Oil painting is an interesting style of painting with the use of varnishes. Varnishes can be prepared from a combination of several oils.

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