Oil Painting: Creating A Still Life

Creating a Still Life Painting using Shapes and Value by Rose Gennaro All levels – Beginner to Advanced

What you'll learn

How to see the different gradations of value and apply it to your painting, first in black and white and then in color.

Learn how create a basic Value Scale in Black and White.

How to use the Grid Method to transfer a drawing/photo/subject onto a larger canvas.

Learn how to set up your palette and mix paints.

Create an underpainting in black and white using the value scale.

Paint over the black and white underpainting in color – with step-by-step instruction.

Learn about painting mediums and glazing.

Learn brush techniques and how to blend.

Tips about materials: Paints, Brushes, Palettes and Mediums.

This lesson is packed with learning terms, techniques and step-by-step instruction to guide you in achieving an outstanding Still Life Painting!

Requirements

To have a desire to learn how to paint in oils, to learn techniques and develop your own style of painting! Basic Oil Paints, Brushes, Palette, Painting Mediums and Canvas or Board (see Materials list).

Description

Embarking on this course will be an enriching experience for those who have a genuine passion and eagerness to delve into the world of oil painting, as it offers a comprehensive platform to not only acquire the fundamental techniques but also to cultivate your own artistic style, thereby unleashing your creativity to produce unique and captivating works of art.In this course you will learn the following;1. How to see the different gradations of value and apply it to your painting, first in black andwhite and then in colour.2. Learn how create a basic Value Scale in Black and White3. How to use the Grid Method to transfer a drawing/photo/subject onto a larger canvas4. Learn how to set up your palette and mix paints5. Create an underpainting in black and white using the value scale6. Paint over the black and white underpainting in colour – with step-by-step instruction7. Learn about painting mediums and glazing8. Learn brush techniques and how to blend9. Tips about materials: Paints, Brushes, Palettes and Mediums10. This lesson is packed with learning terms, techniques and step-by-step instruction to guide youin achieving an outstanding Still Life Painting!

Overview

Section 1: Introduction

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 Materials

Lecture 3 Brush Cleaning

Lecture 4 Value Scale

Lecture 5 Grid Lessons

Lecture 6 Drawing Image on Canvas

Lecture 7 Separating Values Into Shapes

Lecture 8 Underpainting Explained & Materials

Lecture 9 Black & White Painting Materials

Lecture 10 Black & White Table Stand

Lecture 11 Black & White Pitcher & Flower

Lecture 12 Black & White Apple

Lecture 13 Black & White Pear

Lecture 14 Black & White Milk Container

Lecture 15 Color Painting Materials

Lecture 16 Colour Painting Background

Lecture 17 Colour Stand & Table

Lecture 18 Colour Painting Pitcher & Flower

Lecture 19 Colour Painting Apple

Lecture 20 Colour Painting Lemon

Lecture 21 Colour Painting Pear

Lecture 22 Colour Painting Milk Container

Lecture 23 Colour Fine Tuning

The course is for aspiring or experienced artists who have an interest in using painting still pictures.