Learn Ardhanareeshwarar Oil Painting 80X60Cm Professional

Basics to advanced level understanding on creating a realistic oil painting shared with you by an art lover

What you'll learn

Get to know the tips and tricks as to how to make a professional quality painting

Learn how to make an oil painting of Ardhanareeswarar (Half man-half woman God) step-by-step including all nuances

Build that structure that you need to move from basic to intermediate to advanced level artist

Learn more about the materials used and various alternatives, so you can choose the appropriate work tools

Learn how to turn around a professional level artwork in 35 hours

Requirements

Basic understanding of oil painting is preferred. However, it isn't a show stopper, if you are curious to learn and explore new avenues

Basic drawing experience will be helpful. Though there's a dedicated class on gridding technique and how to draw using grids, a basic understanding of drawing will be an added advantage

Description

This is an advanced level tutorial on oil painting on a large canvas. Watch, and paint along with me :) Learn how to make an oil painting of Ardhanareeshwarar (Half man - half woman God) step-by-step. Get to know the tips and tricks as to how to make a professional quality painting.This step-by-step guide comprises of 30 videos from real-time recording and covers all the details as to the materials used, and how they were used. All the techniques and challenges. You get to start from the basics of understanding how to select the right canvas for you, and move on to identifying appropriate references, planning and plotting the super structures on a large canvas using the gridding technique and start from the very basic level of filling the canvas with paint to moving gradually into turning those color blocks into a realistic artwork that is ready for sale!Materials Required: 1. Professional oil colors 37 ml 1 pack (Also see "Colors & Brands used in the video”) 2. Cold pressed raw linseed oil used for oil painting – 1 bottle 3. Hog hairbrushes – 1 set 4. soft synthetic brushes for Oil /Acrylic – 1 set (Also see “Brushes used in the video”) 5. wooden /metal /glass palette or plate – 1 (Avoid plastic palette) 6. small metal lid or candle stand to pour oil – 1 7. 1 small bottle of dishwashing liquid for cleaning brushes 8. 1 cleaning cloth 9. 1 Paper towel 10. glass medium-sized jar (any used jar f.eks. marmalade jar) 11. 80 x 60 cm canvas 12. Magnifying Glass - 1 Colors & Brands Used in the Video: 1. Titanium White – Winsor & Newton brand 2. Burnt Umber – Winsor & Newton brand 3. Yellow Ochre – Winsor & Newton brand 4. Sky Blue/Primary – Maimeri Classico Brand 5. Ultramarine Blue – Maimeri Classico Brand 6. Mars Red – Maimeri Classico Brand 7. Olive Green _ Van Gogh Brand 8. Earth Green – Maimeri Classico Brand 9. Permanent Yellow Light – Maimeri Classico Brand 10. Ivory Black – Maimeri Classico Brand 11. Crimson – Maimeri Classico Brand 12. Yellow Ochre Light – Maimeri Classico Brand 13. Vermillion Light _ Maimeri Classico Brand 14. Prussian Blue – Maimeri Classico Brand 15. Permanent Violet – Maimeri Classico Brand 16. Cadmium Orange – Maimeri Classico Brand 17. Light Gold - Rembrandt Brand Brushes Used in the Video: 1. Hog hairbrush – Round (Large) size 12 for the first Layer or washing the canvas 2. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 0 3. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 1 4. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 2 5. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 3 6. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 4 7. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 6 8. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 10 9. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 12 10. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 14 11. Soft synthetic brush – Round – size 18 12. Soft synthetic brush – Flat – size 2 13. Soft synthetic brush – Flat – size 4 14. Soft synthetic brush – Flat – size 5 15. Soft synthetic brush – Angular – size 18 16. Microbrush - size 0/12 Princeton Round velvet touch

Overview

Section 1: The Basic Groundwork

Lecture 1 Introduction

Lecture 2 All about the canvas

Lecture 3 The first coating

Lecture 4 References and Grid

Lecture 5 Sketch work with the grid

Lecture 6 Drawing the structure

Lecture 7 Finalizing the structure

Section 2: Layer 2 - Blocking Or Filling Layer

Lecture 8 Materials needed and getting started with Layer 2

Lecture 9 Layer 2 - blocking jewellery and the animals

Lecture 10 Finalizing layer 2

Section 3: Layer 3 - Creating Depth

Lecture 11 Shiva's skin tone

Lecture 12 Shakti's skin tone and clothing

Lecture 13 Bull's and snake's skin tone, Shiva's clothing and jewellery

Lecture 14 Lion's skin tone and blue mountains

Lecture 15 Sky and grass backgrounds and finalizing layer 3

Section 4: Layer 4 - Enhancing The Depth And The Dimensions

Lecture 16 Giving depth to Shiva's skin tone

Lecture 17 Giving depth to Shakti's skin tone

Lecture 18 Corrections to hands, understanding and giving depth to Shakti's clothing

Lecture 19 Finishing the depth on Shiva & Shakthi's clothing

Lecture 20 Giving depth to the bull, working on the jewellery

Lecture 21 Giving depth to the lion

Lecture 22 Giving depth to the snake, working on other accessories

Lecture 23 Working on the jewellery and the mountain background

Lecture 24 Working on the sky and grass backgrounds, finalizing layer 4

Section 5: Layer 5 - Nuances And Finalizing The Painting

Lecture 25 Shiva's face and body nuances

Lecture 26 Shakti's face, body and clothing nuances

Lecture 27 Bull's nuances, Shiva's clothing and accessories nuances

Lecture 28 Corrections to the Lion and nuance

Lecture 29 Snake's nuances, Ganga, Moon and jewellery nuances

Lecture 30 Finalizing jewellery nuances and starting with background nuances

Lecture 31 Finalizing the background and signing off the painting

creative people, oil painting artists, anyone interested in pursuing creativity for relaxation or as a business opportunity,anyone that has worked on small canvases and is curious to move into large canvas, curious to learn how to scale up while keeping the balance on creativity