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Description
In this oil painting demonstration Steve addresses the initial drawing and the beginning of the painting stage. The key concepts in this video are: the importance of a good drawing; detailed technique for rendering facial features; the effect of light on the head form; descriptive cast shadow and descriptive line; exploring possibilities with transparent glazes; first application of thicker paint.
Index
00:00:12 - Placement on the paper
00:00:36 - Look for vertical and horizontal line
00:01:15 - Tips for rendering the eye and eye socket
00:03:38 - Distance between eyes
00:05:10 - Finding the tip of the nose
00:05:20 - Wedge of the nose and scale
00:06:02 - Descriptive cast shadow
00:06:21 - Nostrils on a horizontal
00:07:40 - Make sure of your horizontals
00:10:14 - Using descriptive line
00:10:37 - Wedge under the chin
00:12:24 - Everything you draw has a reason, be present
00:13:05 - We design when we draw, not copy
00:20:30 - Degas' use of transparent glazes
00:21:30 - Take the flesh color into the hairline
00:21:47 - Degas and pastel
00:24:15 - Exploring and trying the "what if"
00:24:55 - Being spontaneous and quick, creating space
00:26:12 - Glazing is like watercolor
00:28:47 - Using cad red and burnt sienna to pump blood
00:33:30 - Mixing a beautiful 3 color black
00:38:17 - Working dark values
00:38:49 - Building the eye form
00:40:12 - Coloring the nostrils
00:41:15 - Working the darker part of the cast shadow
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