Painting-Oil-Seated Female in Profile Part 4

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Description

In part 4 of this oil painting video demonstration, Steve does finishing touches to the oil painting. The primary emphasis in part 4: unifying color; creating color variation; finishing darks; finishing the details in the oil painting figure, portrait, and designing a pattern in the fabric.

Index

00:01:07 - Anchoring the painting

00:01:39 - Adding a shadow pattern

00:03:20 - Creating dark reads for balance in the painting

00:05:50 - Designing a pattern to give interest to material and to define form

00:13:49 - Don't need to have really clean color, grayed out color is good

00:14:42 - Take the time necessary to mix color

00:20:10 - Neutralizing with green overpainting

00:21:45 - If you are not sure of your color move the painting into different lighting

00:27:00 - The darkest part of a shadow is closest to the object

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