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Description
All aspects of figurative oil painting are covered in this series. Steve begins with a burnt umber drawing. First forms are blocked in. Next details are added. Finally some shadow areas are defined and middle values are added. The key concepts of oil painting covered in part 1 are: general figure drawing techniques with detail regarding portraiture; looking for attitude; rhythm in design; measurement for accuracy; using value to describe form and create interest with color variance.
Index
00:00:54 - How Turner used color
00:01:33 - Blocking in overall form
00:02:03 - Negative space
00:03:10 - Looking for rhythm
00:04:25 - Placing facial features
00:05:45 - Looking for attitude
00:06:24 - Placement of the ear
00:07:21 - Placing the neck
00:08:50 - Brush and line quality discussion
00:10:29 - Drawing the hand
00:11:29 - Line treatment
00:11:40 - Taking measurements
00:14:05 - Value and form
00:14:45 - Top of the lower leg, have it move in space
00:18:47 - Working with half tones (middle values)
00:20:11 - Owning the form, being one with it
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