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Impressionism - Paint a Venice Night scene in oil or acrylic
Rating: 4.7 out of 5(103 ratings)
630 students
Created byChristopher Clark
Last updated 7/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • Create an entire painting in one sitting
  • Understand Impressionism and why it is so powerful
  • Understand how light works to make things look the way they do, and how to translate that into your paintings
  • Understand the concepts of Drawing, Values, Color, Edges, and Texture
  • Learn the value of brushwork. So much can be said with so few brushstrokes.
  • Apply all of these concepts to let your own personal style develop

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Course content

3 sections • 8 lectures • 3h 54m total length

  • Introduction7:38

    A quick intro, discussing what is Impressionism, and how we can use those concepts in our painting. Discussing the five main painting concepts: Drawing, Values, Color, Edges, Texture

  • Downloadable Materials (Reference photo, finished painting, materials list, etc)0:17

    Here you will find the downloadable resources needed for this painting course:

    • The reference photo that we will use for the painting, and also a copy of this photo with a simple grid overlaid onto it.

    • The image of my finished painting to use as a guide or for inspiration.

    • Materials list showing all the art supplies necessary to do this painting project.

    • A PDF of my discussion on the Five Main Painting Concepts, which includes examples of my work  to demonstrate these   concepts.

  • Preliminary Drawing Study21:51

    Here we do a preliminary drawing study in charcoal. This step enables us to study the drawing and values of our subject, and discover any problem areas while it's still this quick initial sketch, rather than finding them out during the painting process. Doing this initial drawing study will save many hours of painting.

    Attached to this course you will find a hi-res image of the drawing I made in this video.

Requirements

  • Basic painting and drawing skills are recommended, but I will help start you off right if you're brand new.
  • Materials required: regular oil or acrylic painting materials (paints, brushes, palette, solvent, canvas, easel); also charcoal, eraser, and paper. I provide a detailed list of all painting materials that I use.
  • A love of painting! (that one's cheesy, but it's so true)

Description

Impressionist painting with a focus on light. Bring a luminous quality to your paintings you’ve never thought possible. Learn how to build a painting in one sitting, “alla prima”, and how to savor interesting brushwork. You will also learn the invaluable concepts of drawing, value, color, and edges. Use these methods and knowledge to start your painting off right if you're a total beginner, or to take your painting style to the next level if you're more experienced. You’ve never painted like this before.

You can paint along with me during this entire course. I even have a camera angle that shows my palette as I'm mixing colors. You will learn crucial painting techniques in the process of creating a beautiful painting. Or feel free to just sit back and enjoy the show as I create a painting from scratch.  

DOWNLOADABLE MATERIALS: I provide the reference photo I'm using for the painting, and an image of my finished painting for you to analyze. Also a materials list: you're free to use your own style of materials of course, but I'll list every single thing I use. This course is partial toward using oil paint, and I highly recommend it, however you can use acrylics also. Many of the concepts I discuss in this course apply to all mediums of art.

So take this course if you're ready to improve your painting with methods you've probably never seen before, and will have you thinking about painting in a new way. For all levels of painters. 

Who this course is for:

  • Beginner painters who want to have good foundational skills from the start
  • Intermediate painters who want to learn more advanced techniques
  • Advanced painters who want to learn more about Impressionism, or to get fresh ideas and inspiration
  • Any painter who wants to watch a skilled painter in action, up close, and hear about every brushstroke, process, thought, and material
  • Anyone who enjoys watching someone create a beautiful painting from scratch

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