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Oil/Acrylic Painting Techniques and Color Theory
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Oil/Acrylic Painting Techniques and Color Theory

These oil and acrylic painting lessons follow step by step procedures for painting techniques and color theory
Created byDonelli DiMaria
Last updated 11/2016
English

What you'll learn

  • Paint with oils or acrylics using a limited or full palette.
  • Learn color theory.
  • Learn paint application techniques.
  • Materials and procedures are covered.

Course content

4 sections24 lectures2h 45m total length
  • Introduction to Oil/Acrylic Painting Techniques3:15
    The lectures and demonstrations are summarized in sequence in this introduction to to this video lecture series on oil/acrylic painting techniques.
  • Painting Video Course Disclaimer2:19

    This is a disclaimer for nudity contained in this video course and some motion due to use of a hand held camera.

  • Painting Class #1: Limited Palette, Primary Colors, Flesh, and Black7:20

    This is the first in a series of instructional videos on oil/acrylic painting. This video covers primary colors, limited pallette, warm and cool colors, and color mixing to get flesh and various blacks.

Requirements

  • No preliminary knowledge is needed since all aspects of the painting process (including materials) are covered. Materials included eight tubes of paint which can be student level for beginners, medium, and canvas panels or stretched. Total costs can be kept under $100 for beginners.

Description

This painting lesson covers oil/ acrylic painting techniques and color theory. Color mixing, paint application, glazing, scumbling, brushes, mediums, and varnishes are also discussed. Three complete demonstrations on oil/acrylic painting techniques are given each using a complementary color scheme of either blue and orange, red and green, or yellow and purple. These painting lessons also include discussions on composition and painting approaches using a classical technique, plein air, alla prima, griding, and/or working from photographs.

In this course, three complete demonstrations are performed using examples of different painting approaches used by most artists including two still life compositions and one landscape. The materials needed for this course include a limited palette of six colors ( two each of red, yellow and blue) plus black and white.

Who this course is for:

  • Anyone can take this course to gain an understanding of how to paint in oils or acrylics any subject matter. No previous experience is needed since all the basics are covered from the start of a painting to its finish.