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Painting a Black & White Master Copy
Rating: 4.5 out of 5(71 ratings)
2,343 students

Painting a Black & White Master Copy

To Improve Your Painting Skills of Any Level in oil or acrylic
Last updated 12/2022
English

What you'll learn

  • Painting a Black & White Copper Master Copy Oil or Acrylic
  • after Old Master Painting

Course content

2 sections13 lectures1h 17m total length
  • Introduction1:21
  • Mixing the Values5:10

    Master a nine-value range from light to dark, build midtones, and apply fat-over-lean with solvents and rags, plus a simple grid sketch.

  • Using a Grid intro4:45
  • Making the Grid11:19

    Set up a proportional grid on eight by ten reference, matching halves and quarters. Copy shapes by intersections and negative spaces with light, thin paint, and practice with master studies.

  • Painting Stage 115:03
  • Painting Stage 21:26

    Block in large shapes and values to build a black-and-white study, test light value, ignore detail, and gradually add texture from the reference while stepping back to assess.

  • Block in stage 36:10
  • Shadows1:04
  • Painting the Peppers8:39
  • Start Refining the Painting8:32
  • Painting the Highlights3:56
  • Finishing Touches and Detail6:55

Requirements

  • Basic Painting Knowledge
  • Supplies: Black & White Paint oil or acrylic
  • canvas, few brushes

Description

Have you ever wanted to know how to paint beautiful paintings? In this course Viktoria will walk you through the entire process of how to paint a black and white master copy of Emil Carlson's still life step by step using her easy to understand method. Viktoria is a classically trained artist, she studied art both in Europe and in the United States, in schools like the prestigious Art Students League of New York and the Ridgewood Art Institute. All you need is some very basic understanding of painting fundamentals and how to use a brush, Viktoria will teach you the rest.

She will start with demonstrating how to create a simple sketch instead of a complex drawing, show you how to mix the values that she uses for this mastercopy painting, and then will break the rest of the painting down to actionable steps. This will help you to easily and quickly learn the secrets of this old master painting even if you only have minimal painting skills. Viktoria demonstrates this painting in oils but, you can use your favorite medium to achieve the same results.

Art students and advanced artists have been painting old master copies for centuries to improve their own art. You can successfully learn how to paint this study by using Viktoria's simply to understand method.


Who this course is for:

  • Beginner Painter
  • Intermediate artist looking to improve
  • Advanced artist looking to improve