In BAC, we have been learning about the history of oil painting and it's painters. We've looked at artworks by Cezanne, Matisse, Van Gogh, Rembrandt, Titian, Manet, Monet, Goya, Velasquez, and many more ...(to name a few).
We first started out with color theory, where we mixed different tones (shades) of every color (red, blue, green, violet, yellow, black, white, etc). We also discussed the meaning of colors, and complimentary colors.
Oil painting is very different from painting with acrylic. Acrylic paint is water soluble. Oil based paints stay wet for a longer period of time, which means you can work into them more, and you need a medium - linseed oil and turpentine, to use with the paint.
We were given a lesson on how to begin an oil painting. We talked about composition and placement a lot. Beginning a painting is different from a drawing. Drawing is linear. Painting is different, you're dealing more with area and an underlying structure, that you then layer paint on top of.
To begin painting we focused on observational studies of fruits and vegetables. We just looked at something and tried the best we could to paint it. A lot of times it was hard to paint "exactly" what you saw, so you had to interpret that into paint and color.
A few painting techniques we learned were:
Glazing - thin transparent layers applied on top of dry areas of paint
Scumbling - dry brush applied on top of dry paint.
Wet on wet - working wet paint into wet paint.
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