Water Mixable Oils – Art Prof https://artprof.org Create & Critique Mon, 15 Apr 2024 02:08:22 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.4.3 https://artprof.org/wp-content/uploads/cropped-AP_icon-32x32.png Water Mixable Oils – Art Prof https://artprof.org 32 32 Figure in Water Mixable Oils https://artprof.org/learn/tutorials-media/painting/water-mixable-oils/figure-in-water-mixable-oils/ Mon, 03 Apr 2023 17:18:58 +0000 https://artprof.org/?p=15190 See how to begin a figure painting with water mixable oils. Explained is a reductive underpainting technique where the painting surface is covered with one color, and the highlights are removed with a cotton rag. Demo by Art Prof Clara Lieu. Video Walkthrough Art Supplies Reference Photos As a free educational source, Art Prof uses […]

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]]> Portrait TRACK: Lesson 3, Self-Portrait Palette Knife Painting https://artprof.org/learn/tutorials-media/painting/portrait-track-lesson-3/ Fri, 28 Jan 2022 23:14:40 +0000 https://artprof.org/?p=8017 Prompt Painting from Life We understand that painting from life often doesn’t feel as easy or convenient as working from a photograph. Seeing colors in real life is actually easier than observing a photograph, where colors lose their sophistication and nuances. Painting from life provides the opportunity to observe colors and subtle shifts in those […]

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]]> Palette Knife Paintings: Mixing Flesh Tones https://artprof.org/learn/palette-knife-paintings-mixing-flesh-tones/ Thu, 23 Sep 2021 15:26:20 +0000 https://artprof.org/?p=6037 See a painting demo of how to mix flesh tones using water mixable oil paints and a palette knife. Using exclusively a palette knife is an effective way to focus entirely on the color mixing process by removing the distraction of needing to address brush technique at the same time. Painting a self-portrait from life, […]

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]]> Water Mixable Oil Painting: Purple & Yellow https://artprof.org/learn/tutorials-media/painting/water-mixable-oil-painting-purple-yellow/ Fri, 14 May 2021 18:36:30 +0000 https://artprof.org/?p=2833 Art Prof Clara Lieu demonstrates water mixable oil painting techniques of a still life based on the complementary pair yellow and purple. This is a follow up exercise to a complementary color chart that Prof Lieu did in gouache to explore complementary colors. Prof Lieu talks about color saturation, value, composition, and more. Art Supplies […]

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