In this post, we explain the importance of starting a painting from the background and moving forward, avoiding errors and saving time. In this case, we’re going to create a light and simple background to emphasize what we’ll have in the foreground, which is a bouquet of flowers. We’ll try to make a very simple…
In this new post, we bring you a new skin color blend and a special method to use it in small format artworks. On the palette, I have Titanium White, Cadmium Orange, Carmine Red, Raw Umber, Burnt Sienna, Naples Yellow Reddish, and Yellow Ochre. On the cooler side, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue, and Ivory Black….
This is a small fragment from the “Oil Masters Masters” training. If you would like to learn more about this course, click on the following link: 👉 https://academy.oilpaintingsecrets.com/s/oil-painting-masters/ In this post, we explain how to quickly and easily add projected lights to your paintings or artistic works We are going to work with projected shadows….
In this article, I’m going to explain in a very simple way how to take measurements and draw a human body with correct proportions. Let’s draw some lines to create an axis before starting the actual drawing. Mark the center. If you prefer, you can draw with graphite pencil or colored pencil. Colored pencil tends…
In this post, we will continue exploring the technique for achieving transparencies. We will focus on refining the lights and shadows of the still life. As mentioned in the previous post, it is advisable to let the artwork dry gradually. This prevents colors from blending together, allowing us to achieve more intense highlights characteristic of…
In this article, you will learn how to focus or blur elements in the background of your artwork in order to control their depth and differentiate them from foreground objects. The advantage of this method is that you can paint the background of your artwork in a detailed and realistic manner, and those details will…
The linner brush is exclusively used for details. It comes in various sizes, and my recommendation is to have sizes from triple zero to zero. The lines created by this brush are very thin and precise. When it’s new, you should use it for the most demanding details. As the brush gets some wear, the…
Let’s create some foreground meadows. I continue working with the same colors we have used before, rotating them throughout the composition. Why? To maintain COLOR HARMONY. Going back to the meadows, the paint should be quite liquid so that it flows and the strokes are rigid. We vary the shades of the meadows to avoid…
Let’s start with the Female Figure. We’re going to create a color in medium tones, practically going towards the light of the skin color. We’ll work with Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Naples Yellow, Burnt Sienna, and Cadmium Red. With these, we’ll create the skin color. In this case, the skin color we’re going for is…
Let’s paint the reflection on the water. But first, let’s paint the Sun. How do we do it? For the center of the sun, the part with the most brightness, I add pure white. This white will blend with the yellow base of the sun and create an interesting glare. Using a circular brushstroke, we…
