In this brief post, I’ll show you step by step how to paint a backlight and the colors you should use. We’re going to paint the backlight stage of the artwork. You’ll see fairly dark areas, especially in the earth and mountains. Only the water part will have light because it reflects the sky. To…
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…
I have Titanium White, Chrome Green, Cerulean Blue, Ultramarine Blue, Payne’s Gray, Cobalt Violet, Medium Yellow, Raw Sienna, and Burnt Sienna on my palette. We’re going to use brushes ranging from size 10 to some liners for details. Let’s start with the sky, using Titanium White and Cerulean Blue. I’ll also add a touch of…
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….
Today, I want to share with you two color palettes that can be very useful if you’re planning an upcoming artwork. Let’s start with the first one. Autumn Landscape For this artwork, we will use Titanium White, Medium Yellow, Naples Yellow, Indian Red, Burnt Sienna, Ivory Black. On the cool side, we have Cerulean Blue…
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…
