Oil Painting: Water and the Human Figure

Overview

“The next step is to choose the photographic references of the drawing and make a study of the main object of the work. Here I show you.”

In this video lesson Pedro Covo addresses the topic: Photographic References Based on the Drawing, which is part of the Domestika online course: Oil Painting: Water and the Human Figure. Learn to paint expressive oil paintings where human figures interact with light and the movement of the water.

Partial transcription of the video

“With our initial concept in the notebook and our detailed sketch ready. it's time to search for references that align with our drawing. Join me. and I'll demonstrate my typical photo-taking process. highlighting which shots are beneficial and Honestly. i must admit that I went overboard this time. Typically. i don't take so many photos. but for this project. it was crucial to me. I wanted to capture every detail. which led to taking more pictures than I ended up taking a total of about 700 photographs. Here are 644. and from all these. i ended up narrowing down to about 10 or 11 that might ...”

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Course summary for: Oil Painting: Water and the Human Figure

• Level: Beginner
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• 2836 students
• 4 units
• 14 lessons (2h 35m)
• 7 downloads

• Category

  Illustration

• Areas

  Figure Drawing, Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting