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Painter Skills Drills #1 - How to Start a Painting and Avoid Common Mistakes (Patreon)

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2021-05-26 17:21:41
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2025-01-08 14:19:50
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Materials for lesson #1:Pigments: Burnt Umber / Raw Umber, WhitePainting surface (any)Bristle brushesGamsol / Gum Turpentine / Spike Lavender Oil

Painter Skills Drills:Lesson #1 - how to paint an underpainting and avoid common mistakesLesson #2 - color theory and mixingLesson #3 - how to paint a grisaille and control valuesLesson #4 - the tricolor palette and chroma distributionLesson #5 - the complimentary color palette and chroma neutralizationLesson #6 - figure painting and the Zorn paletteLesson #6.5 - figure painting and the Zorn palette 2  Lesson #7 - charcoal sketching and value compressionLesson #8 - the benefits of palette knife sketchingLesson #9 - how to glaze with color on a grisailleLesson #10 - how to design a composition

Reference image is attached. Enjoy! 

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Intro to Painting #1 - How to Start a Painting and Avoid Common Mistakes

Comments

Komal Bhanver

The lesson is amazing. I had a question regarding the use of white. Can we avoid white and still highlight the light ares somehow..

Lisa

Can I draw the outline for the underpainting in charcoal before doing it in paint? I am not as skilled as you at free painting and prefer to do it slower with pencil or charcoal and know that you don't want pencil on a painting. I have seen people on instagram that use contact paper with tracing so I thought it would help to do it in charcoal. Thanks

Dominic Trejo

Are you mixing white with umber each time on the pallet to get different values on the bright values

Audrey Tin Latt

What is the suggested size to paint the reference image for this lesson “The Astronomer” 8”x10” ?

Alyson Moore

Is the what brushes to use demo available?

Nadia

Hi Ken, is it possible to make an imprimatur without the solvent, using just a thin layer straight from the tube? I'd like to avoid solvents. Would water soluble oil paints work for the underpainting?

Jay Harbst

The painting is cool. But personally, I'm more interested in the technical aspects, and the color theory and application thereof. I've been painting for a while, so I've got a fair bit of experience, but I find my imagination outpacing my skill... so the technical stuff is exactly what I'm after. It's so nice to find someone getting deep into the fundamentals, since I never went to art school.

Jeffrey Fischman

i am a real beginner, I notice you seem to rub the round brushes in up and down and circular patterns - you appear to be using pressure when you do this, can you explain how hard to press for the blocking in part and for the erasing part

Jeffrey Fischman

also- what should i use to practice blocking in on: I like to work on 16x20 and for practice i was going to use cotton boards from blick cause they are cheaper

Katie C

Hi Ken! I'm loving these lessons so far. I have a question about disposing of used solvent, and I'm finding mixed answers online (or maybe I just don't know what to google, haha). My apologies if you've already posted about this somewhere! Right now I'm using turpenoid (I had some left over from a high school art class) and I've heard of recycling it by leaving it in the sun so the paint/sludge sinks to the bottom, but what should I do with the sludge at that point? Do I need to take it to a hazardous waste center? I'd also be really interested in a lesson at some point where you discuss how often you dip your brush in your solvent when painting, and your process with disposing of used solvent. I hope this makes sense... Thanks in advance!