Description
Simplify the task of painting water and discover the best way to characterize the shapes and shadows found within rivers!
Master the techniques of oil painting and dive into the world of waters. In this step-by-step video, you will learn the best way to stylize shapes – from shading in hidden shadows to allowing cool whites come to the surface, your painting will reveal the intricate designs of water! Artist Julie Gilbert Pollard’s instruction is both in-depth and easy-to-follow. Discover the character of a creek and it’s frothy bubbles and flowing waters. With oil paint, you will be able to mix the sun and shadows, as well as the cascading waters. Show movement in your painting and explore the transparent and opaque layers of water.
Watch a preview of Discover Oil Painting – How to Paint Water now.
This Video Features:
- Studying the Anatomy of a Creek
- Mixing Whites
and Colors - Blocking in the
Composition - Painting the
Rocks - Painting the
Cascading Water and Frothy Water - Setting in Final
Touches
Materials
Surface
Stretched canvas pre-toned with fluid acrylic (Transparent Pyrrole Orange thinned with Airbrush Medium)
Oil Paint
(Holbein DUO Aqua Oils unless noted)
Titanium White
Lemon Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Orange
Cadmium Yellow
Cadmium Yellow Deep
Naples Yellow
Indian Yellow
Jaune Brillant
Mauve
Lilac
Lavender
Light Magenta
Purple Lake (Winsor & Newton)
Manganese Blue Nova
Cerulean Blue
Bristle Brushes
Flats, brights & filberts in a range of sizes (no. 2 – no. 8)
Old bristle brush, or ragged bristle brush (from softening edges)
Synthetic mongoose filbert in a small size (for pistols and stamen)
Other
Odorless mineral spirits
Galkyd Light Medium (to thin the paint)
Two containers for the mineral spirits
Palette (Julie uses a disposable paper palette pad in white or gray)
Palette/painting knives
Apron
White facial tissues and/or rags
Disposable latex gloves (optional)
Sketchbook (along with pencils and sharpener)
Small canvas tablet for studies and exercises
Color shaper (for scraping away paint)
About the Author:
Julie Gilbert
Pollard is a painter in oil and watercolor, and has been teaching classes since
1985. Represented by galleries in Sedona and Phoenix, Arizona, her work has
continued to appear in exhibits across the United States. She has been
published in The Artists Magazine and is the author of
Brilliant Color published by North Light Books.
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