Description
Get out your oils and get ready to go wild! Join artist Pip McGarry in this video workshop all about painting realistic animals. You’ll follow along as Pip visits Yorkshire Wildlife Park to get valuable insights on the appearance and behavior of his subjects. Then go back to the studio and paint with Pip as he guides you through step-by-step oil painting demonstrations of an elephant and an ostrich. Along the way, you’ll learn valuable lessons about painting light, mixing color, creating the illusion of distance, adding texture, and more.
Be sure to stay tuned to the end for bonus demonstrations on Pip’s art materials setup as well as backgrounds and perspective!
Painting techniques you’ll learn include:
- How to improve your paintings with observation and sketching of live animals
- Creating the illusion of distance
- Using a palette knife to create texture
- Color mixing tips to bring your animals to vibrant life
- When to spend time on the “fiddly bits” and when to paint loose
- How to start a painting with an animal and fill in the background later
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About Pip McGarry
Recognized as one of the world?s leading wildlife artists, Pip has an international reputation for his oil paintings of big cats and African game. Pip is the Chairman of the largest wildlife art society in Europe and has been the Artist-in-Residence at Marwell Zoological Park in Hampshire for more than twelve years. He has organized and led more than twenty safaris for wildlife artists and photographers to the remote game reserves of Northern Botswana, Tanzania and Kenya. More than thirty of his original paintings have been sold at international fine art auctions. Find more information at his website, pipmcgarry.com.
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