This week we'll start painting with colour

You'll learn the basics in one lecture video

  • Värien sekoitus
  • Swatches -paneeli

After this you will train your skills in two assignments. 

Please read the assignment briefs, the criteria (if there is only 2 criteria, you cannot return self-assesments with 3 criteria), and the Time to be used.
From the time you can get an idea how far you need to work the assignment. When working, use timer on your phone for dividing working time.

For the lectures, you need an A4 sized file.

If you are unaware how good you are seeing colour, you can do this test (almost a quarter of population has some sort of problems differentiating colour)

https://www.xrite.com/hue-test



Assignments


M3. Fruit Still Life */5

Goal
Learn the basic techniques of painting colour

Tools

Brush and (alt-click) Eye-dropper

Assignment

Paint the ball on the reference

Brush setup

Paint brush
Size 100-500px, Hardness 100%
Opacity 30% when mixing/blending, 60-80% when painting 
Opacity 5-10 can be used in glazes
(Flow 100% and Smoothing 0%)
Colour: Start with the colours in the Swatches meny, mix colour on the canvas
“Always use pressure for size” pressed
Round tip

Model image

 Fruit from Materials, or google with "_insert favourite fruit name here_ photography". Avoid highly textured fruit

Instructions

  • Create a A3 landscape canvas
  • Paste or "Place embedded" the reference 
  • Paint with large brush size > sharp edges are done with postive/negative working
  • Alt-click the colours from the canvas (start with the colours in the swatches panel)
  • You can add some colours to the Swatches panel

Assessment criteria

  1. The important parts of the fruit (stem etc) are in a good position
  2. Opacity is used reasonably (no low opacity mixes)
  3. The colours are close to the reference

Time to be used

2 hours

Video

Demo Fruit still life





M4. Master copy */15 (phase 1/2)

This painting will be done in two phases, first this week and the second next week. The first phase is not graded, but return it still and fill the self assessment

Name the file "M4_YourName_1.jpg"

Goal
Learn the basic techniques of classical portrait painting. Learn from the masters

Tools

Brush and (alt-click) Eye-dropper

Assignment

Paint a copy of the oil painting

Brush setup

Paint brush
Size 100-500px, Hardness 100%
Opacity 30% when mixing/blending, 60-80% when painting 
Opacity 5-10 can be used in glazes
(Flow 100% and Smoothing 0%)
Colour: Start with the colours in the Swatches meny, mix colour on the canvas
“Always use pressure for size” pressed

Tip can be a textured one from the course presets (or from "Legacy brushes" folder)

Model image

 Paintings 1-6 or a portrait painting with a painterly feel and face divided into shadow and light. 

Instructions

  • Make the canvas equal size to the painting
  • If using a portrait from the internet, first crop the reference and make it 3000-4000 pixels high
  • Make a vertical and horizontal guide line to the reference and copy it to the canvas
  • Paint with large brush size > sharp edges are done with postive/negative working
  • Alt-click the colours from the canvas (start with the colours in the swatches panel)
  • You can add some colours to the Swatches panel

Don't try to do smooth transitions or any textures like the hair

Assessment criteria

  1. The parts of the face are in correct positions by painting the base colours exact
  2. Opacity is used reasonably (no low opacity mixes)
  3. The colours are close to the reference

Time to be used

2-3 hours of blocking in the areas precisely with around 4 colours

2 hours of building the light areas

Video

Demo Master copy



Viimeksi muutettu: tiistaina 19. maaliskuuta 2019, 10.30