Название: The Complete Painter: Lessons from the Masters (THE GREAT COURSES)
Автор: Professor David Brody
Издательство: The Teaching Company
Год: 2019
Формат: True PDF
Страниц: 416
Размер: 77.9 Mb
Язык: English

Many of us have the mistaken idea that only “born artists” can paint. But the truth is much more exciting—with the right training, anyone can learn the skill of painting! In The Complete Painter: Lessons from the Masters, an award-winning art instructor teaches those skills in 34 easy-to-follow lessons. The novice will learn the fundamentals of oil painting, from choosing paints and brushes, to composition, to a wide variety of specific painting techniques. The experienced painter will increase knowledge about oil paints, mediums, lighting, dimensionality, and structure. The course includes hands-on experiences for all students, from making your own pigment and paint to copying the washes, strokes, colors, and structure of the great masters. In The Complete Painter: Lessons from the Masters, you’ll learn to paint using the same steps taught at the best art schools around the country. Your teacher, David Brody, award-winning Professor of Painting and Drawing at of the University of Washington, begins with the basics, taking you on a fascinating deep dive into the physical properties of oil paint itself, including how to work safely with those paints that do contain hazardous materials. From there, you’ll move into the study of marks, lines, brushstrokes, and edges; value, color, and palettes; and how to prepare your canvases and rigid supports—including how to transfer the required underdrawings that are provided in your course guidebook. Next, you’ll study techniques by copying from some of the world’s most iconic paintings. This is a course for those who are motivated and energized about learning to paint, for those who understand that acquiring a depth of “behind-the-scenes” knowledge will be more valuable in the long run than mimicking every stroke of a teacher.