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Oil Painting: Sand, Sea & Sky

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Overview

Join renowned seascape painter Edward Minoff as he shares accessible oil painting techniques that can be used to paint oceans, rivers, lakes, and more. Begin your class by learning how to stage and sketch a site study. Then, develop and clarify your painting’s horizon line and perspective for a three-dimensional, lifelike effect. Next, find out how to paint a color study for your seascape, and achieve dynamic results with expert color mixing methods. Finally, complete your painting with fine detail and texture that communicates a sense of power and movement with each crashing wave. After this class, you’ll confidently add seascapes to your painting repertoire!

Syllabus

  • Class Preview
  • Drawing Studies
  • Color Studies
  • Linear Perspective
  • Creating a Transfer Drawing
  • Learning to Analyze Color
  • Monochrome Underpainting
  • Color Application
  • Finishing the Painting

Taught by

Edward Minoff

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