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Domestika

Landscape Oil Painting with Plein-air Techniques

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Overview

Learn how to paint atmospheric landscapes that capture natural light using plein-air techniques
  • Introduction
  • Fundamentals of Landscape Painting
  • Compositional Studies and Sketches
  • Developing the Studio Painting: The First Two Layers
  • Developing the Studio Painting: The Third Layer
  • Revisions and Corrections: The Fourth Layer
  • Final project
Painting a natural landscape can transport you to a calmer, more peaceful world. However, on rainy days or when stuck in the city, adapting plein-air techniques indoors can help take you to that idyllic space just the same. Realist painter Diana Buitrago is here to teach you how to paint captivating scenery from the comfort of your home.

In this online course, learn how to compose and paint natural landscapes in oil using Plein-air techniques. Transform a photograph or your own sketches into a vibrant oil painting. By the end of the course, you will be able to recreate natural light in your landscape paintings.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • The Materials
  • Nature as a Major Inspiration
  • Landscape Elements and Pictorial Planes
  • Thumbnail Sketches and Draw-In 1
  • Thumbnail Sketches and Draw-In 2
  • Studio Setup, Lighting, and Toning the Canvas
  • Value and Color Studies 1
  • Value and Color Studies 2
  • Value and Color Studies 3
  • The First Layer: Block-In
  • The Second Layer: Underpainting
  • The Sky and Deep Space
  • The Middle Ground
  • The Foreground 1
  • The Foreground 2
  • Revision, Glazes, Scumbling, and Impasto 1
  • Revision, Glazes, Scumbling, and Impasto 2
  • Varnish and Preservation of the Painting
  • Painting Outdoors: Plein-Air Gear
  • Landscape Oil Painting with Plein-air Techniques

Taught by

Diana Buitrago

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