🎨 Thick Impasto Painting Tutorial in Oils | Mastering Color Values
Welcome to a full, beginner-friendly impasto painting tutorial! In this video, we'll dive into creating a vibrant, oil painting portrait with thick, expressive layers of oil paint. Whether you're new to impasto or looking to refine your skills in achieving rich color values, this tutorial will guide you every step of the way.
We’ll explore techniques for building up thick textures using the loose impressionist style, creating dimension and life in your artwork. Through mastering color values, you’ll learn to make your paintings visually compelling and impactful, all while working in a free and intuitive style. This demonstration adds valuable insights on painting impasto with oil, making this tutorial perfect for artists of all levels who want to bring energy and depth to their work.
What You'll Learn:
-Impasto Techniques: Achieve thick, textured strokes
-Mastering Color Values: Make colors pop and deepen realism
-Color Palette Rules: Create expressive portraits through color temperature
-Loose & Impressionist Style: Capture spontaneity and flow in your artwork
If you’re ready to dive into impasto oil painting and start painting with bold textures and vibrant colors, join in and let’s paint together!
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Mylar as a substrate: https://www.zoranrnjak.com/blog/140566/using-mylar-for-oil-painting
Chapters:
0:00 - Introduction
2:23 - Underpainting
6:05 - Favorite painting tool
9:01 - Creating individual color values
13:01 - Mylar substrate and palette
16:00 - Mediums
18:00 - Keep lights and darks separate
19:50 - Principles of light
20:45 - Warm and cool colors
23:29 - Finishing the face
24:50 - Applying the gold
27:00 - Final touches and close up