Introduction to Oil Painting for Beginners Part 8: Still Life with Full Palette

[New Masters Academy]

Learn the fundamentals of oil painting with acclaimed artist and instructor Charles Hu.

This course breaks down the entire process of oil painting and is intended for beginning and experienced artists alike. Charles explains the important concepts of gesture, shape design, and composition. You will also learn what materials are needed, how to get set up, and the techniques used to apply paint.

After taking this course, you will be on your way to oil painting from life using a variety of different subjects and palettes.

In this lesson, Charles introduces the full palette and teaches how to mix and apply its various colors. He demonstrates this while painting a colorful still life.

[gil_mello]

This is my first look at Mr. Hu’s oil paint teaching here. I do not know other work taught by him.

My first impression was that he made the common mistake of starting this still life scene on a stark white canvas. It took him around 2 hours (and me too) struggling to “see” proper color tones and value against the white of the background. Once he decided to cover the back with a more neutral greenish tone, things started to move along…but he had to struggle again now to fix what he wasn’t able to see well before, so two hours were lost with guess work, plus more to correct colors that were not chosen correctly in the first place.

I hope to continue with his class next on figure painting, where I presume he is more comfortable to deal with.

 

G. Mello

[Kiane Ricas]

i think he mentioned wanting to keep the colors vibrant hence the lack of the yellow wash that he mentioned earlier, and i think he intended for this to be a high key painting. He also mentioned at the start that he could tone it but will work on a white canvas instead. I don’t think it was a mistake since the attempt was intentional

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