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In week five, instructor Charles Hu introduces you to painting a muti-figure composition utilizing an extended palette. Charles will demonstrate how to block in a painting of two figures. You will learn how to establish the shadow shapes and the forms of the figures.
Throughout this course, you’ll have access to the NMA community for feedback and critiques to improve your work as you progress.
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Reference Images (16)
Venus in front of the mirror
*oil on panel
*123 x 98 cm
*1614 - 1615
Peter Paul Rubens, Venus in Front of the Mirror, 1614 - 1615.
Pieter Paul Rubens, Christ and the Penitent Sinners.
Peter Paul Rubens, Frans Snyders, and Jan Wildens, Cymon and Iphigenia, 1617.
John Singer Sargent, Cancale, 1878.
Peter Paul Rubens, Angelica and the Hermit, 1626–1628.
Peter Paul Rubens, Adam and Eve, 1629.
Peter Paul Rubens, Venus, Cupid, Bacchus and Ceres, 1612-1613.
Peter Paul Rubens,
The Judgment of Paris, 1606.
Peter Paul Rubens, Hercules as Heroic Virtue Overcoming Discord, 1632-1633.
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Peter Paul Rubens, The Four Continents, 1615.
Lot and his daughters
*oil on canvas
*190 x 225cm. including early 18th century horizontal additions to top and bottom edges of circa 18 and 10cm. wide
*circa 16131614
Peter Paul Rubens, Lot and his daughters, 1613-1614.
Anthony van Dyck, Cupid and Psyche, 1638.
Peter Paul Rubens and workshop, Meleager and Atalante.
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2. Laying in the Composition
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3. Establishing the Environment
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4. Applying Shadow Shapes
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5. Revamping Sara's Torso
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6. Form and Reflected Light
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7. Refining Shapes and Forms
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8. Compositional Adjustments
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