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Painting a Figure after Eakins with Steve Huston

Painting a Figure after Eakins
Paint a Figure after Eakins Study a master's approach to painting the figure in oils

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Instructor
Steve Huston
Subjects
Painting
Topics
Human Figure
Mediums
Brush, Canvas, Oil Paints
Duration
2h 27m 39s

In this video lesson world renowned painter Steve Huston will be painting a female figure from a Thomas Eakins painting. Steve will teach you how to use the symmetry of the figure as an artistic tool and how to break down the figure into a series of simplified forms, shapes, and planes upon which a light source interacts.

Materials

  • Gamblin Artist Grade Oil Colors
  • Simply Simmons Paintbrush
  • Canvas Panel
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