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Week 10: Light Background - Creating a Color Study and Initial Drawing with Joseph Altwer

Week 10: Light Background - Creating a Color Study and Initial Drawing
Still-Life Painting in the Sight-Size Method Practice creating a color study and the initial drawing of your still-life painting

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Instructor
Joseph Altwer
Subjects
Drawing, Painting
Topics
Drawing Exercises, Light & Color, Sketching, Still life
Mediums
Charcoal, Oil Paints
Duration
4h 2m 47s

In week ten, instructor Joe Altwer will create a color study for the reflective object still-life against a light background. You will practice premixing colors and blocking in. Joe will then begin laying in the initial drawing of the final painting, starting with the contours before filling in the shadow mass.

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