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How to Paint an Oil Painting and Not Get Dirty
- White Rose with Bud ©2009 Jacobson.
9 Steps to Your Finished Painting – The Rose
Today you are in the ultimate digital art studio of artist Jackie Jacobson.
You are watching a demonstration by Jackie Jacobson on how to paint an oil painting using Corel® Painter 11, and a Wacom Cintique Monitor.
Corel® Painter 11 digital painting software is the most advanced painting and natural media tool available today.
I use no formula when painting, and I honestly think that I never use the same process twice. Painting is an event, a challenge and an exploration.
Learn how to paint digitally. You can paint and not get dirty. Join me in the adventure.
Step 1 – The Reference and Inspiration
The rose photograph is the inspiration piece for an oil painting in a square format.This rose will be the reference piece for our “how to paint” tutorial.
- Inspiration Reference Photo
Step 2 – The Under-painting
Using Corel ® Painter 11 digital brushes and digital oil paints on a Wacom Cintique Monitor, the canvas is painted a solid green color.
“Plain white is way too scary because you never want to get it dirty.” (OK that’s a joke)
- Solid Green Background
Step 3 – The Drawing
Using a digital pencil or chalk, draw the shape and movement of the rose with a gestural drawing.
This is how to become familiar with your model.
You are not duplicating the reference piece. Do this warm-up step with every new piece. The canvas is marked and no longer intimidating.
“It can only get better after this stage.”
- Block in drawing
Step 4 – Mess Up Stage – The Block-in
This is the mess around with paint stage.
- Begin with oil paints
- Apply them very thinly.
- Move around the piece very fast
- Never stay in the same spot for long.
- Use a variety of brush sizes, strokes, and colors.
This is not a planned process. Your moves and choices are strictly by intuition.
The block-in part of the process is about freedom.
Here you see the start, closeup and finish of the block-in stage. You have not painted any details.
- Beginning oil paint block in
- Block-in detail
- Block-in complete
Step 5 – Add some Details
Now you have a mess on your hands and it’s just where you want it.
Begin to use heavier paint (heavier in digital paint is paint that is more opaque)
Add some details to the shapes within the flower. Use your inspiration photo for reference of those shapes.
This closeup shows the lack of details at this stage.
- Beginning of details
Step 6 – The Edges
It’s time to use opaque paints and to really describe the edge of each element in the piece.
The flower starts to take form. It’s the edge details that describe the forms and make the flower come alive.
Closeup shows the smooth and defined shape of each petal.
- Edge details – thick paint
Step 7 – Background color – texture – details
Work into the background with color, textures and details.
Once again refine edges in order to make your flower come forward.
- Details and textures in background
- Detail Background & Edges
Step 8 – Sign Your Painting
Your painting and the “how to paint” a Rose tutorial are both complete.
Last step in the process.
You must sign the painting.
You have just completed the painting in 8 Steps. On to step 9…
Step 9 – Evaluation
At this stage I actually compare the finished piece with my original inspiration piece. If I’m satisfied, it lives.
If I’m not satisfied, it’s destined for the dumpster one day.
Lesson Learned…The joy is in the doing, so if it’s what I want, I’m happy.
If it’s not… then I’ve definitely learned something for the next painting.
Move on. Just Keep Painting.
- Completed Painting – White Rose with Bud
- Comparison – Painting to Inspiration
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Tell me what you think about today’s demo, and what questions you’d like answered.
Let’s do this together. Thanks for taking your time to watch me have fun.
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