Oil Painting Master Series: Indirect Painting
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3 Hours of Instruction
19 Videos
17 eBooks
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Lesson Description
Indirect painting with oils. A look at adding transparent glazes to an underpainting. In this lesson, we add glazes to create a still life painting of basic forms.
Lesson Materials
Palette, completed underpainting, Indian Yellow, Alizarin Crimson, Ultramarine Blue, Titanium White, bristle brush, nylon or sable brush, and medium.
Lesson Resources
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Course Curriculum
Lesson 1: Introduction (3:06)
Lesson 2: Materials Part 1 (10:56)
Lesson 3: Materials Part 2 (7:22)
Lesson 4: Pre-Painting Fundamentals (14:03)
Lesson 5: Blending Oil Paint (12:33)
Lesson 6: Underpainting (6:41)
Lesson 7: Indirect Painting (11:15)
Lesson 8: Direct Painting (11:18)
Lesson 9: Painting on a Toned Ground (12:12)
Lesson 10: Painting Cloth (14:47)
Lesson 11: Painting Clouds (9:10)
Lesson 12: Portrait Study - Part 1 (6:48)
Lesson 13: Portrait Study - Part 2 (21:03)
Lesson 14: Wet into Wet (10:13)
Lesson 15: Painting with a Knife (13:42)
Lesson 16: Impressionist Approach (11:33)
Lesson 17: Non-Traditional Painting (6:16)
Lesson 18: Painting Transparency (13:44)
Lesson 18: Conclusion (2:23)
Question: How do you know that the painting is completely dry between layers? Is there a specified amount of time that one can allow the painting to dry?
Hi Betty,
Typically if the surface is dry to the touch, you can layer colors without them being affected by subsequent applications.
I’m enjoying the lessons on indirect painting – a term I had never heard before. Thank you.
Thanks Edith!
this lesson is more indepth than what little I learnt over the years. My first lesson in 2004 was held at a community centre by a teacher that said heres a brush , paint and a canvas, now paint something. so your lessons have been a god send, thank you Matt.
Understanding an underpainting (term i never heard before) and glazing (term i had been overwhelmed with) is a WOW moment for me in terms of oils.
Without going to art school, yet wanting to learn from basics even as a hobby, your courses have a lot to offer. Thank you thank you
in terms of glazing when in an oil painting would it be relevant to glaze an item – i.g. in a landscape or still life.
I am watching this video a couple times, but all that keeps popping in my head is “why glaze instead of just add the colors directly”. I think I’m missing something.
It provides different effects. Putting in one opaque layer of color will appear different that multiple layers of glaze. The Mona Lisa was glazed and is said to have the complexity of real skin with multiple layers including blues and greens which give it a life like appearance.
How do you keep the underpainting color from smearing into the glaze? To allow it to completely dry would take weeks.