Classical Oil Painting: Chiaroscuro & Glazing Techniques from the Old Masters
Workshop offering practical experience into the working methods of master painters of the renaissance. Students will be taken step by step through the various stages of classical painting techniques. Students will be taught about the historical pigments and their origin in the natural world, these include pigments made from earth, semi-precious rocks as well as a range of colours from the plant kingdom.
Renaissance oil painting involves constructing the painting in specific stages - after the preparation of the ground, a tonal composition (imprimatura) is prepared in tones of light and shade. Over this tonal under-painting glazes of colour are then applied in a series of layers. Through this method a dynamic relationship is created between light and shade beneath and the glazes of colour above, this is the key to the chiaroscuro effect whereby light and dark emanates from within the paint layers, resulting in a profound luminosity in the colours as well as depth in the shadow tones.
The aim of this workshop is to offer students a good grounding in the traditional painting practises employed by such artists as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Leonardo Da Vinci. Once understood, these techniques may then be adapted to all styles of painting, figurative, imaginative and abstract.
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Workshop offering practical experience into the working methods of master painters of the renaissance. Students will be taken step by step through the various stages of classical painting techniques. Students will be taught about the historical pigments and their origin in the natural world, these include pigments made from earth, semi-precious rocks as well as a range of colours from the plant kingdom.
Renaissance oil painting involves constructing the painting in specific stages - after the preparation of the ground, a tonal composition (imprimatura) is prepared in tones of light and shade. Over this tonal under-painting glazes of colour are then applied in a series of layers. Through this method a dynamic relationship is created between light and shade beneath and the glazes of colour above, this is the key to the chiaroscuro effect whereby light and dark emanates from within the paint layers, resulting in a profound luminosity in the colours as well as depth in the shadow tones.
The aim of this workshop is to offer students a good grounding in the traditional painting practises employed by such artists as Rembrandt, Vermeer and Leonardo Da Vinci. Once understood, these techniques may then be adapted to all styles of painting, figurative, imaginative and abstract.
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