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Experimental Portraiture: Fusing Oil, Acrylic, and Spray Paint

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Overview

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Reflect the emotions of your subject by experimenting with ideas and accidents using different types of paint
  • Introduction
  • Materials and Tips before We Start
  • Synthesis and Colors
  • Production
  • Observing Our Painting
  • Final project
Painting gives you the freedom to experiment, make mistakes, express ideas, and create new ones. Artist Nikolas Antoniou uses it as a way to convey the feelings and emotions of his subjects. Working with texture, color, and creative accidents, he paints portraits with spirit that have been showcased at exhibitions and art fairs across the world.

In this course, Nikolas gives you the tools to create experimental portraits of your own. Learn how to use oil, acrylic, and spray paints along with innovative techniques to create paintings filled with emotions.

Syllabus

  • About Me
  • Influences
  • Portraits That Reflect Emotion
  • Materials
  • Brushes and Spray Paint 1
  • Brushes and Spray Paint 2
  • Creating Light with White Spirit
  • How to Choose the Right Reference Image
  • Synthesis 1
  • Synthesis 2
  • The Power of Colors
  • Preparing Our Canvas
  • Create the Grid
  • Shadow Layers
  • Creating Accidents and Using Colors 1
  • Creating Accidents and Using Colors 2
  • Adding Elements to Make Our Work Stand Out
  • Deciding When to Stop
  • Experimental portraying in oil

Taught by

Nikolas Antoniou

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