RECORDED WEBINAR. CALIFORNIA COAST
Coastal scenery near Laguna Beach from sketch to painting.
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If you ever visited coastal Southern California, no way you have not thought how great would be to spend there more time. Lucky if you live there, but every visitor would just say that time flew way to fast.
We bring home memories. It is hard to forget emerald green surf, sand of beaches and picturesque cliffs of Pacifica. I truly believe, that painters can strech or even stop the moment much better than photgraphers do.
In this mini-course, you will learn and practice approach to paint land/seascape of a view near Laguna Beach. It will pass few stages in separate videos: from idea and impressions to use of a photograph as a reference, then to proportional sketch, block-in and painting. Plenty of remarks are given about painting specific texture and shpe of rocks, surf foam and sky.
You may get surprizes, but almost every seasoned artist can find flaws in every painting he or she completed. This work is not an exception. Learn to find these mistakes with me, so you can make corrections in timely manner.
This free mini-course is a remastered version of a WEBINAR #13 broadcasted on YouTube September 13th, 2018.
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WHOM THIS COURSE IS FOR?
From beginners, who tried oil paints before and have drawing skills, to intermediate level.
However, anyone will find this class helpful, since opens special approach, which can be picked up into one's skills library.
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ART SUPPLIES LIST
CANVAS: Oil primed canvas panel Centurion OP DLX, 9" x 12"
OIL PAINTS: Titanium White and
warm lights: Cadmium Lemon, Ochre Yellow Light (Blick), Cadmium Orange, Cadmium Red Light, and Raw Sienna
warm darks: Alizarin Crimson, Cadmium Maroon (Holbein), Oxide Brown Transparent (Rembrandt), Olive Green
cold darks: Viridian Green, Ultramarin Blue, Cobalt Blue, Ceruleum Blue.
If you do not have Cadmium Maroon, you can mix similar paint with Cadmium Red and Ultramarine. I just have found that I use this combo so often, so it worth buying it in tube.
MEDIUM: mix of Galkyd with Gamsol (both by Gamblin) ratio 1:1. If you do not have this particular ones, use any medium, which would help to speed up drying while not being pure solvent.
BRUSHES: Eclipe Comber 1/2", Eclipe Comber 3/8", Ivory Flat Short #4, Ivory Rigger #2, Ivory Dagger 1/2". All brushes by Rosemary.
PALETTE KNIFE: I use similar to Blick-RMG size 23.
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I hope this video class will be helpful, encouraging and inspiring. Confidence will come with knowledge, and practice. First part on me! Then it's your turn!
Ask your questions, share advises or comments: [email protected].
Your Instructor
Zufar Bikbov, recipient of multiple national awards at plein air competitions, a well-known master of landscape painting. He has been painting with oils for over 30 years.
Zufar was introduced to plein air painting during his years at Zelenodolsk art school (in Russia), where he graduated Cum Laude in 1987. Later Mr. Bikbov pivoted to studies in medicine, and relocated to the United States in 2004 after visiting the country during an exchange program with Yale University.
Zufar Bikbov has been teaching landscape drawing and oil painting at Lyme Academy of Fine Arts and Arts Escape studio for years and has been invited to teach and show his works coast-to-coast. He is a member of the prestigious Guild of Boston Artists and Plein Air Painters of America, as well as of Kent and Lyme Art Associations.