Latest release - the first of three videos in our mini boxed-set - Oil Painting, On-the-Spot Sketches - Out and About with Paul in Oban with Paul Taggart (Part 1). Available from #artworkshopwithpaul via #vimeo - https://vimeo/ondemand/outandaboutwithpauloils1/115792958 Follow along as Artist & Author Paul Taggart commences on this detailed and comprehensive start-to-finish tutorial; filmed in real-time and presented here as a step-by-step guide in situ overlooking Oban harbour. Follow along and you will learn much about Colour Mixing, Working out of Doors, Negative Painting, Judicious Blending, Applying Paint as Scuffs and Scumbles – to name but a few of the raft of techniques, hints and tips that are revealed in Paul’s running commentary. IN PART 1 – you will see Paul draw out the principal elements of the composition, using the view in front of him in conjunction with a thumbnail to guide him. From there Paul moves on to blocking in with washy mixes the main components, then moves back to establishing the elements once more as he draws them in, corrects and changes as he works towards a balanced composition. Then he starts the main impasto work – firstly working on the SKY – in which you will learn about graded washes and how to achieve those wispy clouds through blending. Finishing off the first segment of Part 1, Paul turns to the far distant hills and mountains – working on aerial perspective, scuffs and scumbles to denote sunlight glancing off their rugged surfaces. Paul moves forward in this painting produced in the simplest of layering techniques, working wet-into-wet in order to complete the painting in its entirety whilst in Oban. Having completed the sky and distant hills, he now moves onto the right hand promontory cloaked with trees; before moving on to the busiest section of the composition. The pier, buildings and boats are not painted in detail; instead they are brought to life through suggested forms. Paul establishes their shapes and their placement in the whole painting. Maximising the use of form and structure, light and shade, soft focus and techniques to draw the eye, Paul shows how to exploit a variety of tools available to artists to accomplish this. Part 1 draws to a close in anticipation of what is to come – the water, weeds and closest foreshore. ‘AWASH WITH THE RNLI – PAUL TAGGART’S FUND-RAISING PROJECT’ – OBAN LIFEBOAT STATION Join Paul Taggart as he lands in Oban for his reference gathering trip and to celebrate the 40th Anniversary Open Day of the Oban Lifeboat Station on the West Coast of Scotland. The painting featured in this set of films was presented to the Oban Lifeboat Station to use as they see fit in raising funds. This on-the-spot painting is one element in a wide-ranging Fund-Raising Project in aid of RNLI Scotland – https://rnli.org.uk The open-ended project is centred on a series of Master Oil Paintings by Paul Taggart, to be produced over many years - each painting will be published by Paul Taggart as a Fund-Raising Limited Edition Print. The subject for each of these paintings being chosen for its history and iconic representation of an area closely associated with selected RNLI Lifeboat Stations around the shores of Scotland. Although a relative youngster in terms of having been founded a mere 40 years ago; Oban Lifeboat Station is now the busiest of the Scottish lifeboat stations. Not to mention the fact that is one of the busiest All-Weather Lifeboats in the UK. The crew of the RNLB Mora Edith MacDonald are all volunteers, excepting the Coxswain and cover an astonishing area of some 471 miles of coastline, which includes some of the fiercest and most notorious tidal waters in the UK. FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT OBAN LIFEBOAT STATION - https://obanlifeboat.co.uk
Posted on: Wed, 07 Jan 2015 23:31:09 +0000
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