Oil Pastels - Impressionist Landscape Lesson — Transcript

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1. 0:00[Music]
2. 0:3819:49 Pablo Picasso was in search of a
3. 0:41new medium when he could apply to any
4. 0:43surface without preparation
5. 0:45he approached on race and EEA about the
6. 0:48matter and Andrzej obliged and created
7. 0:50this unique medium that falls somewhere
8. 0:52between drawing and painting eventually
9. 0:54leading to the medium that we know today
10. 0:56is oil pastels and we'll use oil pastels
11. 1:01in this lesson as we create an
12. 1:03impressionistic image of a field of
13. 1:05flowers hi there everyone matt here with
14. 1:07the virtual instructor comm and oil
15. 1:09pastels are a medium somewhere between
16. 1:11drawing and painting of course when we
17. 1:14apply them to the surface the process is
18. 1:16clearly drawing that our thought process
19. 1:18needs to be more centered around the
20. 1:20process of painting for this lesson
21. 1:22we're gonna be working on cantonments
22. 1:25pastel paper
23. 1:26we'll use the heavier textured side of
24. 1:28the paper working on an orange surface
25. 1:30will also be using two different types
26. 1:32of oil pastels we'll apply most of the
27. 1:35pastels using Cinelli a oil pastels but
28. 1:39for more of the detail parts will use
29. 1:41the harder oil pastels made by Sakura
30. 1:43the expressionist line so let's go ahead
31. 1:47and dive right into this lesson we'll
32. 1:54start here with a deep red by just
33. 1:56basically planning out the overall
34. 1:58shapes of each one of the flowers since
35. 2:00we're working with oil pastels we're
36. 2:02gonna concentrate on the elements in the
37. 2:04middle ground and foreground first get
38. 2:07them in place before addressing the
39. 2:09background you can see here that even
40. 2:11though this pastel is nice and soft
41. 2:14we're still seeing some of the texture
42. 2:16of the paper at this point this is fine
43. 2:18because we're going to layer multiple
44. 2:20applications over the top we'll continue
45. 2:22working our way down the picture plane
46. 2:24to the extreme foreground and it's okay
47. 2:27to deviate if you're working from a
48. 2:29photo reference now that we have our
49. 2:32shapes of our larger flowers in place we
50. 2:34can go in with a yellow green and this
51. 2:37is a darker yellow green we'll start
52. 2:39establishing some of the flowers and
53. 2:41some of the individual pods as well
54. 2:43you'll notice that these marks are
55. 2:45loosely and quickly applied we're not
56. 2:48going to be too concerned with the
57. 2:50details in fact we're not going to be
58. 2:51too concerned with the details
59. 2:52throughout this painting we just want to
60. 2:55get areas of color in place on the
61. 2:57surface we'll continue working here in
62. 3:01the foreground quickly filling in our
63. 3:03areas of grain before moving on to
64. 3:06addressing the sky we'll start here with
65. 3:08a light blue starting at the top of the
66. 3:10pitcher plane quickly working our way
67. 3:12down to the middle ground and as we work
68. 3:17will define the shapes of each one of
69. 3:20the flowers as we work around each one
70. 3:22of the stems and pods as well we'll work
71. 3:26our way down into the foreground and add
72. 3:28specks of blue showing through each one
73. 3:31of the stems of the flowers since oil
74. 3:33pastels are a looser medium we need to
75. 3:36concentrate on shapes of light and dark
76. 3:38value instead of worrying about the
77. 3:40details we're only going to concentrate
78. 3:41on shapes of lighter and darker value in
79. 3:44order to create the illusion of light
80. 3:46within the scene will allow our viewers
81. 3:48imagination to fill in all the details
82. 3:50on their own
83. 3:56will now begin with a very dark red and
84. 3:59this almost leans towards a brown
85. 4:02filling in all of the shadowed areas on
86. 4:05each one of the flowers here again we're
87. 4:07going to use looser marks to describe
88. 4:09the overall shapes of darker value that
89. 4:12we see on each one of the flowers again
90. 4:15working our way from the top of the
91. 4:17pitcher play down to the lower portion
92. 4:18of the pitcher play and since our light
93. 4:21source originates from the upper
94. 4:22left-hand corner most of these shadows
95. 4:25will exist on the lower right-hand
96. 4:26portion now we'll begin addressing some
97. 4:33of the highlighted areas an areas of
98. 4:35middle value here again we'll start at
99. 4:37the top of the pitcher plane using a
100. 4:39lighter version of red will go even
101. 4:42lighter adding bits of peak and also
102. 4:45warming up the color using bits of red
103. 4:47orange and orange
104. 4:49[Music]
105. 5:01it's tempting to think about all the
106. 5:04details that you may see on your subject
107. 5:06but in this particular case we're going
108. 5:08for a more impressionistic image meaning
109. 5:11we're only concentrating on the shapes
110. 5:13of color and value that we see we can
111. 5:16often blur our eyes a bit to help us see
112. 5:18this more clearly the direction of our
113. 5:23stroke should be considered as well each
114. 5:26mark that we make with the oil pastel
115. 5:28can be thought of as a brush stroke and
116. 5:30the direction of this brush stroke can
117. 5:33help us communicate the form of each one
118. 5:36of the flowers to our viewer without
119. 5:38adding any details
120. 5:40[Music]
121. 5:47we can adjust the colors to our hearts
122. 5:49content continuing to layer our original
123. 5:52red and a variety of different red
124. 5:54oranges
125. 5:55lighter pinks in darker reds
126. 6:06as colors are added mixing will
127. 6:09naturally occur allow this to happen and
128. 6:12embrace the painterly look that results
129. 6:19at this point in the process I see that
130. 6:22we need to add a bit more warmth so
131. 6:24we'll grab a warmer yellow and add a few
132. 6:27highlights primarily on the left side of
133. 6:30each one of the flowers and on the top
134. 6:32portion as well to make our painting
135. 6:35appear unified we'll apply this to the
136. 6:38majority of the flowers within the scene
137. 6:41then we'll turn our attention to the
138. 6:43foreground and begin adding a variety of
139. 6:46different greens using strokes that flow
140. 6:48upward just as each one of the plants
141. 6:51grows
142. 6:55we'll start over the top of our darker
143. 6:58yellow green with a much lighter yellow
144. 7:00grain
145. 7:05we'll patiently pull-up each stroke into
146. 7:08the sky and into the space in between
147. 7:10each one of the flowers we'll also use a
148. 7:14variety of different greens as well in
149. 7:16this case a green that leans a bit more
150. 7:18towards blue
151. 7:21and here again we'll pull our strokes
152. 7:24upward as each stem grows into the sky
153. 7:28[Music]
154. 7:31now we'll add some hints of shadow with
155. 7:34a warm brown this Brown as you can see
156. 7:37is a bit more neutral having some hints
157. 7:39of grey associated with it
158. 7:44you can also see that this additional
159. 7:47contrast begins to create the illusion
160. 7:49of many different stems
161. 7:53we have to remember that shadows and
162. 7:55highlights also have color associated
163. 7:57with them we can't expect to lay down
164. 7:59some black and some white and create
165. 8:01convincing shadows and highlights that
166. 8:04would make our image look flat and
167. 8:05unnatural and when we're dealing with
168. 8:07the color light green we need to
169. 8:08consider the colors that mix to create
170. 8:10green green is created by combining
171. 8:12yellow and blue of course yellow is the
172. 8:15warmer and lighter version of both of
173. 8:17those colors so it makes sense to use
174. 8:19yellow in our highlighted areas for our
175. 8:21shadowed areas we'll allow a little bit
176. 8:23more of the blue to creep in to create
177. 8:25more realistic shadows now we'll do just
178. 8:29that taking a darker blue addressing
179. 8:32some of the shadowed areas in the grassy
180. 8:34area at the bottom of the picture plane
181. 8:35and here again we'll pull strokes upward
182. 8:38just as each one of the stems grows
183. 8:42now we'll take a slightly darker blue
184. 8:45than we used originally for the sky and
185. 8:47start at the top of the picture plane
186. 8:49bringing down this darker blue allowing
187. 8:51some of the lighter blue to show through
188. 8:58and then on the lower portion will use a
189. 9:00lighter blue and then the blue that we
190. 9:02used originally working our way up from
191. 9:05the bottom to the top creating a
192. 9:07transition between light and dark in
193. 9:09between
194. 9:09[Music]
195. 9:15and as we continue these varieties of
196. 9:18glues will continue to define the edges
197. 9:21of each one of the flowers using the
198. 9:24blue to define those edges
199. 9:29we can revisit the original glue that we
200. 9:32used to ease this transition from
201. 9:34slightly darker blue at the top to
202. 9:37slightly lighter blue at the bottom
203. 9:42[Music]
204. 9:46now we'll begin bringing out some
205. 9:48additional warmth in the grassy stems in
206. 9:51the foreground using a much lighter and
207. 9:53warmer yellow-green you can see here how
208. 9:56the variety of greens is adding depth to
209. 9:59the seen variety and color
210. 10:01and also the illusion of space here
211. 10:06again we'll pull strokes upward allowing
212. 10:08the colors to mix as we go over the top
213. 10:10of them
214. 10:13you can see adding a little bit of twist
215. 10:15as you pull each mark up adds a little
216. 10:18bit more control we'll also add some
217. 10:23highlights to each one of the pods that
218. 10:24we've included in our scene these
219. 10:28highlights exist primarily on the left
220. 10:30side of each one of the pods will still
221. 10:33allow some of the mid-tone of the green
222. 10:35to show through and then it's back to
223. 10:39the foreground pulling up additional
224. 10:41strokes of this wonderful light
225. 10:43yellow-green
226. 10:47we'll go even lighter and make these
227. 10:49highlights much stronger with a very
228. 10:52light yellow green again allowing each
229. 10:55one of the greens that we've previously
230. 10:57applied to show through in areas you can
231. 11:03see here how easily additional
232. 11:05applications of oil pastel completely
233. 11:08cover the applications underneath
234. 11:10allowing us so much versatility and
235. 11:13allowing us to make mistakes and fix
236. 11:16them if we need to so it's important to
237. 11:19be free with your marks being loose with
238. 11:21your marks be deliberate and don't be
239. 11:23afraid
240. 11:24[Music]
241. 11:44now we'll switch over to the harder
242. 11:47expressionist pastels by Sakura these
243. 11:50pastels will allow us to make more
244. 11:52deliberate marks and give us a little
245. 11:54bit more control since the pastel
246. 11:56material itself is much harder you can
247. 12:00see here I'm using the very end or the
248. 12:03tip of the pastel to create these
249. 12:05defined lines in fact these pastels are
250. 12:09so much harder than the Cinelli a
251. 12:11pastels that they will dig right into
252. 12:13the surface allowing you to create a
253. 12:16variety of different effects you can see
254. 12:18here we're using this darker Brown
255. 12:20mainly to define some of the stems and
256. 12:23also create hints of shadow here and
257. 12:25there we'll also use a brighter and
258. 12:27lighter yellow grain of the same brand
259. 12:30of pastel to pull up a few highlights
260. 12:32here and there
261. 12:33[Music]
262. 12:38we'll keep the highlights primarily on
263. 12:40the left side of each one of the stems
264. 12:42and will also allow a little bit of
265. 12:45shadow underneath each one of the
266. 12:46flowers to create the impression of a
267. 12:48cast shadow on the stem beneath it
268. 12:55now our image is starting to come
269. 12:57together
270. 12:58but we're still missing a few of those
271. 13:00flowers here down on the lower part of
272. 13:02the picture plane so we'll add them
273. 13:04using a couple of brighter Reds we'll
274. 13:06use the original red that we started
275. 13:08with but we'll also use a brighter and
276. 13:11stronger red orange and we'll also be
277. 13:13sure to incorporate this color on some
278. 13:15of the other flowers as well where we've
279. 13:18muted some of the colors by our multiple
280. 13:20applications these additional strong
281. 13:26pops of color really start to bring the
282. 13:28image together as the greens and the
283. 13:30Reds begin to vibrate off of each other
284. 13:42then it's back to our light blue again
285. 13:45defining the edges of each one of the
286. 13:47shapes that we've created as you can see
287. 13:50here although we're using a very thick
288. 13:52medium we still are able to create the
289. 13:55illusion of lots of details without
290. 13:58actually drawing or painting any of the
291. 14:00details
292. 14:04[Music]
293. 14:11and then it's back to our dark-brown
294. 14:15again again using the expressionist oil
295. 14:18pastel to add a few more hints of some
296. 14:21more stems here in the foreground
297. 14:23[Music]
298. 14:25and then of course a bit more blue
299. 14:29adding some more shadows to our
300. 14:32foreground
301. 14:34[Music]
302. 14:40we'll add a few more highlights as well
303. 14:41with a lighter yellow green and then a
304. 14:45much brighter yellow green
305. 14:47[Music]
306. 14:56and after our finishing touches have
307. 14:59been added our oil pastel landscape of a
308. 15:02field of poppies is complete
309. 15:05[Music]
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