BobBlast 271 - "Carrots! Easy Way to Paint the Figure."

BobBlast #271

"Carrots! Easy Way to Paint the Figure."

Welcome back to another BobBlast!

As promised, my recurring theme for the next several BobBlasts will be demos and lessons similar to my half-day and full-day classes at Art of the Carolinas. This BobBlast is "Easy Way to Paint the Figure" - the class at AOC is:

Friday 11/15 - Burridge's Easy Way to Paint the Figure (FR1917)
1pm - 4pm

This demo lesson is also about having a daily studio practice - painting quick figure studies without a live model for reference!

As you already know, I make it all up and I practice painting the figure silhouette in different positions. I paint "carrots" - Think carrots, not the human body. I'm not looking for perfection here... I am painting the "illusion" of a figure.

Materials:
*Very liquid acrylic paint or acrylic ink - black and your choice of colors
*Large brush
*Watercolor paper
*Bucket of water

First Demo - With a large brush loaded with very wet pigment, place a dot (the head) and then gently press the brush down (shoulders) and gradually slide the brush down to the bottom of the feet.

Do a row of "carrot people" using only black paint - just to get into the habit of making the figure shapes. Your figures will show some personality if you give them activities to do.

Second Demo - Paint a second row of figures, this time with different color combinations. Soon the page will appear as a row of bystanders.

Third Demo - Paint one loose figure on a larger sheet of paper. The demo size is 8x10 inches. I used negative shape painting and rembrandt-style lighting to give the figure some excitement.

You just painted the illusion of a figure! Do this technique in a loose abstract painting - now you've got a story to tell!

Remember... stop too soon.

Видео BobBlast 271 - "Carrots! Easy Way to Paint the Figure." канала Robert Burridge - BobBlast