Pastel Painting - Bold and Direct with Desmond O'Hagan - DVD
In this video workshop with Desmond O'Hagan, learn how to capture the rich, bold tones of the city in pastel with layers of warm and cool colors that create vibrant, glowing light effects. Learn how to create visual texture to achieve greater atmosphere and depth in your work.
Discover a new, confident approach to pastel painting with this start-to-finish demonstration from Desmond O'Hagan! You'll use strong strokes with the broad side of each pastel to create this vibrant urban night scene, starting with big shapes and dark colors and refining as you go. Along the way, you'll get Desmond's tips for painting realistic cars, methods for keeping your values balanced by working from dark to light, and techniques for layering warm and cool colors for glowing light effects.
In this video you will learn:
- How to avoid a patchwork effect by leaving details until the end
- Techniques for bringing interesting color out of a primarily dark scene
- Ways to simplify a complicated photo reference
- With Desmond's instruction, you can capture the mood of the city with confidence!
- ISBN-13: 9781440350153
- Running Time: 64 Minutes
