HOW TO PAINT LIKE REMBRANDT
16th MAY 2016-1st JUNE 2016

STEP 2. UNDERPAINTING.

Underpainting is the first layer of oil paint on canvas. We start from dark places and shadows. There are some different ways to make it, it can be colorful or b&w, we will use umber burnt as it is how Rembrandt painted. On the picture of one of my students Francesco you can see a good example of how to start underpainting - first of all he painted over the big dark spot of the clothe and the hat, then he continued to work on the face.
Shadows on the face with the same color - a perfect way to see the head's volume. While underpainting we don't use any white paint.

STEP 3. overpainting

When the underpainting is finished and dry we should start overpainting with colours - down here you will find a list of what we need. At this stage you are allowed  to use white paint. Don't forget to check the proportions at every stage and care about the resemblance.
On the pictures you can see an example of a painting made by my student Pierre and my corrections over it with the red marks.

HOW I CHECK AND CORRECT YOUR PAINTINGS

As I said I am only one and can't write a personal email to each of you but you can write me and ask as many questions as you need - I will answer every morning and send one email to everyone where I will explain the next step and discuss your mistakes and good sides as well. It will be very helpful to see what people make and look at their advantages and disadvantages - we all learn mostly from mistakes. I will write and also show how to correct your paintings - down here you see some examples of my visual corrections.
As we are all from different countries and have different time zones - it is easier for me to write to you in the morning at 9 pm  Msk (UTC+3).
Here is the list of art supplies we will use during the workshop
canvas, primed, stretched on stretcher bars, size 16x20 inches (40x50 cm)
charcoal, oil paints
  1. white titanium
  2. umber burnt
  3. ochre yellow
  4. ochre red (english red)
  5. ultramarine
  6. umber raw
  7. sienna burnt 
  8. cadmium red
I recommend to have these oil paints but you may have also some extra ones like cadmium yellow or sienna raw if you prefer to work with them.
Brushes: synthetics and bristols
Palette (wooden or plastic)
mediums: terpentine, linseed oil, dammar varnish.

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