Experimental Oil Painting Techniques for Portraiture
A course by Andrés Kal , Visual Artist and Painter
Learn to use unconventional tools and methods to compose expressive portraits from a reference photo and transform them with colorful strokes
Learn to use unconventional tools and methods to compose expressive portraits from a reference photo and transform them with colorful strokes
If you are one of those people who believe that mistakes are just an opportunity to learn, then this online course is for you! Visual artist and painter Andrés Kal teaches you how to play with chance and embrace accidents to develop creative techniques that are far from conventional.
Andrés defines his unique style as creation, revelation, destruction, transformation, and rebirth. In this course, he shows you experimental oil painting processes to create portraits from a reference and then transform them with color and brushstrokes. Time to get painting!
What will you learn in this online course?
17 lessons & 29 downloads
- 98% positive reviews (91)
- 3,470 students
- 17 lessons (3h 20m)
- 29 additional resources (10 files)
- Online and at your own pace
- Available on the app
- Audio: Spanish, English
- Spanish · English · Portuguese · German · French · Italian · Polish · Dutch
- Level: Beginner
- Unlimited access forever
What is this course's project?
Create an expressive portrait in oil using a reference photo and experiment with chance and a range of brushstrokes.
Projects by course students
Who is this online course for?
Anyone who wants to learn new techniques and processes.
Requirements and materials
No previous knowledge of oil painting is necessary, but having some basic knowledge of drawing and/or anatomy will help you to follow the course content.
As for materials, you need a camera or a phone, a computer with editing software, and painting tools, as well as some office supplies.
Reviews
A course by Andrés Kal
Although he is mainly dedicated to portrait painting, Andrés Kal paints what he believes builds the identity of an individual. Since he published his first drawing in a newspaper at the age of 17, he hasn't stopped creating images. Over the last few years, he has developed a personal language to express himself freely.
Throughout his career, he has exhibited his work in Colombia and places like Peru, Mexico, USA, France, and Canada, among others, and he has had the opportunity to collaborate with brands such as Grolsch, VICE, Natura, Soho Magazine, Cromos, and Winsor & Newton.
Content
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U1
Introduction
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About Me
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Influences
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U2
Materials, tools and basic concepts
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Technical possibilities: materials and tools
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Tonal value 1
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Tonal value 2
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Essential Color Concepts 1
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Essential Color Concepts 2
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U3
The perfect image and moment
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The muse, the inspiration and the search
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Proportions and structure of the human head
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Intent, Composition, and Interpretation
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U4
The painting
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The drawing: fit and simplify the shape
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Intonation and anchoring
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Local color and large tonal blocks
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Build the shape
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Expectation vs. reality: corrections and adjustments
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How to say goodbye to your reference
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Color adjustments and shape correction
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FP
Final project
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Experimental Oil Painting Techniques for Portraiture
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What to expect from a Domestika course
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Learn at your own pace
Enjoy learning from home without a set schedule and with an easy-to-follow method. You set your own pace.
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Learn from the best professionals
Learn valuable methods and techniques explained by top experts in the creative sector.
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Meet expert teachers
Each expert teaches what they do best, with clear guidelines, true passion, and professional insight in every lesson.
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Certificates
PlusIf you're a Plus member, get a custom certificate signed by your teacher for every course. Share it on your portfolio, social media, or wherever you like.
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Get front-row seats
Videos of the highest quality, so you don't miss a single detail. With unlimited access, you can watch them as many times as you need to perfect your technique.
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Share knowledge and ideas
Ask questions, request feedback, or offer solutions. Share your learning experience with other students in the community who are as passionate about creativity as you are.
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Connect with a global creative community
The community is home to millions of people from around the world who are curious and passionate about exploring and expressing their creativity.
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Watch professionally produced courses
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FAQs
Domestika's courses are online classes that provide you with the tools and skills you need to complete a specific project. Every step of the project combines video lessons with complementary instructional material, so you can learn by doing. Domestika's courses also allow you to share your own projects with the teacher and with other students, creating a dynamic course community.
All courses are 100% online, so once they're published, courses start and finish whenever you want. You set the pace of the class. You can go back to review what interests you most and skip what you already know, ask questions, answer questions, share your projects, and more.
The courses are divided into different units. Each one includes lessons, informational text, tasks, and practice exercises to help you carry out your project step by step, with additional complementary resources and downloads. You'll also have access to an exclusive forum where you can interact with the teacher and with other students, as well as share your work and your course project, creating a community around the course.
You can redeem the course you received by accessing the redeeming page and entering your gift code.
lottekos
PlusDe cursus is mij goed bevallen, de combinatie van ollieverf techniek met wat creatieve 'touch' erbij vind ik inspirerend!
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raquelda
Muy interesante para experimentar en retratos
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annemilana
Hello,
Itry to orde wiht order price 0,99 /3 monts and during three monts the groupgroup prise is 0 Euro, after that the price will be higher.
But when i tried to order, the price jumps up to total diffetend higher price,why !!???
If the first promise is tru, I would like to take part and test, but if the brice is differend than in in the bromise, i am not interesting
Yours AnneMilana
luisafernandazapata
PlusMe encanto, esplica muy bien.
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kyojuro004
Hola a todos,Muy contenta con el curso..una pregunta, no logro conseguir el circulo cromático que usa Kal en el video. Alguien lo pudo comprar? Podrían decirme en que sitio?
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