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Umber and white underpainting demonstration

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by  Ethan Semmel

An underpainting is definitely a part of the beginning of creating a painting. However, it's not the very beginning. If you'd like to begin all your painting with confidence instead of confusion, check ...

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How to make an underpainting – it makes painting easier

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by  Ethan Semmel

How to make an underpainting - it makes painting easierThe old masters would paint in a systematic way.Each layer of the painting had a specific goal.They painted with an underpainting before finishing with ...

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Step by Step To Begin Your Oil Painting

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by  Ethan Semmel

I had the following question sent to me - "Pretend it's the very first time you tried to paint, could you give me a step by step method to get started?"That's something many people ...

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Underpainting a head – a demonstration

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by  Ethan Semmel

If you have seen my video where I give you an outline for the steps of the oil painting process, this is an example of beginning an underpainting. I paint this head from ...

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How to oil paint – draw and apply color

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by  Ethan Semmel

The most common way of modern painting has painters drawing directly with their brush in color. The artist that I immediately think of that explains it best is John Singer Sargent. When this ...

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