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Rachael's OCA Blog: Painting One: The Practice of Painting

Rachael's OCA Blog: Painting One: The Practice of Painting

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    • Part 1
      • Part 1: Project 1: Basic Paint Application
      • Part 1: Project 2: Transparent and Opaque
      • Research Point 1.3.1.1 : Chiaroscuro
      • Assignment One
      • Part One: What Paint Can Do? Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Part One: Comments on Tutor Feedback and Artist Recommendation Research
    • Part 2
      • Part 2: Project 1: Understanding Colour
      • Research Point 2.1.0: Chevreul’s Colour Theories
      • Research Point 2.2.0 : Still Life and Flowers by 17th Century Dutch Artists / Still Life by 18th, 19th and 20th Century Artists
      • Part 2: Project 2: Still Life
      • Part 2: Project 3: Colour Relationships
      • Research Point 2.3.2.1: Optical Effects: Aims and Effects Achieved
      • Research Point 2.4.0: Dutch Realist Genre Painters / Interiors, Illusions of Space and Rules of Composition
      • Research Point 2.4.1.1: Basics of Linear Perspective
      • Assignment Two
    • Part 3
      • Part 3: Project 1: Observing the Human Figure
      • Part 3: Project 2: Looking at Faces
      • Research Point 3.2.2.1: Moods and Atmosphere in Portraits
      • Part 3: Project 3: People in Context
      • Research Point 3.3.1.1: Figures in Interiors
      • Research Point 3.2.0: Self-Portraits
    • Part 4
      • Part Four: Preliminary Exercise
      • Part 4: Project 1: From Inside, Looking Out
      • Part 4: Project 2: Perspective
      • Part 4: Project 3: Expressive Landscape
      • Part 4: Project 4: Painting Outside
      • Part 4: Project 5: Working from Drawings and Photographs
    • Part 5
      • Research Point 5.0: Application of Paint
      • P5:P1: Different Ways of Applying Paint
      • Research Point 5.1: Abstract Expressionists and Tachism
      • P5: P2: Adding Other Materials
      • P5:P3: Towards Abstraction
  • Assignments
    • Assignment One
      • Part One: What Paint Can Do – Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Part One: Comments on Tutor Feedback and Artist Recommendation Research
    • Assignment Two
      • Part Two: Close to Home – Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Part Two: Comments on Tutor Feedback and Artist Recommendation Research
    • Assignment 3
      • Assignment Three
      • Part Three: Portrait and Figure – Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Part 3: Portrait and Figure: Tutor Feedback and Own Comments
    • Assignment 4
      • Assignment Four
      • Part 4: Looking Out – Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Part 4: Tutor Feedback and Artist Recommendations
    • Assignment 5
      • Assignment Five: Series of Paintings on a Theme
      • Part 5: Personal Development – Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Part 5: Tutor Feedback and Artist Recommendations
  • Research & Reflection
    • Part 1
      • Research Point 1.3.1.1 : Chiaroscuro
      • Part One: Comments on Tutor Feedback and Artist Recommendation Research
    • Part 2
      • Research Point 2.1.0: Chevreul’s Colour Theories
      • Research Point 2.2.0 : Still Life and Flowers by 17th Century Dutch Artists / Still Life by 18th, 19th and 20th Century Artists
      • Research Point 2.3.2.1: Optical Effects: Aims and Effects Achieved
      • Research Point 2.4.0: Dutch Realist Genre Painters / Interiors, Illusions of Space and Rules of Composition
      • Research Point 2.4.1.1: Basics of Linear Perspective
    • Part 3
      • Research Point 3.2.0: Self-Portraits
      • Research Point 3.2.2.1: Moods and Atmosphere in Portraits
      • Research Point 3.3.1.1: Figures in Interiors
      • Part Three: Portrait and Figure – Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Assignment Three
      • Part 3: Portrait and Figure: Tutor Feedback and Own Comments
    • Part 4
      • Research Point 4.3.0: Expressive Landscapes: Surreal / Emotional / German Expressionists / Symbolists
      • Research Point 4.4.0: The Golden Rule and the Rule of Thirds
      • Part 4: Looking Out – Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Part 4: Tutor Feedback and Artist Recommendations
    • Part 5
      • Research Point 5.0: Application of Paint
      • Research Point 5.1: Abstract Expressionists and Tachism
      • Part 5: Personal Development – Assignment Criteria and Reflection
      • Part 5: Tutor Feedback and Artist Recommendations
  • Exhibitions & Books
    • Notes from Life Drawing Live! Episodes

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