This course will introduce students to the principles associated with the process and procedures of oil painting. You will learn how to see, analyze, and mix colors. Then by adding simple light/dark shapes we will define the image. While learning fundamental principles of light, plane, structure, and proportion, students will learn to construct images that look realistic. Demos will be provided.
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Meet the Instructor:
Oscar Peterson was born in Harlem, New York, and raised in Brooklyn, NY. He has worked as a professional art director and designer/illustrator for various corporations and non-profits, and as a commissioned fine arts painter who specializes in portraiture.
An alumnus of Pratt Institute and The Art Students League of NY, Peterson has studied with such leading realist painters as Nelson Shanks, Max Ginsberg, and Costa Vavagiakis. His works, both portrait and non-commissioned, are in corporate and private collections and museums across the country.
He uses traditional methods and techniques while incorporating new ideas and personal observations. His preferred medium is oil, although he frequently uses many mediums. Peterson describes his paintings as “realistic with an impressionistic feel” and his artistic style is inspired by the Impressionists and the Old Masters. His approach echoes a favorite quote from Alberto Giacometti; “The object of art is not to reproduce reality, but to create a reality of the same intensity.”
Image courtesy of Oscar Peterson