Alizarin Menninga-Fong, Jean Pham, and I will teach a workshop on painting melanated skin in portraiture, starting October 24th, at the Richmond Art Center. Sign up now. This painting workshop is for Bay Area artists who want to learn and practice classical oil painting tools and techniques for the sake of representing our communities’ stories,… Continue reading Melanated Skin Portrait Painting Workshop
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What is Chiaroscuro?
Here is my personal understanding of how to apply the idea of chiaroscuro in painting. It is often the case that the value range of a scene is greater than the range of value of your paint. This is particularly clear when painting a candle or a light bulb, but also often occurs in ordinary… Continue reading What is Chiaroscuro?
Self Portrait, (age 26) December 2022
Yesterday I decided to paint a self portrait while the atelier is empty for the holidays. I took photos of each step of the process, to make it easier to retrospectively critique my technique. First, I made a drawing with charcoal, and red and white chalk. In the drawing I was paying attention to the… Continue reading Self Portrait, (age 26) December 2022
Still Life with Grapes and a Pomegranate
First, I made a grisaille. Then I applied a couch of calcium carbonate and linseed oil paste, and then glazed into this couch while it was wet. I found that using calcium carbonate as a couch to paint into unified the surface, and gave me better control while rendering. I find that oil paint out… Continue reading Still Life with Grapes and a Pomegranate
Allegory Of Drawing Still Life
I made this painting using a grisaille with lead white and raw umber. Then I applied color in relatively thin layers, allowing the underlying texture to show through.
Self Portrait 2022
Self portrait using a direct technique. Oil on acrylic primed canvas. 9×12 inches.
Cast Study
Study of a cast in oil on canvas. The cast is of a “Marseille Warrior” from the Arc de Triomphe in France. I used an opaque grisaille technique. The pigments I used were lead white and raw umber, and I added calcium carbonate chalk to the lead white. The initial drawing was loose, and I… Continue reading Cast Study
Skull Painting
Oil on Panel. Alla prima study of a skull with purple fabric.
Blue Vase Still Life
Oil on Panel. I made an opaque monochromatic underpainting with raw umber and white. Then I applied local color in glazes and painted into the glaze with direct paint.
Still Life with Lemon
Oil on Canvas Panel. Raw umber imprimatura with opaque layer on top.
Charlie Antolin Artist 