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Coming video workshops
| Dear Viewers, 1art.com and ArtPapa.com is proud to inform you about available and coming video workshops from Alexei Antonov. Alexei Antonov's educational projects of the Action for the Ecology of Culture series feature step-by-step explanation and demonstration of the rediscovered craftsmanship secrets of the Old Masters. Various compositions are used to demonstrate the painting of different textures, and to explain the peculiarities of different colors and factures. The Action for the Ecology of Culture series aims to follow the evolution of different Renaissance schools of painting. |
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| Video workshops available now: | |
| Portrait of Anna, a head portrait of a young woman, Flemish technique, the second workshop in the Action for the Ecology of Culture series. |  |
| Classical Oil Painting Video Workshop, the first workshop in the Action for the Ecology of Culture series, demonstrates the Flemish Masters techniques of painting a simple still life composition. |  |
| Claret Grapes, a detailed demonstration of complicated texture of the grape, the most expensive element in any painting, Flemish technique. |  |
| Video workshops coming soon: | |
| The Dutch Shortcut, technique of painting a large formal still life on the gray priming in four layers, a great variety of textures. |  |
| Portrait of a Young Girl, a formal portrait including the arms of a 17 year-old beauty in a wreath, with very long hair and a bouquet, Flemish School. |  |
| Portrait of the Yellow Rose, a small still life that answers the question asked by many contemporary artists, "How did the Old Masters paint flowers?" More floral still life workshops are to follow. |  |
| 16"x20" still life focusing on the technique of the mature Rubens. This shortcut method is executed in one layer and can help you complete an urgent order in two days. |  |
| Advice to Artists: Practical Skills and Theoretical Knowledge that every artist should possess to successfully work in the studio. This workshop adds to the recommendations of the previous video courses: how to stretch and prime the canvas, priming recipes, how to make a correct mixture, how to restore a brush, to make a palette, and much more. |  |
| Alexei Antonov is planning on other workshop series that, in addition to oil painting, will discuss and demonstrate many other aspects of visual art, such as foundations of drawing for beginners, water colors, dry point, airbrush, and much more. For more information about the availability of the above and other Action for the Ecology of Culture materials, please visit www.1art.com. | |