Paint Like Van Gogh: The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise Blocking 2

Join us live every Wednesday at 7:00 PM Eastern Time for our exciting Van Gogh Live Reproduction project! In this course, we will focus on "The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise, View from the Chevet," a remarkable piece completed by Van Gogh around 1890, showcasing his unique and direct painting style. This free online course is designed to provide you with all the essential steps and techniques needed to master this artwork and elevate your skills in painting reproductions. Don’t miss this incredible opportunity to dive deep into the world of Van Gogh!
In the upcoming class, we will confidently begin adding our blocking colors for this sought-after art reproduction. With a limited palette and a color checker, we will closely examine Van Gogh's techniques and explore various effective approaches to this reproduction. Join us and unlock your artistic potential!
The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise, View from the Chevet
Artist Name: Vincent Van Gogh
Dated: 1890
Medium: Oil on Canvas
Dimensions: w740 x h940 mm
Location: Musee d'Orsay
Course Preparation for
The Church in Auvers-sur-Oise Reproduction
The Working Image:
A working image was created in Photoshop to use as a reference for the initial sketch. The canvas size is 18 inches wide by 24 inches high, and the blocks are 6 inches. I added lines to the white canvas using a brown pastel pencil. Please avoid using ink or charcoal and only draw the lines on the canvas.
Recommended Prerequisites Free Classes
Creating working Images in Photoshop
How To Paint With A Limited Palette Like A Pro
Get Accurate Colors With The Color Checker!.
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Material List
Materials List for the Van Gogh Live Reproduction
The canvas has been coated with gesso, rotated horizontally and vertically, and sanded lightly between each coat. As a result, I painted the canvas two times to keep a semi-rough working surface supporting this impressionist-style reproduction.
Clickable links will take you to Amazon, where they were purchased for reproduction.
Tools:
Proportional Divider
Color Checker
Glass Palette
Palette Knife
Ruler
Red or Black Pastel pencil for gridlines
Canvas For Reproduction:
18" " 24" "prepared canvas
Oil Paints:
All reproductions use a minimal pallet of six colors:
Cadmium Yellow
French Ultramarine
Burnt Umber
Titanium White
Vermillion Hue
Ivory Black
Glazing Mixture:
Pure Refined Linseed Oil for mixing and thinning
Windsor Newton Glazing and Blending Medium for glazing and thinning for details
Sketching With Paint:
Gamblin Gamsol is a solvent artists use to clean their brushes and thin down brown paint for the initial sketch on canvas. Remember not to use Gamsol or any other cleaning solvent for anything other than sketching. For example, George Werbacher uses brown paint thinned with Gamsol when needed for the initial oil painting sketch. In addition, George uses linseed oil only when prepping oil paints for use in all his reproductions and originals.