The different properties of an oil paint by Jean-Baptiste Gouraud
Jean-Baptiste Gouraud gives us his expert opinion on the different properties of oil paint. During the first oil painting classes in art schools, students are often initiated into a particular drawing technique: painting the same still life, over and over again, for...
Jean-Baptiste Gouraud talks about the tools needed for oil painting.
According to Jean-Baptiste Gouraud the essential tools to make oil painting. As a general rule, any artist who starts working in oil painting will have to gather a selection of brushes, rags, a palette, painting supports, a primer, turpentine, a medium and a few tubes...
Discover Jean Honoré with Jean-Baptiste Gouraud
Jean-Baptiste Gouraud introduces us to one of his favourite painters, an extraordinary journey and works that will leave their mark on the history of art. Honoré Fragonard was born in Grasse on April 5, 1732 and began working as an apprentice in Jean Baptiste...
Jean-Baptiste Gouraud’s advice to beginners in oil painting
In this article Jean Baptiste Gouraud gives some advices for those who begins in oil painting. If you don't know how to play chess, sitting down with a group of players discussing their playing techniques could be a real source of frustration. This can happen when...
Jean Baptiste Gouraud analyses for us the style of the Nabi : Pierre Bonnard
As in every article Jean-Baptiste Gouraud presents us an approach, a technique, a universe of a painter he is passionate about. Pierre Bonnard, he is one of the greatest colorist among modern French artists. He was born in a small town southwest of Paris in 1867,...
Jean-Baptiste Gouraud tells us Nicolas de Stael
Nicolas was born in 1914 in the military aristocracy of St. Petersburg. To escape the revolution, the family emigrated to Poland until the death of his father, after which the young Nicolas was sent to live with a Russian family in Brussels. Ten years later, he...
Joaquin Sorolla by Jean-Baptiste Gouraud
Jean-Baptiste Gouraud : Today, I would like to share with you the story of one of my favorite painters, Joaquin Sorolla. Throughout my career, I have had quite a few artists who have influenced my work and whom I consider to be my idols. Joaquin Sorolla is very...
Jean-Auguste Dominique Ingres by Jean-Baptiste Gouraud
Among the painters who influenced Jean-Baptiste Gouraud, many are great classics of French painting. In this article Jean-Baptiste Gouraud tells us about an emblematic figure of neoclassical painting. Jean-August-Dominique Ingres was born Joseph Ingres in 1780 in...