Learn how to paint a portrait in oil paint. Full & Free tutorial. By Ben Lustenhouwer
In this complete tutorial I show step by step how I paint this portrait in oil paint.
Donations: No obligation, but if you can, please do!
How I make the flesh colors, the shadows and the light tones. I show my schematic approach.
With accompanying commentary what I do and why. The entire video length more than 2 hours.
At the point of 28:55 a slip of the tongue. I say “When you can´t tell its Green or Blue it´s Mauve. It must be Red and Blue of course, but you will notice that.
CHAPTERS
0:0:44 Preparing the palette
0:4:13 A turpentine wash 4:13
2. Starting with the hair 7:46
3. Painting the dress 15:24
4. The darkest shadows 22:53
5. The face: The light flesh tones on the forehead 26:57
6. The light flesh tones on the cheeks 29:39
7. The light flesh tones on the chin 36:04
8. The lips 38:59
9. The eyes 41:27
10. The ear 47:28
11. The neck 48:22
12. Retracing for the first time 50:17
13. Retracing around the eyes 1:01:54
14. TEA TIME 1:07:22
15. Refining the face I 1:07:27
16. Refining the face II 1:15:50
17. Refining the hair 1:18:50
18. Starting with the arm 1:22:54
19. More light on the arm 1:36:49
20. The other arm 1:40:50
21. The background 1:50:11
22. Softening contours 1:55:53
23. Again to the dress. 1:59:14
24. Details in the hair 2:04:14
25. Lingering at the eyes 2:08:11
26. Finishing touch I 2:09:38
27. Finishing touch II 2:12:53
It is my intention to publish in the future even more of everything I know about portrait painting .
And I want this information to be free for everyone. Some compensation for my efforts comes from the publicity which you see appearing occasionally. I hope you don’t find it too annoying.
Until now I received the most nice and grateful reactions from all over the world.
And that gives me a lot of satisfaction.
In my blog you will find even more information about portrait painting and a free eBook “One hundred portraits”:
The website of my cousin Will Sophie, who wrote and performed the most fantastic compositions for me:
My Instagram:
My gallery:
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