How to Block in Dark Values on a Chiaroscuro Acrylic Painting

►► Learn how to paint portraits realistically with my FREE lessons: Today, I’d like to share with you the next step on the Caravaggio-style painting I did of Paul the Apostle in the dark values. Last time, we finished up with the grisaille and white detail work on top. So now that we have the mid-tone and highlights, the next step is to increase the contrast by adding in the dark values. And it builds on top of that structure. 👉Want to know how to get better skin tones? Get my FREE “Fix Muddy Skin Tones“ PDF Guide and improve your portrait! → Check out my other video tutorials as well. 👇👇👇 👉Painting a Grisaille in Acrylic, Chiaroscuro Tenebrism—Part 2 👉Painting a Grisaille in Acrylic—Using Titanium White Highlights over Dark Brown 👉 Painting
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