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PROCESS VIDEO // self portrait
🕑 Added 2020-03-28 14:00:00 +0000 UTCHere’s the process video for the self portrait I just posted! The painting took me around 3 hours to make, and it’s sped up about 4 times (slower than most of my videos so you can get a good sense of how I approach paintings like these!)
Things to keep in mind while watching:
LAYERING LIGHTER COLORS ON TOP OF DARKER / MID TONES
This is a technique I use when I want my drawing to have a creamy, painterly feel. Basically I start with slightly darker colors, and then layer the brighter details on top. This is why, when I’ve put down the base colors by 3:30 minutes, the colors are darker than they were in real life. I can gradually add the lighter tones on top of this darker color as I get further in the painting process. I feel like this keeps a more classic painterly look.
SCULPTING WITH COLOR
With all my paintings, I like to get the colors down as quickly as possible so that I can ‘sculpt with color’ at a later point. The basic idea is to just pick colors off the canvas and use them to gradually add more definition and detail to the shapes. This is why my first sketch is really simple and fast - it’s just a starting point so I can quickly put the colors down and then start ‘sculpting’. This is also why I use liquify a lot: it’s another useful tool with which I can ‘sculpt’!
Hope you like it!
Comments
Loish
thanks so much! the more I merged the sketching and painting phase, the more intuitive my process became. for me it works really well!
Kolja Kähler
This was inspiring to watch! Makes me think about dropping the separation between drawing and painting stages. You have such a lively mix of techniques going, the piece is so beautiful and interesting to look at. Ah, I have to go and try out a few things now :D
Andy Bell
Work of Art
Iva Hian
Okay I just used this video to help with a piece I made, and it was so helpful!! Thanks for this!
Shany Boivin
Wah, great stuff! I have a great load to learn off the masters! Thanks for the reference!
Loish
by that i mean just artbooks with an overview of these artists' work :) this is one that i have and is awesome: https://www.amazon.com/J-C-Leyendecker-American-Laurence-Cutler/dp/0810995212
Loish
hmmm.. for painting I'm really influenced by some of the classic talents like norman rockwell and leyendecker! I always loved how they had creamy brush strokes and pushed the skin tones. i don't have any specific books for that except for some 'art of' books that always inspired me!
Loish
thanks so much :)
Garciartist
Amazing as always!
Shany Boivin
Is there any artists that you love and that have influenced your style and way of painting? Any books or YouTube channels you reccomend?
Silvia Mercuri
"sculpting with colours" Is amazingly well done!😍
