Artist turns Photo into a Painting – Portrait Painting

Posted by admin on March 28th, 2010 and filed under portrait painting | 1 Comment »

In this video, a talented portrait artist from http://www.portraitpainting.com turns a photo into a painting. Watch the artist complete this oil painting from start to finish.

Duration : 0:3:7

Read the rest of this entry »

Sessions – Portrait Painting: Underpainting

Posted by admin on March 15th, 2010 and filed under portrait painting | 1 Comment »

Tutorial video from Sessions Online School of Fine Art’s “Portrait Painting” course.
Learn more at:
http://finearts.sessions.edu/

Duration : 0:3:16

Read the rest of this entry »

Sessions – Portrait Painting Preparing to Paint

Posted by admin on January 28th, 2010 and filed under portrait paintings | 1 Comment »

Tutorial video from Sessions Online School of Fine Art’s “Portrait Painting” course.
Learn more at:
http://finearts.sessions.edu/

Duration : 0:3:51

Read the rest of this entry »

Sessions – Portrait Painting: Using Color as Value

Posted by admin on November 30th, 2009 and filed under portrait paintings | 2 Comments »

Tutorial video from Sessions Online School of Fine Arts’ “Portrait Painting” course.
Learn more at:
http://finearts.sessions.edu/

Duration : 0:4:14

Read the rest of this entry »

Meg Mercx painting portraits

Posted by admin on November 19th, 2009 and filed under portrait paintings | 18 Comments »

Monumental portraits in the process of beeing painted…

Duration : 0:3:0

Read the rest of this entry »

Marble Statues: National Portrait Gallery

Posted by admin on October 26th, 2009 and filed under portrait gallery | 13 Comments »

Marble Statues at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, D.C. Enjoy your day.
Music by Celestial Aeon Project
available at:
http://www.jamendo.com/en/artist/celestial.aeon.project/

http://www.mikseri.net/artists/?id=48147

Duration : 0:1:57

Read the rest of this entry »

oil painting techniques ~ portrait 1/3 (underpainting 1 – edge layer)

Posted by admin on October 11th, 2009 and filed under portrait painting | No Comments »

http://www.mniland.com

this is the initial underpainting

what your aiming to do here is define and fix edges and lines which could
otherwise become lost in subsequent layers
avoid creating edges you don’t want by blurring them out using painting Medium

colors used:
permanent rose
cadmium yellow light
french ultramarine
titanium white

brand:
Griffin Alkyd fast drying oil color

Mediums:
Liquin

wearing gloves
Disposable gloves should be considered when working with oil paints. Many pigments & mediums are toxic and can be absorbed through the skin.

part 2/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7MUEGpQY1rI&feature=related

part 3/3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yYODbxECS7E&feature=response_watch

Duration : 0:1:21

Read the rest of this entry »

Watercolor Portrait Painting

Posted by admin on September 26th, 2009 and filed under portrait painting | 24 Comments »

This is my latest commisioned painting. I have recorded my progress and used a program to speed up the time.

Duration : 0:2:4

Read the rest of this entry »

Portrait Painting of Breyon Austin

Posted by admin on September 23rd, 2009 and filed under portrait paintings | 25 Comments »

Another time lapse video of a portrait painting by Seamus Berkeley.

Duration : 0:4:58

Read the rest of this entry »