Acrylic Portrait of a Dog and a Foot: Time-Lapse

Let me show you how the acrylic glazing technique works, in a quick five minute video.

I’ll do that by sharing with you a recent acrylic portrait I did, capturing an experience of a woman who was hiking with her dog, and ended up laying down in the snow!

She wanted me to capture that moment of her dog and her foot shown as she snapped the photo from the ground.

This was an 11 x 14, acrylic on canvas, shown in a 5 minute- timelapse format. I painted it using the acrylic glazing technique, where we mix small amounts of paint into large amounts of clear acrylic medium to make the layers translucent, building up amazing depth and luminosity.

You can watch the video below…

I hope that this will inspire you in your own painting.

You can take it slow and easy, working the entire canvas in stages. You don’t have to get it right in the first layer. Rather, you can slowly “steer the ship” to the right destination. You adjust for any mistakes and build on your successes in each additional layer.

Enjoy!

Yours for Better Portraits,

 

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How to Block-in Hair on Your Acrylic Portrait

Hair is a challenging thing to paint in acrylic.

It’s hard to make it look real. I want to show you the first step in painting realistic hair in your acrylic portrait, in this video where I paint a portrait of three children.

You’ll find it’s a matter of creating the right shapes and patterns of value, and starting very simply, using the glazing technique. Let me show you how to paint hair without fuss in this quick video tutorial.

Did you enjoy this video?

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My goal is to make your life as acrylic portrait artist easier by giving you tips, lessons, and tutorials.

Yours for Better Portraits,

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The 30-Minute Acrylic Portrait: “Happy Man in Black”

Would you like to paint an acrylic portrait faster without the fuss? 

Let me show you how in the latest episode of the 30-Minute Acrylic Portrait. I’ll demonstrate on an 11″ x 14″ commissioned portrait of a pastor (“the happy man in black”) painting quickly with no sketch underneath.

 

 

Although this more opaque, painterly style is not as precise as the glazing technique that most people know me for, it’s fun to loosen up and push yourself to see what you can accomplish in a half an hour.

By the way, I will be adding more to this portrait after the show is done (maybe an hour or two of video),  and I plan on including it here as bonus videos in the classes section, here at Realistic Acrylic Portrait School.

You will learn how to:

• refine any proportions that were off
• adjust the original blocked-in values
• smooth out your shading.
• enhance contrast between the subject and background
• add detail

Interested? Sign up here and I’ll let you know when I post those lessons…

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Okay, without further ado…here is Season 2, Episode 1 of the “30-Minute Acrylic Portrait.”

 

Let me know what your thoughts—have you ever tried doing a portrait like this and would it help you paint faster?

Also, I’m thinking of doing a 30-minute acrylic portrait show with my usual glazing technique, complete with a sketch underneath, rather than this more aggressive opaque style. I’m curious what we could accomplish in a half an hour with that technique, though we certainly wouldn’t be able to complete a painting. But the 30-minute challenge may push us to create the foundation a little faster, hopefully without sacrificing quality.

Is that something you would be interested in seeing?

 

Yours for Better Portraits,

 

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