September 2022 – Realistic Acrylic Portrait School

25 minutes Charcoal Portrait Sketch

/ Real Time Tutorial Sketching Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo

If you’re looking at improving your portrait paintings, drawing freehand can really help.

In this video, I’ll show you a charcoal portrait sketch I did, in real-time in 25 minutes, with explanations of what I’m doing. Enjoy! See more of my art here.

To learn more about how I do the 25 minutes harcoal portrait sketch, watch the video tutorial below!

25 minutes Charcoal Portrait Sketch

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I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. I’ll greatly help you.

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Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

Painting The Same Acrylic| Painting Twice

/ Real Time Tutorial Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo

Can you paint the same painting twice?

A client asked if I could paint two acrylic paintings I did previously, again. I have no problem doing that since it is my own original artwork. But is it actually possible to paint the same picture again? What do you think?

To learn more about how I Paint the Same Acrylic paintings twice! Watch the video tutorial below.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. It’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Learn How to Paint Acrylic Portraits With My Free Mini-Video Course!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

Acrylic Glazing Technique in 2 Paintings

/ Glazing Real Time Tutorial Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo
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I’ll share some initial layers using the acrylic glazing technique as I paint a Biblical portrait of Elijah and Elisha and a still life simultaneously.

Learn how to make your paintings more lively with this no-pressure method of acrylic painting.

To learn more about how I created the painting, using the acrylic glazing technique in 2 paintings watch the video tutorial below!

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I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. I’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Learn How to Paint Acrylic Portraits With My Free Mini-Video Course!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

How to Paint a Face in an Acrylic Portrait

I’ll show you how to paint professional-looking nuances on your acrylic portrait.

Using the glazing technique, you will learn how to mix the paint, hold your brush, apply the paint in the right way, and blend in facial features and hair on the face. The result: an amazing portrait you can be proud to show!

To find out more about how I paint a face detail in an acrylic portrait and how to give your acrylic portrait realistic-looking nuances. Watch the video tutorial below

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I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. I’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Learn How to Paint Acrylic Portraits With My Free Mini-Video Course!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

Critique 3 Acrylic Portraits in Painting Challenge!

I critique three artists’ paintings from the acrylic portrait painting challenge.

In this video, I show what is working well aesthetically, and what could use improvement. I also show the artists how to make those improvements. These critiques are what I normally do for my Realistic Acrylic All-Access Members all the time. It helps them “get unstuck,” figure out the next steps in their portrait and take it to a higher level of realism. This way, artists can feel confident and paint a portrait they can be proud of!

Watch the video tutorial below to learn more about how I give my students a 3 Acrylic Portrait in Painting Challenge!

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I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. It’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Learn How to Paint Acrylic Portraits With My Free Mini-Video Course!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

Remove & Tone Highlights in your Acrylic

How to Tone an Acrylic Portrait & Wipe Away for Highlights

In this video, I’ll show you how I toned (or added a ground too) the entire canvas for my acrylic portrait of Daniel praying.

After covering everything with an umber glaze, I then wipe off certain areas, exposing the white of the canvas in areas of the picture where there would naturally be highlights. This creates an immediate distinction between light and dark values, that you can then build upon. It’s not easy to do with the glazing technique, but I’ll show you how, and hopefully, this is one technique you can add to your “toolbox” as you paint portraits!

Watch this video to learn more about how to tone an acrylic portrait & wipe away for highlights.

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I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. I’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Learn How to Paint Acrylic Portraits With My Free Mini-Video Course!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

How to Add Glaze to Your Acrylic Painting

How to Add Secondary Glaze to Your Acrylic Painting

/ Glazing Real Time Tutorial Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo
/ 22 COMMENTS

In this portrait of Daniel praying, I’ll show you how I continued on past the initial raw umber dark glaze that separated the light from shadow.

I am adding ultramarine blue and alizarine crimson glazes to establish the darker values. You can use this method to make your paintings more realistic!

To find out more about how to add secondary glaze to your acrylic painting watch the video below!

How to Add Secondary Glaze to Your Acrylic Painting

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I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. I’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Learn How to Paint Acrylic Portraits With My Free Mini-Video Course!

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

Deepen the Contrast in Your Acrylic

/ Glazing Real Time Tutorial Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo
/ 16 COMMENTS

Do you wonder how artists achieve such realistic portraits?

In this video, I’ll show you how to deepen the contrast in your acrylic portrait, using this example portrait of Daniel praying. I will both show and explain how to do it, using the acrylic glazing technique. Enjoy! Of course, let me know if you have any questions and I’ll be happy to help.

To find out more about how to enhance the contrast in your acrylic watch the video tutorial below!

Deepen the Contrast in Your Acrylic

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How to add Semi-Opaque Highlights to your Acrylic Portrait

I’ll show you how to add highlights using the glazing technique.

In this video tutorial, I will show you how I added some highlights to finish off a portrait, using the glazing technique on top of a quick 30-minute study.

I started the painting freehand, without a pencil sketch, just blocking in the paint quickly (for a change of pace) added some glazes, and then finished off with semi-opaque highlights. I’ll show you how a few brushstrokes can make a big difference in your painting.

To learn more about how to add semi-opaque highlights see the video below!

Archive Monthly Archives: September 2022

If you’re looking at improving your portrait paintings, drawing freehand can really help.

How to Enhance the Contrast in Your Acrylic

Read more about how to paint a portrait that you can surely be proud of!

Can you paint the same painting twice?

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. It’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

I’ll share some initial layers using the acrylic glazing technique as I paint a Biblical portrait of Elijah and Elisha and a still life simultaneously.

Read more about how to paint a portrait that you can surely be proud of!

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. I’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

I’ll show you how to paint professional-looking nuances on your acrylic portrait.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. I’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

P.S. Did you find this post helpful or encouraging? If so, send it on ahead! Let others know with the share buttons below. I’d love to hear your comments. Thank you so much! Also, do you have a question on acrylic portrait painting you’d like answered? Let me know, and I’d be happy to help!

I critique three artists’ paintings from the acrylic portrait painting challenge.

I’d love to hear your thoughts on this video. Please share it with your friends and family. Let me know if you have any further questions. It’ll greatly help you.

If you’d like to learn more, sign up for my free email tips and video class today.

Thank you so much for taking the time to read this tutorial and watch the video. That means a lot to me. I hope you find it very helpful in your portrait painting.

Yours for Better Portraits,

In this video, I’ll show you how I toned (or added a ground too) the entire canvas for my acrylic portrait of Daniel praying.

In this portrait of Daniel praying, I’ll show you how I continued on past the initial raw umber dark glaze that separated the light from shadow.

How to Add Secondary Glaze to Your Acrylic Painting

Do you wonder how artists achieve such realistic portraits?

Deepen the Contrast in Your Acrylic

Read more about how to paint a portrait that you can surely be proud of!

I’ll show you how to add highlights using the glazing technique.

How to add Semi-Opaque Highlights to your Acrylic Portrait

Read more about how to paint a portrait that you can surely be proud of!