Learn how to paint an acrylic portrait faster! I’ll demonstrate, in real-time, an alla prima portrait of an introspective young woman with black hair. What drew me to this image was the intense expression, slight smile, three-quarters view, and strong contrast between her face and hair. This portrait is painted within 30 minutes. It’s a fun exercise you can do to see how efficient you can get with your color choices, mixing and brushwork. Enjoy!
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Watch the video below to learn more about the 30-minute acrylic portrait and improve your painting.
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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!
I’ll demonstrate, in real-time, an alla prima portrait of a man wearing a dark brown cap. This man has an inquisitive expression on his face, and sharp-angled facial features in high contrast sunlight, that makes for a fun portrait to paint. This portrait is painted within 30 minutes. It’s a fun exercise you can do to see how efficient you can get with your color choices, mixing and brushwork. Enjoy!
Watch the video below to learn more about the 30-minute acrylic portrait and improve your painting.
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.
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!
I’m back to working on the painting of Moses, Aaron and Hur in the Amalekite Battle during Ancient Israel! In this video, I’ll show you how the glazing technique works, and how you can paint over a detailed sketch, and not lose the detail.
Watch the video below to learn how to use the acrylic glazing technique to improve the realism in your painting:
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.
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!
In this video of a painting of ancient Jewish King Hezekiah praying, I show you how to block in darker values, to bring out contrast and overall impact in your acrylic portraits and paintings.
Watch the video below to learn how to add darker value to your acrylic portrait and improve your painting.
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.
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!
I’ll show you how I draw facial features on a pencil Sketch. I’m teaching a high school art class how to draw a self-portrait Watch over my shoulder as I demonstrate how to accurately capture the likeness of the facial features after blocking in the main forms.
Watch the video below to learn how to draw facial features on sketching and improve your portrait painting.
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.
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!
In this video, I’m drawing a quick self-portrait as a demonstration for students in a high school drawing class. We discuss what pencils to use, how to hold them, how to layer and create differentiation of value, and blend.
Read more about how to paint a portrait that you can surely be proud of!
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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!
In this video, I demonstrate how to do a freehand portrait sketch I did in 30-minutes, a memory portrait of an old neighbor’s friend. Drawing is a skill that will help you in your portrait painting. Let me know how this video helps!
Watch the video below to learn more about the 30-minute acrylic portrait and improve your painting.
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.
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!
In this video, I’ll show you a portion of the process of a book cover illustration highlighting portions of the Biblical books of Luke and Acts.
Learn more about how to sketch and paint a painting you can be proud of by watching the video below.
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.
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!
This technique allows you to easily convert a detailed sketch to a painting, by using incremental, translucent layers. The color is vibrant, and you can develop a lot of shading and depth!
Watch the video below to learn how to use the acrylic glazing technique and improve your portrait painting.
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.
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!
In this video, taken from an in-person workshop I taught recently. I show you the first steps for painting an acrylic portrait using the glazing technique. It starts off very light, using translucent layers of paint mixed with clear acrylic matte medium. I’ll be showing more in videos to come.
Watch the video below to learn more about the glazing technique process and improve your painting.
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.
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!