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30-Minute Acrylic Portrait: “Old Man with Black Cap”

Painting a acrylic portrait in half an hour.

It’s time for another 30-minute acrylic portrait, where we paint a portrait in acrylic in half an hour. Unedited, raw footage, not a timelapse. See what is possible in a shorter amount of time! In this video, I will show you how to arrange the composition, block in the value structure, mix skin tones, and add detail.

By watching this video, and trying the exercise yourself, you can learn to prioritize your painting, get more done, and just have fun!

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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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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 in 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 Save Money on Your Acrylic Paint

Artists can save up to 50% or more on acrylic paint.

Save up to 50% or more on acrylic paint (vs name-brand acrylic purchased from your local art store) here

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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 in 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!

Paint Amazing Highlights on a White Dress in Acrylic

How do you paint white dresses?

In this video, I’d like to share with you some advanced techniques for making clothing, especially dresses, look real in your acrylic portrait. I’ll demonstrate how to paint highlights–what colors and brushes to use and where to place them for maximum realism!

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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 in 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!

Two Ways to Build Depth in Your Acrylic Landscape Background

How do you build depth in your acrylic landscape?

Every portrait painter will encounter landscape backgrounds sooner or later as they paint. How do you build up realistic depth, so that hills and trees look like they are in the distance? In this video tutorial, I’ll show you how. It’s a matter of choosing the right colors and tonal values, and placing them in the right location. I’ll show you how, in this example student portrait, we use the acrylic glazing technique to build up shading, luminosity, and depth, without losing the likeness of your sketch. Enjoy!

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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 in 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!

5 Tips to Draw Better Pencil Portraits

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/ By Matt Philleo

Do you want to learn how to draw a pencil portrait?

Many artists struggle with pencil portraits and making them look realistic. In this video, I’ll show you five tips to instantly improve your portrait drawings.

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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 in 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 Cool and Dark Skin Tone Nuances

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/ By Matt Philleo

Learn how to paint realistically cool and skin tones.

In this video, I show you how to paint skin tone nuances, cool and darker, blending into light. This is an important skill to learn. This is originally from a bonus video I did for the 2021 Acrylic Portrait Painting Challenge.

To learn more, watch my free video tutorial on how to paint cool and dark skin tone nuances.

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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 in 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 Lips in Your Acrylic Portrait

Get ready to perfect your lip painting in acrylic portraits.

I’m snagging a bonus video from the 2020 Fall Acrylic Portrait challenge, showing you how to paint lips in your acrylic portrait. What color highlights do you use? What do you use for shadows? I’ll show you my color mixes, and how to apply them, to portray the lips fully and realistically! Let me know how this helps!

To learn more, watch my free video tutorial on how to paint lips in your acrylic.

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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 in 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!

30-Minute Acrylic Portrait: “Pensive Man in Blue

Learn the 30-minute acrylic painting technique that brings this portrait to life with a few genuine strokes.

Back to another 30-minute acrylic portrait, where we paint an acrylic portrait, Alla Prima, in a half-hour. Learn to paint faster and more efficiently as you watch over my shoulder. We are painting a pensive-looking man in a blue shirt with strong lighting on his facial features to help us sculpt the forms right away.

Let me know if you are planning to paint a 30-minute acrylic portrait and how I can help! Leave me a comment below. What do you think of this painting? Want to see more of these? Let me know that too.

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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 in 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!

Bring Your Portrait Home with the Acrylic Glazing Technique

Create stunning portraits with the acrylic glazing technique.

If you’ve been following my teaching for a while, you know I use the expression quite a bit: “Let’s bring your portrait home.” 🙂 I don’t know why I use the expression. I’m not even good at baseball. But anyway, there is a lot to be said about HOW we finish a portrait. And finishing it well is the reward for the several hours of work you put into it to get it to that stage.

In this video, I’ll show you how to paint those final nuances on your portrait that make it look REAL and ALIVE. You’ll be amazed at how small of a brush we use to smooth out skin tones and subtle shifts in value. I’m demonstrating a large 48″ x 72″ portrait I did several years ago.

The acrylic glazing technique (and some prayer) make this all possible. We all know how difficult it can be to blend with acrylic.

Now, with my technique, you don’t have to use oils anymore to get a smooth, blended look on your portraits. Watch the video and learn my secrets on how to “bring your portrait home!”

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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 in 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 Adjust Skin Tones on a Hardboard Portrait

Achieve your ideal skin tone when creating portraits on a hardboard.

We’re going back in time to the portrait of “Jess” that I did for the 2021 Portrait Challenge. In this video lesson, I’ll show you how to adjust skin tones. Specifically, we’re looking at those difficult areas like the nose and skin around the eyes. It’s hard to get the right tint, especially in highlights. But I will break it down for you, step-by-step, showing you a portion of the finishing process.

To learn more watch my free video tutorial on how to adjust skin tones on a hardboard.

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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!

Painting a acrylic portrait in half an hour.

Artists can save up to 50% or more on acrylic paint.

How do you paint white dresses?

How do you build depth in your acrylic landscape?

Do you want to learn how to draw a pencil portrait?

How to Enhance the Contrast in Your Acrylic

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 in 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!

Learn how to paint realistically cool and skin tones.

Get ready to perfect your lip painting in acrylic portraits.

Learn the 30-minute acrylic painting technique that brings this portrait to life with a few genuine strokes.

Create stunning portraits with the acrylic glazing technique.

Achieve your ideal skin tone when creating portraits on a hardboard.