Painting Reddish Skin Tones With the Glazing Technique

How to paint a realistic skin tone using the glazing technique.

In this video, I show you how to paint realistic skin tones in a reddish hue using the glazing technique for acrylics. The demonstration portrait is from the previous Spring Portrait Painting Challenge of late student Diane Howe. I show you how to mix and apply skin tones around the eyes, nose, and forehead to blend smoothly and create a realistic portrait!

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Yours for Better Portraits,

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How to Paint Nuances on Dog Fur and Muzzle

Painting dog fur and muzzles

Watch the video to learn more about how to paint nuances on dog fur and muzzles.

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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,

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3 Parts of an Acrylic Landscape

/ Glazing Real Time Tutorial Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo

How do you paint landscapes?

Watch this free video tutorial to learn more.

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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 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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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!

Blocking In Skin Tone Values Using the Glazing Technique

Skin tones can be challenging, as all portrait artists know.

But I’ve discovered that using micro-layers of acrylic, diluted with matte medium, can really help you to build up volume on your faces as you paint. Skin tones and values go hand-in-hand. You always want to be thinking about tonal value (the range of how light and dark a color is) BEFORE you apply it. Then, you want to make sure you apply it in the right place on your face that you’re painting.

Watch my free video tutorial to learn more about the blocking in skin tone values using the glazing technique.

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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!

Glazing Background Colors and More in Acrylic

/ Backgrounds Glazing Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo

How do you glaze your background colors in acrylic?

I’ll demonstrate how I painted with glazing background colors and more in acrylic. I am working on a 30 x 40 acrylic portrait painting of Moses and Hur in an Amalekite battle, using the glazing technique to create vibrant effects of luminosity and depth.

I am adding some shading to get some warmer tones, and I will work on the background color, warmer tones for the clouds, some of the cool blues of the sky, and more acrylic. We will also work on Moses’ cloak as well.

Watch my tutorial below to learn more about the glazing background colors and more in acrylic.

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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!

How to Block In Shading and Skin Tones in Your Acrylic Portrait

/ Blocking-In Glazing Real Time Tutorial Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo

How do you block in shading and skin tones in acrylic?

Watch my tutorial to learn more about how to block in shading and skin tones in your acrylic portrait.

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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 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 do Smooth Shading with Acrylic

/ Glazing Real Time Tutorial Shading Video Tutorial
/ By Matt Philleo

I’ll show you step, by step, how I develops shading with the acrylic glazing technique.

Shading– the transition from a dark value to a lighter value in a two-dimensional work of art–is one of the most important techniques you can master to make a painting or drawing look realistic.

Watch my tutorial to learn more on how to do smooth shading with acrylic.

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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!

Acrylic Glazing Technique in 2 Paintings

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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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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

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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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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!

Category Archives for Glazing

Painting Reddish Skin Tones With the Glazing Technique

How to paint a realistic skin tone using the glazing technique.

How to Paint Nuances on Dog Fur and Muzzle

Painting dog fur and muzzles

3 Parts of an Acrylic Landscape

How do you paint landscapes?

LEARN MORE

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.

Blocking In Skin Tone Values Using the Glazing Technique

Skin tones can be challenging, as all portrait artists know.

Glazing Background Colors and More in Acrylic

How do you glaze your background colors in acrylic?

How to Block In Shading and Skin Tones in Your Acrylic Portrait

How do you block in shading and skin tones in acrylic?

How to do Smooth Shading with Acrylic

I’ll show you step, by step, how I develops shading with the acrylic glazing technique.

Acrylic Glazing Technique in 2 Paintings

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.

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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!

How to Add Secondary Glaze to Your Acrylic Painting

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