Realistic Oil Portraiture: Conveying Detail and Expression

Description

In this course, you will learn:

• Begin the following unit by familiarising yourself with the equipment and materials you'll be working with.
• Learn why Alan chooses to take his own shots of his topic and how he achieves the perfect shot.
• To improve your observational skills, make individual pencil sketches of an eye, nose, mouth, and ear.
• Then, figure out how to set up your workspace and tools, including your painting palette.
• Then it's time to pick up your brush and get painting! Improve your line and tonal washes, learn how to blend colours, and draw delicate fine lines.
• Paint shadows, then go on to mid-tones, and learn how to cross-reference your image as you go.
• After you've completed your underpainting, go over your subject again and add highlights and other small details.
• Learn how to get a new perspective on your work so you can give it the ideal finishing touches.
• Learn how to maintain and show your portrait at the end of the course, as well as how to promote your work on social media.

Syllabus:

1.  Introduction

   • Introduction

   • Influences

   • What Will We Do in This Course?
      

2. Preparation

   • Materials

   • Your Subject

   • Exploring Features
      

3.  Set up and Preparation

   • Preparing a Painting Surface

   • Tracing the Image

   • Set up before Painting
      

4.  Production

   • Beginning Our Painting: Defining the Features 1

   • Beginning Our Painting: Defining the Features 2

   • Dark and Shadows 1

   • Dark and Shadows 2

   • Mid-tones

   • Cross-referencing

   • Highlight, Fine Details and Glazing
      

5.  Post-production

   • Completion

   • Preservation

   • Share Your Work
      

6. Final Project

   • Realistic Oil Portraiture: Conveying Detail and Expression