How to paint a portrait from live model in oil painting. Complete guide.
Channel: Ben Lustenhouwer
Date: 2023-02-02

How to paint a portrait in oil paint. Painting a portrait from a live model is not easy for some of you. Still, I would like to advise everyone to keep practicing portrait drawing as much as possible, in the long run it pays off

It is my intention to publish everything I know about portrait painting.
Donations are welcome. No obligation, but if you can, please do! https://paintingportraittips.com/donation/

00:00 Start
00:21 Intro
01:29 Preparation of the panel
02:07 Basic skin color mixture
02:33 Sketching in oil
05:31 Start in color
14:34 Why the piano
15:49 Tonal value
19:24 End of the day
20:18 Conclusion
21:46 Guitar
22:28 Art materials

The colors on my palette:

Titanium White, Talens/Rembrandt 105
Yellow Ochre, Talens/Rembrandt 227
Cadmium Red Deep, Talens/Rembrandt 306
Terra Rosa, Winsor & Newton 635
Transparent Oxide Red, Talens/Rembrandt 378
Alizarine Crimson, Winsor & Newton 004
Permanent Yellowish Green, Talens/Rembrandt 633
Chromium Oxide Green, Talens/Rembrandt 668
Viridian Green, Talens/Rembrandt 616
Cerulean Blue, Talens/Rembrandt 534
Ultramarine Blue, Talens/Rembrandt 505
Ivory Black, Talens/Rembrandt 701

I added 3 steps of neutral grays:
Ivory Black +Yellow Ochre+Titanium White

A Mauve mixture:
Ultramarine Blue + Alizarine Crimson + Titanium White

In my blog you will find even more information about portrait painting and a free eBook “One hundred portraits”: http://www.paintingportraittips.com

My gallery: https://www.lustenhouwer.com

The website of my cousin Will Sophie who wrote and performed the most fantastic compositions for me: https://willsophiemusic.com