Learn To Paint Portraits in Acrylic
Welcome!
In this video series, artist Paul Richmond breaks down the fundamentals of painting acrylic portraits into 10-minute exercises that will help you learn the tools, techniques, and skills of this popular medium. Students will create one original painting from start-to-finish during this course, each lesson containing another step in the process.
Materials
You are welcome to work with any acrylic painting materials you'd like, but here's a list of everything Paul will be using in this series:
- 8" x 10" stretched canvas
- Acrylic paint - primary colors (red, blue yellow), white, and black are all that’s necessary. Additional colors if possible: brown, green,
- Acrylic paintbrushes - variety of sizes
- Paint tray or palette paper
- Soft-lead pencil (4B or 6B)
- Cup of water and paper towels
Video Lessons
- Materials and Sketch
- Underpainting - Dark Values
- Underpainting - Medium and Light Values
- Grisaille Method - Background
- Grisaille Method - Hair
- Grisaille Method - Shadows on the Face
- Grisaille Method - Shadows on the Neck
- Grisaille Method - Light Values on the Face
- Grisaille Method - Light Values on the Face and Neck
- Grisaille Method - Eyes
- Grisaille Method - Finishing Touches
- Glazing Color
- Glazing Skin Color
- Glazing Details
- Finishing Touches