Joy Thomas | 108 min
In this oil painting tutorial you will learn how to paint a portrait from life in oil using a limited palette. From color mixing, toning the canvas and setting up your model, Joy shows you everything you need to get started. Then follow along step by step to paint a portrait from start to finish, learning techniques for proportions, developing shape and value, adding accent marks and highlights, and more.
Preview Painting Oil Portraits with a Limited Palette for tips on edge control, brushwork, tips for painting skin tones, and how to mix a full color palette with the 3 primary colors!
Oil Painting How-Tos Include:
- How to paint a portrait with a limited palette: primary colors plus black and white
- Lessons on brushwork, edge control, painting facial features and more
Painting Oil Portraits with a Limited Palette with Joy Thomas
MATERIALS
Oil Paint
- Cadmium Red (Bright Red)
- Cadmium Yellow Pale
- French Ultramarine Blue (Permanent Blue)
- Ivory Black
- Raw Umber
- Titanium White
- Yellow Ochre
Surface
- Double-primed linen (stretched)
Brushes (variety of sizes)
- Hog hair bristle filberts Cat tongue sables Mongoose soft flats Riggers
Other
- Odorless turpentine substitute
- Old rags
- Palette
- Palette knife Stand oil mix (#2)
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Video Includes
- 1 Lesson
