Enhancing the Contrast and Introducing a New Color

Fall 2021 Acrylic Portrait Painting Challenge Master Class Premium Version

Welcome!

Lesson 1: Preparing the Panel to Make it Easy to Paint

Lesson 2: Sketching for Accurate Proportions and Likeness

Lesson 3: Getting Ready to Paint

Lesson 3: Whiting Out the Grid Lines, Sealing and Toning/ Muting Your Sketch (39:34)

Lesson 4: Beginning the Painting Process

Blocking in the Value Structure with Raw Umber Dark and Ultramarine Blue (15:53)
Building More within the Value Structure with Raw Umber Dark and a Bit of U.B. (11:12)
Adding Another Layer of Raw Umber Dark and Ultramarine Blue (12:41)
Applying a Mostly Ultramarine Blue Glaze to the Highlights (8:15)
Starting the Skin Tones and Facial Value Structure (16:40)

Lesson 5: Building Up Values, Skin Tones, and Background Hues

Darkening the Shadows within the Background (6:54)
Glazing the Sweater and Hair Shadows (8:26)
Making a Correction to the Hair (5:56)
Building Up the Skin Tones—Red Tints (10:18)
Building up the Skin Tones—Yellow Tints (8:16)
Adding Color to the Background Mid-tones (6:42)

Lesson 6: Developing More Mid-Tones and Skin Tones

Strengthening Shadows in the Background (11:00)
Warming up the Mid-Tones in the Background (8:00)
Working on Hair Highlights and Skin Tones (12:43)
Building up Color and Value on the Lips, Cheeks, Nose, and Chin (14:36)
Adding Shadows to the Edge of Face and Hands (12:57)

Lesson 7: Darkening the Shadows and Mid-tones Further

Adding a Raw Umber/ Ult. Blue Glaze to Hair, Background and Sweater (7:33)
Enriching Background/ Sweater Mid-tones (7:20)
Adjusting Shapes of Dark Values in the Background (10:52)
Darkening the Hair with a Smaller Brush (9:09)
Adding Alizarine Crimson and Raw Sienna Skin Tones/ Values (8:58)
Darkening the Background for More Contrast (6:35)

Lesson 8: Darkening the Background, Facial Details, Hands, and Skin Tones

Darkening the Hair, Clothing, and Background (10:13)
Working in the Shadows and Skin Tones on the Face (9:12)
Working in Bluish Tints to the Skin Tones (6:39)
Darkening Select Areas of the Eyes (8:45)
Refining Darker Detail Values in the Hands (13:21)

Lesson 9: Building up the Mid-tones in the Background and More

A Few Comments (1:46)
Darkening the Background More (7:27)
Enriching the Mid-tones in the Background (8:03)
Continuing to Add More Depth to the Background Mid-tones (7:37)
Darkening the Hair (8:37)
Darkening the Clothing Shadows and Background (8:57)
Darkening the Hair Shadows and Clothing (7:21)

Lesson 10: Working on the Skin Tones

Enhancing the Contrast and Introducing a New Color (7:32)
Enhancing the Skin Tones for the Cheek, Nose, Forehead, and Jawline (12:29)
Smoothing out the Cheek (8:05)
Enhancing the Lips (3:59)
Adding More Contrast to the Cheek Left Side (5:34)

Lesson 11: Making the Eyes Come Alive!

Lesson 12: Refining Several Areas

Darkening Her Hair and Sweater (9:06)
Darkening Her Hair and Background (6:42)
Refining the Eyes and Mouth, Part 1 (10:47)
Refining Her Eyes and Mouth, Part 2 (11:52)
Adding Nuances to the Hand (8:00)
Adding Surface Shadows to the Fingers (9:27)

Lesson 13: Bringing Facial Features Closer to Completion

Refining the Eyebrows, Nostrils, Mouth, and Hair (9:43)
Adding Additional Nuances to the Hand (9:42)
Painting Shadows on the Lips and Teeth (10:51)
Painting Highlights on the Lower Lip (5:39)
Lightening Skin Tones Semi-Opaquely (10:40)
Adding Nuances to Eyes and Nose (8:59)

Lesson 14: Refining the Forms, Values and Colors of Hair and Sweater

Adding Warmth to Hair Fringe (8:08)
Detailing Hair Highlights (12:22)
Refining Hair Edges with Darker Values (11:24)
Adding Detail to Sweater Highlights (13:39)
Adding Nuances to Shoulder and Head (8:39)
Adding Nuances to Tear Duct Areas (4:41)

Lesson content locked

If you're already enrolled, you'll need to login.