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Realistic Portraits for Beginners

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Step 1 - Targeting Your Strengths & Weaknesses

8 Lessons

Welcome to Realistic Portraits for Beginners

1.1 How to Simplify a Process That's Been Overcomplicated + Downloads

1.2 IMPORTANT: Painting Process Overview

1.3 Acknowledging Unseen Disruptors

1.4 Developing the Right Mindset

1.5 How to Really "See" as a Portrait Painter

BONUS LESSON: Mood Matters (From the Course, Cinematic Portraits)

BONUS LESSON: Portrait Composition (From the Course, "Composition in Art for Beginners")

Step 2- Mastering Your Materials

8 Lessons

2.1 Oil Paint Materials

2.2 Materials You Will Need (Note: Download Materials pdf)

2.3 Reference Photo: Print vs Digital

2.4 Paper and Gesso Options

2.5 Applying Color to Your Background - Why?

2.6 How to Gesso Your Surface

2.7 Learning about Paintbrush Lines

2.8 How to Clean Your Paint Palette

Step 3- Color Mixing Made Easy

12 Lessons

3.1 Color Wheel "Dinner Party"

3.2 Why Are You Mixing Muddy Colors?

3.3 Hue, Value and Saturation

3.4 Transparency and Opacity

3.5 What is 'Local Color'?

3.6 What is a Limited Palette?

3.7 Choosing Paint Colors

3.8 Color Recipe Books

3.9A Intro to Canva- Why Use it for Painting Portraits?

3.9B Reference Photo Swatch Prep in Canva

3.9C Advanced Painting Prep in Canva

3.9D Virtual Paint Mixer

Step 4- Perfect Proportions

9 Lessons

4.1 Benefits of an Accurate Drawing

4.2 Secret Tools of the Masters: Grid, Projector, Camera Obscura

4.3 Introduction to the Planes of the Face

4.4 Form & Planes of the Face

4.5 Finding or Formatting your Reference Photos

4.6 Transfer Paper

4.7 The Secrets to a Successful Image Transfer

4.8 The Image Transfer Blueprint

BONUS: Pexels

Step 5- Building an Underpainting

8 Lessons

5.1 What is an Underpainting

5.2 Introduction to Highlights, Mid-tones & Shadows

5.3 IMPORTANT: Putting it All Together: Underpainting + Glazing

5.4 Colors for an Underpainting

5.5 How to Setup Your Paint Palette- Value Scale on Palette

5.6 Monochrome Values on Various Background Colors

5.7 How to Soften & Smooth your Monochrome Gradients

5.8 Refining for a Rendered Underpainting

Step 6- 'Lit from Within' Glazing

9 Lessons

6.1 What are Color Glazes?

6.2 Glazing Mediums

6.3 Another Way of Explaining Glazes

6.4 Opacity & Scale Demonstration

6.5 Complementary Color Glazing Strategy

6.6 How Primary Color Glazes Affect Various Underpaintings

6.7 How Secondary Color Glazes Affect Various Underpaintings

6.8 How to Glaze Your Details

Student Questions: Materials, Color Glazing and Softening Wrinkles

Step 7- Realistic Rendering

8 Lessons

7.1 Rendering Your Portraits

7.6 The Big Secret to Realism

7.7 BONUS: Depth, Scale and Color (From Composition in Art for Beginners Course)

7.8 Bonus: Student Questions: Painting Children, Hair

Step 8- Practice Painting Portraits

1 Lesson

0.0 Recommended Timeline

Portrait One

8 Lessons

1.0 Canva and Your Reference Photo

1.1 Local Color Background & Image Transfer

1.2 Blocking in Values - Part 1

1.3 Blocking in Values: Pt 2

1.4 Blocking Values with Gloss Glazing Liquid

1.5 Color Glazing

1.6 Detail Color Glazing

BONUS: Real Time Painting of Right Eye

Portrait Two

6 Lessons

2.0 Canva Image Prep

2.1 Local Color Background & Image Transfer

2.2 Blocking in Values, Pt 1

2.3 Blocking in Values, Pt 2

2.4 Color Glazing

2.5 Detail Color Glazing

Portrait Three

7 Lessons

3.0 Canva Image Prep

3.1 Local Color Background & Image Transfer

3.2 Block in Values with Matte Medium

3.3 First and Second Glazing Layer

3.4 Color Glazing, Pt. 1

3.5 Color Glazing Pt. 2

3.6 Detail Color Glazing

Portrait 4

8 Lessons

4.0 Canva Image Prep

4.1 Local Color Background & Image Transfer

4.2 Blocking in Values

4.3 Blocking in Values with Gloss Glazing Liquid Pt. 1

4.4 Blocking in Values with Gloss Glazing Liquid Pt. 2

4.5 Color Glazing

4.6 Color Glazing Pt. 2

4.7 Detail Color Glazing

Portrait 5

7 Lessons

5.0 Canva Image Prep

5.1 Gray Gesso & Image Transfer

5.2 Blocking in Values Pt. 1

5.3 Blocking in Values Pt. 2

5.4 Local Color Tonal Glazing

5.5 Color Glazing

5.6 Color Glazing Details

Portrait 6

8 Lessons

6.0 Canva Image Prep

6.1 Gray Gesso & Image Transfer

6.2 Blocking in Values Pt. 1

6.3 Blocking in Values Pt. 2

6.4 Local Color Tonal Glazing

6.5 Color Glazing Pt. 1

6.6 Color Glazing Pt. 2

6.7 "Glazing Out"

Step 9 - Troubleshoot, Share & Critique

3 Lessons

Troubleshoot

Critique

What's Next?

2 Lessons

Check out my Course, "Composition in Art for Beginners"

Check out my Course, Cinematic Portraits

Realistic Portraits for Beginners

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Step 1 - Targeting Your Strengths & Weaknesses

Welcome to Realistic Portraits for Beginners

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