I'm all set for my first portrait. The canvas board is gesso-ed, sanded smooth and image transposed from a photo of my kid. Next step is paint on canvas (board). I picked up the eclipse and neo a while back and have only played around with them so far using craft paint - saving the good paint for the portrait. Thank you for getting me this far.
so awesome! My advice is to go slow- mistakes are always going to happen in painting so don't panic or give up as they appear. Above all else, focus on what you see. You got this one!
@theartworkshop my brother-in-law, recently bought a red 1968 MGB GT. He sent me a load of photos of it. So I am painting a few studies of it. I haven't painted a picture of a car before, so it's been a bit of a learning curve. I re watched your car video and some from Steven Leahy and Bill Snegon then sort of adapted the info to my style. I'm on my second painting, which is a detail of the back light cluster and chrome bumper. I've had real trouble getting the translucent quality of the back lights ... because they are not set into the car and sit on the edge of the back wings so you can see the inside of the light fitting through the red and orange plastic lense and the lenses have many defuser lines going from top to bottom. After much practice, I think I have it pretty near but not perfect. But that is the joy of airbrushing.
wow- that is an incredible car! Steve Leahy is incredible at painting cars- he's got such a cool style to his work. I recently bought one of his paintings and just love it. Bill Snegon's youtube channel is awesome. Seen a few of his paintings and I love his work as well. I hear you on the lights. Glass and reflections can be so much work. Sometimes it's like working on a second painting within the actual painting. I'd love to see some of the painting if you feel like sharing. Sounds like a fun one!@@kenbarton3136
OK Mark - now I understand about the use of white. I am about to throw caution to the wind and start this portrait but I may project the image we shall see. I really like the Schoellershammer 4G illustration board so may use this.
Fantastic Mark. Very educational as well as inspirational. I especially like your definition of "mistakes." Great perspective. Also, as always, your talent is so appreciated. Love your portrait work. Thank you so much for all your efforts and continued excellent content .
What a great tutorial! thanks for sharing such a great art and knowledge, I always look forward to your video on Fridays :) I'm wondering what do you think about this type of paint in terms of durability compared to oils, most of the classic old masters painted using oil medium and their masterpieces still in good shape today, some, even after 100's of years...do you think would also be the case of this type of acrylic/water based paint?
Thanks so much Jose! I wonder about that as well and I sadly have no real answer. Apparently acrylics are supposed to be tougher and longer lasting than oils, but oils have already stood the test of time. Acrylic paints are tough for sure and extremely durable, but who knows how well they will hold up to oils in the long run. I like them both, but these days it's been pretty much acrylics only for me.
Very nice work and instruction, thank you. Two questions… Have you ever tried to ‘spray’ gesso as part of your panel preparation? And secondly, how do you feel about airbrushing with inks? Thanks again
thank you! Yes, spraying gesso works very well. You need a mask and it creates a lot of overspray, so I usually just use a roller. I've used liquitex inks and they are awesome but they are just a thinned down acrylic paint. I've never used any others than that. Hope this helps.
I was wondering if you could talk about how to avoid blueshift in airbrushing? I guess this is why you paint in white and erase? What if you wanted to add white instead of removing paint?
I have to make a video on it eventually. It's one of the reasons I erase paint, but I also love the drawing approach with an eraser and the textures you can get from it. That's just my preference of course, but using opaques is a great method. With the blue/gray shift you'll get in portrait painting, you can spray some orange over the top to negate the hue shift. Orange is the complementary to blue, so it will minitize it. Hope this helps!
hey Cyril, there are a bunch of ways to go about it with erasing. One way that I used to love is to use opaques and paint the skin textures in on top of one another, building them up. This technique is a lot like traditional oil painting, then using some transparent glazes over the top to adjust the hue. Try painting a small still life study of like an apple or an orange using opaques to build up texture and see if you like it.
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I really appreciate that Mag- thank you!
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thanks! hope they are helpful
Grazie per la preziosa lezione,maestro.
Thanks so much Francesco!
Thanks so much Mark perfect lesson like always you are the best ❤ i love to watch you painting ....🙏
Thanks so much M.! I hope you are doing well my friend
Brilliant stuff always learn something new when I watch your videos thanks for sharing 👍
thanks so very much Rob!
I'm all set for my first portrait. The canvas board is gesso-ed, sanded smooth and image transposed from a photo of my kid. Next step is paint on canvas (board). I picked up the eclipse and neo a while back and have only played around with them so far using craft paint - saving the good paint for the portrait. Thank you for getting me this far.
so awesome! My advice is to go slow- mistakes are always going to happen in painting so don't panic or give up as they appear. Above all else, focus on what you see. You got this one!
Love your channel. Thank you
Happy to hear it. Thank you back!
Lots of great information as usual. I do like the anatomy lesson parts.
thanks so much Ken! I'll have to do some more in the future. How's are your painting going?
@theartworkshop my brother-in-law, recently bought a red 1968 MGB GT. He sent me a load of photos of it. So I am painting a few studies of it. I haven't painted a picture of a car before, so it's been a bit of a learning curve. I re watched your car video and some from Steven Leahy and Bill Snegon then sort of adapted the info to my style. I'm on my second painting, which is a detail of the back light cluster and chrome bumper. I've had real trouble getting the translucent quality of the back lights ... because they are not set into the car and sit on the edge of the back wings so you can see the inside of the light fitting through the red and orange plastic lense and the lenses have many defuser lines going from top to bottom. After much practice, I think I have it pretty near but not perfect. But that is the joy of airbrushing.
wow- that is an incredible car! Steve Leahy is incredible at painting cars- he's got such a cool style to his work. I recently bought one of his paintings and just love it. Bill Snegon's youtube channel is awesome. Seen a few of his paintings and I love his work as well. I hear you on the lights. Glass and reflections can be so much work. Sometimes it's like working on a second painting within the actual painting. I'd love to see some of the painting if you feel like sharing. Sounds like a fun one!@@kenbarton3136
@theartworkshop Hi Mark, I would show you the picture, but I'm not sure how to.
my email is theartworkshop100@gmail.com Looking forward to seeing your paintings!@@kenbarton3136
Top class video. Very informative. Thanks Mark
Thanks so much Cyril- really happy to hear that. How is your Walter White portrait coming along?!
OK Mark - now I understand about the use of white. I am about to throw caution to the wind and start this portrait but I may project the image we shall see. I really like the Schoellershammer 4G illustration board so may use this.
awesome! I love illustration board. Great surface to draw or paint on.
Fantastic Mark. Very educational as well as inspirational. I especially like your definition of "mistakes." Great perspective. Also, as always, your talent is so appreciated. Love your portrait work. Thank you so much for all your efforts and continued excellent content .
Thanks so very much!
Thanks for the welcome back, Mark. Great video as usual. Always something to learn which never fails.
Happy to have you here! Thanks so much
Awesome video, I always learn so much more than I thought I was going too when watching your videos, thank you so much.
Thanks so much- so happy to hear that!
Excellent as always!
Cheers Duane! Thanks so very much
how long do you think you spent on the eye? and how long do you think it took you to complete the entire portrait?
What a great tutorial! thanks for sharing such a great art and knowledge, I always look forward to your video on Fridays :)
I'm wondering what do you think about this type of paint in terms of durability compared to oils, most of the classic old masters painted using oil medium and their masterpieces still in good shape today, some, even after 100's of years...do you think would also be the case of this type of acrylic/water based paint?
Thanks so much Jose! I wonder about that as well and I sadly have no real answer. Apparently acrylics are supposed to be tougher and longer lasting than oils, but oils have already stood the test of time. Acrylic paints are tough for sure and extremely durable, but who knows how well they will hold up to oils in the long run. I like them both, but these days it's been pretty much acrylics only for me.
Very nice work and instruction, thank you. Two questions… Have you ever tried to ‘spray’ gesso as part of your panel preparation? And secondly, how do you feel about airbrushing with inks? Thanks again
thank you! Yes, spraying gesso works very well. You need a mask and it creates a lot of overspray, so I usually just use a roller. I've used liquitex inks and they are awesome but they are just a thinned down acrylic paint. I've never used any others than that. Hope this helps.
I was wondering if you could talk about how to avoid blueshift in airbrushing? I guess this is why you paint in white and erase? What if you wanted to add white instead of removing paint?
I have to make a video on it eventually. It's one of the reasons I erase paint, but I also love the drawing approach with an eraser and the textures you can get from it. That's just my preference of course, but using opaques is a great method. With the blue/gray shift you'll get in portrait painting, you can spray some orange over the top to negate the hue shift. Orange is the complementary to blue, so it will minitize it. Hope this helps!
Thank you!@@theartworkshop
How would you go about creating skin texture without the use of erasers which old open up all substrates to being used.
hey Cyril, there are a bunch of ways to go about it with erasing. One way that I used to love is to use opaques and paint the skin textures in on top of one another, building them up. This technique is a lot like traditional oil painting, then using some transparent glazes over the top to adjust the hue. Try painting a small still life study of like an apple or an orange using opaques to build up texture and see if you like it.