Hi Alex! Again, I love your videos. The one-on-one via Patreon was awesome. I feel like I learned a wealth of instruction in a single meeting. I sincerely appreciate the time and energy you invested. Can’t wait til the next video… Racquel
my eyes are about 4mm different in hight when you look at the corners of the eyes. if I was to paint a self portrait it wouldn't look like me if I didn't offset them, and although more attractive probably definitely not accurate. My eyebrows sit at different heights too. Having an uneven face is extremely common to varying degrees and personally I wonder if these old masters didn't make a mistake but portrayed it actually accurately. As with me if you were to correct this it actually takes away from the likeness.
But I bet the middle of your mouth lines up directly under the bridge of your nose when viewed from the front and your eyes are still approx half way down between the top and bottom of your head? It still helps to know where these centrelines are and their angle, you can deviate from them. Also, your eyes probably aren't as crooked as some people paint them?
Hey Alex.. I really appreciate your style of narration that helps describe to the viewers what you are focused on as you lay down your brush strokes. For myself, it helps to align my understanding of your perspective and it will be put into use on developing methods for my own paintings. I feel it''s not only important to understand how to paint... it is also important to learn how and why to see, think and feel through the process. THANK YOU!
I like the way the artist reduced contrast, for example the shadow along the nose, and reduced the fullness of the jaw, maintaining the bow of the lips to give her a Renaissance look. Very cool. He also toned down the eyebrows somewhat and increased their distance above the eye. All this is good, and historical, even if he doesn't know he's doing it!
Thank you Carlos! The shadows and the eyebrows are actually lighter when you see them with the naked eye, the camera makes them appear darker. If I made the distance between the eyes and the eyebrows too great that wasn't intentional, I did so by mistake.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting Oh, thanks for the reply. You bring up another point that artists might not appreciate-- no camera lens is yet as sophisticated as the human eye, and the camera tends to increase the contrast of values. You however, have a very good eye. I hope you keep up some of those "mistakes" which are actually very beautiful bits of artistic license. Some things I've noticed from studying master paintings (Google Art Project is a great resource). Shadows under the chin were very much toned down, even neglected, even in baroque lighting, though the typical ruff hid them a lot of the time. Sargent was not one to tone down a nostril generally, though typically this was done too, often painted very reddish. Eyebrows were often super sophisticated bits of brush magic. Even with your mid century illustrators, eyebrows zigged and zagged with much more life than life. Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming. They're some of the best on TH-cam.
WOW!!! I AM TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY BY THE INCREDIBLE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING UNDERSTANDING THIS TOPIC CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ME. BRAVO!!! I HAVE NEVER USED OILS( I OWN ZERO ) OR ACRYLICS ( I HAVE THEM ). I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF GRAPHITE & A BIT OF CHARCOL DRAWING, ALSO, COLORED PENCILS, WATERCOLOR PENCILS, PASTELS AND WATERCOLOR PAINT. THIS VIDEO HAD ME ABSOLUTELY, AND TOTALLY MEZMERIZED 100% + + ! THANKS SO MUCH!
Beautiful painting of a beautiful model. The way you used color to achieve the end result is amazing to me. That alone is such excellent instruction. Thank you for your insightful and precise explanations. You truly are an exceptional portrait painter.
If it doesn't click right away, take heart, and don't worry. Ability can improve subconsciously over time. It was a pleasant surprise to discover a natural talent for painting that was not there a few years ago. Information is picked up and stored somewhere. Coming back to videos like this helps to pin labels on the workflow that would be difficult to describe otherwise. To see what improved and what has not. And what to do about it. Good video.
Hats off to Rosey for being so patient and still. 😊 The lighting is perfect and the model has very refined features. That is important. Thank you for this lesson.
Absolutely fantastic explanation / teaching here..really learnt a lot in this one video. You are a born teacher because you explain WHY you do everything too.
Alec thank you so much for your sharing your knowledge. I wanted to become an artist when young, but my parents could afford to send me to art classes. Only recently due to disability I had to leave work. This left me time to focus on developing what was left, this happened to be my artistic desire. I’ve never had any formal training and it shows I’m afraid but I have sold a few amateurish attempts of mine through local exhibits.i was comforted to know the m8stakes I was making were the same as the masters. In my last portrait I had noticed the problem with the eyes but wasn’t sure how to prevent it from happening. Then I found your video! The mistakes I was making were the ones you described and Now I know ho to fix them. My next portrait will be much improved I’m certain.
So very useful! So many landmarks you pointed out that I recognised but have never realised the significance of until now. Thank you Alex, for such an informative video. Simon
Wonderful tutorial very clearly and personally, I´m beginning to understand the concept of the light in the painting. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia!
I think you're an excellent teacher and the quality of your art is a delight to see emerge. These are the only art videos on TH-cam I've been able to keep watching. Thank you.
This is straight forward good information.no tricks.no gimmicks.thank you for this tutorial.i have made the mistakes mentioned in the video.hard learned lessons.tthanks for sharing.
Hey 👋 Alex! In the beginning of the video you referenced a painting by Frans Hals, regarding alignment of the eyes. I must say, your approach and lively brushwork in your painting here reminds me of Frans Hals. You’ve caught the spirit our essence of the young woman, and you did her justice. Simply gorgeous.
I am still shocked. Since the very beginning the first strokes show a human face. At the end, the portrait shines with the light of a true soul. Maestro Tzavaras: Your technique is absolutely unique. The outcome is a miracle. Or more than that.
Beautiful work and really lovely eyes on the model. I would love to see a similar video on painting older eyes where the eyeball shape isn't as obvious. I'm currently stuck on trying to paint my grandmother (85y.o.) who has very small eyes with skin and wrinkles covering the shape of the eyes.
Thank you! Here is an older video I made about painting my grandmother. She's wearing glasses so I'm nit sure how helpful it will be. But basically, any shapes or wrinkles that can be seen on both sides of the face should still have the same tilt, approximately parallel with everything else: th-cam.com/video/GSSVlNz5Y94/w-d-xo.html
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting Unfortunately, that painting is not very helpful as the model still has big, well-defined eyes with large eyelids. What I'm talking about are eyes such as Jimmy Carter's in present day.
That's the thing about the human face...rarely; in fact hardly ever are faces anatomically correct. Even the most symmetrical looking faces aren't symmetrical. Your work is so incredibly beautiful! Thank You for sharing with us all!
Alex - It is a great courageous effort to paint & talk about eyes. Perhaps you are the best in explaining with such a great video & explanation. I doubt how many art tutors can dare to do this. Your hands are steady & highlights are dot on the point. Your confidence & your convictions in portraiture are to be lauded. If I can suggest a darker shadow of nose and jaws & neck would Bolden your painting of eyes ( as a strong contrast background can pop highlights, if I am not wrong ). Thanks for improving my knowledge of both eyes painting by you live skills. Greatest video ever made by any artist so far. 10/10 - Perfect.
Thank you Dodda. I have a tendency to lighten my shadows but also, that's probably closer to how they appeal to the eye as the camera in the reference image tends to darken them more than they really are.
Excellent. Excellent. Excellent! Best tutorial I've watched so far and I've been at this for years. Something about the way you explain is very simple and very accurate.
Thank you very much for sharing your way of observing and painting the eyes of a model as accurate as possible. It’s very inspiring to Watch your painting process. To me movements of the face are the very focus of catching the vibrational energy of a moment - and all persons and moments vibrate with a very different Life energy and rhythm of the Living now - but of course that may take the portrait into a more abstract- expressive style 😊🎵💜🎶
A super video think they covered this at school but been a long time since I was at school so this was perfect, many thanks you captured this lovely model perfectly.
Thanks for the video. I've never sketched out the straight lines for the eyes, eyebrows and mouth, twice, like this. I like the idea, its a good reference to begin with and easy to repeat after its painted over. The way I do it; there's less unity because there is no unifying color underneath the detail. I end up unifying with top, translucent, layers of color. My way works, but I'm going to try it different on my next portrait.
You had me worried with that left eye for a few minutes but then you made an eye come out of what was a brown blob of paint!! Thank you for such a detailed and carefully demonstrated video.
You are a very talented artist and teacher. I've watched this twice and will again. So far I only use watercolors. But your video is full of information that translates across all genres. Thanks!
A really inspiring video Alex thankyou for this. It was very helpful to see how you progress from the initial block in and establishing the main shapes and lines and angles and your tip of how if you fail to keep refering to this and get lost in refering to the altered movements of the sitter you can get a bit lost.
Execellent video, I don't do portraits much. But the eyes are not aligned and through off the likeness. I will attempt to correct this now with this valuable demo. Thank you so much.
I can’t really draw or paint to save my life, but I really enjoyed this. Beautiful work, and a very good model too. My sister, who is a natural artist, always said, just draw what you see, not what you imagine you see. I’ve always found that really useful advice, especially when trying to do life drawing. Thank you for sharing. 👌
Beautiful style & interpretation. I'm sure the Model, if the Recipient, will be thrilled to have such a stunning Painting of herself in the prime of her Life.
Thank you. I've never used acrylics. They dry much faster than oils, but all the principles to do with interpreting what we see i.e. drawing, tonal values and colour are the same.
I think you are also speaking perspective. I just had a battle with the same thing. When I went to embellish the eyes, they were out of line, so i measured and even copied elements of both eyes, looking out at me Alignment was off. The simple answer is, it is a two dimensional plane simulating a three dimensional construct. Sometimes we need to be 'off,' to be on. Shadow/light, I agree with you. I came to the same realization paying more attention to perspective.
Hi Alex! Again, I love your videos. The one-on-one via Patreon was awesome. I feel like I learned a wealth of instruction in a single meeting. I sincerely appreciate the time and energy you invested. Can’t wait til the next video…
Racquel
Thank you very much Raquel!
Your model deserves much praise for being the "perfect" art model. Very Well Done!
At 1:55 I thought we were looking at an oil painting until she blinked. Absolutely stunning.
my eyes are about 4mm different in hight when you look at the corners of the eyes. if I was to paint a self portrait it wouldn't look like me if I didn't offset them, and although more attractive probably definitely not accurate. My eyebrows sit at different heights too. Having an uneven face is extremely common to varying degrees and personally I wonder if these old masters didn't make a mistake but portrayed it actually accurately. As with me if you were to correct this it actually takes away from the likeness.
Exactly!
That’s what I was thinking… I think accuracy is more important than symmetry 🤔
What if the person is moving the whole time?
But I bet the middle of your mouth lines up directly under the bridge of your nose when viewed from the front and your eyes are still approx half way down between the top and bottom of your head? It still helps to know where these centrelines are and their angle, you can deviate from them. Also, your eyes probably aren't as crooked as some people paint them?
@@JudeandherPencil There is symmetry, albeit with subtle differences which you can discover.
The eyes are the window to the soul... so best to get them right! Thank you for the well articulated instruction
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
Hey Alex.. I really appreciate your style of narration that helps describe to the viewers what you are focused on as you lay down your brush strokes. For myself, it helps to align my understanding of your perspective and it will be put into use on developing methods for my own paintings. I feel it''s not only important to understand how to paint... it is also important to learn how and why to see, think and feel through the process. THANK YOU!
Thank you for watching! I'm glad you find my videos helpful.
I like the way the artist reduced contrast, for example the shadow along the nose, and reduced the fullness of the jaw, maintaining the bow of the lips to give her a Renaissance look. Very cool. He also toned down the eyebrows somewhat and increased their distance above the eye.
All this is good, and historical, even if he doesn't know he's doing it!
Thank you Carlos! The shadows and the eyebrows are actually lighter when you see them with the naked eye, the camera makes them appear darker. If I made the distance between the eyes and the eyebrows too great that wasn't intentional, I did so by mistake.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting Oh, thanks for the reply. You bring up another point that artists might not appreciate-- no camera lens is yet as sophisticated as the human eye, and the camera tends to increase the contrast of values.
You however, have a very good eye.
I hope you keep up some of those "mistakes" which are actually very beautiful bits of artistic license.
Some things I've noticed from studying master paintings (Google Art Project is a great resource). Shadows under the chin were very much toned down, even neglected, even in baroque lighting, though the typical ruff hid them a lot of the time.
Sargent was not one to tone down a nostril generally, though typically this was done too, often painted very reddish.
Eyebrows were often super sophisticated bits of brush magic. Even with your mid century illustrators, eyebrows zigged and zagged with much more life than life.
Keep up the good work and keep the videos coming. They're some of the best on TH-cam.
Great video.. I must say I would not be able to paint her . She is absolutely stunning to look at ..
You are a great teacher. Love your videos..
WOW!!! I AM TOTALLY BLOWN AWAY BY THE
INCREDIBLE CONTENT OF THIS VIDEO!! THANK YOU FOR MAKING UNDERSTANDING THIS TOPIC CRYSTAL CLEAR TO ME. BRAVO!!!
I HAVE NEVER USED OILS( I OWN ZERO ) OR ACRYLICS ( I HAVE THEM ).
I HAVE BEEN DOING A LOT OF GRAPHITE & A BIT OF CHARCOL DRAWING, ALSO, COLORED PENCILS, WATERCOLOR PENCILS, PASTELS AND WATERCOLOR PAINT.
THIS VIDEO HAD ME ABSOLUTELY, AND TOTALLY MEZMERIZED
100% + + !
THANKS SO MUCH!
Thank you Rhonda! Very glad you liked it.
Beautiful painting of a beautiful model. The way you used color to achieve the end result is amazing to me. That alone is such excellent instruction. Thank you for your insightful and precise explanations. You truly are an exceptional portrait painter.
Thank you very much Walter!
If it doesn't click right away, take heart, and don't worry. Ability can improve subconsciously over time. It was a pleasant surprise to discover a natural talent for painting that was not there a few years ago. Information is picked up and stored somewhere. Coming back to videos like this helps to pin labels on the workflow that would be difficult to describe otherwise. To see what improved and what has not. And what to do about it. Good video.
Amazing 😮 very beautifully explained. Thank you
Hats off to Rosey for being so patient and still. 😊
The lighting is perfect and the model has very refined features. That is important. Thank you for this lesson.
Always love the way you explain so lucidly. And you are one of the best alla prima artists I came accross in YT. Regards
Absolutely fantastic explanation / teaching here..really learnt a lot in this one video. You are a born teacher because you explain WHY you do everything too.
Thank you! I'm glad you found this helpful.
The best eye painting instruction I have ever seen……………wonderful I thoroughly recommend it. John R Hunter
Thank you very much John!
Alec thank you so much for your sharing your knowledge. I wanted to become an artist when young, but my parents could afford to send me to art classes. Only recently due to disability I had to leave work. This left me time to focus on developing what was left, this happened to be my artistic desire. I’ve never had any formal training and it shows I’m afraid but I have sold a few amateurish attempts of mine through local exhibits.i was comforted to know the m8stakes I was making were the same as the masters. In my last portrait I had noticed the problem with the eyes but wasn’t sure how to prevent it from happening. Then I found your video! The mistakes I was making were the ones you described and Now I know ho to fix them. My next portrait will be much improved I’m certain.
Well done Kathy, that's great!
I got a pleasure by watching and understanding the details of not simple concepts of drawing portrait.
Thank you Alex!
So very useful! So many landmarks you pointed out that I recognised but have never realised the significance of until now. Thank you Alex, for such an informative video.
Simon
I so enjoy your videos you talk so clearly about what you are doing and how to think when painting. Thank you so much for sharing ❤️
Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed it.
Wonderful tutorial very clearly and personally, I´m beginning to understand the concept of the light in the painting. Thanks a lot. Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia!
Thank you Alberto! Glad this was helpful.
I think you're an excellent teacher and the quality of your art is a delight to see emerge. These are the only art videos on TH-cam I've been able to keep watching. Thank you.
Thank you very much!
This is straight forward good information.no tricks.no gimmicks.thank you for this tutorial.i have made the mistakes mentioned in the video.hard learned lessons.tthanks for sharing.
Bravisimo Maestro! You've captured her perfectly! You have my utmost respect, and much can be learned here!
Mind blowing. I'm not an artist but that was fascinating watching her come to life on the canvas
Thanks for watching! Glad you liked it.
Very beautifull classical portrait painting ❤❤❤
amazing demonstration,I paint portraits and pretty much do ok,this demo was inspiring
Thank you martha!
Truly a great tutorial, Alex. Thank you. Also, what a great model. Sometimes it was only when she blinked - so still.
It is masterpiece of a young master. fresh, characteristic, the eyes are wetty, great.
Hey 👋 Alex!
In the beginning of the video you referenced a painting by Frans Hals, regarding alignment of the eyes. I must say, your approach and lively brushwork in your painting here reminds me of Frans Hals. You’ve caught the spirit our essence of the young woman, and you did her justice. Simply gorgeous.
Thank you! You're too kind.
Great video. I tried this today with a portrait drawing today and it really helped with the proportions
Thank you! Glad it helped.
I am still shocked. Since the very beginning the first strokes show a human face. At the end, the portrait shines with the light of a true soul. Maestro Tzavaras: Your technique is absolutely unique. The outcome is a miracle. Or more than that.
Thank you Carlos!
Beautiful portrait and a very good and informative video 👌👌 thanks a lot for sharing 🙏🙏
Thank you! So glad this was helpful.
thank you for this fluent demo + explanation. You are a talented teacher.
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
At 7:44 you should have pretended to stop and say "this is the final product! Thanks guys!"
Kidding, love the video and glad you're still at it
Thank you Andrew!
The accuracy remains throughout as the progression ensues from general to specific. Fascinating to watch as everything seems to suddenly sharpen up.
Thank you Marty!
Beautiful work and really lovely eyes on the model. I would love to see a similar video on painting older eyes where the eyeball shape isn't as obvious. I'm currently stuck on trying to paint my grandmother (85y.o.) who has very small eyes with skin and wrinkles covering the shape of the eyes.
Thank you! Here is an older video I made about painting my grandmother. She's wearing glasses so I'm nit sure how helpful it will be. But basically, any shapes or wrinkles that can be seen on both sides of the face should still have the same tilt, approximately parallel with everything else: th-cam.com/video/GSSVlNz5Y94/w-d-xo.html
Or even how some men have barely a sliver of an eye.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting Unfortunately, that painting is not very helpful as the model still has big, well-defined eyes with large eyelids. What I'm talking about are eyes such as Jimmy Carter's in present day.
That's the thing about the human face...rarely; in fact hardly ever are faces anatomically correct. Even the most symmetrical looking faces aren't symmetrical. Your work is so incredibly beautiful! Thank You for sharing with us all!
Thank you Alex for this excellent instruction of painting the eyes. I have learned al lot of it in looking to the alignment of the features
Thank you. That was very helpful. Good to see you back again.
Thank you Garin!
Alex - It is a great courageous effort to paint & talk about eyes. Perhaps you are the best in explaining with such a great video & explanation. I doubt how many art tutors can dare to do this. Your hands are steady & highlights are dot on the point. Your confidence & your convictions in portraiture are to be lauded. If I can suggest a darker shadow of nose and jaws & neck would Bolden your painting of eyes ( as a strong contrast background can pop highlights, if I am not wrong ). Thanks for improving my knowledge of both eyes painting by you live skills. Greatest video ever made by any artist so far. 10/10 - Perfect.
Thank you Dodda. I have a tendency to lighten my shadows but also, that's probably closer to how they appeal to the eye as the camera in the reference image tends to darken them more than they really are.
So wonderful! Both technique and teaching, thank you for sharing.
Thank you Eliana! Glad you liked it.
Great tutorial, fascinating how it comes together.
Thank you Martin!
Very excellent painting and good teaching
Thank you very much!
Beautiful and very helpful. Thank you.
Wow--that was amazing to watch! You're SO TALENTED!!
Thank you Erin!
Excellent. Excellent. Excellent! Best tutorial I've watched so far and I've been at this for years. Something about the way you explain is very simple and very accurate.
Thank you very much Mimi! Glad it was helpful.
Thank you! Excellent instruction on the most difficult part of the human face from a master. Glad I found you!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
Whoa...you just cleared up a bunch of questions I had and mistakes I've made .Thank you
Beautiful painting and tutorial.Thanks for sharing.❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Thank you Cathy!
this was very helpful, i will use your tips in my next painting, thank you
Thank you Kiara, glad it was helpful!
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting no problem! :)
What a wonderful treat! Thanks.
Thank you Grayson!
Good to see you back! Thanks for the informative video 🙌🏻
Thank you Rosey! Glad you enjoyed it.
You really explain your steps so clearly and easy to understand. Thank you so much for this lesson.🥰
Thank you very much Sandra! Glad it was helpful.
A wonderful teachable moment. I learned a lot. Thank you for your generous sharing of knowledge.
My pleasure! I'm glad it was helpful.
Very insightful Alex. Such clear explanation. Thank you.
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
Thank you very much for sharing your way of observing and painting the eyes of a model as accurate as possible. It’s very inspiring to Watch your painting process. To me movements of the face are the very focus of catching the vibrational energy of a moment - and all persons and moments vibrate with a very different Life energy and rhythm of the Living now - but of course that may take the portrait into a more abstract- expressive style 😊🎵💜🎶
Thank you Liz!
A super video think they covered this at school but been a long time since I was at school so this was perfect, many thanks you captured this lovely model perfectly.
Thank you Cheryl! Glad you liked it.
Absolutely excellent ! I’m subscribing. Finally a comprehensive tutorial. So good ! Thank you !! Mastery in painting AND teaching ! ❤️
Thank you Parisa!
Excellent, generous, lesson. Very enjoyable as well as informative to watch. Thank you.
Thank you Harry. Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely excellent instruction and video
Thank you kathleen!
You are an amazing artist and teacher. For some reason though the model looks prettier then your final painting. I wonder why
Alex, a terrific painting! It looks more like Rosie than Rosie herself!
Thank you Oleg!
Excellent demonstration.
Thank you Richard!
Very helpful. Thank you! Good model too. She sat so still.
Thanks for the video. I've never sketched out the straight lines for the eyes, eyebrows and mouth, twice, like this. I like the idea, its a good reference to begin with and easy to repeat after its painted over. The way I do it; there's less unity because there is no unifying color underneath the detail. I end up unifying with top, translucent, layers of color. My way works, but I'm going to try it different on my next portrait.
Absolutely brilliant video as always mate, looking forward to getting onto this part of the course!
Thank you Jon! Glad you liked it.
Beautiful job. Thank you for sharing your skill and observation.
You had me worried with that left eye for a few minutes but then you made an eye come out of what was a brown blob of paint!!
Thank you for such a detailed and carefully demonstrated video.
Thank you Julia! Glad you liked it.
Great to see you're making new videos.
Thank you!
Just amazing. I love to watch artists paint portraits. It's always like magic watching these marks made turn into a face.
Thank you! Glad you enjoyed it.
I’ve never scratched off paint, because I was so brainwashed to have smooth paint on the canvas, but that’s a game changer. Thanks for your tips!
You are a very talented artist and teacher. I've watched this twice and will again. So far I only use watercolors. But your video is full of information that translates across all genres. Thanks!
Thank you Kathleen!
Blimey that is magical ! Great lesson ,amazing portrait
Thank you Nicky!
Wow! How I wish that I can paint portrait I hope I can learn someday. Your instruction is cleared
beautiful work - thanks for filming and posting - much appreciated.
Thank you Tom! Glad you liked it.
Great tips as to alignment and keying the value of the white of the eye off the local fleshtone. Good video
You are a brilliant artist. This is the best eye tutorial ever. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Linda!
Fantastic!! Thanks maestro!! You’re such a awesome instructor. Sooo helpful and easy to follow 🙏 Thanks Alex
Thank you Joan!
A really inspiring video Alex thankyou for this. It was very helpful to see how you progress from the initial block in and establishing the main shapes and lines and angles and your tip of how if you fail to keep refering to this and get lost in refering to the altered movements of the sitter you can get a bit lost.
Thank you John. Glad it was helpful.
Thank you Alex for sharing your gift with us. ⬆️
You're welcome Paul. Glad my videos are helpful.
Execellent video, I don't do portraits much. But the eyes are not aligned and through off the likeness. I will attempt to correct this now with this valuable demo. Thank you so much.
Thank you Darcy, glad you found this helpful.
Fabulous, your observations really help.us to understand your thinking processes!
Thank you Dianna, glad it was helpful!
Great teaching! Thank you for sharing your beautiful art and information
Thank you Corina! Glad it was helpful.
I can’t really draw or paint to save my life, but I really enjoyed this. Beautiful work, and a very good model too. My sister, who is a natural artist, always said, just draw what you see, not what you imagine you see. I’ve always found that really useful advice, especially when trying to do life drawing. Thank you for sharing. 👌
just amazing! Thank you for this very helpful demo.
Thank you Susan!
Hey Alex, amazing video, i always struggled with this, great lesson lots of good information, thanks 🙏
Thank you Emilio! Glad it was helpful.
oh wow so correct great painted eyes will always look bad if not properly aligned. great video thanks Alex
Beautiful style & interpretation. I'm sure the Model, if the Recipient, will be thrilled to have such a stunning Painting of herself in the prime of her Life.
Very excellent painting and you teach very well thank s
Thank you so much for your wonderful teaching
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
Thank you , Alex ; I like your ability to clearly explain your process.
Thank you! Glad you think so.
Many thanks for an excellent demonstration video.
My pleasure Stephany, glad it was helpful.
Your instruction is great! have you ever done portraits with Acrylic paints?
Thank you. I've never used acrylics. They dry much faster than oils, but all the principles to do with interpreting what we see i.e. drawing, tonal values and colour are the same.
This was fascinating and very informative to watch!
Thank you Johannes! Glad it was helpful.
Cracking tutorial, though you got thoroughly confused between left and right!
Thank you Rick.
He is a master of the arts. Outstanding work.
Thank you Alexander!
Beautiful! Thank you.
That was enjoyable, thank you for a nice easy tutorial to follow along with ease.
Thank you. Glad you enjoyed it!
Absolutely beautiful.
❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thank you Ann!
I think you are also speaking perspective. I just had a battle with the same thing. When I went to embellish the eyes, they were out of line, so i measured and even copied elements of both eyes, looking out at me Alignment was off. The simple answer is, it is a two dimensional plane simulating a three dimensional construct. Sometimes we need to be 'off,' to be on. Shadow/light, I agree with you. I came to the same realization paying more attention to perspective.