myriamtillson

REAL-TIME VIDEO - Acrylic Portrait Study

Added 2020-03-06 18:32:33 +0000 UTC

Hi peeps,

Here's your Real-time video for Feb!

I'm a few days late with that one, so sorry, the Process Videos have been sucking up all my time.

This video is a real-time version of the above sketchbook portrait painting.
It does not have music or a voice-over, and is about half an hour long.

I have listed the reference below, as well as an overview of the supplies I used.

My objective with this painting study was to practice using acrylics in a watercolour-like fashion. My main interest in the medium was to apply it in the same way I would watercolours, but take advantage of the fact that layers don't reactivate, to see if I could achieve a layered look that wasn't blended.

I started off with a cool underlayer, laying down my shadows, and then went in with a warmer wash to add some skin colour to the face, and finally went in with a more opaque skin colour to see how the underpainted shadows would come through.

I tried keeping the whole thing loose and textured.

I finished things off with a dark sepia outline, which wasn't part of the plan initially, but I found myself wanting to emphasize contrast and definition once I had finished painting.

I hope you'll enjoy this peak into my process!

If you have any questions, leave me a comment! <3

Take care!

My reference :