Portrait Painting Techniques & Concepts, Part 1
Added 2021-01-01 15:56:13 +0000 UTCIt's a new year and we are now in full color! Or at least our paintings are going to be.
Converting a grisaille into a color painting necessitates a lot more than a couple of glazes.
In this series I am going to walk you through each and every step of the process.
The palette I am using:
Flake White and Ivory Black from Williamsburg Oil Colors, Raw Umber from Beckers, Alizarin Crimson Lake Extra, Vermillion Extra, and Old Holland Yellow-Brown from Old Holland.
Comments
Hi. Hope I have posted this in the right place. Can you please suggest a replacement for Williamsburg Flake White? It seems to be hard to obtain in Australia. I can get Old Holland Cremnitz white, and there seems to be a gamblin flake white replacement, or any of the Michael Harding whites? And of course zinc white or zinc white mixtures?
Julie HARRINGTON
2023-11-26 22:13:54 +0000 UTCHaven't tried it but I am familiar. Should work ok.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2022-01-29 12:57:24 +0000 UTCI can't get any Yellow brown from Old Holland, but it seems to me the closest color I can find is Natural Pigment's Mars Yellow. Would this work? The chroma is very similar. https://www.naturalpigments.ca/mars-yellow-50ml.html
Naomi G
2022-01-29 04:05:28 +0000 UTCI have updates the post to contain the palette info. Thanks for the letting me know ;)
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-04-05 18:04:33 +0000 UTCHello Stephen! I just joined bc I am self teaching myself oil portraiture and saw your video on youtube. I have a grisaille that I have done in raw umber and titanium white that I am beginning to learn the color on. I Love your work and am interested in learning! I have a question on the colors on your palette L to R. Is it Ivory Black, Raw Umber, Alizarin, Vermillion, Yellow Ochre and Titanium white? If you could list them out that would be super helpful as it is hard to tell on screen. Thank you! Michele
Michele Melcher Illustration
2021-04-05 14:48:19 +0000 UTCThanks, Maria, there are more on the way.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-08 11:10:17 +0000 UTCIt is great, !I will love to see more of this techniques.
Maria quirk
2021-01-07 20:24:50 +0000 UTCMuch appreciation!!!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-07 12:25:13 +0000 UTCI absolutely love this! Thank you!
Elke Weiss
2021-01-06 23:50:18 +0000 UTCThat will be black and yellow mixed together to make green.
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-02 09:44:00 +0000 UTCHi Stephen! Thank you again for your detailed, amazing tutorials. I try to follow your advice in detail. I now I try to paint for the first time a grisaille that I have done. I have question; when I want to balance red-I mean reduce the red in a mixed pigment- with a limited palette, how do I do that? I mean I could add green if I had it but what do I do with a limited palette. I wish you Happy New Year!!All the best from Sweden!
DESPOINA KANTERE
2021-01-02 09:39:42 +0000 UTCThank you! I've been looking forward to this for the last 2-3 months or so since you posted the grisaille on YT. It's the main reason I actually subscribed as a patreon supporter.
Chris N
2021-01-01 17:44:14 +0000 UTCThank you, Gilberto!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-01 16:45:12 +0000 UTCSame to you!!!
Stephen Bauman Artwork
2021-01-01 16:44:55 +0000 UTCWow.. promise made, promise kept..:).. thank you, and happy new year to you Stephen.
gilberto mello
2021-01-01 16:30:29 +0000 UTCHappy new year!
Prerna Gupta
2021-01-01 16:01:32 +0000 UTC
