Daria Callie

Rose gold

Finished this portrait yesterday. 

“Rose gold” Oil on primed paper with linen texture; 10 x 11 inches  

Real-time painting video of this work is coming soon :)

WIP

Progress. 

Thanks to everyone who joined my livestream last Saturday when I was working on a very early stages of this painting. 

Tiffany, Andy, Richard, Mary Beth and Tamila, it was nice talking to you all!  

What type of palette do you prefer? Vertical or horizontal?

I got a new glass palette recently, which is an upgraded version of my previous one and I love it. However, I’ve been thinking more and more lately about how convenient a vertical palette can be. You place it right alongside the painting and can easily and seamlessly move your hand from the palette to the painting as you work. 

I know many artists who use it and I've been getting quite a few recommendations to try it as well. 

I’d love to hear everybody’s opinion on that!...

Work In Progress

This is something I'm currently working on!

Oil on primed paper with linen texture

LiveStream Update

The next LiveStream is scheduled for November 17, Saturday, 1pm EST! 

I finally reopened my Q&A LiveStream tier so that you can interact with me and see me painting in real time! 

I hope you won’t miss it and I’m very excited to meet everyone there! ❤️

Signing and packaging prints today :)

My Approach to Portrait Painting

Today I decided to explain my approach to portrait painting because I believe some of you may find this useful.  

The most common approach to painting portraits is painting from general to specific. In this case you begin a portrait with overall shapes and then develop them further going into smaller forms and details. And even though most portrait painters might agree on that general concept, they differ on how to put it into practice. 

I do paint “from general to spe...

Painting Eyes And Eyebrows + Q&A

Hope you like it! 

Reference is attached below ↓

Real-Time Painting | "Blurring the lines"

New Video! 

Real-Time Painting (with voice-over)

Hey! Here is a new real-time painting video. In it, I talk about how I use medium, my experience painting on frosted acrylic panels and more.

Hope you like it!

Color Mixing Exercise #1

Starting a new mini-series about mixing colors.

Let me know what you think :) 

Progress shots

I’ve decided to do another painting of an animal. This time featuring an african bush squirrel  :)  

Here are some progress shots of the painting! 

Anatomy and proportions

It’s a quick video where I show my favorite books on human anatomy and proportions.

I’ve scanned some of the most useful pages (in my opinion) and you can download them below!

Reference photo

For those who are interested; below I’ve attached the reference I used to paint this bunny <3 

Painting Demonstration

In this video I show and explain my painting process (on the example of a realistic eye painting)

I would say this lesson is for Beginners/Intermediate level but hopefully it will be valuable for everyone!  

“Clouds”

16.8 x 20.5 inches 

REAL-TIME PAINTING (2/2)

Aaaaand part 2 :)

I’ve attached the reference photo I used for this painting below. 

REAL-TIME PAINTING (1/2)

This is the first part of the 7 HOURS real-time portrait painting video! 

I hope you’ll like it ❤️

WHERE TO START

I’ve decided to make a post for beginners and give you my take on what supplies you should get to start painting with oils.

Materials you need for oil painting:

• Oil paints

My favorite brands are Gamblin Oil Colors and Nevskaya palitra; and I have some tubes of Winsor & Newton artists' oil color and Michael Harding. 

When you’re just starting out, you can get some less expensive paints but I recommend staying away from ...

Work In Progress

How To Paint Hair | Oil Painting Demo

 If you were interested in how I paint hair, in this video I explain exactly how I do it.   

Color-Mixing For Portrait Painting

The question I get asked almost daily is how to mix skin tones; and even though I've covered this topic many times, I want to talk about it one more time and show how I do it! 

One of the most helpful painting advices I've ever received

Hi guys, today I'm trying something different and writing a blog post to share with you one of the most helpful painting advices I've ever received.  

There is a bunch of great painting tips I've gotten over the years but there is one that stands out as an incredibly valuable one, the one that still continues to stay relevant to me.. And that is, simply speaking, don't over-define everything and try to paint in a smoother, more subtle manner. 

Let me explain. When we look at th...

Painting a face with oils! Real-time (slowed down) version

Heeyy! 

This video was turning out to be more than 4 hours long 😯 

so I decided to leave the final parts (from when I paint hair to the very end) as a regular time-lapse and focus solely on the part where I paint the face, which ended up being about 2 hours and 30 minutes long! 

I hope this video will be helpful to you guys and you could see my technique more closely.

If you have any questions, please ask them in the comments; I’ll be happ...

Walk-through painting tutorial | Part 1

This is the first part of a 3-part oil painting tutorial. 

In Part 1 I talk about: Surface preparation, concept sketching, taking a reference photo, color mixing, transferring the outlines. 

Part 2: Painting a portrait, oil painting tips, common mistakes. 

Part 3: Analyzing, adjusting things, glazing and basically doing all the finishing touches.

Walk-through painting tutorial | Part 2

 Hey! Here's the second part of the painting tutorial!  

Walk-through painting tutorial | Part 3

 Here's the final part!

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 In Part 1 I talk about: Surface preparation, concept sketching, taking a reference photo, color mixing, transferring the outlines. 

Part 2: Painting a portrait, oil painting tips, common mistakes. 

Part 3: Analyzing, adjusting things, glazing and basically doing all the finishing touches. 

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Glazing

In this video I talk about Glazing technique. Hope you’ll find it useful :) 

“Audreyana”+ voice-over!

In this video I talk about blending, how much time it usually takes to finish a painting and other things. I hope you’ll enjoy it!  

WIP

This was the first time I tried to paint on silver leaf and I instantly fell in LOVE WITH IT