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I don’t want to lose the ‘tooth’ of the canvas.

It is a mixture of raw umber and titanium white, notice how it has been applied quite thinly, with some of the white gesso showing through. Traditionally, the white ground has been used to illuminate the transparent layers of oil colour. The Pre-Raphalite painters were fond of this method.

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Pro tip: you can experiment with a pure white ground to create an underlying glow to the skin. It also makes it easier to judge tones and is much more forgiving than a white canvas.

To test for yourself, make a few pencil or pen marks on a piece of scrap canvas or board, paint over them opaquely and then take a photograph to see the coverage check back the next day and then the next week to see if the opacity has changed.įor a tonal study, a coloured ground is a must, it helps you to establish the extremes of the painting, the darkest darks, and the lightest lights. Oil paints increase in transparency with age, even thick opaque colours. To learn more about brushes, see a quick way to understand brushes Coloured ground

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Rosemary & co Kolinsky Sable series 66 Filbert – size 8.

Rosemary & co Kolinsky Sable series 33 Round – size 3.

Rosemary & co Ivory Filbert – size 4, 2 & 10 (sizes 6 & 8 are also very handy to have).

The actual canvas is a Belle Arti Cotton Canvas.īrushes – For this demonstration, I’ll be using:

Many portrait artists prefer to work on linen rather than cotton as you can get a finer weave, but I am using a pre-primed canvas for this demonstration. Pro tip: Make sure to give all sides of the MDF board a coat of size, especially the edges which can be very absorbent to moisture.

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Prepare the surface with acrylic gesso, sanding in-between coats, see here how to apply gesso. I am using a mixture of brands, including Michael Harding, Old Holland & Winsor and Newton.Ī 5 or 6-mm thick piece of MDF can be a great starting point. I’m using Artist quality paints which have a higher pigment quality than student grade paints, you can read about the differences (see the 8 key differences between artist & student grade paint) Whites often are mixed with a different oil, walnut or poppy oil, as they are less yellowing than the linseed oil. Most artist-quality paints are mixed with cold-pressed linseed oil. Oil paints are made by mixing ground pigment (the colour) with a drying oil. Oil paint – for this series of demonstrations I will be using Artist quality oil paints. They dry slowly, and for portraits time is essential. So, where do you begin? A Step-by-Step approach Materials One wrong brushstroke can cause a subject to suddenly look ‘wrong’, panic sets in – your pencils get sharpened, charcoal out and you don’t come back to painting for a while.īut you don’t want to draw anymore, you want to paint. Portraits can seem like the toughest subject to crack, and your efforts can easily dishearten you.