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In this full length tutorial I paint a portrait of Albert Einstein using unrealistic bold colors. The point of this exercise is to not think so much about color and more about value. Value is how light or dark a color is. Since you don't have to worry about matching color you can focus on value. Every time I pick up a new color I am thinking where does this fall on the value scale in relation to the rest of the colors. 

Materials Linseed Oil Medium - https://amzn.to/2o1HgGq 

Oil Paint I recommend for beginners: https://amzn.to/2XHOCvL 

Titanium White Cadmium Red Hue Cadmium Lemon French Ultramarine

Canvas Pad - https://amzn.to/2ZJi3Pp

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Portrait Value Study

Comments

Tammy Bianco

Hi, I’m brand new to Oil Painting. Which video should I start with? Can you guide me please?

Veronica

Hi Chris! Congrats on your patreon account! I spent my morning sketching Einstein’s face today using your reference photo but without the fancy tools. The result? A little bit of a disaster... I am new to painting and not very good at sketching. I have a question, more of a favour to ask. I have a picture of my niece and I was thinking if you can use her picture to show us how to mix the skin tones and make a portrait out of it. It’s just her face mainly. I’m asking because it will probably take me years till I will be able to figure it out on my own. She is 8 and she is growing really fast.

Veronica

Hi! I started to color Einstein’s portrait yesterday using my iphone. My ios tablet just broke and I have only my iphone to watch this video at the moment. The screen is small and it’s not easy to see the details. Is there a way that you could send me a link with this full tutorial so I can watch it on my Windows pc? I’m using windows 10. If not it’s ok but it will probably take me a month or more till I’ll have my ipad repaired and I really want to finish this painting. Question: did you use a quick drying medium for this painting? And what type of brushes? Synthetic or bristle brushes?

Chris Fornataro

The link here is a YouTube link so it should work on any computer. I used linseed oil which is a slow drying medium. I use a combination of brushes but mostly synthetic. I like to use synthetic for when I need to make clean precise marks

Veronica

Thank you very much, it worked.