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In this tutorial I walk you through this portrait study of an old man with a beard. I focus on developing the big shapes first and move on to smaller and smaller shapes. 

 Colors: Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Lemon and Titanium White 

Medium: Linseed oil 

Surface: 11x14 inch acrylic primed linen panel.

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Old man with beard

In this tutorial I walk you through this portrait study of an old man with a beard. I focus on developing the big shapes first and move on to smaller and smaller shapes. Colors: Ultramarine Blue, Alizarin Crimson, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Lemon and Titanium White Medium: Linseed oil Surface: 11x14 inch acrylic primed linen panel.

Comments

Kim Lanoue

I couldn’t wait to come home and watch this. This is crazy good. This is how I want to learn to paint. I loved watching the sketch. It was so faint but it all just came together. It must take years of dipping your brush ever so slightly to grab paint and not make a mess of your paints. Wonderful painting Chris!

John

A note about using the proportional divider. I’ve found it useful to split the canvas with a + and then an x especially if the canvas is much larger than your reference. Make same marks on the reference and you can break it down into smaller sections.

Kat Childress

Awesome video and I’ve learned so much from it already. I’ve just bought a proportional divider.. but no idea how to use it!

Kat Childress

Well that’s simple.. forget I asked that dumb question!! Lol

Joep Keij

Hi Chris, which brushes did you use here? That nr1 flat looked quite comfortable... what kind of hairs/fibers?

Chris Fornataro

I use a lot of Rosemary and Co ivory flats and long flats. At the end I was using their ivory rigger. They are great brushes that you can buy online at a good price. They hold up very well.

Charles Ferrara

I think it would be great if you did a tutorial on individual features of the face. Thanks Chris

Jackie Lee

I’ve never attempted a portrait but I might just be brave and try this - thanks Chris!

Ann

Please more portrait tutorials 🤗 Amazing work thank you so much!

Wendy Rose

This is awesome. Thank u!

M Higgs

Hi Chris, my local art guild is doing a fund raiser and I wanted to know if using this photograph to paint, is allowed?

Ron Bourgeois

This is one of your most fantastic results!

OaklandHuman

Great video! Just joined.. Would love a tier between this and the 400 :) Also, what is going on off camera? Brush cleaning and tools for that? Just starting oil painting. Have always painted with watercolor and acrylics in past. My palette and brush management needs work :(