How to Paint a Woman Portrait – Oil Painting Sketch with Brown Paint

Art Lesson 53, Part 1

Discover How to Paint a Woman Portrait

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Oil Painting Sketch with Brown Paint

In this 2-session oil painting video lesson, you will find out how to:

• Start with “dry brush” technique on dry light-gray background
• Use Vandyke Brown for outlining
• Use Turpentine to dilute the paint
• Apply skin color while brush sketch is still wet
• Make a mix for skin color using Titanium White, Naples Yellow and Burnt Sienna
• Paint cold nuances using Titanium White and French Ultramarine
• Make the skin paint lighter by adding Titanium White
• Paint warm shadows using Titanium White, Naples Yellow and Caput Mortuum (English Red)
• Intermix paint on the canvas surface