portrait painting: simple techniques for beginners
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Portrait Painting Techniques for Beginners
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Few techniques you will need to master as a
portrait artist.
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Getting an Accurate Sketch on the Canvas.
Most of the beginners uses grid method. Drawing equal squares on the canvas and
into the picture that the artist copying.
In this way you can paint the picture in
a smaller manageable sections and
piece by piece.
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Charcoal Outline Method
Outlining the subject in the canvas using charcoal
before recreating it. It serves you as your guide.
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Learn the Basic Skin Tone Colors
You should become familiar with a variety of color combinations for
various skin tones.
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Understanding Shadows and Highlights
Applying a shadow on a painting is important.
Putting darker paint to the skin tone. Skin under the
eyes, around the nose, and parts that are in shadow will need to be darkened
most of the time.
Lighter paint in the upper eyelid and roundness of the nose and
cheeks. And brighter paint on
the lips and eyes.
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