In this portrait painting video I provide solutions to a number of common problems.

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Chapters in this video:
00:00 intro
01:47 The underpainting
04:12 The compass
05:17 The palette
05:26 The basic mixtures
07:07 The skin color mixtures
09:24 The darkest parts
11:40 The sweater
13:59 Start with the local colors
19:44 The halftones
29:07 The background
31:06 A message for you
31:39 The hair
40:20 The grid lines
45:06 Building up the layers
01:00:37 The refrigerator
01:14:27 Two weeks later
01:15:03 The “spit trick”
01:21:00 My guitar play for you




The colors on my palette:

Titanium White, Talens/Rembrandt 105
Cadmium Lemon Yellow, Talens/Rembrandt 207
Yellow Ochre, Talens/Rembrandt 227
Cadmium Red Deep, Talens/Rembrandt 306
Terra Rosa, Winsor & Newton 635
Transparent Oxide Red, Talens/Rembrandt 378
Alizarine Crimson, Winsor & Newton 004
Permanent Yellowish Green, Talens/Rembrandt 633
Chromium Oxide Green, Talens/Rembrandt 668
Veridian Green, Talens/Rembrandt 616
Cerulean Blue, Talens/Rembrandt 534
Ultramarine Blue, Talens/Rembrandt 505
Ivory Black, Talens/Rembrandt 701
Burnt Umber, Talens/Rembrandt 409

I made a neutral gray:
Ivory Black +Yellow Ochre+Titanium White

A Mauve mixture:
Ultramarine Blue + Alizarine Crimson + Titanium White

The brushes I used:

Bristle:
Escoda 4729 No. 6, 8, 10.
Rosemary Classic Egbert No 2, 10.
Rosemary Classic Long Flat No. 3.

Synthetic:
Raphael 370 No.2.
Rosemary SER 301


Mediums:
Odorless white spirit.
Purified Linseed oil. Talens 027