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Portrait Demonstration Using Oil Posted on March 21, 2011 by David Jon Kassan | Categories: Art Articles: Education & Topics, Topics , Art Mediums & Drawing, Drawing, Oil Painting Techniques Tips & Instruction, Instruction , Portrait & Figurative Art: How to Draw or Paint People & Figures, Figures , Read The Artist's Magazine, Magazine, Subject Subject,, Top Art Techniques & Tips Tags: Oil Painting Techniques Tips & Instruction. Instruction. Bookmark the permalink permalink..

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My first intention for this demonstration was to do a quick study in oil, without a preliminary drawing, drawing, of the model’s eyes, eyes, but as I started working, I found the model’s face compelling. I decided to block in the t he face at a life-size scale and and see how much of it would would fit on the 8×10 support with which I’d started. I thought though t it would be fun to see the face emerging from the surface, surface, so I created a time-lapse film of the entire demonstration for my YouTube page. page. Only the initial stages of the painting process are seen in the step-by-step demonstration shown here. In both the film and these stills, you can can get g et a sense of my color choices by observing my palette, to the right of my untitled study.

1. Starting with a PanPastel No. 5 Sofft trowel-shaped trowel-shaped tool, I block in the t he large masses and shadow shapes of the head, using a mix of burnt umber um ber and odorless mineral spirits (Turpenoid). (Turpenoid). I use u se two tools to do this, one to apply paint and another dry tool to lift paint from the surface.

2. Once I have a quick and expressive expressive foundation blocked in, I place little color spots or notes throughout t he face. I base these notes on loose color impressions impressions and my sense of the values.

3. After some initial color responses, I go b ack into the larger shadow shapes to define them more accurately, accurately, homing in on how the exact angles and shapes interact and relate to one another as a whole.

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4. At this stage, I apply more color hatch notes that loosely describe the form’s direction, topography and rhythm. A little thicker paint is applied.

5. I refine further. I tend to go from large masses to small and back again—back and forth, so that areas get more accurate in relationship to the whole.

6. I define things further—with a fine No. 2 kolinsky sable brush—thinking about how each of my lattice strokes follows the form.

7. I continue to refine and tighten the drawing as I develop the form and color with overlapping hatches. At this point, I’m thinking about areas that have subtle transitions and relations. To read more about Kassan’s work, click here to get your digital copy of the A pril 2011 issue of The Artist’s Magazine and read the feature article “Urban Studies,” by Jill Bossert. Free artistsnetwork.tv preview See an award-winning artists’ approach to oils. Click here for a link to a free preview of Expressive Oil Painting with George  Allen Durkee from artistsnetwork.tv. MORE RESOURCES FOR ARTISTS • Watch art workshops on demand at ArtistsNetwork.TV • Online seminars for fine artists • Instantly download fine art magazines, books, videos & more • Sign up for your Artist’s Network email newsletter & receive a FREE ebook YOU MAY ALSO LIKE THESE ARTICLES:

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