Learn How To Paint Portrait Of A Baby

Learn the basics of oil painting and the basics relating to making a baby portrait

What you'll learn

Get to know the tips and tricks as to how to make a good quality painting

Learn how to make an oil painting portrait of a baby step-by-step

Learn more about the materials used and various alternatives, so you can choose the appropriate work tools

Build that structure that you need to strengthen the basic level as an artist

Requirements

List of Materials required: 1. Oil Colors - 1 set 2. Cold-pressed raw linseed oil 3. Hog hair brushes – 1 set 4. soft synthetic brushes for Oil /Acrylic – 1 set 5. wooden /metal /glass palette or plate – 1 6. small metal lid or candle stand to pour oil – 1 7. 1 small bottle of dishwashing liquid for cleaning brushes 8.1 cleaning cloth 9. 2- earbuds & 1 – toothpick 10.1 Paper towel 11. 1 glass medium-sized jar 12. 1 A3 size Mixed Media Multi techniques paper 13. small magnifying glass 14. a drawing pencil and eraser 15. a drawing paper for practice

Description

Watch, and paint along with me :) Learn how to make an oil painting portrait of a baby step-by-step. Get to know the tips and tricks as to how to make a good quality painting.Oil painting is an interesting creative activity. This is something most of us already know. However, there's much more to oil painting than just creativity. With the methods and techniques, one not only learns how to paint, but also excels in creating a structure, understand proportions, understand depth - dark vs. light, near vs. far and such.This learning not only builds patience and perseverance, but also flows through into the other aspects of life, bringing in peace and confidence in whatever task that you set your mind into.Portrait of a baby, is an excellent choice because children are completely unaware of the camera and tend to give innocent and direct expressions. These are hard to capture in a painting and that's what we strive for!Materials Required: 1. Belluno Oliefarve (or any oil colors) 12×12 ml 1 pack & linseed oil used for oil painting – 1 bottle 2. Hog hair brushes – 1 set 3. soft synthetic brushes for Oil /Acrylic – 1 set 4. wooden /metal /glass palette or plate – 1 (Avoid plastic palette) 5. small metal lid or candle stand to pour oil – 1 6. 1 small bottle of dishwashing liquid for cleaning brushes 7. 1 cleaning cloth 8. 2- earbuds & 1 – toothpick 9. 1 Paper towel 10. 1 glass medium-sized jar (any used jar f.eks. marmalade jar) 11. 40 x 40 cm canvas framed on wood 12. small magnifying glass 13. 1 drawing pencil 14. Eraser 15. 1 – drawing paper (if needed for practice) Link to the picture of the baby is provided as a reference material in each of the lessons.

Overview

Section 1: Understanding Materials & Basics Of Oil Painting

Lecture 1 Preparing the canvas for painting - The toning layer

Lecture 2 Applying Golder Ratio and drawing basic features

Section 2: Layer 2 - The Foundation Layer

Lecture 3 Mixing colors and blocking spaces

Lecture 4 Blocking the background

Lecture 5 Applying skin tones

Section 3: Layer 3 - Starting With Shading And Creating Variations

Lecture 6 Shading and smooth finish

Lecture 7 Applying logic to our imagination

Lecture 8 Painting the face

Section 4: Layer 4 - Starting With Detailing

Lecture 9 Approach to portraiture & detailing on the shirt

Lecture 10 Painting accessories and background

Lecture 11 Background distance and prospect

Lecture 12 Skin and facial features

Lecture 13 Corrections

Lecture 14 Highlighting

Section 5: Layer 5 - Finalizing The Details

Lecture 15 Focusing on the details

Lecture 16 Finalizing the highlights

Section 6: Preparing the canvas for sale

Lecture 17 Varnishing the oil painting

creative people, oil painting artists, anyone interested in pursuing creativity for relaxation or as a business opportunity