Portrait artist Alex Tzavaras talks about how long it takes to learn to paint from life.

Learning to paint from life is one of the most challenging activities you can choose to do. People believe that making progress has to do with talent, but it actually has a lot more to do with practice. In this video, Alex will show you how long it took him to learn to paint. With examples of his work from his early days as a beginner, right up to the present day. He describes how the way he works, has developed in decade or more he has been painting.

Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.

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