Portrait painting tips for beginners who want to start in oil paint.
In this short video I give you 5 tips to pay attention to. Of course there are many more.
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I painted this demonstration on piece of heavy duty linnen, I applied three layers
of gesso that I made a bit offwhite with black and yellow ochre acrylics.
The canvas was stapled on a piece of chipboard.
Once finished I will cut the painting and glue it on a piece of plywood.

My palette from left to right.

Titanium White, Talens/Rembrandt 105
Cadmium Lemmon 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
Chromium Oxide Green, Talens/Rembrandt 668
Viridian Green, Talens/Rembrandt 616
Cerulean Blue, Talens/Rembrandt 534
Ultramarine Blue, Talens/Rembrandt 505
Ivory Black, Talens/Rembrandt 701

Mixtures
1 Titanium White + Cadmium Red Deep + Cerulean Blue
2 Titanium White+ Terra Rosa + Yellow Ochre
3 Cadmium red Deep + Viridian Green
4 Transparent Oxide Red + Viridian Green

Later I added 3 steps of neutral grays:
Ivory Black +Yellow Ochre+Titanium White

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

To rinse brushes. “Titan Disolvente Sin Olor “
(This might be available in only Spain. Any odorless Spirit will do like Talens 090)

I did not use any medium in this painting



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