Part 3 of a portrait painting tutorial by realist artist Alex Tzavaras. Alex paints a master copy of Juan de Pareja by Baroque artist Diego Velázquez. Filmed entirely in real time.

Master copies of old masters paintings is a great exercise, which will give you valuable insights into the oil painting techniques used by the artists of the past. You can also do them at home if you don't have access to a model. This was copied from a high res Image that you can down load for free from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collect...

This portrait painting tutorial was filmed in real time, with nothing taken out. So, if you want to try this exercise yourselves, you can follow along.

0:00 Intro
2:35 Reflected Lights in the Shadows
8:00 How to Use Medium
11:30 Painting the Hairline
19:35 Painting the Highlights
22:25 Painting the Mouth
36:00 Colour Temperature
56:50 Painting the Beard
1:11:30 Painting the Hair
1:13:30 Glazing Oil Painting Technique
1:16:30 Painting the Background
1:25:30 Edges Around the Hair
1:32:45 Painting the Collar

To let Alex know how you got on with this exercise, please tag him on instagram:
  / alex_tzavaras  

To see part 1:
   • Portrait Painting Tutorial  Velázque...  

To see part 2:
   • Portrait Painting Tutorial  Velázque...  

To see Alex's video on Colour Temperature:
   • Oil Painting Tutorial  Colour Essent...  

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. .

For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:
  / simplifydrawingandpainting  

Or connect with Alex:
  / alex_tzavaras  
  / simplifydrawingandpainting  
http://alextzavaras.com