Painting an Oil Portrait Demo by Jon Houglum Step #2

[smalltugz]

ahah i finally found it :)

[pelicanus11]

Hes not trying to outdo vermeer

[pelicanus11]

@MARMARR1>>WHO FUCKEN CARES

[pelicanus11]

oh how typical ...no matter what tutorial is in progress there is always some stupid ass asking "what size brushes do you use>>> who fucken cares!!!what a stupid question!! it never fails to annoy me.

[bettinao1]

Hi John, this was a pleasure to watch. You explained everything logically and in detail as you worked on the painting. There are a lot of great painters but only a few really great teachers and you are both of those. Thanks :0)

[impdream70]

THANK YOU for posting this -I haven't painted in some time and to get back into it I wanted to emulate just THIS painting as an exercise!

[adan7777darkness]

do you lay gasso on your wood panel

[romanelcore10]

Congratulations first of all. how do you prime a canvas before beginning to paint actually? Thanks

[impdream70]

@romanelcore10 Gesso, mixed with some water and matte medium -to thin it a bit from the way it come in the can -it's usually a little 'pasty' you don't want it to get too thin though - the first priming should be thicker -so as to let the raw canvas absorb it well, then thinner to fill in any gaps brushing on vertical or horizontally -depending on how you brushed it on the first time. Priming it 3 or 4x is good-if you want to get a smooth surface in between coats when it's dry you can sand it.

[romanelcore10]

@impdream70 thx a lot for your kind and detailed reply :)

[TheBvcxz]

very helpfull thankyou,

[HaterZer0]

great demo love it!

[madlynda]

girl with a pearl earing , i love it,

lynda,

[richmond436]

Any chance you can put the entire workshop on DVD?