Stages Of My Portrait

Here's a description of each of the stages I went through to arrive at the finished painting. The photo that I was working from is shown right along side the painting in progress so you can see what I'm looking at as I paint.

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Education

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• Art
• Instruction
• Oil Portraits
• Painting
• How to. . .

[irudley]

Thanks for the nice comment. It makes doing tis worth while.

[irudley]

Glad I could help.

[irudley]

If I want to work wet-in- wet, I work on an area the next day. Adding a drop of clove oil will also extend the drying time. Usually I complete an area and work on another area, so each area has a few days to dry. I paint very thin. No impasto. Therefore each area is practically dry in the few days as I work on other areas. For varnishing I use a 50%-50% mix of Gloss and Mat Soluvar, to give me a semi-gloss look. Thanks for the compliments.

[Blatta77]

The jacket should have shadow on the right side or not?

[studioharris]

once again, great stuff irv..

[madmomentsgo]

very nice.

[seanbone]

You're a great teacher & have a great narrating voice...I'm currently in a painting class & now have a little more confidence

[KittyTempleton]

Beautiful work. Thanks for sharing.

[akeithneal]

...Also how long to you let paint dry between layers?

[akeithneal]

How do you glaze or varnish your paintings. Im trying to give my oil paintings a more professional looking finish to them.