how to paint a portrait for dummies

me painting a portrait

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[evelynolvera]

This made me cry! No lie I regret EVER giving up my passion for painting over the Internet and video games! Kids if your reading this don't waist your time on Facebook or texting all the time go find something that you love and never stop doing it! I use to be a great painter now I pick up a brush and I can't even make a simple nose!

Thank you SO much for this video no matter the age I'll never give up my passion for art ever again!

[gorgeousgordon]

@evelynolvera thanks for the lovely comments ..... all of you! ......... never give up .... if it gets tiresome .... change it ....... it has to be a pleasure

[shalukuttan]

Hey Gordon. Man I can't tell you how inspirational your paintings are. I checked out the other video you posted which has a compilation of all your paintings. What kind of paint do you use? I noticed you apply thick strokes...just curious if you add something to the paint to thicken it?

[gorgeousgordon]

@shalukuttan hi ...thanks for the comments .....it's people like you that keep me going ...... i always use oil paints ... i'm a sculptor mainly and i find i can sculpt with the paint .... to me, the texture is as important as the image

[shalukuttan]

@gorgeousgordon I noticed that the last part of the painting (the guy all the way to the left), the paint was still wet even after you finished the whole image. Did you add a retarder to the paint to make it last longer?

[gorgeousgordon]

@shalukuttan no .... oil paint stays workable even after a few days .....the guy on the left is me ....so is the guy on the right .... the lady in the middle is my wife

[gorgeousgordon]

thank you for your kind comments.

i checked out your profile, to see if i could learn a thing or two from your work .... but bugger me it was empty!

get back to me when you develop a sense of humour and can see a joke for what it is.

[itsapplied4]

While cruising through I happened on your vid...Inspirational ...it's one of those moment where you say " why didn't I think of that" ..brain functions seperate the most of us into their own creative niche..I must say you have yours dead on!!

[JackANDJude]

Nice. I'm subbing for future painting vids.

[gorgeousgordon]

@SimbaWM no, thank you! ..... responses to my work, such as yours, keep me going it always gives me a warm feeling in my guts to know that by doing something i love doing makes other people feel good too.

you don't need classes, you have a passion ..... just do what makes you feel good .... i stopped listening to people, telling me how it should be done, yeas ago.

stop looking for stuff and, start looking at stuff

[gorgeousgordon]

@GowansMike ... blimey!