Spring 2021 Portrait Painting Challenge: Sculpting Shading and Skin Tones in Your Acrylic Portrait

Learn how to paint portraits realistically with my FREE lessons: https://realisticacrylic.com/

Acrylic portrait painting, in many ways, is like creating a sculpture. We want to truly make our faces look realistic and three-dimensional. In this master class video lesson #5 of 8, I show you how to do exactly that.

We're breaking a fine art portrait painting down into bite-size steps that YOU can do.

Specifically, in this video, I demonstrate how darkening your background can really make the face stand out in a lifelike way.

What colors should we use for the shadows? I'll show you how to mix them, what brushes to use to apply them, and HOW to do it. Get the shadows right, and 80% of the battle is won, so to speak in your portrait.

What colors for the skin tones? In this video, you'll learn the correct color to mix, how to create glazes with matte medium and apply it to the face smoothly.

This is still very much the beginning. More lessons to come. And all of them on this channel are free!

WATCH MORE LESSONS IN THIS MASTER CLASS SERIES:

LESSON #1—How to Sketch this Portrait:
Part 1:    • Spring 2021 Acrylic Portrait Painting Chal...  ​​
Part 2:    • Spring 2021 Acrylic Portrait Painting Chal...  ​​
Part 3:    • Spring 2021 Acrylic Portrait Painting Chal...  ​​
Part 4:    • Spring 2021 Acrylic Portrait Painting Chal...  ​​
Part 5:    • Spring 2021 Acrylic Portrait Painting Chal...  ​​

What's coming up in the next lesson? More shading, more skin tones, and the start of some detail work. Follow the lessons and you will be able to create a portrait you can be proud of...even if you're a complete beginner!

Take the Acrylic Portrait Painting Challenge! it's not too late. After you sign up, I'll send you everything you need to paint along with us! You can paint at your own pace. (It's FREE to REGISTER)
https://realisticacrylic.com/spring-a...

(Music by Bensound.)

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