Oil Portrait Tutorial Part 2

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Beautiful!

Posted by Margaret Beynon on Tue 24 Apr 15:45:18

A stunning portrait Jan.

Posted by Fiona Phipps on Tue 24 Apr 15:49:16

Thank you, Margaret and Fiona!

Posted by Jan Rossington on Tue 24 Apr 16:48:06

Amazing portrait, Jan, very beautiful!

Posted by Cesare Romano on Tue 24 Apr 20:09:44

Thank you, Cesare, for the kind comment...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Tue 24 Apr 20:41:36

Beautiful portrait Jan

Posted by Russell Edwards on Tue 24 Apr 21:03:46

This is lovely however you did it. It's the result that counts -well done.

Posted by Willie Drea on Tue 24 Apr 21:45:20

So beautiful!

Posted by Maureen Sherman on Tue 24 Apr 22:51:52

Thank you for your encouraging comments, Russell, Willie and Maureen...

Posted by Jan Rossington on Wed 25 Apr 06:17:26

Beautiful painting

Posted by Carolyn Parkinson on Wed 25 Apr 06:57:26

Well done Jan! This is a lovely portrait. The eyes are so good and the skin tones are realistic and beautifully painted.

Posted by Fiona Rossington on Wed 25 Apr 16:46:01

Beautiful soft portrait.

Posted by Dawn Halliwell on Wed 25 Apr 16:57:19

Well done Jan! I like the colours and the light across the face and the proportions seem all good too.

Posted by mark hutley on Wed 25 Apr 18:26:54

This is very well done. The colours are particularly good. Horses for courses. I like the free-hand approach.

Posted by Gudrun Ståhl Sharpley on Sat 28 Apr 11:28:50

So delightful and beautifully painted.

Posted by DOROTHY WILSON on Mon 09 Jul 18:09:58

Hang on Studio Wall

24/04/2018

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This is the second part of the oil portrait tutorial that I've been doing... I'm a bit happier with this one as the likeness is better. I traced the features onto the canvas and then made sure I didn't paint over them! Not sure if this is "cheating", but I think it's very hard getting facial features right if you're drawing free-hand...

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Jan Rossington

I'm an amateur artist and my favourite medium is oil. I particularly enjoy painting scenes of people using a palette knife. I've got a lot to learn about painting, but my goal is to keep improving. I try to enjoy the process of painting rather than worrying too much about what the final painting…

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