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How to paint portraits in mixed media with David Douglas
David Douglas on painting portraits from a 2015 bonus features e-newsletter.
Portrait Painting with Juliet Wood
Juliet Wood describes how she tackled a portrait of her grandson and reveals the challenges confronted during the process
Top advice for taking portrait commissions from Frances Bell
Frances Bell shares insights and offers tips on how to achieve the best results when working to commission by paying attention to the practicalities
How to add successful backgrounds to your portraits with Heather Harman
Heather Harman discusses the importance of the right background to enhance your portraits of people.
How to use the classical method of sight size for modern portraiture
Frances Bell explains why the classical method of sight size is unaffected by modern technology and why, therefore, it is a route to innovative painting for the modern painter.
Process for a Portrait
Agata Wojcieszkiewicz provides an insight to the intimate process used to create her revealing oil and acrylic portraits and self portraits
Paint a portrait using the transparent monochrome oil-painting technique
In the first of a new series, daughter of celebrated American artist Richard Schmid, Molly Schmid demonstrates a portrait using the transparent monochrome oil-painting technique
Paint expressive oil portraits
Expressive portraits are anything but a simple recording of a likeness, says Andrew James, ‘they are a fusion of skill and conviction – they display a richness of heightened sensations’ Follow Andrew's oil portrait painting demonstration…
How to paint lifelike portraits of children in pastel
Rebecca de Mendonça offers top tips for creating life and energy in pastel paintings of children.