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  Develop your drawing skills. In order to learn portrait painting properly, it is essential to develop your drawing skills. Actually that applies to all forms of realistic art. I had the good f...

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Today, May 18, I launch my newest video tutorial. How to paint a portrait in watercolour. It took a while before I could take up my project of new video tutorials, but now time has come. I finis...

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Portrait painting is not easy. It takes a while before you can make a acceptable portrait with a good resemblance. You know what I mean, if the intention is to paint your mother, you really want ...

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Portrait painting business: Above an image from long time ago when I just started my career as a commissioned portrait painter. For those who would love to do portrait painting on a commission ba...

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There are countless ways how to start a portrait in oil. I have already made a video on Youtube with four different options. Three of these are based on copying a photograph in one way or anothe...

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Here I give some advice how to paint hair in oil paint. 1. Always provide softness where the hairline meets the background. 2. Painting individual hairs is one of the biggest pitfalls. Make simpl...

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Clearing the attic These days, around the end of the year, Helma and I are busy clearing the attic. The plan is to make large cabinets with plenty of storage space. I am already looking forward ...

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How about your artists´ signature? Maybe a bit of a weird subject but not unimportant: Your artists´ signature. Often enough you see something strange in one or another corner of a painting: t...

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Portrait painting techniques Based on some portraits that I am currently working on, I explain some dos and don’ts in portrait painting technique. Of course I have to say my 10 dos and don´ts...

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If I had to compose a top five list of my favourite painters, it would be no secret that Joaquin Sorolla would be there. This artist (Valencia 1863 – Madrid 1923) is the flagship of the Spanish...

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