Paint A Portrait Today

Picture yourself in a few hours to have completed painting a portrait. I would suggest that regardless of beginner or advanced experiences you may want to consider painting on inexpensive canvas paper until you develop certain painting skills. Yes, you can paint a portrait today. Contemporary techniques and the quick drying paints of today have hastened the process.

Portrait in a day

An advanced student of art will be able to complete a beautiful finished portrait in a day. The beginner or intermediate can also do it in a day. It is also best to step away for a few days then return and review and make any corrections.

Training and Practice

Most of us realize the importance and the advantage of training and practice. Practice new painting techniques and understanding the differences will enhance our qualities. One needs to become skilled with painting brushes, strokes, and pigment.

It may seem like a longer process, but worth painting with inexpensive brushes and canvas paper. The reason I say this is that it will give you an appreciation and a better understanding why it pays to invest in the correct tools when you become serious about painting with either acrylic or oil paints. It helped me to have a more practical outlook of my creativity and interest in the equipment which would suit my skills.

The Painting Craft

Rare thinking people such as yourself already understand and appreciate the advantages of completing a practice portrait. Paint a portrait today and it will help you to acquire a clearer vision of the painting craft. You will be able to acknowledge the instruction, skills, tools, and whatever else is lacking to complete and refine this type of fine art.

Flesh tones

Flesh tones may have appeared to be a simple selection process, but you learned otherwise. Purchasing flesh tone paints is not the answer. Skin coloring may include, blue, green, coral, red, pink, brown, and yellow. It is good advice to learn how to mix flesh colored tints and how to make the lighter and darker colors of the skin when hidden in shadows or light.

Coordinating flesh colors to be aesthetically pleasing to the eye is nice, but it is more important to capture the skin qualities of the face on your portrait canvas. Artists gifted with this skilled talent add a true realism to the portrait.

It is amazing or amusing that if you give three people the same colors and the same paints the results will be different. One person may have a clown portrait. The next artist may almost capture the correct flesh tone but needs improvement, and the third person hears "Wow!" I have seen this happen in many instances and it amazes me each time.
Identify and understand colors

All you need to know about color is to understand its basics. Primary colors are red, blue, and yellow. The secondary colors are green, orange, and violet. The primary and the secondary colors are the colors found in the rainbow. Other colors not seen in the rainbow are produced by adding to the primary colors.

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Black is not considered a color. However, when added to a primary or secondary color it will create darker shades. White is a tint that will make other colors lighter. Gray will create tones that are less intent. Gray is created by mixing black and white.

The dominant color is the color that pops off the portrait at first glance. Adding black or white pigment to darken or lighten the skin tone is not always the answer. Look at the skin of your model very closely. There are other colors in the skin tone. White is only used to highlight and black is used very sparingly.

To have the face of the individual pop from the canvas keep the background covered with neutral paints such as white, beige, gray, and blue. The background color needs to help the face to stand away from the canvas.

After having said that, you may wish to have a symbol in the background which represents the individual being painted. For instance, if this person loves roses you may wish to paint a rose bush in the background. Once again, do not let the rose bush overpower the portrait, just compliment it.

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