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Paint Your First Amazing Acrylic Portrait (Beta)
Before We Begin
Welcome...and a Brief Studio Tour! (4:13)
Supplies and Materials Needed (20:46)
Class Syllabus
Session 1: Overview and Getting Ready for the Sketch
About the Glazing Technique and How to Grid (104:01)
Example: Student's Canvas and Photo with Grid
Gridded Image of My Wife that You Can Paint From
Session 2: Sketching Your Portrait
About the Grid Sketching Method and How to Begin (18:43)
Sketching Your Composition onto the Canvas (65:26)
Bonus: Revisions to the Sketch (35:17)
Session 3: Color Theory and First Layers
Tools Needed, Color Theory and Sealing Sketch (68:21)
Preparing Your Palette, Toning Your Canvas, and Foundation Layers (49:19)
BONUS: Critiques of Students' Sketches (81:04)
BONUS: In Progress-- "Portrait of Leah" (99:46)
Session 4: Building Up Your Colors and Values
Guidelines for Layering, Blending Techniques, and Demonstration (98:23)
BONUS: In Progress-"Portrait of Leah"Part 2 (235:45)
BONUS: Critique of Student's Painting (38:03)
Session 5: Top Layers, Smoothing, and Detail Work
Critiques, Guidelines for Top Layers, Q& A, and Demonstration (92:36)
BONUS: In Progress "Portrait of Leah" Part 3 (145:02)
BONUS: "Portrait of Leah," Part 4 (45:02)
Session 6: Color Shifting, Additional Nuances and Blending
Critiques, Color Shifting Lecture, and Demonstration (18:56)
Lecture on Tonal Nuances and Color Shifting (12:57)
Demonstration on "Portrait of Leah" (62:57)
BONUS: "Portrait of Leah", Part 5 (53:49)
Critique of Student's Painting (22:12)
Session 7: Adjusting Skin Tones and Smoothing Values
Class Session 7 (64:18)
BONUS: Portrait of Leah, Part 6 (138:03)
BONUS: How to Measure and Correct Values in Your Portrait (15:18)
Session 8: Final Touches, Signing Your Painting and Varnishing
Questions and Comments about this Class (30:51)
Lecture: How to Add Depth, Finishing, and Varnishing (13:51)
Demonstration: How to Do Final Touches (21:21)
Demonstration: Signing and Varnishing Your Painting (22:27)
Session 9: Extra Helpful Material
Extra Critiques (146:44)
Preparing Your Palette, Toning Your Canvas, and Foundation Layers
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