Speed Painting Oil Portrait from Life

 

 

 

Here is about an hour of painting in less than a minute. Paints used: Titanium white, Ivory Black, Venetian Red. (Cobalt Blue brought in during last 10 minutes of painting). I am enjoying the painterly process, and exploring limited palettes. Not my best painting, but a great learning experience.

Oil Portrait 2 hour session

Friday morning painting from a live model is a nice break from studio work and great creative exercise. I started with a very loose block in and went with a limited palette of titanium white, ivory black, yellow ochre, and cadmium red, which is pretty close to that used by artist Anders Zorn. I made sure to keep the first stage very loose and not get bogged down in the details, and kept my warms and cool brushes separated.