Painting Eyes with Oil for Vibrant Portraits
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Learn to make expressive brushstrokes with colorful oil paint to bring portraits to life
They say the eyes are the window to the soul, and it’s certainly what we are most drawn to when we look at a face. For that reason, illustrator and artist Alai Ganuza emphasizes the eyes most when it comes to her portraits. In this online course, she teaches you a deeper understanding of facial features and skin tones to bring striking and original portraits to life.
Learn how to paint your own eyes by mastering an expressive use of your brushstrokes, then discover how to apply everything you’ve learned to the rest of the face, hair, and body. Create a vibrant and playful piece of art that reflects the most unique features of the person you’re painting.
Begin the course by getting to know Alai Ganuza, who talks to you about her career in the world of painting and shows you her main sources of inspiration.
After going over the course materials, dive into the basics of anatomy and see how to recreate volume in painting. Learn how to read colors objectively and enhance them for a more powerful result.
Next, focus on portraying the eyes. Prepare the support for your work and choose a reference photo to sketch, putting into practice all you have previously learned about shapes and volume. Once it’s ready, move on to painting: start with the pupil, followed by the outline, and finish with the eyelashes and eyebrows.
Your teacher then explains how to apply all the concepts you have learned to the other parts of the face, even the whole body. Continue filling out your portrait by painting the rest of the face, the hair, and the background.
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