I’ve just recently finished my yearly self portrait oil painting and this time created an accompanying free time lapse video tutorial of the painting from start to finish. This is a new addition to the How to Draw & Paint: Masterclass series and hope you enjoy! Feel free to drop me a line if you are interested in getting a portrait commission: commissions@mattelder.com
How to Draw & Paint: Masterclass 02: Self Portrait Oil Painting by mattelder.com from Matt Elder on Vimeo.
Below is the finalised painting – “Good Morning”, Oil on Canvas 51 x 71 cm (20 x 28 Inches) .
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Great portrait!
wow Matt, this is amazing! great work…
This work is so beautiful. Your face is serene and calm. The two things I am having the hardest time with painting, skin and water, and you seem perfect at.
I am wondering, as you are ‘blocking’ in the skin tones on the face. Do you have a certain guide or method to mixing the different skin tones, such as you mentioned ‘halftones and shadows’? My portraits always seem to come out too…I guess ‘flat’ is the word? Your painting is so real that even though he is breaking surface of water in your painting, he is almost breaking the surface of the canvas into reality.
Might you have any advice for a painter on painting so lifelike skin?