How to Paint Hair, Background and Drapery in an Artistic Way. Portrait of My Wife.

#cesarsantos #tutorial #portrait

At this moment we are ready to finish the environment around the portrait. I had a base color representing each area around the hair, the background and the blouse she is wearing; after that layer dries, we can focus on each element at the time to bring it to completion. Experience how I treat each area with a different approach to create an organic balance throughout the piece. We often rush through less important elements thinking that the key to a portrait is the rendering and expression of the sitter but, every aspect of the painting needs to be consider very carefully before finishing the flesh, which will be taught in the next and last video of this series.

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[mahie]

Cesar is the best artist in the world i'm sure :)

[lizday]

@2:25 how precious you are to be so excited to be working with your wife as not only a model, but your business partner and traveling companion. She is beautiful, YOU are most talented, and I pray you get to keep that spark of togetherness as husband and wife for the rest of your lives! All the best from Texas!

[umuliusson]

Thank yoy for this.i have painted this style of art for about 32 years and love that your egoless you tube videos🙂❤️👍

[magnavitae]

Please show more of your teenager-young adulthood artworks :) as a young artist (I'm 13) i'm so much inspired and motivated by your amazing art.

[liddletv]

This painting is a masterpiece. Well done. I love watching all your videos and appreciate your ability to teach solid, proven technics.

[craft-o-matic]

Truly beautiful work! You wife is lovely, and looking at this painting of her through your love for her, no doubt, makes her even more beautiful!
Thank you very much for sharing your process!
Lisa

[Eternal-ReTuning]

Your touch on those details are delightful.
Thanks for sharing.

[missmegan]

Incredible portrait of a beautiful lady. Your talent and expertise is astounding. Thank you for sharing!

[mariaayon]

I love your paintings and you are one of my favorite artists on YouTube 🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[practicalprepper]

El barbaro de la manifestacion del espiritu en arte.
You're the best Cesar. Worthy of your name.

[genobourn]

Love it Cesar! Finishing off a portrait is vital! Thank you!

[BodhiMoksha]

Thank you kindly Cesar for sharing your wealth of knowledge, experience and wisdom! I’ve watched only a couple of your videos and gained some valuable information. Much gratitude! You are masterful!

[cvlpainting]

also that stencil brush looks like so much fun to use :)

[stanmanmedia]

Dude, Did a portrait of my wife that we both felt looked like her very much yet it lacked something. When I followed your direction about getting the background to pull out some of the highlights in her face, it made a world of difference to the degree that I now like the portrait. I was very unsettled with the outcome because it is my wife and it's hung up in the house, and something you said allowed me to find that way to get the object to blend into the background and bring out the highlights in her face. You saved the day! Thank you very much.

[abnett]

It's a beautiful portrait of your wife's younger sister.

[martinjean.pierre]

Great painting being painter, I can talk about bravo for your portrait of your wife that is very beautiful c is beautiful done

[animeartworks_by_pooh]

You are my inspiration sir..i watch all of your videos

[ninarosebarber]

Absolutely superb, what a beautiful piece of art, or should I say, labour of love. Subscribed.

[cvlpainting]

I havent seen this part of the process shown described as much, so thank you!

[DamYenisH]

it's verry interesting to see your process. I can't wait to see the next step !