Painting an Alla Prima Portrait of My Grandmother

Learn my MOST Effective Oil Painting Techniques in Only 4 Minutes:

[newbbietrader]

wow!101 year old grandma!she looks pretty young!!amazing., by the way your art is just out of this world.

[artbykcappadona]

I love that you just paint. No three-hour drawing before painting, no grid. You just go for it using tried and true techniques for proportion, correcting and reevaluating as you go. Beautiful!

[AnthonyTurnham]

Alex Tzavaras. Alex Tzavaras. Alex Tzavaras. I often look for your vids cos they're so damn good and I love your style but I often end up being presented other peoples videos by the algorithm. I figure if I write your name enough times I'll remember who I'm searching for. Cheers pal. You're a true inspiration.

[Joonudschi]

Alex Tzavaras is not only a good artist, but he is also a better teacher.
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge with us.

[richardsong]

These methods and techniques were nearly lost. How glorious that artist/teachers such as yourself have dug deep and worked passionately with challenging techniques and concepts to revive representational wisdom that took centuries if not millenia for humanity to acquire. Thank you for sharing. You do our species proud! (Grandmother too!)

[JH-ctfj]

Your videos are amazing! The plus I usually get from your videos is that they are short yet filled with so much info. Thanks

[rezahosseinzadehnasser]

Thanks your lovely grandma, and your informative lessons.

[TheAndreArtus]

Firstly, adorable grandma.
Secondly, this video has great advice: limiting the initial value range and suggesting rather than drawing in the details. It's so tempting to draw [minor] items like glasses on the face, which becomes overwhelming and obscuring thus leading to a cartoony look.

[lcarolc]

I continue to be absolutely fascinated by the way your simple process produces such beautiful, professional results.

[esahutske]

Your grandmother is very beautiful.
Thanks for sharing...
and teaching

[duantorruellas]

I love that technique, like you said simple, but also a great classical method . I spend afternoons with you or Caesar Santos or Alpay and paint along trying different techniques. But I really like your method and approach lately because of you teaching skills. I've learned priceless information on the direct method portrait painting, as I've always been an indirect figure painter.
One day I will send you a gift to show my gratitude. Something singular and one of a kind.

[cristianvigliarolo]

already after the first touches of the brush you can immediately see the similarity!

[florarhea]

Wonderful! She is such a sweet subject, and you captured her beautifully. 😊❤

[samueljaysonfoote]

Very well done tutorial! Your grandmother is quite the trooper

[lisafred]

Thank you for this and Kudos to your grandmother for posing. Loved to see the difference between your younger models and this one. It is so easy to make a younger person look older. Maybe you can do a video on how to make someone more attractive than they are.

[calum]

Great display and your granny looks fantastic! Thanks to the both of you.

[razorbalade]

It shows your experience so well that even by 0:45, those first rough lines are accurate, and describe her face very well. This might seem easy, but it's really tricky . Awesome painting!

[heyihan]

excellent video about tonal simplification. Watching several times to glean as much as I can. :) Thanks

[Raeburnsart]

Thanks Alex. Your videos are always easy to follow and not too long. I enjoyed this thoroughly. For me, as an artist I think I struggle to keep things simple and Hey it's all in your name. Simplify. Simplify. It's such a big key to the end result. Especially if that is your style. Hyperrealism isn't really my thing. I love painterly and I love that gap between illusive realism and just impressions.

[joseluisderivera]

Great demo as the others from you. I really learn many tips from your demos. Value shapes and keep them simple. Thanks a million. All the best for you. Greetings from Mexico.