Portrait Painting Tutorial | Character & Expression

In this week's portrait painting video I aim to guide you along the development of this painting while talking a bit about capturing a person's character & expression.

The materials used in this video are listed below,

Oil Paints:

Titanium White - Gamblin
Lead White- Rublev
Raw Umber- Gamblin
Alizarin Crimson Permanent- Gamblin
Cadmium Red Medium- Gamblin
Cadmium Orange- Gamblin
Yellow Ochre- Gamblin
Cadmium Yellow Medium- Gamblin
Sap Green- Gamblin
Cobalt Teal-Gamblin
Ultramarine Blue-Gamblin
Ivory Black- Gamblin

Panel:
Jack Richenson premium gessoed hardboard (I did gesso over it with Liquitex Professional Acrylic gesso and then toned it with Master's Touch neutral grey acrylic paint)

Mediums:
Mineral Spirits-Mona Lisa
Walnut Oil-M.Graham & Co.

Palette:
Large Sheet of Glass (took off an old picture frame and placed it over a grey board)

Brushes:
Master’s Touch Filber size 2
Princeton Catalyst Polytip Bristle Filbert size 4
Jack Richeson Grey Matters size 4
Plaza Montgomery Round size 1

[sudhirmodak]

Very informative, you have a lot of patience to explain constantly throughout the video. Great.

[racheltania]

So informative. Thank you so much. While I do love watching time lapse videos by artists, this is so much better for learning.

[anviban]

...you are the best --other artist tutorials are just peek-a-boo, quick moments of learning but more about their quality of artistry...I guess they don't have the in depth knowledge to teach their craft...

[realartdrum]

Well Done! I love the way you explain what you are doing...Helps one to enjoy the whole moment of painting, with great instructions...Continue to prosper in all that you do! Thank you for sharing Yupari Artist .... :)

[awhanphing]

You're one of my best tutorials reference, thanks a lot

[JulianMakes]

Brilliant Yupari thank you. Superb likeness and colour too.

[gustavia]

Lots and lots of useful information! Thank you.

[thatcreativebeauty]

Very great tutorial every night while I’m painting I listen to you so I can learn. Do you use the Riley method to render your drawings? Thank you this is so great 😀

[damdamdam]

Faded darks are unnecessary. Use liquin gel instead of mineral spirits as your medium for the darks down to nearly midtone.

[kenraines]

do you ever do monochromatic pieces ? would you?

[nicolasfarfan]

que do bien ..pero desde el principio debería haber acentuado los rasgos con las sombras...ya que igual quedo con otras proporciones...la mitad del video parecia otra persona y al final ajustó los rasgos pero no daban tanto el aire a ella!