This Portrait Painting Exercise Will Make You Better

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Hi, I am the son of two artists and began painting in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia before I could walk. I was a rare combination of artist and athlete so I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to play football for USC. I left the team my sophomore year to focus on painting and filmmaking, applying the same focus and discipline from my football career to my art. I primarily work in oils, and spend most free days painting "en plein air" in my new home of Sarasota Florida.
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[ipyongchua]

You know he is a good teacher when, he has a whole big canvas like mural of nicolas cage

[santigato]

I have a suggestion that can help a lot. Paint with the biggest brush the size allow, because more area is covered faster and forces us to stay away from details and to be creative with the brush strokes adding quality to the brush strokes. Try to stay away from small brushes as much as possible.

[YodaOnABender]

Fantastic! Now everyone can paint Jerma!

[deadlee]

OH MY GOD
As a digital artist i always wanted to make my paintings look like theyre old and hand-drawn. I wasn't good at painting portraits either, even though i know the planes of the head. This exercise is just amazing!! My portraits look better! Thank you so much!

[rebeccaking]

It's amazing that you can continually come up with good tips for painting. I know it must be hard to present content so regularly. Thank you so much for your wonderful encouragement and great tips!

[chimeranix]

I clicked bcuz I thought you were painting Jerma, but stayed for some great art teachings 🤟🤟

[auntiegrandma]

I love how all the most popular comments are just ppl thanking him but the most recent ones are about jerma

[captainspaceboy]

The amount of speed I had clicking this video when I saw the thumbnail and thought it was Jerma, its not. But I watched through the entire thing and I don't regret it. Thanks for the tips dude

[Bolaway]

One of the hardest things is to transition between drawing and painting. Painting requires understanding of the shapes, while drawing makes you more focused on lines.

[lorrianneetheridge]

Great explanations and demonstrations. You have a gift for teaching and making it very relatable and doable. Thanks for all.

[Yarnlife]

I’ve never had the confidence to even TRY a portrait painting. Here I go I guess. Paint Coach, give me strength😂

[beans]

Thank god Im not the only one seeing jerma I thought I was insane

[shaunwilliams]

Doing this now since my toddler is taking a nap! Thanks for the push Chris!

[sallylee]

Thank you Chris for all your videos. I just started oil painting in March, having never done ANY art before. I am 64 and thought I had zero artistic ability. Family and friends are amazed when they see my painting after following your videos. I feel like I am looking at a miracle after I complete any of your tutorials! Keep posting and adding classes!

[JVPaints]

I like the Sargent on the shelf in the background.

[renwright-trapino]

I love these basic Steps! You nailed your self portrait Coach!

[harambe]

i got the same effect when i on a whim did pixel art for the first time. I already could draw and paint but it was really interesting because i mean even in the finer pixel range there was so much simplification going on and so much sacrifice bc of it. You really had to have your fundamentals down and it was a fun and welcoming challenge. I'll try this exercise out a lot more!!

[chelseaandhobbes]

Insane how making the portrait look less perfect and realistic… makes it look more perfect and realistic 🤯👌🏻

[SPAMMER_G]

I watched the first three or so minutes and I instantly had a plan. This is video and the advice were super helpful, especially going back to my fundamentals. Thank you! 🙏

[jojojo]

Backgrounds- I just learned about Joseph Albers’ colour perception excercises too, and exactly how much adjacent colours completely change how we perceive a colour. They’re like colour-based optical illusions, and some are really mindblowing even after I know how it works. I guess that really drove home the ‘background first’ rule.