Oil and portrait painting: 5 essential tips for beginners - Ben Lustenhouwer

Portrait painting tips for beginners who want to start in oil paint. In this short video I give you 5 tips to pay attention to. Of course there are many more. Check out all my other videos on Youtube: It is my intention to publish everything I know about portrait painting. Donations are welcome. No obligation, but if you can, please do! I painted this demonstration on piece of heavy duty linnen, I applied three layers of gesso that I made a bit off-white with black and yellow ochre acrylics. The canvas was stapled on a piece of chipboard. Once finished I will cut the painting and glue it on a piece of plywood. My palette from left to right. Titanium White, Talens/Rembrandt 105 Cadmium Lemmon Yellow, Talens/Rembrandt 207 Yellow Ochre, Talens/Rembrandt 227 Cadmium Red Deep, Talens/Rembrandt 306 Terra Rosa, Winsor & Newton 635 Transparent Oxide Red, Talens/Rembrandt 378 Alizarine Crimson, Winsor & Newton 004 Chromium Oxide Green, Talens/Rembrandt 668 Viridian Green, Talens/Rembrandt 616 Cerulean Blue, Talens/Rembrandt 534 Ultramarine Blue, Talens/Rembrandt 505 Ivory Black, Talens/Rembrandt 701 Mixtures 1 Titanium White Cadmium Red Deep Cerulean Blue 2 Titanium White Terra Rosa Yellow Ochre 3 Cadmium red Deep Viridian Green 4 Transparent Oxide Red Viridian Green Later I added 3 steps of neutral grays: Ivory Black Yellow Ochre Titanium White A Mauve mixture: Ultramarine Blue Alizarine Crimson Titanium White To rinse brushes. “Titan Disolvente Sin Olor “ (This might be available in only Spain. Any odorless Spirit will do like Talens 090) I did not use any medium in this painting ------------------------------ In my blog you will find even more information about portrait painting and a free eBook “One hundred portraits”: My Instagram: My gallery: ------------------------------ #oilpainting #paintingforbeginners #paintingtutorial #portraitpainting #portraitpaintingtutorial #paintingtechnique