We have a freshly started sky. Add and create different warm tones and distribute them in different sectors of the sky. The important thing here is the technique we apply, one of the most important and that you have to master NO MATTER WHAT. The gradient. I’m going to start blending a bit because the…
Let’s work with the palette. Let’s prepare the color. We’re going to make a sort of wine stain below the palette. A very dark red. Always leave space on the palette. I’m leaving small remains in case I need to touch up each mixture again. Until the end of the painting, I try to have…
Originally, I wasn’t trying to do this, but it seems to be yielding VERY INTERESTING results. It’s called IMPASTO. It’s when we apply an excessive amount of paint or material, creating a raised texture. This texture is actually helping me a lot (I think) in creating the impression of WAVES. So, despite it being just…
Hello! Today I bring you a very powerful technique for advanced sketching. It is a traditional technique using THREADS. Why threads? Because if I start drawing directly on the canvas, it will be filled with graphite, and that will bother me later when erasing it. It will also be troublesome when it’s time to paint….
In this article, I’m going to show you the step by step to perform the color mixing for fair skin with their respective highlights and shadows. I will also reveal the system I use to make the color always look and feel real and avoid working with a tone that can ruin your work. My…
In this article, you will learn how to make an advanced level gradient to obtain a realistic multi-tone sky. For this occasion, we will only use a brush and a material that you have available in your home kitchen. The final gradient is worked with 7 colors in total. To carry out this sky we…
In this new post, I will show you step by step the FORMULA to contrast faces in your works. When we consider painting a portrait we must consider the background we are going to do. If the work is going to focus specifically on the face we must make a very simple background so that…
