PORTRAIT IN OILS (MULTIPLE SESSION): JUDY
Finished painting (above). Work in progress (below)
PORTRAIT IN OILS (SINGLE SESSION): GABRIEL CLARK
PORTRAIT IN OILS (SINGLE SESSION): SAMUEL WEST
Finished painting (above). Work in progress (below)
PET PORTRAIT in OILS (MULTIPLE SESSION): PARROT
STAGE 1
Client's photograph. Several different poses are useful, to get a feel for the subject.
STAGE 2
A quick pencil sketch to determine light and shade. This helps when discussing framing ratios with the client.
STAGE 3
After transferring the image onto canvas, a thin wash of burnt umber creates a mid-range tone.
STAGE 4
Heavily-thinned with turpentine, basic oil colour is worked onto the canvas to form the underpainting.
STAGE 5
Thicker oil paint is laid on to develop form and enrich colours.
STAGE 6
Detailed work begins on the face.
STAGE 7
Work on the form. The feathers begin to appear.
PORTRAIT IN OILS (MULTIPLE SESSION): JANET
STAGE 1
The client sends in a photograph - ideally several photographs, so poses can be combined.
STAGE 2
The image is sketched onto canvas using pencil and later filled in with indelible marker.
STAGE 3
A thinned wash of oil paint is applied to the canvas to creat 'body tone'. In this case, the wash is burnt umber mixed with a little raw sienna.
STAGE 4
The basic highlights are added to help establish the tonal range before the application of colour.
STAGE 7
Colour and tone coming together, with more texture to the brushstrokes. But it still needs finishing details, glazes to enrich the colour, and varnishing.
STAGE 5
Adding in the shadows.
STAGE 8
Detailed work begins on the face. Tones are deepened.
STAGE 6
And now to add some colour.
STAGE 9
Finish the details and deepen tones and colours with glazes.