The name says it all! I've been working really hard on not only painting this (of course!) but also filming and editing. Whew! These things always take about four times as long as you think. I bought new lighting, a tiny mic, and more memory sticks for my camera in order to step my demo/ tutorial game up, so I hope you enjoy!

Here's what's on my palette:

Brilliant Pink
Permanent Alizarin Crimson
Violet Colbalt
King's Blue
Chromium Oxide Green
Prussian Blue
Sap Green (not pictured)

Payne's Grey
Raw Umber
Burnt Sienna
Yellow Ochre
Titanium White
Lemon yellow
Cadmium Orange

< These are my mixed skin tones using mostly the bordering colors you see here (white, ochre, cad orange, brilliant pink, as well as a little chromium oxide green and sap green to help balance out the warmth). The lighter shades have more white and lemon yellow and the tiniest hint of king's blue. The darker shades have a little raw umber, cad orange, and violet mixed in.

For great instruction on how and how much oil paint to mix, check out my Guide to Mixing Skin Tones for detailed advice:) [here]

A few process stills taken from the vid:

This is a combination real-time and speed demo showing my contemporary realism style of painting portraits. (There's also a short vlog about creating content as a professional artist tucked in there too!)

As always feedback and questions are welcome! Hope you learned something! Have any thoughts on my little vlog in the middle there? Thanks for watching :)

originally posted: January 25, 2017