Hello! A couple of months ago, I finished a portrait of a young lady in a hoodie. I decided to paint her, because I found something slightly mysterious, gentle, peaceful and Reneissance-ish in the way she looked. As usual, for those of you, who like to have a glimpse into the creative process, I will show you some of the stages of my work. FYI, the portrait is painted with acrylics, using mainly the Golden (fluid) and Liquitex brands.
First, after sketching the positioning of facial features and hair, I established the main value areas mostly in gray tones, except for the face, which I wanted to keep vibrant throughout the process.
After the main value areas were established, I laid down the underpainting. The colour choices depend whether I want to amplify warm or cool qualities of the areas, or to boost the richness, depth or vibrancy of what will be painted on top. I must say, that at this stage, the painting looked rather scary.
In the next step, I roughly established the coloured areas.
From then on, it was basically a matter of adding and refining details, adjusting the values, which can take up to several weeks, depending on how much detail you want to include and how much time you have.
And so on, until she's finished:
And that's about it. Thank you so much for visiting my blog. Don't forget to do something creative at least once a week - it's' very therapeutic. Wishing everyone a great day.
