How to paint a face with oil

Learn how to paint an oil paint portrait of someone using a photograph as a reference. This tutorial will guide you through the process step by step, giving tips along the way on creating depth and realism in your painting.

Kathy Barker takes you through the basics of painting a nose in the third article in her series on painting portraits

Learn the art of capturing a striking portrait using minimal brushwork. Explore the techniques to convey depth and emotion with economy and precision in your artwork.

Discover the key role color temperature plays in painting skin tones that have a realistic 'life' to them. Along with how to start mixing skin tone colors!

7 portrait painting tips plus one bonus tip that will help you the next time you paint a portrait. From squinting to simplify shapes to a 3 step process for painting wrinkles, there is a little nugget of knowledge for just about any aspiring artist.

John Larriva (American, b. 1981), oil on hardboard {figurative #expressionist art beautiful female blonde young woman face portrait cropped painting #loveart} larriva.blogspot.com

While painting can give you a peace of mind, the art of achieving a perfect skin tone can give you a severe headache. Well, understanding a Picasso painting

I found these images (explaining how to mix paints to achieve different skin tones) incredibly useful so I wanted to share them. They are from from “Painting the Head in Oil” by John Howard Sanden.…

In this portrait painting class we will paint wrinkles. During the class you will learn : 1) How to deal with the backgrounds in your portrait paintings as they can make or break a portrait. 2) How to the forehead, cheeks and chin. 3) How to paint wrinkles. 4) How to create depth in the face 5) and heaps more...