Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique
Mixing Flesh Tones
A course by A.J. Alper , Painter
About the video: Mixing Flesh Tones
Overview
“There is no secret recipe for mixing flesh tones. Just starting by adding a few colours together, adjusting till you are close, and then fine-tuning to get just the colour you want.”
In this video lesson A.J. Alper addresses the topic: Mixing Flesh Tones, which is part of the Domestika online course: Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique. Discover how to paint captivating portraits that capture immediacy and emotion with every brush stroke.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now that we've covered the basics of color mixing, in this lesson we're going to get into the finer details of mixing flesh tones. So right now I want to put in some of her hair and the background color, and this will help me start to see the values in relationship to each other. Because right now I have a lot of white of the panel. Getting these areas blocked in will help me see the relative colors. I'm correcting her hairline a little bit and there's actually quite a bit of paint there so What I want to do is just take off a little bit of paint first so that when I come in with a differen...”
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Course summary for: Expressive Oil Portraiture: Explore the Alla Prima Technique
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Fine Arts, Oil Painting, Painting
A.J. Alper
A course by A.J. Alper
AJ Alper is an American painter specialized in oil painting. Though painting has always been his passion, his career first led him to become a graphic designer and web developer. He eventually decided to follow his creative instinct and dedicated himself to the world of oil painting.
Through his social media, he has created an online community committed to encouraging and educating his followers about the art of oil painting and portraiture. With over a hundred thousand followers, he started the 100-Day Portrait Challenge to encourage his community to express their creativity. His work can be found on the walls of Marriott hotels, Mitsubishi corporations, Philip Morris buildings as well as in various solo exhibitions throughout the US.
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