Many artists enjoy painting portraits with acrylic paint, which is easy to work with and cheaper than oil paint. To paint a face using acrylics, you'll need a variety of paint colors so you can blend the right skin, eye, and hair color for...

This is 8 x 6 inches, oil on hardboard. Sold

Application portfolio for MICA's 2014 Competitive Scholarship by Sara Klementovic

Painting a Face in 5 Steps with Oils / #cartoon portrait #Oil Painting Portrait #Portrait Painting

portrait painting techniques. Ben Lustenhouwer shows his portrait painting techniques. In a serie of photographs a step by step approach is shown.

In a comment on one of my recent posts, someone used the phrase “art for profit” in an attempt to be negative. But rather than an insult, that’s a dream! I feel so incredibly lucky that my “work” is something I absolutely love—painting the fascinating, endless variety of human faces. And how great is it that something I love to create happens to be something that others value, too. As long as I can continue to elicit reactions like the one to this portrait—“omg, I freaking LOVE it!”—I’m…

Step by step painting