Portrait Painting is a complex art form. The artistic intent is to show the appearance of the person and capture some charcteristical trait of that very person which makes him or her a distinct human being. Great masters manage to make celebrities out of nameless, unknown people (Da Vinci's Mona Lisa) or bare their soul in their self-portraits (Van Gogh). Good Portraiture is like a well-written biography; it's a journey to a persons soul.
However our easy to follow Portrait Painting Tips will make your Portrait painting experience a pleasant and satisfactory one.
Its always advisable to start with the eye, because it's the most easy- to-capture feature of a person's face But one must not concentrate too much in one single feature, one should always keep in mind the face in totality The whites of the eye are never really purely white; one should try to blend in other colors as well to give it a lifelike look. One can use blue to create shadows on faces One can make a general, all-purpose flesh tone color by mixing titanium white, yellow ochre and cadmium red. Squinting one's eye is a good way to discern shapes properly Try and build in a rapport with your subject. This will make it easier to guide him/her. Don't choose a complex pose. The model may tire carrying it through and your portrait might get affected. Use natural light as much as possible, it is the best light for painting.
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