Portrait Painting Tutorial - Velázquez master Copy (PART 2)

Part 2 of a portrait painting tutorial by realist artist Alex Tzavaras. Alex paints a master copy of Juan de Pareja by Baroque artist Diego Velázquez. Filmed entirely in real time.

Master copies of old master paintings are a great exercise, which will give you valuable insights into the oil painting techniques used by the artists of the past. You can also do them at home if you don't have access to a model. This was copied from a high res Image that you can down load for free from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website:

https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437869

This portrait painting tutorial was filmed in real time, with nothing taken out. So, if you want to try this exercise yourselves, you can follow along.

0:00 Intro
1:40 The Refining Stages of a Portrait
4:10 The Essential Features of a Portrait
5:00 Painting the Bridge of the Nose
7:15 Working from The Corners of the Eyes
12:00 Painting the left Eye
13:45 The Importance of Soft and Hard Edges
22:00 Painting the Right Eye
35:00 Adding small Details
40:35 Adding Variations of Colour
48:10 paintign the Nose

To let Alex know how you got on with this exercise, please tag him on instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/alex_tzavaras/

To see Part 1 of this demo:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoCSaNKDyNg&t=3s

See Alex's video on How to Paint Edges:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sm9hCGY6k6k&t=136s

Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.

For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:
https://www.patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpainting

Or connect with Alex:
https://www.instagram.com/alex_tzavaras/
https://www.facebook.com/simplifydrawingandpainting
http://alextzavaras.com