Friday, May 13, 2011

PREVIEW: Portrait Painting Demonstration (available at www.scottwaddellfinearts.com)



Hi Everyone! Here is the preview for my new downloadable demo. In this video I share my personal form based approach to portrait painting. Covering a painting process that took 9 hours to complete, this 48 minute long video shows me creating a preliminary drawing done in graphite on paper, how I transfer this drawing to my linen and ultimately my execution of the painting using oil paints. Throughout the video I describe my thought process and the artistic concepts I utilize while working.
$20
AVAILABLE AT: www.scottwaddellfinearts.com

Also, new free webisodes are in production and will be coming soon!
Thanks,
Scott

14 comments:

  1. Just got the information on this and it looks great. Have flagged it so that I can order it in the next week or so.

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  2. Hey Scott,

    Great video, Im watching it now. I do have a question. Is your Burnt Sienna, Pbr7 or Pr101?

    This is great information.

    Jason

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  3. Hi Scott! I'm already seeing your video. Its wonderful! Just wonderful. And so clear! Is so complementary with your other videos... Some day you can release a DVD pack with the all the videos in more resolution!

    Just a quick question concerning the diffuse transmission: I thought that the raising in chroma in DT affected the terminator and the shadow area, but is possible (as I understand now from your video) that also affect the dark lights (or dark middle tone) in the light area?

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  4. Awesome video! beautiful painting and wonderful to watch. i have an uninspiring question about paint mechanics--do you use medium when you are painting and/or integrating older passages? i always feel a great deal of anxiety when i work back into something (dry or wet), but i like the idea that everything in the painting could be as 'fluid' or adjustable as a drawing. wished i had a more profound question, but that's all i got. also, is this video representative of standard operating procedure for you?
    anyway thanks again for the videos. look forward to future webisodes!

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  5. Hi Scott,
    Your video is great and informative. I'm still practicing how to mix flesh tones. I hope you make more vids on how to mix fleshtones. That's probably asking for to much but your works are awesome. Looking forward to more of your videos.

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  6. Hi Guys, thanks for the comments! I'm glad you all have enjoyed the video.
    Ariel, that's a very good question. Theoretically, yes you could (based purely on the geometry) have diffuse transmission influence the half tones leading up to the terminator. It is generally the less dominate effect however and, depending on the material and it's natural translucency, will vary in it's visual intensity. I tend to exaggerate this effect accidentally sometimes out of an anticipation of its existence.
    Jason, it is pr101.
    Carol, it always flatters me that someone as expert as you asks questions about my process :) (for those of you who are unacquainted with Carol's incredible work, check out: http://www.carolbroman.com ) To answer your question, I typically oil out, with linseed oil, the boundary of the passage I intend to connect to(provided it's dry). Then I mix up the exact last tone that I'd painted on the last session. From there I slightly overlap the oiled out section with a higher level of translucency. Once I move onto the unpainted or underpainted portions of the canvas, I return to my normal, opaque body of paint. Occasionally I still have seams but deal with them by scrapping down a little, oiling out, and glazing over with the necessary tone and linseed oil.
    As far as procedure. This video more represents my thought process. My exact procedure changes and develops all of the time. I hope to cover alternative strategies to setting up and moving through the concepts soon.
    Jose, Thanks for your interest. I agree that mixing flesh tones would make for a great topic. I hope to get to that more specifically in the future. Glad you liked the video!
    Thanks,
    Scott

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  7. Thanks so much for the great video Scott! I bought it first thing this morning and have been stealing time all day to go back and watch it.

    I would also love to see (& buy ;)) a flesh tone mixing video in the future. Hopefully for newbies like me, one that explains how you drop/raise chroma and value in your paint mix.

    You have such an excellent way of describing your technique I look forward to more videos in the future and love the fact that I can buy and download instantly :)

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  8. oops I should have thought of checking your past posts as you address the chroma on your previous post http://scottssketchbook.blogspot.com/2010/12/few-answers.html#comments

    Now to actually absorb what you are saying, that is a whole other matter!

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  9. Your video is fun and has great presentation. You have amazing drawing and paintings skills. She is so realistic and her skin tones are beautiful.

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  10. Just finished watching your video! Fantastic. You're a great and inspirational teacher, thank you.

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  11. Hi! i study drawling in Spain and i like to said thank you for the video, I try to draw every day

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  12. Hey Scott, it's been a while i wanted to write you man. I just love your paintings and they give me such a huge motivation to work harder than ever. Now that i got your video, things start to make a lot more sense in terms of chroma and your sculpting mentality.

    So thanks again for putting this up, its very helpful for me. Hope this is the first of a series :)

    All the best Scott,

    Luca
    Malta

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  13. I love your work.

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