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Description
Steve finishes the oil painting in this video. The key concepts addressed in are: making corrections when the painting is dry; mixing color to match glaze; finding a unifying color; working the background and marrying to the portrait with breathing line; finalizing darks and highlights. Techniques for finishing facial details, hair, and clothing are demonstrated.
Index
00:04:32 - Use glazes to find definitive color
00:05:11 - Preparing the surface to paint
00:07:20 - Mixing a base color to match the glaze
00:11:43 - Finding a unifying color
00:15:01 - Go to the lightest color as soon as possible
00:16:40 - Light goes through the eye like a marble
00:24:50 - Highlight on lower lip on top of the form
00:40:12 - Negative painting into the hair
00:42:00 - Hair is soft, the softer the better
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