Learn how to paint a portrait in oil paint. Full & Free tutorial. By Ben Lustenhouwer
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- Опубликовано: 28 июн 2024
- In this complete tutorial I show step by step how I paint this portrait in oil paint.
Donations: No obligation, but if you can, please do! paintingportraittips.com/dona...
How I make the flesh colors, the shadows and the light tones. I show my schematic approach.
With accompanying commentary what I do and why. The entire video length more than 2 hours.
At the point of 28:55 a slip of the tongue. I say "When you can´t tell its Green or Blue it´s Mauve. It must be Red and Blue of course, but you will notice that.
CHAPTERS
0:0:44 Preparing the palette
0:4:13 A turpentine wash 4:13
2. Starting with the hair 7:46
3. Painting the dress 15:24
4. The darkest shadows 22:53
5. The face: The light flesh tones on the forehead 26:57
6. The light flesh tones on the cheeks 29:39
7. The light flesh tones on the chin 36:04
8. The lips 38:59
9. The eyes 41:27
10. The ear 47:28
11. The neck 48:22
12. Retracing for the first time 50:17
13. Retracing around the eyes 1:01:54
14. TEA TIME 1:07:22
15. Refining the face I 1:07:27
16. Refining the face II 1:15:50
17. Refining the hair 1:18:50
18. Starting with the arm 1:22:54
19. More light on the arm 1:36:49
20. The other arm 1:40:50
21. The background 1:50:11
22. Softening contours 1:55:53
23. Again to the dress. 1:59:14
24. Details in the hair 2:04:14
25. Lingering at the eyes 2:08:11
26. Finishing touch I 2:09:38
27. Finishing touch II 2:12:53
It is my intention to publish in the future even more of everything I know about portrait painting .
And I want this information to be free for everyone. Some compensation for my efforts comes from the publicity which you see appearing occasionally. I hope you don't find it too annoying.
Until now I received the most nice and grateful reactions from all over the world.
And that gives me a lot of satisfaction.
In my blog you will find even more information about portrait painting and a free eBook “One hundred portraits”: www.paintingportraittips.com
The website of my cousin Will Sophie, who wrote and performed the most fantastic compositions for me: willsophiemusic.com
My Instagram: / benlustenhouwerportraits
My gallery: www.lustenhouwer.com
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#oilpainting #paintingtutorial #portraittutorial #portraitpainting #paintingtechnique #oilpaintingportrait
Greatest respect to you Mr Lustenhouwer for sharing your process for free. Not many artists around would do this. Things like this are very helpful to people like me who are learning these aspects of art.
I appreciate that
Teaching is a priceless act of love. Thanks for being so generous.
thank you.
Best art teacher on the internet 🎨
Well, well.
How clever . Cultivating his own competition
This is exquisite. Thank you for posting. It has inspired me to try the oils for a figure study. I love how you use a small palette of colors and mix lots of tones... it doesn't seem overwhelming.This is truly wonderful to watch... Music is very nice too... very gentle.
Thank you for your nice comment
I can’t stop watching this tutorial, every time I learn something.. Thank you so much Master 🌷
You are welcome
Watching these videos is like meditation...
thank you
I appreciate him saying, “I could ruin…”
I often think that!
Your teaching ability is remarkable!
Thank you
Stop now, she is spectacular. Your talent is amazing. Her eyes do get focal point and she is looking directly up at the viewer.
Thank you Monica
Master, your teaching simplifies the process....regards.
Thank you
So helpful to hear your thoughts and watch your process. I could watch you for hours... and I do.Thank you!
You are welcome.
As someone who has never painted, I realize how much time and patience this is. It is very calming 💚
thanks
Beautiful,nice sharing friend😃✌️.
Best art video I have ever seen in youtube .
Thank you!
I really love the fact that it's in the natural speed, it helped a l o t. Thank you so much sir!
Yeah! I totally agree!!! Love normal speed videos.
I agree , the natural speed of the strokes is key to on line instruction . 👍
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I love the "Tea time" timestamp
Wow. Just lovely. ❤️ Thank you for sharing your gift and for such a relaxing and meaningful video.
Thank you Duska
One of the best portrait painting tutorials. I watched the entire video to gather as much tips as possible for my next commission.
Glad it was helpful
I lived 9 yrs in Nederlands and wished everyday I’d have casually met an artist such as yourself to encourage and show me the way.
Now we have internet. That helps also.
Is it Nederlands or Netherlands?
C'est merveilleux de vous voir peindre! J'ai énormément appris, maintenant, il me reste a essayer de mettre en pratique ce que vous m'avez appris. Merci infiniment
Merci a vous
Thank you so much for giving us the pleasure to watch your tutorial...excelent painting . God bless you.
You are welcome.
thank you sir, with all my respect and admiration!!
My pleasure.
Thank you , sir. Very nice and instructive lesson.
How grateful I am.
...señor, es usted un Ser hermoso. Gracias.
Gracias Jesus.
Thank you very much for sharing this (and all of your) video. You have a friend from Hungary, who's been painting for some 50 years.And can learn a lot from you.
Thank you Ferenc.
Where have you been all my life?! Thank you. 🙏🏻
My feelings exactly. I see some comments 8 years old. Why have I just found this?
A Master Always Makes It Look Easy. Thankyou
ERIC
Thank you Eric.
Thank you for teaching me cool and warm. And edges. I appreciate it.
It´s my pleasure
Thank you! You have a wonderful way of communicating and simplifying the language of a painting. Her skin sings and her eyes just draw you in, it’s lovely piece of art.
Thank you Louise.
Thank you, Ben, for your pedagogical explanation! Beautiful, I love it.
My pleasure!
Huge thanks! I have watched many RUclips tutorials and I have to say, I loved, loved, loved your many tips and explanations along the way. Much appreciated! So generous of you x
Thank you Chris.
Thanks for your generosity with this tutorial, Ben. I have been following your videos and tips for some time and appreciate your work.
It is my pleasure Tim.
It is impossible for the lower middle class in some Asian countries to buy such a good lesson with the equivalent of foreign money. So many many thanks Master for helping with these free lessons. 🙏🙏🙏
Special for you! and more to come.
STUNNING
This is wonderful. I have been following you for some time and really appreciate your easy going style.
Thank you Andy
The music is excellent by the way. Very well done and enjoyable
What an excellent tutorial have you made Ben. Thank you for sharing so much valuable information.
Thank you Remi. My pleasure.
Your patience is greatly appreciated, Ben, for these two long hours of work. Excellent!!
Thank you.
Thank you sir for giving me such inspiration with your fabulous paintings! I truly admire you!
Thank you. it is my pleasure.
Ben, thank you! This is one of the most instructive videos i’ve seen in the past year.
Nice to hear David.
I'm gonna start my first portrait after this tut and I'm sure I'm gonna outdone myself this time and thanks to you for your generosity , few Artists share kind of knowledge for free
Thank you Aya. After summer more.
This is amazing 😯😃👍🏻👍🏻👌🏻
Thank you! What a master! I’m so happy you didn’t speed up the video as I learnt a lot this way.
Thank you. Sometime I have to speed up because of the limited time. I try to upload every week a demonstration.
Thank you for this. There are so many snippets of tutorials or sped up clips on RUclips - it's great to see one complete start-to-finish, and at a speed where you can follow what is happening.
Your relaxed style really helps with imparting the information.
And, of course, it doesn't hurt that you are so good at what you do :)
Thank you for your nice words.
Thank you for the step by step. I really appreciate your excellent view of your color mixing and verbal guidance . I enjoyed this video sooooo much .
Thank you Roxanne
I am so grateful for your generosity !! You have no idea how grateful I am!
Thank you Yuri!
Thank you for showing your whole process and thoughts. I've been painting on my own for three years and this really filled in some blanks for me. And, you are very easy to listen to!
Thank you for letting me know
Thank you Ben for sharing you're expertise. I have learnt a great deal from this video.. I will watch it again. I love your attention to detail.
Keep safe.
thank you Margot for letting me know.
This was so helpful! And your voice so smouth and calm! Really inspiring and useful to watch...thank you!
My pleasure
Ben, what a wonderful and instructive tutorial! You really communicate expertise and great joy in doing these. What a nice service!
thank you!
I'm watching this while I'm painting! Totally a big help for me, also the background music is so calm and relaxing 😌 thank you for this ❤️
Thank you Dan
Love your artwork! absolutely amazing... 😍🌟🌟🙂
Thank you for being our virtual mentor, Sir! Learned a lot from your techniques. More power!
great to hear.
Dear Mr. Lustenhouwer, It's a wonderful tutorial and demonstration. Many, many thanks for your excellent explanations. Its a marvelous work and I will be going through again to find anything I missed.
You are very welcome
thank you so much, this will be a big help for me, I wanted to go back and paint again!
my pleasure.
Just discovering your videos and it feels like Christmas! This one was incredibly helpful and beautiful to watch. Sofie’s music is the perfect accompaniment to your voice. Thank you!
Thank you Judy.
Massive thanks again Ben. Appreciate all you share with us,,, Respects,,,
Glad you liked it
Thank you so much for your generous, high-quality videos!
Thank you Marianne
Loved this tutorial! So nice of you to share freely!!! I am going to use your exact palette this week. So excited to try it out. Thank you so much! I am sure I will watch it several times. As the other person stated - It helped A LOT!!
You are so welcome!
Your comments sharing with us your thoughts every step of the way make things a lot easier to understand and to digest. Thank you for that Ben. Amazing work!
Thank you Eliot
Wow.... perfect. No words for you Mr. You are amazing
thank you.
Thank you for your generosity. His effort to transmit his knowledge is truly admirable.
Thank you Antonio.
Thank you so much. This video at a normal speed with all those perfect and clear explications are a great gift. The use of the colors and theirs combinations seems to me even more usefull than the paint. A big lesson to progress. Thank you for sharing your time. You are a painter and a teacher
iIs my pleasure. Thank you
So grateful for your generosity.
Thank you
You Sir are a great teacher. Thanks for your real time videos.
Thank you very much
Thank you M. Lustenhouser for your generosity and knowledge transfer. more then appreciated.
You are very welcome
Beautifully done! What an honor it is to watch a master at work. Thank you for sharing your thoughts as you paint. 💕
Thank you Cheryl
It's wonderful, sir. Thanks for uploading this.
Nice to hear!
Lovely and patiently painted. The background music is very calming. Thank you for explaining every step and the whys.
It is my pleasure
I admire your palette colors. Going to use it for my next portrait. Thank you for sharing - you’re a very good teacher, your explanations resonate with me!
Thank you Kathy. Good luck!
We love the music ! It fits perfectly to enhance the thinking process. It relaxes us to take in your reasoning process of lights & darks and where you put something when you put something! Please continue to teach us. We love your slow methodical method. We learn so much more this way !
Thank you Robert
Priceless! Every minute is packed with information. Just can't absorb this in one sitting. I need to see this several times. A thousand thanks!
Good to hear!
Thank you, Sir. This was fantastic!! Very well done. Beautiful artwork and great attention to details. Loved it.
Thank you kindly!
Thank you so much!! Pure gold!
you are welcome.
Ben, you are a master of capturing a moment with as few brush strokes as possible. Great work.
Thank you.
Thank you sir. This is gold!
thank you.
Thank you for sharing this, Ben. Wonderful tutorial as always. I learned a lot from your videos! Regards from Brazil.
Tank you.
Excellent tutorial Ben . Nice to see a concise, free full length video :)
my pleasure
I'd like to add my thanks to all the others you have received for this and all your other tutorials.you are very generous with your time and I'm guessing that is because you want to give back some of what you feel art has given you, everyone who watches can't fail to learn many thanks again.
You're very welcome! Mike.
Notably, I look like you, or you look something like me. I am not a portrait painter, people's pets, yes! I have a need to paint people with my pets, so you are perfect!
I paint with good quality acrylics as oils bother my asthma such that I can no longer work in that lovely medium. I am into my early 80's so painting is becoming my main amusement in life. I was a draftsman, then teacher of Engineering type drawing, a building inspector and scissors sharpener. Of which I still sharpen and paint. I just love the way you talk as you paint. I could watch you for hours. You have prepared so very well your painting presentation.
Thank you Mike, it is my pleasure.
This is amazing. A lot of people are going to be making much better artwork because of your generosity and hard work. I heard a quote recently attributed to Edgar Degas where he said something along the lines of "A real artist is one who inspires other people". That definitely applies to you. Thank you and take care.
Thank you for your kind words.
Omg that is so true, just look at bob ross. He hangs in the Smithsonian now, and as much as his style is easy to do, and people might argue that his art is not high art, he was still a master of it. Anyway, I can't draw for jack and know little about how to mix colors etc, but bob ross got me into oil painting, and the rate at which you progress..like just paint the same painting two or three times and you will see a rapid improvement. Just start with the instructional video which teaches you how to load the brush and knife properly and how to press the brush into the canvas etc because that is really important, but yeah...I agree completely.
some day in the future, I'll be able to complete a beautiful portrait like this in just 2hrs and 19 minutes. This was very informative to watch. Thanks you!!
You are welcome.
Love your work and your teaching style. I’m learning so much…solutions that I’ve needed for quite a while now. Blessings! 😊🙏
Thank you Stephanie.
Very good tut! I, learned a lots of color combination for a portrait! Thank you very much!
Thank you Gloria.
Super demo…so helpful to see mixing tips & how you work through the painting. Fabulous! dank je wel x
Dank je Jane.
Thank you sir. With love & respect from Canada.
So welcome.
What a wonderful masterclass! Your paintings and generosity are awesome!!! Greetings from Brazil!
Thank you Edd.
Thanks a million for sharing your experience and many tips that not many masters share with all their expertise as have you these days. Greetings from Mexico
Muchas gracias. Un abrazo desde España.
You are amazing artist and teacher! Thank you very much for lessons!!!❤️
You are so welcome Larisa.
This is the first video I have ever watched of you painting. Your ability to see and create all the gradations of color is incredible! Thank you for a most satisfying two hours. The subject of your portrait is very lucky to have your sensitive interpretation of her beauty.
Thank you so much Julie.
This was mesmerising, thank you. So many tips and guidelines, this has inspired me to get out my oils again and have a go for myself. A gem of a video to fall upon and a beautifully executed portrait. Thank you
Thank you, nice to hear.
Thanks the tutorial is so helpful, i was stuck on how to paint portraits, I am very grateful for this tutorial
No thanks
Thanks a lot! Masterclass Mr Lustenhouwer!
My pleasure Antonio.
Man, this is awesome, thank you so much for sharing!
Thank you
Sir, Thank you so much for sharing with the world your wonderful talent and meticulous skills to achieve such an outstanding result. Videos like yours help us cope with this pandemic. A hug from California. Muchas gracias!!!!
That was en is my purpose. Thank you.
Super maestro !
What a wonderful video. Thank you for sharing your process. I found it mesmerising watching this portrait take form.
It is my pleasure.
So generous to post a full length demonstration for free. I've learnt so much. I've just gone out and bought some terra rosa to have a go with.
Thank you
Thank you. Terra rosa is a fantastic color to start for a fair skin.
So appreciate your generous sharing of this excellent video.
Thank you Darien