The Easiest Way to Draw Freehand Portraits

Do you have a tough time deciding how much detail to incorporate into your paintings? This video will discuss some ways to help you decide.
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0:00 Intro to painting freehand portraits
1:10 Materials
3:18 Prepare workspace and reference photos
5:13 Sketch the basic shapes
6:50 Block-in and value focus
7:32 Refine facial features
8:44 Blend edges and fine-tune details
9:46 Background and final touches
10:45 Conclusion
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[@janetwatkins1316]

I wished I could wrap my head around portrait paintings. You are incredible .

[@joshsorrell]

Thank you!

[@recreepy]

My screen has never been happier.

[@joshsorrell]

Glad to hear that!

[@rabplaysguitar]

Thanks for taking the time to make this video. I find loomis and Reilly can be great methods when building portraits from scratch, and like yourself I find a block in combined with prioritising general areas and moving to the specifics later in the process tends to be great when working from reference. Subscribed 😊

[@joshsorrell]

Thanks for sharing your thoughts on the Loomis and Reilly methods. I'll have to explore those more thoroughly sometime. Thanks for subscribing!

[@rakeshchoudhary7391]

You are a great master artists sir

[@joshsorrell]

Thank you!

[@tommannion3454]

I tried that painting the eye sockets first and ended up unable to get lighter colors to stick on top just turned into gruesome mud. I was a newbie then maybe now I’m a solid beginner I’ll try again.🤩👍⭐️

[@joshsorrell]

I would let it dry after you see that starting to happen. Or you can remove all the paint while it's wet in that area and start over

[@JescoStudio]

How many brushes do you usually use during a painting? Like do you use the same brush and just keep cleaning it between colors or do you have different brushes for lighter and darker colors?

[@joshsorrell]

Normally I just stick with the same few brushes and clean between color changes with linseed oil or orderless mineral spirits

[@JescoStudio]

@@joshsorrell thanks for the reply. Really love your stuff

[@laurathomsonmusicart9146]

This is wonderful - subscribed! Could you list the colours you are using here, please?

[@joshsorrell]

I use an impressionist style palette of 11 colors to make my own custom mixes from the colors below.
Ultramarine blue
Phthalo blue
Burnt umber
Burnt sienna
Alizarin Claret
Cadmium red
Cadmium orange
Yellow ochre
Cadmium yellow
Cadmium yellow light
Titanium white
You can learn more by going to my Patreon account

[@laurathomsonmusicart9146]

@@joshsorrell , Thank you so much!

[@myalicioglu]

Some kind of advertisement or not? You keep saying same thing.

[@joshsorrell]

Not sure if I know what you are referring to.