This is my first portrait commission that I did using acrylic paints.
I usually accept a color pencil and charcoal portraits from my friends and acquaintances because these are my specialties for realistic drawings and paintings. Recently, my churchmate ask me to paint his girlfriend in a canvas. I don't know if watercolor will be compatible in a caanvas so I suggested to do it with acrylic. He agreed but with a disclaimer that it is my first time so that he would not expect more. But I did my best
These are the materials I used:
- 12"x16" canvas
- Reeves Acrylic Paints
- Flat Brush for color shading and background
- Pointed Brush for details
The concept is to paint his girlfriend with a night sky background, more like with a whimsical theme.
Process
In the beginning I drew a draft the image of the girl on a canvas using a pencil, then I start to add the paint for the background with blue and black gradient to achieve the night color.
After I finished the background, I started to paint the skin color of the girl. I used white, violet and orange and mix them to create the color of the skin tone. I add water to the acrylic paint to blend them easily. Acrylic paints dry fast so it must be observed during the painting process
After this, I decided to add the stars using white acrylic paint on the background. Using a flat brush I splatter the paint all over the canvas. And here's what it looked like. I cleaned the parts of the skin where the white splatter too.
Then I add the details of the dress, hair and face with their respective color. This is the most difficult part for me. I find it hard to perfect the eyes and the eyebrows, but it was the most enjoyable part too. I had to erase and repaint the eyes all over to get the proper proportion.
And here's the finished painting. It doesn't look exactly like her but my friend said it does.
This opportunity let me undertand my capacity in portrait paintings like acrylic and motivated me to study and learn more about it.
I hope you all like it!
Thank you for dropping by
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