Scott Waddell – Oil portrait instruction
In my ongoing quest to master skintones (or at least be able to paint something that looks alive and somewhat realistic), I bought Scott Waddell’s tutorial. For me this was the one that made things ‘click’.
Palette
Palette used:
- Titanium White
- Cadmium Yellow
- Yellow Ochre
- Cadmium Orange
- Burnt Sienna
- Cadmium Red (I used Permanent Rose)
- Alizarin Crimson
- Raw Umber (I also added Burnt Umber).
- Ivory Black
Scott starts by sketching from life.
Sketch
He goes over his sketch with Raw Umber, and then begins painting.
Start painting
He doesn’t really talk about the colors he uses at all, in stead he ‘simplifies’ it:
Start with a light tone (that’s not the highlight), and follow the form. The less light something catches, the less vibrant and saturated it gets.
Painting 2
Painting step 3
Scott walks you through his painting process, dividing the face up in ‘parts’ that he later connects.
Almost done
I really like his realism and the softness and accuracy of his skin tones.
The downloadable video is $20 USD and it is 50 minutes long.
The first 10 minutes deal with the sketch and palette, the rest is painting.
The download is in WMV format, but with software like the free video converter from Freemake you can very easily convert it to anything you like.
Well worth the money.
Website: http://www.scottwaddellfinearts.com/
