Gamayun: Beyond Alla Prima

Oil painting tutorial on creating the narrative portrait painting using the blend of traditional portrait painting technique and abstract textural approach and how to use things which surround us as visual references.

Content:

Part I - Wet-on-Wet painting process: drawing with the brush, reading and analyzing the reference, skin tones, efficiency of paint application

Part II - Beyond Alla Prima: refining the head, building up the luminosity, use chromatic mixtures in order to add more life into skin tones

Part III - Finishing Touches: using Photoshop to create the reference for the background, applying abstract shapes on the panel using variety of different tools

Photo of finished painting and reference images are included.

Total runtime: 2 hours 40 minutes