Portrait Painting Tutorial - Velázquez Master Copy (PART 1)

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In this portrait painting tutorial, realist artist Alex Tzavaras paints a master copy of Juan de Pareja by Baroque artist Diego Velázquez. Filmed entirely in real time. This was copied from a high res Image that you can down load for free from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website:

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0:00 Introduction
1:00 Palette of Colours
2:15 Toning the canvas
4:20 Mapping Out the head with Lines
7:20 Wiping Back the Lights
19:40 Mixing the Shadow Colour
20:00 Massing in the Darks
30:20 Mixing the Flesh Tone
31:15 Massing in the Lights
34:30 Mixing the Highlight Colour
34:45 Placing the Highlights
42: Mixing the MId-Tones
42:30 Massing in the Mid Tones

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