Value portrait

I created this post to discuss how an artist can think technically about achieving an intended value key discussed in the previous post. This method helps to simplify an overwhelming number of values into a more workable structure at early stages of a painting (a digital one in this case). The loose renderings below are quick head studies from my imagination as they might be lit for dramatic and compositional purposes. I began with this basic head drawing which indicates some of the major…

Paola Luther on Instagram: "Notice the green and blue tones between the eyebrows, on the side of her left eye, and below the cheekbone which allows for the portrait to have depth. If you paint everything with warm tones and similar values, the portrait becomes flat. The highlights placed above the eye eyebrow, on the top of the nose, above her cheek, and above the lips are what gives form to those beautiful facial features. The lower lips also get a highlight, and there are some reddish…

Meybis Ruiz Cruz on Instagram: "Day3 Demo @lagaleriaroja workshop. This time using a simplified value structure approach to render, to make a study more manageable Step1. Create a value structure using only two grays, one for shadows and another one for mid tones. Step2. Blend and enrich values within the previous structure (you’ll need some darker shadow and I between grays. Step3. Add color to your base, or on top using overlay as blending mode: keep in mind some color variation;) Step4…

Value study. Reference photo, Model: Anatol Modzelewski. Photographer: Saverio Cardiaref: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/462533824210968532/

Regina Lyubovnaya on Instagram: ““Girl with Pearls”, yet another portrait, 8x6.” Must say, I enjoyed square format a bit more. The challenge of this portrait was the soft,…”