Underpainting a head – a demonstration

Written by Ethan

If you have seen my video where I give you an outline for the steps of the oil painting process, this is an example of beginning an underpainting.

I paint this head from a photo, but the process is the same whether you are painting from life or a photograph.

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Ethan Semmel

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