This video is absolutely invaluable. Iv been painting drawing portraits almost 40 years on and off and I learned a LOT from this. This is a video any artist should watch 30 times. Something I'v noticed is once you can draw a face freehand and get it 90% right. Even if you stop for a long time, you brain does not forget how to eyeball it. I find it easier to get it right every time if you don't take it too seriously and draw fast but focus on what you are doing. Don't be lazy, Look where your lines go, don't guess. I also want to add. People DO NOT KNOW what they look like. People just have an idea in their head. You can do an ok freehand portrait and they will be in love with it and show everyone. You can take a photo home and trace it perfectly and they might look at you with a blank stare when you reveal painting and say "well it looks kind of like me". People only believe what they believe and you can't change their mind. Paint them how they want to look if someone is paying you.
@heathertez73525 жыл бұрын
I have to sleep now! I've been binge watching your videos. 💤 Its been hrs. You're a phenomenal speaker
@lyceum41775 жыл бұрын
Ha, I do it, as well, he's so entertaining while informing us!
@anthonytaylor92324 жыл бұрын
Stefan, did you ever get your students to paint a portrait of you. Strong features, great skin tones and a mature handsomeness to boot !!! Peace.
@than2177 жыл бұрын
For anyone curious: One reason portrait mistakes are easier to see in a mirror is because humans have left-gaze bias. So our brains tell our eyes to look at the right side of a person's face instinctually once it's recognized as a face. And the reason closing one eye helps is because two eyes creates 3D stereopsis vision, one eye is a 2D image that you can transfer to a 2D surface (your painting).
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
Good point thanks
@Lytton3336 жыл бұрын
And then we look at the painting with two eyes, or one? Should I take an eye patch with me to the Louvre?
@kelguy60956 жыл бұрын
Thank you :than217 -I was NOT aware 👏👏👏✌
@heathertez73525 жыл бұрын
I will forever remember to close one eye 👍 that is such game changing advise.
@mcashed7 жыл бұрын
This is a pretty good introduction to portrait painting with a lot of insider tips! I'd add only two things. Firstly, it is very important to learn head construction (Loomis and Michael Hampton have the best systems, imo). Instead of measuring all the proportions of the head individually, it is best to rely on a construction method, with which you need only relative measurements as they appear to each other. This also eliminates problems when your model changes their angle/posture. Secondly, the head is all about the eyes (just as Stefan points out), but also about the cheekbones. As long as you nail these two, with a proper head construction, the rest will fall into place on its own. Sargent's portraits are so good, because he was obsessed with construction methods and dynamic geometry.
@ocriodain7 жыл бұрын
Martin Sobr also Martin I find doing a gresaille first to be extremely useful saves you so much time later trying to figure out tonal values with colour
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
your so right
@phylr39835 жыл бұрын
@Martin I am so grateful for a comment like this. A true gem. Thank you.
@joesurfer97545 жыл бұрын
I tried to learn the Loomas method and it totally boggled my mind. My brain was in circles. I went back to quickly eyeballing my dimensions and it's way easier for me and everything just works out every time. All faces have basics that you learn and it's like riding a bicycle, you don't forget. Maybe i'v just been doing it like that so long is why it's easier for me. I got fast at it as a teen virgin (1970's) when many of the girls in high school wanted me to do figure drawings of them after they seen ones I did of other girls and I got Really fired up each time I drew one and I knew it had to be perfect so they would be happy and I just could not believe they were even modeling for me. That drive made it become natural to eye baLL face/ body dimensions quickly. Too bad my old portfolio was destroyed in a flood. Despite all that, this guy has taught me A LOT. He taught me to forget my doubts in my techniques because I was self taught. we did not have computers or videos or even other artists to look at. Later years my family gave me a drawing book and one copy of a watercolor artist magazine and that was all she wrote when I seen what other artist did. I could teach a monkey to do realist portraits. People take it way to seriously. Once you get face shape right and placement of basics added to face, you roll with the shadows and try to draw as few lines as possible on the face. I also think if you get those eyes basically done right. Everything else falls into place. Once you can see the persons eyes looking at you, You can see their soul and everything else is really easy and natural. Thats just my way. I could be wrong. I think the loomas method is for cartoon drawers. I see NO place for it in realist portraits. Being and ex Carpenter and Ex Architectural drafter does give me a good understanding of dimensions/ measurement though so maybe that is what makes it easy.
@flickaJay3 жыл бұрын
@@joesurfer9754 Totally agree! I just put a few marks on where the eyes and ears go or the cheeks and hair line on the top and things just fall into place. I can't seem to do any of the "methods" and perhaps it's b/c deep down I know that every person is different. After I've stared at it long enough I can almost do it by heart many more times. I do have to watch that I don't get careless though. Also, my collection a drawings from my college days was left in someones storage unit and caught fire. Dang! All those drawings I could have used to make portraits from. Recently, I have started to put color to my portraits and I chose pastel. I wouldn't be able to afford all the things that one must have to do oils but that would be my next choice. As he said, acrylic painters wish to make their paintings look like oil - I will be the first person on the planet that will make my pastels look like oil layed on real thick with all the shadows of the brush strokes and everything. ha, ha I guess I'll be alive for a looong time. Love to listen to Stefans vids while I go about my housework. I learn some - when the vacuum is off and the dishes are done. His voice is soothing and the class is lively. Thanks Stefan
@jytte476 жыл бұрын
I do portraits of people in the train. My sketchbook is a pocket Sudoku leaflet and I use the space at the buttom. Like that I am totally unnoticed by the fellow passengers. I draw the form of the head placing the eyebrows and the nose. Afterwards the mouth and ears. It takes me about 2-3 minuts. Sometimes they look like the person sometimes not but I am having much fun :o)
@pjlewisful6 жыл бұрын
I was a makeup artist for 40 yrs. and now I do portraits. You helped to make me understand why it comes so natural to me! I (like most "cosmetic gals" as you called them) have had a long love affair with the mirror. Our job is to make faces look their best & play up the good & play down the not so good. Maybe that's why I'm successful at portraits, huh? Well, that & my love of drawing.
@marilynlohnes40595 жыл бұрын
Pj Lewis ml
@sharonflanagan2053 Жыл бұрын
Wish. I had seen this lesson when I firsts could pain't; it would have prevented my trashing every one I worked on. Thank you so much. Only did a self portrait that I kept; black outline; totally! So appreciate this schooling now.
@sharonflanagan2053 Жыл бұрын
Can't wait for this!
@monizoe31886 жыл бұрын
These videos have given me the courage (and tools) to paint my portrait. Thank you Mr.Baumann
@aliciapulcher80137 жыл бұрын
In the past when I had to do a self portrait I would put the mirror next to my canvas. That way there wouldn't be so much movement of the head.
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
good advice
@nikeetaL7 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your wisdom through these videos. You have no idea how valuable these are for someone who never got the opportunity to go to art school and learn the technical details. THANK YOU STEFAN! *Deep gratitude*
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
your so welcome Nikeeta
@alecfleming3736 жыл бұрын
Paused, backed up, and took notes. Looking at 6 points made to study. Never done it, but at 28 I am finally pulling the trigger and learning the hardest thing I know of, painting. Thank you!
@alanyoung92007 жыл бұрын
really new to portraits, really good idea to start doing self protraits
@johannebeerbaum15466 жыл бұрын
My first self portrait looked like a ghost, it took many years to get really used to painting reasonable flesh with warm and cool shadows and it was my family, mostly the grands who were my subjects & yes, it took a lot of practice to capture a reasonable likeness, but now I usually can get a likeness of most people I paint. The biggest trick is measure, measure, measure.
@kathleenhutter44123 жыл бұрын
Portraits are something I've been avoiding! Time to roll up my sleeves and practice Portraits! This video actually helps encourage the try, so thank you. I like the fact that's it's good to "mess up". Have fun, take risks, practice, do, and watch the improvement!
@StefanBaumann3 жыл бұрын
Glad it was helpful!
@yshmore4 жыл бұрын
The hand tip was pure gold. Thank you!
@Anniken9616 жыл бұрын
These videos are really enriching for me, these kind of things, that any other teacher couldn't explain to his students. I really appreciate these lessons, Thanks Master!
@junejaruchika5 жыл бұрын
I always thought self portraits was an advanced thing and could never get courage to make one. But this video has definitely charged me to do one now. Thanks for the great advice here. Also no one has ever told me about the one eye thing and if I think about it, it makes sense. I can't wait to watch rest of your videos now. Thanks again :)
@HeliPadUSA6 жыл бұрын
This video series is what I do for my lunch each day. I so look forward to it.
@Tracks7777 жыл бұрын
Keep it up! Looking forward for more videos from you, don't stop!
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
there is more to come
@PragatiKavilkar6 жыл бұрын
Stefan has a point, however, some people have symmetrical face and look the same in both mirror and reality. . The ideas about painting hand and facial features are really insightful. I am going to try it soon. So glad I found this channel.
@rellaingram42057 жыл бұрын
I have a lady who wants me to paint her deceased daughter from a photo. I have known the family all my life, and am looking for all the info I can get on how to get it right, as I don't want it to be a bad experience for her. I have done some portraits of children, but her daughter was in her mid 40's when she passed. She wants it on a 16x20 canvas, so I will make sure that the actual portrait is not larger than life size. Thanks so much for the info, and the suggestion for color choices. Glad to see another video from you, too!
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
there are more coming
@KMayflower6 жыл бұрын
Learned so much, more than anywhere actually... Thank you!
@StefanBaumann6 жыл бұрын
thanks
@chrisgriffith15734 жыл бұрын
About the mirror into a mirror thing, for a true image left to left, and right to right... is made a lot easier by two things: 1) a BIG set of mirrors 2) The mirrors are reflective topside, or else known as "front reflective mirrors" not reflective backed, so as to take away the double image and blur that occurs when the mirror refracts on itself. But, not many people have 2 grand lying around for a self portrait. These mirrors are not cheap. I have set up two full length mirrors and played around with them, it is possible to see yourself correctly, and see yourself from a view that you cannot see without two mirrors, such as a 3/4 view, which is nice. What is not really easy, is lighting. To access the view of both mirror, your proximity to the mirrors needs to be within about 4-6 feet, and dramatic light on you will not allow decent lighting on your work.
@jannineburgess84977 жыл бұрын
Another great inspirational vid. Thanks. Have now updated my profile pic with my first self portrait 😊
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
thanks
@danielwalbert6 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your channel while trying to research limited color palettes. Great content and also as a bonus, super relaxing presentation style. Thanks!
@StefanBaumann6 жыл бұрын
thanks
@sarahkelson83866 жыл бұрын
Yellowstone Falls is perfect--feel like I'm right there.
@4parsnips9765 жыл бұрын
This makes so much sense. I had a self-portrait module at Art College which was disastrous. I painted what I saw in the mirror and my tutor looked and said `Oh my G@d, you need to do, look, just, this' and with that she picked up a brush and started `correcting' my painting. Eventually it looked nothing like me, to me, from my view of me. To her it did. Big lesson here. Thank you for your very informative video.
@allenvoss7977 Жыл бұрын
Great lesson
@dennismitchell5276 Жыл бұрын
I was shopping yesterday and the person in the mirror was twenty years older than me.
@LuisNgchongJrArt7 жыл бұрын
great video I like what you said about the eyes and the teeth I always paint it white thanks for info
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
watching youtube pays off
@Georgianahh4 жыл бұрын
Tough crowd. I've binged your videos and oftentimes, you make a joke and I'm cracking up over here while the class is silent. I love the way you think about art and explain practices. There are some things I have never heard before, even as a Fine Arts graduate. You've definitely become a staple in Art videos to remember.
@StefanBaumann4 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the kind words I will do the next videos with you in mind. Good luck !
@bethzaidasanabria82802 жыл бұрын
I love this KZfaq channel.
@StefanBaumann2 жыл бұрын
I'm glad you do
@ronhochhalter34917 жыл бұрын
So much great information, thank you. I just started practicing portraits. Your advice to not paint people you know makes perfect sense. I have chosen a character from a famous movie as my last subject. Sure, I don't know that person, but naturally I want the painting to look perfectly like that actor. As I now realize thats a high expectation.
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
it is
@fadatty27564 жыл бұрын
So grateful for all these valuable information thanks alot fo sharing👍🏻👍🏻
@muhlenstedt7 жыл бұрын
Best explnation about how to paint noses, hands , mouths.Now I can see what I was doing wrong for years. THANK YOU! Konnen Sie Deutsch sprechen?
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
your welcome
@springnicole21817 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing this! Some great points here.
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
your welcome
@abiolaadekanbi74634 жыл бұрын
Some professional artist may disagree and say you may actually want to paint people you personally know vs someone you don’t. The reason being you may look at it and say “darn this doesn’t look like them” you know one your deepest of hearts it’s better to continue and finish than to not. You’re also learning about your surroundings that way just depends on your perspective.
@TartantazCreates7 жыл бұрын
I have really enjoyed watching this video. I've only ever drawn my self portraits, graphite and charcoal. This has motivated me to do a painted self portrait. I love painting portraits and always working on improving my skills.
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
good for you
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
good for you
@e-spy Жыл бұрын
As a young single mom, I tried to draw my kids. No matter how many times I tried, they always came up older than they were! It was aggravating. Then one day, my kids, my best friend and I went to the Mall of America, and there were portrait artists there. I engaged one who had done quite good work. He got frustrated drawing my kids. No matter how he tried, they ended up looking older! aha! I felt quite vindicated! I never had this issue drawing the kids of other people. Weird, as they grew older, they looked just like all of the pictures previously drawn. And I agree usually...get the eyes right, you get the portrait right. Unfortunately, my kids' eyes were too old, I think. Now as they are adults? No problem! Geese, can't wait for the grandkids, lol!
@patriciacarter97742 жыл бұрын
This was a very helpful lecture. Thank you!
@mich_n_mikii7 жыл бұрын
I wish I am one of your of students. I love your videos. Thank you very much!
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
you could consider my phone coaching
@mich_n_mikii7 жыл бұрын
I will consider that!
@TonyWhiteWatercolour7 жыл бұрын
Unreal. I love your videos, Stefan.
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@marcinkoryto36897 жыл бұрын
Great I love to watch Stefan ,important tips and clear explanation ,I wish to seat there and have a lesson.Thank you for sharing
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
Thanks
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
I like your work and video also
@marcinkoryto36897 жыл бұрын
Thank You , nice to hear that.
@PeterChorao7 жыл бұрын
Portrait, really all painting and drawing, from life is a totally different "animal" than from photograph. Always interesting videos Stephan!
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
thanks
@jasminelovely97904 жыл бұрын
Just discovered your amazing teacher and artist
@guitardee16 жыл бұрын
What a fantastic lecture
@OmGnomeGo6 жыл бұрын
Fantastic advice, very helpful advice. Thank you so much.
@MegaRudeBoy695 жыл бұрын
I do good selfportraits because i have less reservations about what i will do to myself, i'm free to really dig in. I work from photos though.
@sangmikim69136 жыл бұрын
you are my first instructor. now i can figure out what's really going on.😘
@maribeljusino-iturralde83777 жыл бұрын
Thank you Stefan! I enjoyed your video very much. Glad to see you. I haven't seen a video from you in a long time. Now I look at my portraits and think of a different way of painting them. Can you do one on animals as well? Always looking forward to all your videos.
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
good idea
@the430movie6 жыл бұрын
You touched on something with sketching.... Sketching and portraiture is really more a discipline, as you are essentially transferring an image. The discipline is engaged during the observation more than the denotation. It took a while for me to derive at that.
@Aswodel4 жыл бұрын
Hey Stefan, the funny thing is I dont paint with oil, I dont duplicate anything while painting, and I only paint weird abstract stuff... But I super duper love your videos :)
@raquelalvarez43017 жыл бұрын
Thank for sharing. Very useful! Regards
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
your welcome
@seapossumsforrest81625 жыл бұрын
Great Class! Thank you for posting.
@KnowsEnoughToBeDangerous5 жыл бұрын
I have watched several of your videos, and have learned so much!! I wish you ran your classes out of South Florida. I would sign up in an instant!
@sherlynn72115 жыл бұрын
gosh,, wonderful information,, thank you so much for sharing. : )
@sunilgarbuja6 жыл бұрын
wow! amazing insight! thanks for sharing.
@ronaldnydegger50334 жыл бұрын
Portraits may only show the external part of the body. Only body is not Self? Movements on the surface of the body may show the movement of the Soul? Reason and emotion? See with idea and see without idea? Idea instructions come and go. Instructions can be recalled. Seeing with dividers in the mirror is tricky. Train yourself just to see proportion without any thing else. Just use the divider as means of checking proportions and crystallising? When you see a square you also know it is a square? Trust your sight and mind? Measuring with mind is not so difficult. Trust. drawing is seeing and selecting. Teach yourself with practice. Place feel your pencil or brush on the surface, that is contact. Lift off see the point or mark. Evaluate it? Then knowledge comes of space; place again the pencil or brush; lift off again and see again; evaluate these positions of feeling, seeing. These are the first simple effects never lose that simplicity? The mark is dimensional and of feeling light or heavy. Let marks, points to be of use?
@egomod4 жыл бұрын
🙏🏻 thank you! 🙏🏻
@kittygipson57453 жыл бұрын
I was watching your video on UTub on how to draw and paint a portrait, it was very interesting and I learned a lot of very good information. Thanks for sharing your information. I hope I can watch more of them.
@ReviewsAndMore96 жыл бұрын
Very helpful. Thanks.
@annmitchell49017 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@deidra76126 жыл бұрын
Very interesting and eye opening, thank you
@joesurfer97545 жыл бұрын
It would be nice if you would show us how to make some proportional dividers. Maybe out of wood. with point cut on ends. I also wish you would explain the thalo yellow green and alizerin crimson you were talking about. I find color the most time consuming to plan (Im watercolor, get one chance). That hand stuff is invaluable. I always thought I was fudging it by painting them that way. Now I know thats what everyone is doing. ( was self taught before videos and computers. No teacher).
@englemanart6 жыл бұрын
Very useful and engaging stuff!
@robyn95137 жыл бұрын
You're truly amazing...I love this video. I've never done any portrait in oils but, want to so badly! Fear of screwing up and wasting a canvas is what's keeping me. Money has a lot to do with it as well! I mainly oil paint landscapes and taught myself how as well as drawing portraits of famous actors using pencils, then I eventually worked my way up to using Prisma color pencils with paint thinner. I totally love the part where you explained about drawing the eyes (how one is always off).LOL!!! I struggle with that and teeth!!! Teeth are the worst for me.LOL!!! So, I still have a lot to learn! Thank you for your videos.
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
Your so welcome
@megalodonyeti686 жыл бұрын
Stefan i send to you my full respect, i wish i knew about you a long time ago. either that or i wish i never heard of you, im just kidding. but my work is very much "pre-Stefan" or "post-Stefan". whats the CENTRAL FOCAL POINT!!!!!! AND PAINT EFFECTS NOT THINGS!!!!!!! I LOVE THAT SHIT!!!!!!! thank you for opening my eyes, i cant thank you enough. such a game changer, i had no idea how in the dark i actually was. and Stefan, quiet literally, brought me to the light. i think i might put that on a shirt, and if i make money on it ill send you a percentage. PAINT EFFECTS NOT THINGS! WHATS THE CENTRAL FOCAL POINT! WHATS THE CENTRAL FOCAL POINT! WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? love & respect
@StefanBaumann6 жыл бұрын
Dam dude I love you, Why are you not in my classes, I love to inspire artist and I would love to see you work please send me some photos and keep in touch I want to see your progress StefanBaumannartist@gmail.com
@dianiamullinax7 жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing.
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
welcome
@dan_15mm4 жыл бұрын
Okay, so if I had to make a portrait of someone using a picture, would I then have more success for the person to recognize him/herself if I mirrored the picture first?
@beverlygarcia40757 жыл бұрын
Loved your portrait tips. Several years ago, I did portraits of people in my small town , 30 of them in a year, including a self portrait and had a book done on Blurb.com, "Portraits of Grand Detour". The interesting thing was that my children said how I looked so sober in my portrait. My response was, similar to what you commented, "But, I was concentrating!" I need to recheck them, because I'm sure they probably were all slightly larger than life. Hmm! I found the hardest portrait was of a beautiful young woman. Enjoy all your tips!
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
your welcome
@advocatesp75597 жыл бұрын
those are some awesome easels behind him
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
I like them
@michaelparry13836 жыл бұрын
Great
@brandyhthebelieversbeautic47105 жыл бұрын
one rubber band + two pencils =proportion . Thank you to my 6th grade art teacher Mr. Peter Jeter.
@flickaJay5 жыл бұрын
I was watching one of your vids on what every painter needs to know re: oil, acrylics and pastels (oh, and watercolor-boring - that's probably why I forgot it.) Although, I didn't know that Sargent, is that John Sargent, created his masterpieces with watercolor??????? Nevertheless, while I listened to the previous video I was drawing a portrait from a tutorial of Cuong Ngyuon (Koo-When) and when I came to this particular video I was doing something else and listening while working and I kept looking up where I had put my finished drawing and sure enough, I had made her nose too long. I hate you! Just kidding but I am getting a lot out of these videos even though I wouldn't and haven't chosen oil painting. I chose pastel because I am tired of graphite. I can draw what I see but I love color so here I am.
@chandanponnuru98826 жыл бұрын
This is good
@OnlineCollegeofArtandDesign5 жыл бұрын
helpful!
@johannebeerbaum15466 жыл бұрын
I am obsessed with mouths....I am often drawn to doing a portrait because. Of the smirk or softness of the mouth combined with the twinkle of an eye.
@AlonzoTheArmless2 жыл бұрын
You mention Pthalo Yellow Green as a must-have color to use for portraits. Is there a certain brand you use? I looked online and see Pthalo yellow green in one brand and Pthalo green yellow in others and they don't look alike.
@StefanBaumann2 жыл бұрын
Thalo is a grumbacher paint the other is WIndser
@AlonzoTheArmless2 жыл бұрын
@@StefanBaumann Thanks! Greatly appreciated. I'm eager to try that hue and do a self portrait soon.
@AlonzoTheArmless2 жыл бұрын
@@StefanBaumann I gave it a try and, wow! You're right! That green and alizarin crimson combo with white made a sensational flesh color. I was skeptical, but now I'm a convert.
@StefanBaumann2 жыл бұрын
I had you at HELLO! you have been watching my videos for a long time
@AlonzoTheArmless2 жыл бұрын
@@StefanBaumann LOL You made my day. Yes, I'm pretty sure I've watched every one of them. They have helped me a lot as an artist and as a teacher. I should probably switch to my other account. I think my Alonzo the Armless user name has outlived its usefulness.
@charleyjonesartist64366 жыл бұрын
Great waistcoat
@KnowsEnoughToBeDangerous5 жыл бұрын
You don't mention if this is oils or acrylics. Do you teach both, or shall I concentrate on one? Currently I paint in acrylics an have for many years. I've often thought about trying oils, but the expense of starting over has stopped me!
@michaelholding54695 жыл бұрын
Does a proportional divider have any advantage over a pencil and your thumbnail?
@jozf81637 жыл бұрын
I know you said don't go bigger than life, but what about Chuck Close's "Mark"?
@tumblingrosesstudio6 жыл бұрын
I was thinking of Chuck Close, too, because I have an ambition to go HUUUUUUGE with my paintings one day, LOL! BUt that kind of massive exxageration is not attempting to be lifelike in scale, I think it is when it is "just" off by less than double in scale that it is problematic, after that biger and bigger is an artistic effect, Like Chuck Close's paintings and Jeffrey Koon's crazy stuff
@mikedonovan88117 жыл бұрын
If using the proportional divider, couldn't you just touch the mirror with it?
@ellesnyder9426 жыл бұрын
as long as you stand in exactly the same spot and don't lean in or back...
@bobwilson59106 жыл бұрын
I'm very pleased to.anounch another workshop at mt. Rashid along side Steven bowman. East oak art studios press! Check out for.glazing instructikals!
@johnhines8527 жыл бұрын
I did three self portraits and they all look like my grampa. Who is that old guy?
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
LOL
@MrTruth1116 жыл бұрын
I guess you took a loooonnng time to finish them.
@toequantumspace6 жыл бұрын
I just made one. There is only one feature there - intensity. I look like a serial killer in front of his prey...
@atbashmara2 жыл бұрын
@stefan baumann Do you speak German also?
@mikedonovan88117 жыл бұрын
You can never look yourself in the eye in the second mirror.
@sklikizos7 жыл бұрын
If you want to be able to look at yourself in the eye and get the orientation that others see, you could use a webcam set to mirror image to do your measuring/construction - while using a mirror to get the color/value/etc. from life. Just to be clear, the webcam isn't used to take a picture, you'd work off your screen live.
@alecfleming3736 жыл бұрын
Sarandos Klikizos Careful though, all lenses warp. I am not aware of a way around this.
@sf58234 жыл бұрын
13:35
@ameliamitchell26427 жыл бұрын
why shouldn't you paint a portrait larger than life size?
@StefanBaumann7 жыл бұрын
It looks odd
@MrTruth1116 жыл бұрын
Only narcissists do that:)
@warnut86 жыл бұрын
Why is it a sin, so to speak, to do a portrait larger than life-size? I have made large portraits that have come out well. I'd like to learn. Please let me know.
@positivenergylife6 жыл бұрын
Or I'm always moving :D
@rubyhunternc6 жыл бұрын
Why won't the camera man show the last portrait. The camera is mostly to the right of Stefan showing the empty easel. You should fire that camera man. Ha ha
@rubyhunternc6 жыл бұрын
That's a shame, looked like a good painting from the little fragment I saw. And I never knew that about galleries, interesting.Thank you.
@kevindonohue29124 жыл бұрын
Why self portraits? Who else is nuts enough to sit for me?
@SamiaKaram7 жыл бұрын
I lost my electricity, from the Tornado
@johnhines8527 жыл бұрын
did you find it yet?
@linaperez5876 Жыл бұрын
Sambo in the snow...WTF
@younzanraj12705 жыл бұрын
Too much lecture
@williambusby1466 жыл бұрын
What a load of crap.
@haleyelizabeth8378 Жыл бұрын
Here I am doing my first self portrait on a 60 inch wide canvas 🤦🏻🥲 lol.