This week, I show you a muliti-media approach to portrait painting including several tips for beginners as I paint Rob Rinder for week 4 of the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week. See the hi-res zoomable version of my portrait painting of Judge Robert Rinder here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/judge-rinder-robert-rinder-portrait-painting-mypaotw-mike-jory.html
Check out my video on measuring dimensions of your subject using your thumb on the brush handle here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JhK1qb_HYqA
Material used for portrait painting demo: Daler Rowney mixed media paper (A3 11"x15"); 9B pencil; Derwent Inktense pencils (colours used: sea blue, tangerine, deep indigo, payne's grey, burnt umber, sun yellow); synthetic brushes (flat (approx 3/8th inch) and small round); Winsor & Newton watercolor marker pens (burnt umber and prussian blue); Atelier interactive acrylics by Chroma Inc (burnt umber, alizarin crimson, french ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow light, titanium white)
This week, I show you how I created this watercolor painting of an elephant using water brushes.
See the finished painting 'Under the golden sky' here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/elephant-watercolor-painting-mike-jory.html
Materials used: Daler Rowney mixed media paper, Winsor & Newton watercolors (professional range) alizarin crimson, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow, neutral tint, burnt umber, flat and round water brushes.
This week, I show you how I created a portrait painting of the photographer Rankin for week 3 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week. Check out the finished painting here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/rankin-photographer-john-rankin-waddell-portrait-painting-mike-jory.html
If you want to check out my review (not sponsored) of Liquitex Acrylic Paint Markers video, you can find that here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0wp4mDcqpvY
Materials used:
Main painting: Flat synthetic and round brushes, Daler Rowney A2 mixed media paper, System 3 Acrylics: Titanium White, Cadmium Red, Cadmium Yellow, Fluorescent Orange, Ultramarine Blue; Liquitex Acrylic Paint Markers: Prussian Blue (4 mm nib), Light Blue and Light Blue Violet (15mm nib)
This week, I show you how I created a portrait painting of Bernardine Evaristo when I took part in episode 2 of Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Week via Facebook Live. You can see my finished painting of Bernardine here: https://mike-jory.pixels.com/featured/bernadine-evaristo-portrait-painting-mike-jory.html
Materials used: Clairefontaine mixed media paper (A3), 8B pencil, synthetic brushes (flat and round), Atelier interactive acrylic paints (alizarine crimson, ultramarine blue, cadmium yellow, burnt umber, titanium white)
This week, I take part in my first Facebook Live portrait painting session via Sky TV's Portrait Artist of the Week show. I, along with thousands of other artist, and #PAOTY champion Christabel Blackburn paint celebrated dancer and choreographer Akrim Khan. For my paint, I used a mixed media approach. Materials: Daler Rowney mixed media paper, ball point pens (turquoise, blue and purple), Winsor and Newton watercolor paints (alizarin crimson, french ultramarine, cadmium yellow, burnt umber), round synthetic watercolor brushes by Jacksons and Artdiscount.
See Christabel Blackburn's work here: https://www.christabelblackburn.com/
See Tai Shan Schierenberg's work here: http://www.taishanschierenberg.com/
Join in with future shows here: https://www.facebook.com/SkyTV/live
