Portrait Painting Study Part 1 (Acrylics): Year of the Coral Dragon 🐉

Hello my lovelies! Here is the first part of my Acrylics & Oil techniques tutorial for portraits featuring the portrait section of my painting (Year of the Coral Dragon) The second part and the whole painting process will be uploaded soon! Enjoy! 😊

PART 2 – Oil Painting Process: COMING IN FEBRUARY!

Video Length: 1:30 h

Painting Size: 40 x 50 cm (Full Painting)

Recommended Materials:

Acrylic Paints: Metallic Silver Acrylic Paint, Titanium White, Ivory Black, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Deep, Magenta, Ultramarine Blue, Cobalt Blue, Turquoise, Lemon Yellow, a Green Tone like Viridian Green or Chrome Oxide Green (I like to work with Acrylic Paints from W&N or Schmincke)

Oil Paints: Titanium White, Ivory Black, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light, Cadmium Red Deep, Permanent Red Violet, Ultramarine Blue, Prussian Blue, Lemon Yellow, a Green Tone like Viridian Green or Chrome Oxide Green (I like to work with Oil Paints from Schmincke, Sennelier or Rembrand)

Mediums for the Acrylic Painting part: Flow Improver for example from W&N and Retarder for example from W&N or GOLDEN

Mediums for the Oil Painting part: Liquin Original from Winsor&Newton and a Paint thinner for example Green for Oil from Sennelier. Of course, you are free to use any mediums that you are familiar with.

The finished Painting: