Painting Oil Portraits in Cool Light

The classic north-light illumination has been used by oil masters for hundreds of years. Now, Chris Saper covers such portrait painting essentials as setting up the subject, dividing the canvas and placing the face, measurement and proportion, painting features and much more. Viewers will learn how to create an expressive portrait painting with Chris? specific instruction on mixing colors for skin tones, shadows and highlights. Lighting is a difficult but essential part of the painting process and this video workshop makes painting portraits achievable with clear steps to help artists create successful portraits of their own.