painting a face step by step

[Uruk-Hai]

Thank you very much Jaume!

Just like Anders said, christmas is coming early this year.
Hope I can return the favour one day.

 

[Roc]

Hey jaume,

I concur with my fellow members ,This has to be without a doubt one of the best step by step I have ever seen.
Although I paint mostly in oils,it is amazing what can be achieved with acrylics.
What brand of acrylics did you use?
Keep up the great work and I'm looking forward to your next step.

Roc.

 

[gordy]

Originally posted by garyjd@Mar 18 2004, 09:05 AM
Jaume, Fantastic! Thank you. Maybe Gordy could arrange this into an article that's in a printable format. How about it Gordy?~Gary

If it's fine with Juame


Excellent article, i love the soft warm tones!

 

[megroot]

Thanks Jaume, its bookmarked, and i put it on a cd.

Marc

 

[Edson]

The way to blending with acrilics!!!!! that´s what im looking for, thanks a lot Jaume
it will be very helpfull for me.


Ed

 

[Jason W.]

EXCELLENT sbs Jaume!!!

Thanks ALOT for posting them.

 

[bchilstrom]

Hi Jaume,

Great, Great SBS posting, it looks outstanding, thanks for sharing.

Bill

 

[homellop]

Hi Folks.
Thank you very much for the nice comments.

Ok,next step.
Once I've done the skin painting is time to paint some details,eyes and eyebrows,five o'clock shadow(or nine o'lock in this case),and the areas sorrounding the face like hat,hair and shirt collar,that will add the character to our face and may change the contrast once painted.

I'm not ging to explain any way to paint eyes,because this subject is better explained in other treads here at PF.Anyway,in this figure I had to paint them some times until I was satisfied with the result.
I outlined in black,then painted with skintone the inside and then painted the blue iris and a light reflection with skintone again.
I've painted too the basic colour on the hat to see what happened with contrast on the face.

 

[jitch0t]

really nice Jaume!

can't wait to see this sbs finished and printed in my hands

 

[homellop]

Five o'clock(or nine )
I paint the beard shadow mixing the tone that is painted this area,with pure black.
If I paint beard under the chin,I mix the deepest shadow with black.If I paint it on the upper lip,I mix black with the second light (the colour on that area),and so on.
I paint it with extremely diluted washes to blend it with the adjacent areas.

 

[homellop]

Finally I've painted the hair with black and highlights mixing some English uniform,as well as the eyebrows(don't forget to outline them) and the lower lip(with a deep shadow and adding a touch of light in the center).
The hat was painted in the same way.
Eyes were retouched as well as some highlights.
And,yes,I forgot the ears

 

[homellop]

Last one.
Here the head and chest were finished.
the eyes too(I hope so)

Pd: Gordy.You can edit this tread as an article if you,boys, believe it is helpful
Thank you

jaume

 

[Jim Patrick]

Jaume, all I can say is......
Un Frickin believable. This is what I was hoping for. But PLEASE (!) don't stop at the face. More, more (if you want to of course).

Gordy, puuuuuuu-leeeeeeze hurry with this.

Thanks, Jim Patrick

 

[frank h]

This is just terrific,

I would like to make a start on a face right now
but its 0200am here in the U.K.

Thanks for the inspiration Jaume

Frank

 

[Anders Heintz]

Hey Frank!

So what, its a little late! I paint my best at 2 AM You better get at it!!

Seriously, Jaume's postings sure has stirred some inspration and I am anxious to try his technique and colors out.

 

[Franco]

Dear jaume,

Thank you for taking the time to post this. It is brillant and absolutely helpful for me. Big thanks and you have inspired me to try my next face solely in acrylics.

Well done
Ciao Franco

 

[JCOX]

Very inspiring indeed! I have ordered acrylics just to try out your techniques. Thanks again for the very thoughtful and informative post Jaume!

-jim cox

 

[Lou Masses]

That about sums it up

 

[KeithP]

I'll just add one more thanks and

Keith

 

[gforceman]

Hi Jaume,

you've just made my day man. Thanks a million. tomorrow I'll rush out to buy the paint you're using, well I only the 876 as the others are colours I'm using too. i no time you will have adepts of your style all over the world. The J-way baby!!!

Thanks again,

Gino.