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The 5 Essential Shadows of a Portrait

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The 5 Essential Shadows of a Portrait

Portrait Painting Tutorial

How to Clean Your Brushes

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How to Clean Your Brushes

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How to Achieve Looser, More Painterly Brushwork

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How to Achieve Looser, More Painterly Brushwork

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A Portrait Using the Cheapest Materials I Could Find

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A Portrait Using the Cheapest Materials I Could Find

Art Materials

Velázquez Master Copy PART 3

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Velázquez Master Copy PART 3

Portrait Painting Tutorial

Velázquez Master Copy PART 2

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Velázquez Master Copy PART 2

Portrait Painting Tutorial

Velázquez Master Copy PART 1

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Velázquez Master Copy PART 1

Portrait Painting Tutorial

John Singer Sargent Master Copy

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John Singer Sargent Master Copy

Portrait Painting Tutorial

How to Paint the Planes of the Head

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How to Paint the Planes of the Head

Portrait Painting Tutorial

How to Paint Flesh Colours with the Zorn Palette

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How to Paint Flesh Colours with the Zorn Palette

Essentials of Colour

How to Paint Flowers

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How to Paint Flowers

Essentials of Colour

Colour Intensity & Saturation

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Colour Intensity & Saturation

Essentials of Colour

Portrait Painting with a Limited Palette

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Portrait Painting with a Limited Palette

Essentials of Colour

Colour Temperature

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Colour Temperature

Essentials of Colour

How to Paint Edges

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How to Paint Edges

Edges and modelling and how achieve a lifelike appearance when painting from life.

How to Keep your Colours Clean

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How to Keep your Colours Clean

Using Transparent and Opaque Pigments

Drawing with Comparative Measurement

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Drawing with Comparative Measurement

How to Achieve Accurate Proportions

How to Simplify Tonal Values

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How to Simplify Tonal Values

The Most Important Thing I know About Painting

Portrait painting from Life

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Portrait painting from Life

A Male Portrait in Oils using an Alla Prima Technique

Alla Prima Portrait Sketch

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Alla Prima Portrait Sketch

Painted from life at the Dulwich Art Group

Painting the Plaster Cast

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Painting the Plaster Cast

Working in Monochrome or "Grisaille"in Oils

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@alex_tzavaras #drawing

Charcoal Portrait from the @dulwichartgroup #cha

Charcoal Portrait from the @dulwichartgroup

#charcoalportrait #charcoaldrawing #fabrianopaper

Charcoal portrait from the @dulwichartgroup

Charcoal portrait from the @dulwichartgroup

Charcoal portrait from yesterday at the @dulwichar

Charcoal portrait from yesterday at the @dulwichartgroup

Using only willow charcoal, my fingers, a soft brush and a needed eraser. On Ingres paper by @fabriano1264

#charoaldrawing #charcoalportrait #massdrawing #nosferatu #countorlock

I haven’t done much painting in recent months, a

I haven’t done much painting in recent months, as I’ve been so busy working on my new online course.

This portrait of Magnus was done from one of the many reference photos from the course.

If you’d like to know more, join my email list (link in bio) and be the first to find out as soon as it’s available

#allaprimaportrait #portraitpainting #artcourse

Three of my favourite Hellenic painters Nikolaos G

Three of my favourite Hellenic painters Nikolaos Gysis (1842-1901) Konstantinos Parthenis (1878-1967) Nikolaos Lytras (1883-1927) from the @nationalgalleryathens

#hellenic #hellenicartist #greekartist #representationalart

This Christmas, to say thank you for all your supp

This Christmas, to say thank you for all your support, I’m giving away this painting of festive fruit, fresh of the easel from Greece!

For a chance to win, join my email list (Link in Bio), the winner will be announced on New Year’s Day.

Wishing you and your loved ones a joyous festive season and a happy and successful 2025

#christmasart #artgiveaway #holidaygiveaway #pleinairpainting

Stages of portrait of Mark completed in 5hrs at th

Stages of portrait of Mark completed in 5hrs at the @dulwichartgroup

#portraitpainting #paintingfromlife #allaprimapainting

One of the UK’s best young portrait painters @ru

One of the UK’s best young portrait painters @ruthfittonportraits very graciously agreed to do a demo for my YouTube channel. She did an absolutely fantastic portrait of @thelilacaroundtheworld

#paintingfromlife #portraiture #artdemo #ruthfitton

3hr portrait study of @sarah.lowndes from yesterda

3hr portrait study of @sarah.lowndes from yesterday at @dulwichartgroup

#portraitstudy #portraitpaintingfromlife #allaprimaportrait

A portrait of @calsplanet painted in around one an

A portrait of @calsplanet painted in around one and a half hours in the @bohemian_artists_studio at @thesecretgardenparty Well done Callum for sitting! In the 15 years I have been painting portraits at festivals, it still always amazes me how much people appreciate the Art.

#portraitpaintingfromlife #secretgardenparty2024

Flying by the seats of our pants, painting portrai

Flying by the seats of our pants, painting portraits of festival goers in the @bohemian_artists_studio This was one of my favourite years. A massive thank you to my fellow Artists @georgefrederickthomas @nickbashall.artist @cristina_vercesi @louisecgalizia_art for doing such an outstanding job, the fabulous @thelilacaroundtheworld for modelling in our daytime classes @tom_koritsas and all his crew for their impeccable production and for providing some of the most virtuoso DJ’s at the festival @thesecretgardenparty for having back again this year and being such wonderful hosts, and of course all of the revellers who came and enjoyed our tent, WE LOVE YOU!

#portraitpaintingfromlife #secretgardenparty #secretgardenparty2024

Super proud to be part of the Herbert Smith Freeh

Super proud to be part of the Herbert Smith Freehills Portrait award 2024 at the @nationalportraitgallery I’ve entered this show every year since 2008 and this year I finally made it! A massive thank you to the judges and congratulations to all the other Artists who were chosen.

Here are just a few of my favourites in the show:
@ruthfittonportraits
@lewishazelwoodhorner
@ilariardt
@timbensonart
@michaelslusakowicz
@wendybarrattart

It’s free and it runs from the 11th July - 27th October

#herbertsmithfreehills #herbertsmithfreehillsportraitaward #npgportraitaward

It was a great honour to be painted by one of my f

It was a great honour to be painted by one of my favourite British portrait Artists @andrewrpneac who also very graciously agreed to be film for my YouTube Channel (Link in bio). In it he talks about his portrait painting technique, his expressive brushwork and amazing use of colour.

#britishportraitartist #britishportraiture #portraitdemo #royalsocietyofportraitpainters #newenglishartclub

Had to go back to Sargent and Fashion at #tatebrit

Had to go back to Sargent and Fashion at #tatebritain once more before it ended. Amazing to see the clothes next to the paintings and how much Sargent simplified them.

#sargentandfashion #johnsingersargentportraits #johnsingersargent #tategallery

It a great experience and also an immense privileg

It a great experience and also an immense privilege to finally have my own portrait painted, by one of my favourite British portrait Artists @andrewrpneac the first time I’ve ever sat for anyone. I’m very pleased with it. What do you all think?

We also filmed the process for my YouTube channel, which will be available to watch soon!

#portraitdemo #britishportraitartist #portraitpaintingfromlife #artmodel #royalsocietyofportraitpainters

Stages of a charcoal portrait from the @dulwichart

Stages of a charcoal portrait from the @dulwichartgroup #charcoaldrawing #drawingfromlife #charcoalsketch #portraitstudy

Portrait study from the @dulwichartgroup #allapri

Portrait study from the @dulwichartgroup
#allaprima #femaleportrait #portraitpaintingfromlife #portraitstudy

Another charcoal I did a a while ago of @chiaradec

Another charcoal I did a a while ago of @chiaradecabarrus

#charcoaldrawing #charcoalportrait #portraiture

Another throwback. This time a portrait of my frie

Another throwback. This time a portrait of my friend @dominicsedgwickmusic from 2008. Painted over several sessions, this was one of my “breakthrough” portraits i.e. better than anything I’d done before. From the look of this, it was done on shop bought cotton canvas, when I was still using student grade paint.

#portraitpainting #portraitartist #artstudent

I just came across some of my older portraits, fro

I just came across some of my older portraits, from before instagram. I thought I’d share this one today of my old friend and fellow Orthodox @lisasarny Happy Easter Lisa!

I reckon I used to be quite good at drawing. I shall probably post a few more of these in the coming days…

#charcoaldrawing #charcoalportrait #orthodoxgirl

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