Learn how to paint a portrait in oil paint. Full & Free tutorial. By Ben Lustenhouwer

In this complete tutorial I show step by step how I paint this portrait in oil paint. Donations: No obligation, but if you can, please do! How I make the flesh colors, the shadows and the light tones. I show my schematic approach. With accompanying commentary what I do and why. The entire video length more than 2 hours. At the point of 28:55 a slip of the tongue. I say “When you can´t tell its Green or Blue it´s Mauve. It must be Red and Blue of course, but you will notice that. CHAPTERS 0:0:44 Preparing the palette 0:4:13 A turpentine wash 4:13 2. Starting with the hair 7:46 3. Painting the dress 15:24 4. The darkest shadows 22:53 5. The face: The light flesh tones on the forehead 26:57 6. The light flesh tones on the cheeks 29:39 7. The light flesh tones on the chin 36:04 8. The lips 38:59 9. The eyes 41:27 10. The ear 47:28 11. The neck 48:22 12. Retracing for the first time 50:17 13. Retracing around the eyes 1:01:54 14. TEA TIME 1:07:22 15. Refining the face I 1:07:27 16. Refining the face II 1:15:50 17. Refining the hair 1:18:50 18. Starting with the arm 1:22:54 19. More light on the arm 1:36:49 20. The other arm 1:40:50 21. The background 1:50:11 22. Softening contours 1:55:53 23. Again to the dress. 1:59:14 24. Details in the hair 2:04:14 25. Lingering at the eyes 2:08:11 26. Finishing touch I 2:09:38 27. Finishing touch II 2:12:53 It is my intention to publish in the future even more of everything I know about portrait painting . And I want this information to be free for everyone. Some compensation for my efforts comes from the publicity which you see appearing occasionally. I hope you don’t find it too annoying. Until now I received the most nice and grateful reactions from all over the world. And that gives me a lot of satisfaction. In my blog you will find even more information about portrait painting and a free eBook “One hundred portraits”: The website of my cousin Will Sophie, who wrote and performed the most fantastic compositions for me: My Instagram: My gallery: ------------------------------ #oilpainting #paintingtutorial #portraittutorial #portraitpainting #paintingtechnique #oilpaintingportrait