Painting Luminous Portraits for Artists: Volume 11

CONTENTS

Foreword by Stephen Bauman
About the Author
Introduction: Separating Your Drawing Problems from Your Color Problems

Part I: Drawing as a Foundation for Color

1 | Getting Started with Drawing
Drawing Materials
Editing Your Photos
Digitally Altered Photos

2 | Portrait Drawing Concepts: What to Draw
Facial Armature
Measuring and Proportion
The Four Most Important Proportions
Centerline of the Head
Connecting to the Center
Feature Centers
Triangulation Wire Structure: An Invisible Roadmap
Shape Design: An Intuitive Impression

3 | Portrait Drawing Techniques: How to Draw
Using Graphite and Charcoal Together
Charcoal Technique
Early Stages of Drawing
Ghosting
Demonstration: Drawing for a Painting-Graphite and Charcoal

Part II: Dynamic Flesh Color

4 | Getting Started with Painting
Painting Materials
My Color Choices
Using Color Transparently vs. Opaquely
Ebauche: Transitioning from Drawing to Painting

5 | Visualizing Color Concepts
Munsell Color System
Hue, Value, and Chroma
Hue as It Relates to Pigments and Warm/Cool
Value as It Relates to Form
Chroma as It Relates to Flesh Tone
Hue as It Relates to Flesh Color Diversity
Amplifying Color Information for Diversity
A Way of Thinking About How to Create Color Diversity on the Palette

6 | Palette Strategies
Creating a Flesh Palette Matrix
Creating a Flesh Color Fiesta
Color Flowers

7 | Alternative Techniques in Painting
Underpainting Technique
Demonstration: Color Spot Painting
Marbleizing Color
Marbleizing vs. Blending
Blending: The Agony and the Ecstasy
Demonstration: Alla Prima
Abstract Start
Holding On to Abstract Moments
Brushstroke Variety

8 | Advanced Color Concepts
Classical Flesh Model
Ethnicity and Complexion
Classical Flesh Model with Color Diversity and the Anatomy of Light
Color Interpretation and Aesthetics

9 | Understanding Color and Light
The Compressed Rainbow
Atmospheric Conditions
Compressed Rainbow with a Model
Cool and Warm
Color Planes of the Head
Cinematic Lighting for Mood

10 | The Physical Realities of Paint
Thick Paint Is Powerful
Oiling Out and Glazing In
A Test of Chroma
Competing with a Modern Sense of Color
Value and Chroma in Shadows

Resources
Acknowledgments
Index