Crunch Time

Completed painting of Marylin's portrait

It's been a busy week, but I finally finished the painting. It has taken about 40 hours (or about 80 tv episodes on Netflix) to paint. But it was time well spent, I learned a lot; improved my technique of painting hair; discovered that just because both tubes of paint say "Payne's grey" doesn't mean they are the same color...

I finished painting this bad dog just in time because I had to hang it in the art show while the edges were still drying! Yipes!

Detail shot of hand

detail of neck stump, eeeww

detail of the billowing hair

All in all, I think this portrait turned out well and it's a good likeness of Marylin.

Painting skin tones using acrylic paint

     Hello all, today I want to give you a "how to" about my techniques for painting skin tones using a photo reference. This is my first tutorial on here and I hope it will be of some benefit to you. I would also appreciate any feedback or anything you would like explained further. 

Acrylic painting skin tone techniques using photo reference by Gabriel Tuxhorn

This is from a painting I am currently working on and it is a portrait of a friend. I like to work from photos because it allows me to work when I want and not have to wait on a model.

Basic rundown of my process:

• pencil sketch
• block in lights and darks
• add light washes to color match
• continue with details to completion

This is a work in progress shot of the painting

I hope that you enjoyed this brief tutorial about my process of painting with acrylic.