Acrylic Portrait Challenge Masterclass Lesson 3: Beginning Your Painting Lightly and Confidently

[@kellygrace83]

oh my gosh. He prays before each lesson. I love him.

[@canaryb8892]

I’m so glad that I just found your Chanel . Not many artists use acrylic for portrait painting as they know it’s very hard to achieve the result. I’ve watched so many videos on lines in hope to learn useful techniques ,tips to do acrylic portraits , you are by far the best teacher. You are talented and very smart . Your techniques are excellent, simple enough to follow yet very accurate and amazing result! Thank you so much and God Bless!

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

Thank you so much. It’s for people like you, that I do what I do!

[@thomasdavies4303]

Thank you Matt love our lessons it as help me a lot

[@AngelinaKaul]

Matt congrats on starting this course. Im sure many people will be blessed by your instruction.😊

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

Thank you, A.K.! How are things going for you, by the way? Are you and your family staying safe and healthy?

[@AngelinaKaul]

@@fineartbymattphilleo Hanging in there Matt. I'm currently working on a few projects including a free portrait of a COVID19 victim to help the grieving family. These are challenging times for everyone. Thankful that we love a God who misses nothing. Take good care of yourself and your family. Good to see you doing this series.🙏😊

[@ellenmcanulty8538]

Thank yo so much this is exactly what I was looking for....god bless you for taking the time to help me and others

[@tim-wacn-bash-music]

Really helpful ! I'm one of those that started painting without a lot of drawing skills so this helps improve that area as well as the glazing technics. Thanks

[@philsajonesen]

Love the level of detail you use to describe your technique. Thanks for sharing!

[@kaijakeel2624]

Thanks Matt. That was great!

[@cathyeberhardt7356]

Great so far!

[@sandlhatmaker8853]

Matt I'm excited to start the painting process. Will seal my sketch and get started. Can't wait for lesson 4. Thanks so much.

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

You're very welcome, Sandi!

[@daylinesherb5880]

great class...thanks and GAOD BLESS UUUUU...

[@catafinity]

Thanks for doing this Matt. I havent been doing the challenge, but watching the videos. Im going to take some of your ideas on board though. Much appreciated!

[@netska]

Thst's awesomeMatt, am looking forwards to painting tomorrow, thank you. It is a very similar process to how I paint portraits in watercolour, as I use transparent watercolours and build delicate layers upon each other to achieve the depth of colour. It makes such gorgeous skin tones... I am even more excited to paint now 🤗

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

Hi Netty, I'm glad the process is similar to watercolor. That will make it easier for you to do this technique. I wasn't a fan of watercolor when I tried it back in junior high school. I'm too messy of a painter. I would spill water on my paintings and ruin them! But with acrylic, you can always fix things up. :)

[@Ash-se6gh]

Great content Matt! Love this

[@bellakorytny8781]

Matt, thank you so much, you're such a great teacher! I'm waiting for Michael's to let me know when I can pick up (curbside) my matte medium - hopefully tomorrow. Can't wait to start painting!

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

Great, Bella, you are very welcome. Did you get your supplies now and have you started painting yet?

[@joannamiarrostami6823]

Hi Matt! I do enjoy your way of teaching! I have no matte medium so I'm watching till the end and until I get the matte medium . I did the sketch but I also didn't have canvas so that was on paper. I'm learning regardless just watching you. Thank you!

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

Hi Joanna, thank you for watching til the end!! :)

[@jacquihopkins4697]

Really interesting lesson. I'll need to have this going while I do the stuff tomorrow. Thanks.

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

My pleasure!

[@fransimontacchi2838]

This is so exciting and thank you so much for sharing this fascinating technique. If you do not have Raw umber dark, can you use burnt umber or is there a way to mix it?

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

Yes. You can use raw umber and add a little bit of ultramarine blue and slightly smaller amount of alizarine crimson.

[@40bdg]

Is there a reason you don't just erase the grid lines instead of painting over them?

[@iwanabfre]

just watched it all, ty Matt.. I like all the steps and slower process.. I am one of those slap the paint on thick people and I know it gets me in trouble lol( landscapes) no ultramarine on the darker shades of skin? just wondering.. I see blue and green all the time in peoples skin colours.. excited to start.. I think I fixed the eye ball in my sketch right :)

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

Hi Ellen. Because the glazing technique is very translucent, meaning you can see through the layers, using ultramarine blue on areas of lighter tonal value would give you a very muddy look. It's better to use it for values that are close to black. Thanks for watching the whole thing! :)

[@ejreid100]

@@fineartbymattphilleo good lesson down to earth approach

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

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[@art4christ863]

I use fixative spray to seal my drawings, would that work too?

[@LomaxBespokeHealth]

Hi Matt, great videos. What Matte medium do you use? Thanks so much

[@fineartbymattphilleo]

I use nova color matte medium.