Learn how to paint a portrait. Make a plan to simplify difficulties. By Ben Lustenhouwer

[@user-bi6id7cq6p]

You are the art teacher I never had, but I have found you now, thanks so much for all you explain and show.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you

[@ariondiaz2903]

There is such a beautiful softness to his person...a sincerity and openness that is very endearing. That is an art in itself.

[@flaviomasson]

recognizing it reflects your own softness and openness. also art :)

[@hansel1jensen]

You are right! Every video of him is a piece of art in itself.

[@asavchuk]

"I keep making videos to help you to make better paintings." - like it.

[@lustenhouwer]

So it is.

[@Engelhafen]

Stay well Ben - we appreciate you

[@J-lf6sf]

One of the most useful videos on portrait painting - all the planning has got to be worth the time, thanks so much and also thank you for putting all this information out there for free, it's extremely generous of you

[@lustenhouwer]

thank you

[@deborahwoodley-page4023]

I wanted to let you know how much I am enjoying your lessons. THANK YOU! I am learning so much.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you Deborah.

[@mariosant7680]

You are the first to look for in painting portraits. You explain is so simplistic and honest words. Great.

[@patrickwelch3274]

You are helping make better paintings. First be safe. Stay home. My brother is Chairman Radiology Mayo Clinic- “until 60% get it not going away” I used to call my planning the “first painting “. Amazing how my second attempt was always so much better. I’ve been having trouble with correct blues thank you for tip on small painting. I went back and looked at on old disks all my old drawings, live class paintings that were never finished for self examination. Opportunity lost great models lost because I could have taken better pictures or used the two hour class to do a good first painting. Lastly, the comment about “too many planes in the face” I am experimenting with it . I know some really help . I have to constantly remind myself of what I see and what the structure of the face really is especially painting with one eye. Anyway thank you got my camera set up also. I appreciate your taking time for us.

[@AndyWalkerArt]

Thank you Ben for your generosity in sharing your amazing skill. I have watched many of your videos and really enjoy the way you teach. Keep safe.

[@imkonglcr9830]

You are a great teacher....

[@oleglitvak6177]

Dear Ben, you are a great and wonderful man - thanks a lot for your passion in sharing with us your valuable experience! Stay Safe and Well! God Bless you!

[@lustenhouwer]

It is my Pleasure.

[@mariewilliams7711]

You explain everything in a way that's easy to understand...you are very appreciated!!!

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you very much

[@susancaulton5470]

In lockdown I’ve been bingeing on your videos....you make my life richer, bedankt, bedankt

[@lustenhouwer]

Love that!

[@leismith2326]

Oh my goodness. I’m so happy to have found your channel! You are wonderful! Thanks for sharing your painting experience and your techniques.

[@kihntagious]

Your videos, your clear knowledge, and tone of voice make my senses unwind and absorb. Thank you, sincerely.

[@lustenhouwer]

You're very welcome

[@EmmaWithJesus]

Your videos are the best ones on art I've ever seen. I'm learning so much from you and I am taking notes! I am so thankful for you taking the time to teach us all and to share your talents with others. It is a great gift to get to see your videos! Thank you very much and God bless you! :)

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you for your kind words

[@christopherwalker1761]

Ben, thanks so much for your sharing your wonderful work with us. Passionate, believable, masterly and compelling are the words I would associate with your posts. We are privileged to have you on KZbin.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you for your kind words Christopher.

[@stephenspiteri_zunkus]

Lovely! The magenta under painting in acrylics made the whole image pop. Gave it that magic.

[@joaquimteixeira2897]

I learn very much with your explanations, and with your beautiful and “ easy” art. I intend to keep on watching all your videos. Thank you.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you very much!

[@emilyadams6194]

Mr. Lustenhouwer, your portraits are beautiful and your explantations are clear, interesting, amusing and very helpful. Of all the things one can paint, portraits and figures are the most intriguing subject for me. You are a gifted artist AND teacher. And, yes, I'm spending much more time painting during the pandemic lock down. I am enjoying cruising your videos for inspiration and information. Thank you!!

[@lustenhouwer]

You are very welcome

[@petergooding784]

Thank you Ben, I enjoy your videos and have learned so much about colour mixing skin tones. I really look forward to any other painting videos you may decide to publish.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you Peter. Within soon I start again making video demos.

[@petergooding784]

@@lustenhouwer fantastic, looking forward to seeing them. Take care.

[@ritakrupaviciute8508]

I have been admiring the way you paint and explain

[@judithherring8220]

Once again, Mr. Lustenhouwer, you have given us such succinct and valuable information. You get right to the point! Each video gives me tidbits that help in my painting journey. I appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge. I must admit I was disappointed in the camera fiasco that shortened the video, as I’m sure you were. It only makes me more eager to view the next one! Thank you again. Judith Herring

[@lustenhouwer]

Thanks again!

[@yanyanjie8444]

You are such a good teach. Thank you for the video you shared with us.

[@larrywakeman4371]

YOU ARE GREAT, Sir! I learn so much from you! Thank you! Kimberly

[@PattiKielty]

Inspiration. So thankful for his generosity.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you Patti

[@jamiewashere]

Thanks Ben, you're the best. I appreciate these videos very much.

[@lustenhouwer]

Glad you like them!

[@jultolentino7515]

Sir ben,thank you ,you are a great teacher and inspired others,GOD BLESS & TAKE CARE.salam

[@lustenhouwer]

So nice of you

[@artistshahedmohammod8806]

I am bangladeshi artist , I like the subject of portrait, very much, I draw portrait. your work inspires me,

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you.

[@bobbysaguisi6118]

Thank you very much. With all your teaching you inspired me a lot. Really you are good

[@lustenhouwer]

Tank you

[@patriciareyes1108]

Usted es un maestro increíble!!!! Estoy aprendiendo mucho con sus vídeos. Un abrazo desde California.

[@lustenhouwer]

Gracias Patricia.

[@magides]

Dear Ben Best regards from Cyprus. Thank you very much.

[@atroutflycrazy8057]

Wonderful lessons and beautiful portrait Ben thankyou , the fewer the planes the more powerful the painting, such a great principle. We are spoiled getting such knowledge that many learned over years by trial and error.😊

[@lustenhouwer]

My pleasure

[@michellemulligan207]

Thank you for sharing your gift and wisdom gained! I’m currently binging on your videos and have already picked up hints that I know will improve my painting skill.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you Michelle

[@ElianaLemosArt]

Love your channel Mr. Ben, thank you so much for creating all this free content. For us painters just starting and dealing with so many challenges, its very helpful to watch you paint.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you. I am glad it was helpful.

[@marcosarmesto2377]

Grande maestro!! Gracias por los sub en español. Ya hubiese querido tener estos consejos hace 20 años!!

[@carmencortines7019]

Pensaba lo mismo señor Marcos, pero nunca es tarde! tengo 75 años y absorbo todos estos vídeos de estas personas tan generosas, trato de poner en práctica todos! siempre quise pintar y ahora estoy tratando de lograrlo me da placer y también pienso, porqué no existía KZbin! En la pandemia me quedé sin talleres y lo descubrí. Gracias a todos ellos!

[@CarlaFuentesFuertes]

We really appreciate your videos. You are so talented

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you

[@belindaquintanilla2395]

Thank you Ben I’m from El Salvador and I’m amazed with the possibility of watching you .

[@garypecoraro9293]

Omg! Ben, I love your planning, and yes I agree your painting should be planned out, 👍👍❤👍👍 your style Sir! Great ! Pgm...Your a KZbinTv pgm in the making...thanks for sharing in these times of trouble... God Bless you Ben and your future program...👍👍👍👍❤👍👍👍👍

[@lustenhouwer]

Thanks so much!

[@antonioblanco3086]

You're Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@silverkopf]

Thanks Ben to share your art with us

[@yseson_]

Thank you for your time and instructions, I'm an amateur artist now that I'm stuck at home like so many others I decided to improve my skill I appreciate these small lessons.

[@wendyneilson8422]

Thank you so much for all your videos. Clear and well taught.

[@lustenhouwer]

Glad you like them!

[@ychandra22]

Ben, i am yogesh from India. I love to see you at work. I admire you.

[@ginacusack5685]

So happy you’re making some recent videos as I’ve watched the older ones often, and learned so much from them, thank you Ben, you’re my favorite portrait painter and an inspiration 🙏

[@gorditothebunny8250]

I love your videos, I hope I can learn to simplify the way you do. Excellent explanations. Thank you

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you.

[@ricolaw4064]

Hay Ben , please continue to make video like this, I really appreciate your work , love from Indonesia 🔥🙏❤️

[@lustenhouwer]

I will. Thank you.

[@ricolaw4064]

@@lustenhouwer God bless you

[@jetsonjoe]

Thanks for your kind and generous approach to your videos and painting info. This has helped me very much. I took a few of your courses online a few years ago. Excellent. Love the studio views and tips and tricks.

[@lustenhouwer]

You are very welcome

[@MarianaAlves-nl4th]

of course we don't mind. Such a beautiful job 👌🏼 Greetings from Brazil!

[@keen6808]

Brilliant short tutorial (lesson) even without missed part.

[@lterzia4910]

Thank you, this video is very helpful. Lovely painting!

[@cynthiahalewijn6140]

Iedere keer weer een plezier om te bekijken en zo’n enorm fijne en heldere info jouw video’s! Heel veel dank, Ben! Stay safe!

[@lustenhouwer]

Dank je Cynthia

[@leono83]

You make me happy in this difficult days. Thank you sir.

[@feblag]

Estoy aprendiendo mucho con estos videos... lamento haberte descubierto tan tarde. MUCHAS GRACIAS!!!!

[@lustenhouwer]

Gracias.

[@robertavolpe6242]

Absolutely beautiful! Thank you!

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you too

[@md.zahedparvez6545]

After a long time happy to watch you sir. I didn't have academic painting knowledge. you are the first inspiration in building up my skill. Stay safe....♥

[@anthonytaylor9232]

I don't think you will go far wrong, if you continue to follow and absorbe this Gentlman's tuition. - I have been motivated to move away from Watercolours, to follow his instruction and try my hand at Oil painting portraiture , Wish I had found this chap much earlier. Sadly, I am at the wrong end of my life cycle, but enjoying this NEW episode in whatever is left of my journey.. Peace.

[@pradeepbabu12]

Really appreciate you sharing such knowledge & good spirit. Too bad for the missing part. Thanks & stay well.

[@gerald326]

Hi Ben, i love the way you paint and your vidéos are always interesting. Thanks

[@patcasey-ryan6120]

Ha! You make me feel so good. I also begin with an acrylic base on my paintings and look for luminosity with the oils as a second step. I had to order terra rosa and red oxide so now I'm dead in the water till they arrive. This video is breathtaking. I actually loved the jump to the finished product as it was a nice surprise. What else to do during this isolation but TRY to acquire another skill. The fewer the planes the more powerful the work--not easy.

[@Pizzarules]

!! I totally ordered terra rose after watching another of his videos on skin tones. 🙂. It’s supposed to come in a week and I can’t wait to experiment with it and yep. And don’t even get me started on the struggle to conquer the planes of the face with subtlety - very very hard indeed! Stay safe and well and great luck in your isolation/quarantine art journey!

[@lisengel2498]

I really enjoy your demonstration of playing with possibilities in the sketches - nd the fact that you show how you go for a likeness helhed from the Photo and year work freely to make a good painting and not just a copy of the Photo - and a very good way of showing the underpainting in Acrylic ( and by the way I really like what you called the spooky colors

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you Lis.

[@jeffhreid]

Strong painting Ben. Enjoyed the video

[@stelio36]

You are allways great, its allways a pleasure to see and listen to you! "Its a beit spooky but thats the way i like it!" I was also bad in everything at school, only drawing at my old days i tried also to learn a little bit of english... greetings Stelio and thx for your open video!

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you Stelio. My pleasure you know.

[@philipgarrett282]

Hi Ben, Just wanted to say a big thank you for uploading these lessons. As I am trying to teach myself how to paint, these are proving most useful. Will share them on Facebook too as I believe my fellow artist friends would appreciate them. Good luck and look forward to seeing future posts!

[@lustenhouwer]

Great to hear!

[@CVS19851]

I really enjoy your videos! Thanks for sharing and for allowing us to learn from your experience.

[@chocolateknife7]

wonderful execution. i always learn more from traditional paintings and process even though i paint digitally. your videos is a great resource for learning.

[@amaliaferreira3861]

I love your portraits, thanks a lot

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you Amalia.

[@joseluisderivera465]

Wooow! This is close to the way I plan my artwork. Very nice to remember some tips that I miss some times. Very true when passing from color study sketch to a big piece, sometimes is scary : Can I maintan the strenght and liberty in my real painting ?” Thanks Ben for sharing all your knowledge. Your videos have a very comfortable and warm atmosphere for us to feel great of painting with order and efective results.

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you for your kind words

[@joseluisderivera465]

@@lustenhouwer all the best! Greetings

[@Ztandard32]

Thank you. You inspired me to start a painting now.

[@mnsprkt]

Stay safe, stay well Ben

[@SofiaLiendoSevilla]

Love your video so much! this is the way a learnt to work well with proportions and I loved so much; this was in my exchange student year in north en California that I discovered this "old school" way. I also underpaint in acrilycs, because art suplies specially oil in Venezuela are extremely expensive and difficult to find, I was worry if mixed media would devaluate the quality of my artwork, but after looking this video I am more confident, thanks for sharing. Nice video even with the missing part. Cheers from beautiful, hectic and warm Venezuela.

[@rojelio8]

This is such a helpful video. Thank you!

[@lustenhouwer]

My pleasure

[@rubensanchezorozco2037]

Siempre es un placer ver sus consejos,y este es uno de los cuales me viene muy bien, gracias por su dedicación a darnos buenos consejos,para seguir mejorando.un saludo desde andalucia

[@costeloartstudio8428]

So nice tutorial. New friend here 👍🤓

[@MariaAya]

Thank you so much for sharing this, special in these times of coronavirus lockdown, greedings from Athens Greece

[@evangelistaoscuro7418]

Gracias maestro por este trabajo

[@HallPhoebe]

Wonderful video! Thank you so much for sharing your genius!

[@lustenhouwer]

You are so welcome!

[@kinanthiredha8788]

I was greatly helped by your video. Thank you very much, I'm from Indonesia.

[@lustenhouwer]

Glad to hear that

[@TheChazk]

so enjoyable, thank you Ben.

[@gitimotevalian8717]

Thank u Ben ,u learn so good master painting.👏👏👏👏

[@JackSmith-ud9bg]

I LIKE YOUR METHODS. THANK YOU

[@mariajosereis7558]

Sou autodidacta em pintura de retrato e os seus vídeos são maravilhosos! Muito obrigado!

[@lustenhouwer]

Gracias a tí

[@LeeAnnM]

I’m terrible at calculating ratios too. Would you mind doing a video on just the method you used here to determine the canvas size? I love that you’re making videos again; would really enjoy a full length real time portrait video from you!! Stay well!

[@lustenhouwer]

I made one for you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a3K0iJV4pa2gd5I

[@LeeAnnM]

sean ogara thank you! It’s so simple I can’t believe I’d not seen it done before.

[@anne-mariemarshall3105]

Beautiful. Thank you.

[@lustenhouwer]

My pleasure

[@thorgoan]

so great!

[@byjubalakrishnan8788]

Awesome presentation sir

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you.

[@gemstonesparkle7915]

"...Well, in school in was bad in everything, except in drawing." I can relate! 😊💛

[@elliyeti73]

Awesome. Thank-you. That is very helpful.

[@lustenhouwer]

you are welcome.

[@eefvan5205]

Het is weer een meesterstuk Ben. Fantastisch gedaan. Ik heb een hoop van al je videos geleerd. Blijf zo doorgaan. Je hebt ook een hele goed uitleg erbij en voornaam is ook welke kleuren je gebruikt. Ik ben heel blij met je video's. Dank je wel.

[@RuyalSarkarPaintings]

You are awesome painter..❤️❤️

[@xavicor]

Tan sols moltes gràcies pels seus consells de pintura i cuidint-se molt! Jo em quedo a casa!

[@ahlamtaha5188]

Amazing thanks you so much for sharing your knowledge❤

[@rodrigogalliano4609]

Bravo!!! Thank you

[@lustenhouwer]

Thank you.

[@HeleneBlonsky]

Wonderful tutorial and beautiful painting. Thank you for this 🙏🏻

[@josegregoriogomez224]

SALUDOS!! MUY MOTIVADO CON SUS VIDEOS!! GRACIAS! -VENEZUELA.

[@lustenhouwer]

Gracias Jose

[@mariajosecuellargarcia7561]

Maravilloso tutorial, me parece genial como simplificas. Aprenderé mucho de tí y también pareces una buena persona. Felicidades y siento no saber inglés.

[@lustenhouwer]

Gracias Maria José. Castellano para mí no es un problema.

[@amordepetbr]

Hi Ben! Thank you so much for creating all this free content. I usually start my days with a cup of coffee and one of your video lessons. It's delicious. Thank you! Is this a portrait alla prima?

[@lustenhouwer]

Great to hear! Yes it is alla prima.

[@federicocrespo4995]

Se aprende bastante , muy didactico ; para mi que soy autodidata. Obrigado profesor! Y continue a editar sus vídeos!

[@lustenhouwer]

gracias

[@kavithajaikumar9635]

Beautiful 😇👍

[@masatosu7486]

Thank you for sharing your process. Even though what I do these days is guache painting, I can apply some of the process.

[@lustenhouwer]

You are welcome.

[@ChrstnGnzg]

Il try your suggestions hopefully i can apply it all thank youuu 💕