Get the Secrets to Starting a Stunning Portrait Painting

[@lilianamoldovan4665]

Excelente vídeo! Muchísimas gracias por su labor!!

[@EmilHørbyThomsen]

Great video. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge and insight!

[@crisalidathomassie1811]

Thanks so much for the demo and explanation. Love your approach and worth the try. Very good information. Excellent work. I will continue watching your videos and learning more from you. Blessings and take care.

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

I appreciate your feedback Crisalida. Thank you for visiting my channel. 🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@dw1028000]

Hi Luis - How did you keep the shadow area in the neck / transition to the cheek so transparent? What pigments in the neck shadow area/ was there any lead white in the mix? I assume it was very sparing and still allowed the ground to show through while you used much more of it for increased opacity in the cheek. Love your paintings and exploration of techniques.

[@stevenallan6515]

Thanks again!

[@PrinceKonganoor]

Good painting skills. Beautiful work.thank you. 🎨❤️

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Thank you for watching and commenting!!👍🏼

[@Ron-wf1tt]

Great as usual, (the sound wasn't the best), loved the pallet.

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Thanks for the feedback Ron! The pallet used by painters from the 17th century is very beautiful. You can achieve astounding neutral tones.

[@lee-annolivier4289]

Just amazing to watch. Thank you. Please could you let me know the name and brand of the brush you mention. Love to try it. I need to get myself off filberts

[@franciscosalvacao5853]

Lovely demonstration!!! The book you referred is available in several places, but it is extremely expensive. Cheapest used copy I found cost above US$ 300,00 compared to Amazon´s US$ 558,08. That is bad news iindeed. Where can I find the source photo? I would love to give it a try- Thank you.

[@alejandraramosflores4927]

Exelente video. Ojala subieras uno sobre el espagnoleto jose de ribera sobre su tecnica pictorica, materiales y los colores que utilizaba

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Gracias por comentar Alejandra. Gracias por tu sugerencia. Lo apuntaré en mi agenda de temas relevantes para el canal. Yo amo las obras de Ribera. 👍🏼

[@d.o.nmuzic3802]

Great lesson. But the audio was so rough it was very hard to listen through

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Thanks for commenting! Unfortunately, we had an audio mishap during our last live stream.

[@shayneswenson]

I’ve looked for the book for years. I found I copy available....for $270.😟 It’s nowhere online either.

[@maximosmanolis1219]

can you tell us about pentimenti? sometimes the changes in the painting must be very difficult, thank you!

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Hello Maximos: Pentimento can be extremely difficult when working wet into wet. Venetian painters opted to work their paintings in multi layers making the necessary compositional changes as they worked without the aid of a cartoon or preparatory drawing. Check out this unfinished painting by Tintoretto to get an idea of his process👉🏻www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437819. Thank you for following the channel.

[@maximosmanolis1219]

@@LuisBorreroVisualArtist thank you! and i have read some use black to cold the skin tone

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

@@maximosmanolis1219 Certainly! You can use three types of black to control the temperature of the grays.

[@maximosmanolis1219]

@@LuisBorreroVisualArtist you are the best!! greetings from Greece

[@maximosmanolis1219]

@@LuisBorreroVisualArtist can you make a video about painting- drawing from imagination? the old master have a huge imagination! but maybe there is any trick

[@jimqartworks]

thanks for sharing! the videos are awesome, using a good camera, it's just in my end the audio has a some little problem, but it's audible, must check the audio compression when saving it! Keep safe

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Thanks for commenting and sharing your feedback. I keep learning everyday about live streaming and hopefully we can continue to improve our video and audio quality everyday. Best regards!!

[@jimqartworks]

@@LuisBorreroVisualArtist thank you, Im sharing with all my artist friends your channel, I'm also using your color palette and start to make my first master copy! Thanks for all your teaching. Keep safe and keep creating!

[@jimqartworks]

@@LuisBorreroVisualArtist the video quality, lightings and the lens used are awesome. I like the "depth-of-field" of the video. Only on the part when you are painting there are some glare. Thanks again!

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Thank you very much!! Very kind of you to share the channel. Let me know how the palette works out for you. You can find historical colors at www.kremer pigments.com.

[@jimqartworks]

@@LuisBorreroVisualArtist will do, I will tag you in your Instagram, I will just finish few commission paste portraits, I follow you also there and in your Facebook, learning a lot from you, wow, it's like finding a gold box in the end of the rainbow!! wow! thanks again! keep safe! instagram.com/sweatypalm316/

[@maximosmanolis1219]

dont use yellow in the lights?

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

I do use a small amount of yellow ochre in the lights mixed with Vermillion. Thanks for coming by.

[@michalkozar5051]

Hi, what is the ratio of red ochre to calcite? Thanks :)

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Hello Michal: Somehow I missed your message from some time ago. The ratio of calcite to red ochre is about 50-50.

[@mick6568]

im not sure if its my computer but it sounds like the sound is all messed up?

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

Quality Live streaming is not easy task, but we’re learning everyday from the viewers feed back! Thanks for commenting Mick.

[@mick6568]

@@LuisBorreroVisualArtist was a great video! Love all of your work. Thank you. Im still looking for that Velazquez book!!

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

@@mick6568 The book titled Velazquez Técnica y Evolución is one of the most priced books on Velazquez. Try this book seller 👉🏻www.casadellibro.com/libro-velazquez-tecnica-y-evolucion/9788487317163/351453

[@mick6568]

@@LuisBorreroVisualArtist thank you so much!!

[@LuisBorreroVisualArtist]

@@mick6568 Hopefully they will have it available!👍🏼

[@avialbersbenchamo4797]

❤🙏

[@MichelleRichee]

You are so handsome -- it's hard to pay attention.