Portrait Painting of Breyon Austin
Portrait Painting of Breyon Austin
Another time lapse video of a portrait painting by Seamus Berkeley. This five minute video shows how to paint a portrait in oil paint.Tags: Howto art artwork painting demonstration Seamus Berkeley oil arts crafts beauty oil painting portrait portrait painting how to contemporary drawing draw artist speed drawings paintings

Wow!
Wow!
so amazing. ...
so amazing. beautiful. glad to watch this again and again.
Painting was best ...
Painting was best around the middle of vid. Then gradually got worse. The life got squeezed out of it.
you are genius!!!!
you are genius!!!!
THAT WAS SICK. raw ...
THAT WAS SICK. raw talent. man, I gotta start painting for real.
As a new artist I'm ...
As a new artist I'm surprised with how many peoples on youtube claim to be artists, and don't have any skill to back it up. You are not one of them! Good job man.
ABSOLUTELY ...
ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT !!!
What great stroke ...
What great stroke control you have, such steady hands!
@caityrm Painted ...
@caityrm Painted over a period of days and did not let the paint dry.
was this done in a ...
was this done in a day? did you leave the paint to dry at all?
@YEKOMSSMOKEY Yes, ...
@YEKOMSSMOKEY Yes, as is getting the correct value — life long learning!
@seamusberkeley ...
@seamusberkeley Alright thanks heaps. getting the right colour is definitely an art in itself :)
@YEKOMSSMOKEY The ...
@YEKOMSSMOKEY The best way to create anything representational is to know your own palette so well that you can mix any value or color that you see in life. Recipes for mixing are only formulaic and tend to preclude careful observation of the visual environment. So, choose a small set of paints and explore every combination of them. Then paint whatever you see!
What is the best ...
What is the best way to create realistic skin using oil paint?
great work
great work
good job
good job
great painting
great painting
GREAT DEMO. SO ...
GREAT DEMO. SO PASSIONATE.
Beautiful 
Beautiful 
Amazing work. ...
Amazing work. Thank you for sharing.
This is REALLY ...
This is REALLY good!
i have never ...
i have never thought of starting a portrait painting like you do...love the lighting on the face...really brings the picture to life
@6evil6dead6 Black ...
@6evil6dead6 Black is not on my palette and I rarely, if ever, use any black. Creating blacks from a variety of darks adds more life to the color and can more closely represents nuance of shadow.
Do you use blacks ...
Do you use blacks when you are rendering the shadows?
Good JOB... a real ...
Good JOB... a real portrait background come on as after or some spots come on before.... its totally a trick of an eye ... when the face is appealing and also real looking ! background would not matter come on as close to an outline,,, it will actually make the painting look 3D even more..