How To Paint Dark Hair

Painting hair isn't easy.

Information technology's one of the hardest things for an portrait painter. Why?

It comes in so many colors: black, white, gray, dark-brown, ruddy, blonde. It tin can take so many forms: directly, curly, thick, thin, short, long.

Hair is such an of import part of who nosotros are as human beings, and how we expect.

Even though some of u.s.a. may wish we had more than pilus or different hair, we all capeesh having hair. And then it'southward important to know how to paint it well.

You may struggle right now with painting hair. Maybe when yous paint information technology, it looks stringy. Or the colour is just incorrect. Maybe it but doesn't take that shiny, lifelike quality you're looking for.

I'd like to assist you lot with all of that, and make information technology so much easier for you...

In this grade, I will break down the mysterious illusion of creating realistic pilus.

Once you understand this illusion and how it works, it'due south not and then hard to paint.

I'll show you lot:

the secret to sketching pilus and then y'all feel confident when y'all start painting
how to know what colors to apply for the hair yous're painting
how to alloy and shade smoothly to get the realistic effect
how many layers to use and what brushes you'll need to ease whatsoever frustration and to go the correct expect
where to put highlights and why, so you tin accept it into your future portraits
how much detail to add and where to avert adding detail, to salve you time and to help yous create the most realistic portrait possible
and more than! (we'll also secondarily encompass how to paint fur and clothing in this portrait. But the FOCUS will be on pilus)

We'll swoop deep into painting hair in this form! My goal is that when you are done learning from my step-by-footstep videos, you won't be afraid the adjacent fourth dimension you have to paint a portrait where someone has a lot of intricate pilus, but y'all'll actually wait forward to doing it!

I desire yous to sign off on the painting proudly, saying to yourself, "that looks Really expert. I like what I did!"

How Volition the Form Work?

This grade currently is a work in progress.

I have the reference photo chosen (the one in a higher place—this lovely portrait of a girl with vibrant cerise hair and her dog), and volition exist recording the lessons over the next few weeks.

I plan on posting 2-3 lessons per calendar week for the next month. The goal is to finish upwardly the grade by the end of June / beginning of July.

Because you lot would be joining at the start, I would like to give you an upgrade offer...

Enroll at present at the "Self Written report" level and get upgraded to the Mentor Version with a personalized video critique included! This will assistance you if yous get stuck during the painting procedure. I'll personally show you on a video recorded just for YOU, what to do next.

This is essentially a $50 savings off the tiptop version of the course!

Enroll today!

The Class UPGRADE offer ends Sunday June 7 at midnight CST.

When you sign up, you will receive notification when I mail the first lesson, which will be: how to sketch the reference photo and capture the construction of the hair.

The first lesson, how to sketch the portrait, will be posted here within Realistic Acrylic Portrait School next week (the week of June vii)

Costless Lessons?

You may be asking, "Volition in that location be costless lessons?"

Well, I will be posting some of the videos of this course for free on my YouTube aqueduct later. And they will probably be truncated.

Just here at Realistic Acrylic Portrait Schoolhouse with this class, y'all will get:

the Entire video footage of my painting with teaching
lessons posted Beginning before they go to YouTube
lessons broken down into minor, easy-to-watch, distraction-free segments.
your questions answered in the Student Forum. Even questions most YOUR painting to aid you lot stay on track.
the downloadable guides (reference photograph with grid, supplies list, palette layout guide, etc) all in Ane Identify, easy to download and access.
Personalized Video Critiques to help you when you're stuck (on the Mentor Version)

Enroll below!

I await frontwards to teaching you inside the form, and help y'all to paint beautiful hair in your next acrylic portrait!

Yours for Better Portraits,

Matt Philleo, creative person and instructor

Learn how to paint a portrait you can be proud of!

"Cheers a bunch Matt. You lot take been a blessing in my life and have helped me do something amazing that I never ever would take imagined possible Paint portraits!" Thanks again, Margie Lewis

"I am still going through the trials and tribulations with each portrait, but since doing your free main class and purchasing two of your courses, I now see the light at the end of the tunnel. Thank you for your pedagogy it has helped me and so much and now, all I need to do is keep on doing what I am doing. Thank yous Matt. " —Toni Martin

"Just sold my first deputed portrait and the husband was then pleased he was extremely generous. Without the critiques from Matt I never would have come so close to what she looked like. I hope information technology'southward ok if I post information technology. Later on all that time working on her, I miss this painting, Simply the money more than makes up. " —Francesca Clement