Painting Fan Wei ppt

Painting Fan Wei






Step 1
The initial sketch, again taken from a still
frame of a DVD. This took no more than ten
minutes, and serves only as a guide to the
overall shape and placement of the features.



Step 2
The sketch is transferred to the canvas
board, still using a pencil. At this stage you
can spray the picture with a fixative to
prevent the pencil dirtying your paint, but I
use a hard pencil and don't usually have a
problem. The basic colour is applied in big
sections, with minimal blending at this
stage.

Step 3
Most of the figure is covered in colour now.
Compare to step 1 and you can see the
initial flesh tone I used was too orange, so I
toned it down with more white, and traces

of red and yellow. The whole thing looks
pretty sketchy, but the general tone is
determined and the painting is ready to
become more lifelike.

Step 4
The main part of this step is adding detail to
the eyes, to bring the painting to life. More
detail can be added later, but the definition
of the eyes really helps to give a likeness to
your painting.

Step 5
In this stage, extreme highlights and
shadows are applied, giving the face a shiny
look, which will be dealt with in the next
step.

Step 6
The shiny-looking highlights are brought
down by means of a light brushing of the
entire face, with just a little of the basic
flesh tone on a dry brush. This has the effect
of blending the highlights and dark areas
nicely. Sometimes the highlights are lost, in
which case they can be reapplied, but less
stated than in the previous stage. You
should end up with a nicely blended, round-
looking face.
I decided on a dark background, with a

small area of light to make the face stand
out.

Step 7
Finishing touches. The moustache is defined
by working in random strokes of flesh tone,
with various degrees of gray, black and
brown. The bottom lip is worked on, giving
it a rounded look, using the highlight and
shadow. The eyes are finished off, adding
highlights for that glossy look, and the
shoulder is broadened.