Portrait Redo - Oil Paint vs Pencil
93Redoing an old portrait, oil on paper. This was a fun one! Occasionally, I like to redo an old portrait to gauge how I’ve improved. If I’ve given it enough space, 2-3 years or so, the difference is pretty significant. It’s fascinating to actually visually see what I’ve learned, rather than just broadly estimate. I’ve done this exercise previously comparing pencil drawings, but never comparing a painting to an old drawing.
The thought crossed my mind to try this, and I had the perfect old drawing in mind. This is one from late 2020, which I was not very satisfied with. I didn’t like the spatial arrangements (head tilt, feature placement) or colors (too dull and muted) in the pencil version. I tried this again with oil paints - the result was so much better! The colors are much more vibrant and match what I wanted but couldn’t achieve with the original. And with all of this “no measuring” freehand painting I’ve been doing, the feature placement was much better.
In this time-lapse video, I also tried to do something a bit different. I usually just share the high speed progression video as-is, but this time I also added a comparison at the end with the drawing and painting side by side. Hopefully that adds something useful to this one!
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Colors Used:
⬛️ Raw Umber (Gamblin 1980)
⬜️ Titanium White (Utrecht Studio)
🟨 Yellow Ochre (Gamblin 1980)
🟥 Cadmium Red Hue (Utrecht Studio)
🟥 Alizarin Crimson (Utrecht Studio)
🟧 Blush (Gamblin 1980)
🟫 Burnt Umber (Utrecht Studio)
🟫 Burnt Sienna (Utrecht Studio)
🟦 Ultramarine Blue (Utrecht Studio)
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