Darkdreamer Oil Painting Step by Step

[patrick j jones]

This was a big one at 40" X 40". Oil on Canvas.

First I lay down a pencil sketch and rough out the tones with a tin oil wash, then I work in more opaque colours to give dimension to the forms, then finally a thin wash of pure colours to glaze and make the whole thing more vibrant.

The print you see on the top left of my custom drawing board ( couldn't buy one big enough in the stores ) is a digital version I created in Painter for reference. The black and white prints are from a photo session with an actress/model and the inspirational artworks in the background are by my favorite artists, Boris Vallejo and Frank Frazetta

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[sony]

interesting!

[erik-jan v/d schuur]

thx for posting this! its always nice to see
the progress,cause i can learn new things from it.

its a beautiful piece

[patrick j jones]

Thanks guys,

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[Bowlin]

Thank you for sharing this!

There seems to be such a big difference between the last two pictures. Do you use a lot of glazes at this point? It looks as if you repainted another layer with details over the whole picture.

[snasitra]

Nice tutorial. Thank you for posting this. I'll have to go look at more of your work.

[Noah Bradley]

Nice.

No crits from me. :)

Thanks for showing the process.

[Niels23]

Thank you for this post! Very good to see process of making excellent painting. Great work!

[patrick j jones]

Thanks for your comments and interest guys; much appreciated!

Bowlin: Yes, during the glazing I'll add some opaque detailing while the colours are still wet.

Best wishes,

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[Shard]

awesome!!! it really does have a frazetta/boris feeling to it!!
more!!!!

[patrick j jones]

Thank Shardana!

[Rod28Pereira]

Man, I love it!!
Please, post more step by step, this helps so much to understand better the process of oil paint.
God bless the internet...hahahaa.

I wish I could have more free time to do traditionl paint.

Cheers,

Rod.

[patrick j jones]

Thank you Rod.

[Eric Gerhard]

Amazing work!!!

Can I add you in my blog? I loved your work.

Keep on posting here!!!!

Cheers!

[patrick j jones]

Sure Eric, blog away!

Like your work too...

Best regards,

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[Eric Gerhard]

Thanks Patrick!!!

I'll surely do it right now.

Please keep posting.

Peace!

[patrick j jones]

Thanks Eric, I will keep posting.

Had a look at your blog earlier and was very impressed with the muslim lady portrait.

Best regards,

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[phiq]

Whoa... this is ridiculously helpful! Extreme thanks!

[Randis]

looking great!
You should post a bigger photo of the painting with least possible distortion so we can see the final image.

[taeyoungchoi]

Really great to see the process and inspiring....

[goldbug]

brilliant post.... pity the poor mermaid is dead !

[burialchamber]

Awesome. That glazing step makes a huge difference. Thanks for sharing!

[Serge Birault]

Impressive and instructive ^^

[animosapien]

hi pat.. loved wat you did here..
totally cool.. i completely respect traditional painters cause i've never learnt that stuff .
feel free to walk into my sketchthread..would love to hear from you as well..
keep posting
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