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    The Layers of Portrait Painting With Joshua LaRock - Supplemental PDF

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    This document provides a summary of the video "The Layers of Portrait Painting with Joshua LaRock" including details about the artist, subject, and materials used. Over the course of 5 hours per day for 4 days, the artist filmed himself drawing and painting a portrait of his wife Laura using oil on linen. The video chapters outline the drawing, transfer, and three days of painting processes. Materials included paper, pencils, an easel, oil paints, brushes, and mediums from various brands.

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    This document provides a summary of the video "The Layers of Portrait Painting with Joshua LaRock" including details about the artist, subject, and materials used. Over the course of 5 hours per day for 4 days, the artist filmed himself drawing and painting a portrait of his wife Laura using oil on linen. The video chapters outline the drawing, transfer, and three days of painting processes. Materials included paper, pencils, an easel, oil paints, brushes, and mediums from various brands.

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    The Layers of Portrait Painting With Joshua LaRock - Supplemental PDF

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    Alison De Sando Manzoni
    This document provides a summary of the video "The Layers of Portrait Painting with Joshua LaRock" including details about the artist, subject, and materials used. Over the course of 5 hours per day for 4 days, the artist filmed himself drawing and painting a portrait of his wife Laura using oil on linen. The video chapters outline the drawing, transfer, and three days of painting processes. Materials included paper, pencils, an easel, oil paints, brushes, and mediums from various brands.

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    The video provides an in-depth tutorial on the process and techniques for portrait painting in oils over four days. It details the materials used at each stage and the progression of the painting.

    Graphite pencils of varying hardness, white chalk, kneadable eraser, and mono zero erasers are used for the initial drawing.

    A digital projector and raw umber oil paint are used to transfer the drawing to the primed canvas.

    The Layers of Portrait Painting with Joshua LaRock

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    Laura In Black - ​20 x 16 inches, oil on linen, 2015


    This work has been exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in London as part of the
    prestigious ​BP Portrait Award​, 2016. It has been acquired by The Art Renewal Center receiving
    a Purchase Award as part of the ​12th ARC International Salon​.

    A limited edition print is available - please contact ​[email protected]​ for inquiries.

    ​ HX​.
    A hi-res image of the final painting is available in the extra features on V

    This instructional video was filmed over the course of four consecutive days, approximately five
    hours of drawing or painting each day. A heartfelt thanks to my lovely wife, Laura, for posing.

    Chapter Time Markers:

    Drawing - 2:17
    Transfer - 31:50
    Painting Day One - 32:32
    Painting Day Two - 1:12:19
    Painting Day Three - 2:08:48

    A lesson in form: ​Click here

    Materials List:

    Drawing Materials:

    Paper: ​Stonehenge​ - Fawn color)

    Pencils:

    ● Graphite in range of softness 4H, 2H, H, B (I use ​Tombow​ Mono brand)


    ● White Chalk (​General’s Primo Euro White charcoal​)
    ● Kneadable eraser
    ● MONO Zero Erasers, Silver Round
    ● Small handheld Mirror
    Transferring Materials:

    ● BenQ W1070 Digital Projector


    ● Raw Umber oil paint

    Easel/Palette:

    Paintbook​ ​by ​Edge Pro Gear

    Painting Materials:

    ● Canvas: Stretched, lead oil primed, smooth linen 20x16


    ○ Toned light grey (Vandyck Brown and white with Gamsol)
    ● Oil paint: I generally prefer ​Michael Harding​ ​or ​Rublev​ ​Paints - I have listed these in
    order, clockwise as seen on my pallette.
    ○ Ivory Black (Williamsburg)
    ○ Van Dyke Brown (Gamblin)
    ○ Cobalt Violet (Michael Harding)
    ○ Cobalt/Ultramarine Blue Michael Harding)
    ○ Viridian (Michael Harding)
    ○ Lead white (Rublev- lead white #2)
    ○ Lead-tin yellow (Rublev)
    ○ Aureolin (Michael Harding)
    ○ Yellow Ochre Deep (Michael Harding)
    ○ Transparent Oxide Yellow (Michael Harding)
    ○ Raw Umber (Michael Harding)
    ○ Genuine Vermillion (Rublev)
    ○ Magenta (Michael Harding)
    ○ Alizarin Crimson (Michael Harding)
    ○ Burnt Sienna (Michael Harding)
    ○ Red Umber (Michael Harding)
    ● Brushes - ​Rosemary & Co​ almost exclusively
    ○ Small to medium soft synthetic and bristle – I use mostly rounds, but a few other
    shapes as well
    ■ Ivory - ​www.rosemaryandco.com/oil-brushes/ivory-oils
    ■ Golden Synthetic -
    www.rosemaryandco.com/oil-brushes/golden-synthetic-oils
    ● Metal palette knife
    ● Mahl Stick
    ● Paper towels
    ● Orderless Mineral Spirits – Gamsol
    ● Proper jar/vessel to contain Gamsol
    ● Mediums: I use a variety in my normal practice. In short, we use mediums to alter the
    transparency, drying time and handling properties of the paint (among other things).
    Here are those I used in the video:
    ○ Rublev (​www.naturalpigments.com/oil-painting/mediums.html​) has a good line of
    mediums:
    ■ Walnut Oil Gel
    ■ Epoxide Oil Gel
    ■ Balsam Essential Oil Medium
    ■ Velazquez Medium

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