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Acrylic Portrait Painting Tutorial
By Christopher Vasil
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Beginner
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2011
About this lesson
A small 5x7 portrait taken from a line drawing to a four-value grayscale underpainting, then glazed in transparent color. Uses only alizarin crimson, cadmium yellow, ultramarine and white, in about 90 minutes.
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