Marilyn Monroe 01
Add some pop iconography to your home as you learn the basics of portrait painting with a stunning portrait of the iconic Marilyn Monroe.
It's better than Andy Warhol!
- About this session
- Entry Requirements
- Materials: Canvas, paint, pencils, brushes & aprons provided. Bring your sketch book.
- What will we learn in this session?
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About this session
Add some pop iconography to your home as you learn the basics of portrait painting with a stunning portrait of the iconic Marilyn Monroe.
My interpretation - framed in the Inglis Impressionist.
Entry requirements
I recommend you do these sessions first to maximise your enjoyment.
What will we learn in this painting?
- Skin colour
- Skin tones
- Square Brush
We start with a few sketches.
Having analysed the face and gained some confidence and moving your hand around it, we loosely paint the features with a size 6 round bristle brush.
Switching to a size 9 soft nylon liner brush we add dark lines. This very versatile brush enables us to go from a thin line to a broad stroke in one movement!
At this stage we can really start to define it as _her_ face.
Now we switch to the soft nylon flat brush and start adding colour.
Our skin palette
Maintaining a "painterly style", we are careful not to over blend.
We make some artistic decisions about the colour of her sweater and voila! A very pleasing Marilyn portrait.
