First step:
The first step is to sketch and precisely draw the face and body. This is the portrait’s composition, which is improved in subsequent processes, but it is the most significant in terms of properly expressing the proportions of all aspects of the face.
Second step:
The second phase is underpainting with color. Now, the interaction between the brighter and darker regions of the face is vital, as is the dance of shadows and light, which gives the face a three-dimensional aspect.
Third step:
Painting of the eyes first, as they mirror the soul, then the nose and lips.
Fourth step:
I paint the background so that the face stands out against the rest of the image.
Fifth step:
I work with hair coloring and creating shadows in the hair to bring out the natural texture of the hair.
Sixt step:
Drawing / Painting of the wardrobe and its components.
Seventh step:
The seventh step is where I always “capture” the soul and expression of the face I’m painting, using tiny, exact adjustments and movements. It’s that finish, which never seems to end. Since every face tells a story, which is what I wanted to portray in the picture. The portrait painting process ends when I believe I have understood the subject’s story and have reached the face’s innermost thoughts.
A portrait painting process is demonstrated in the gallery below. The original photo serves as the model for the sketch, which is then refined detail by detail.
