One of the BoldBrush Studio Instructional Videos in our monthly Subscription!

What You'll Learn:

• Mixing flesh tones.
• Accomplishing loose and confidant brush strokes without over blending.
• Recognizing planes and masses.
• Getting a likeness by understanding how shadows describe the underlining form.
• Avoiding "muddy colors".
• Starting a painting without pre-drawing.
• Step by step "reasons" for choosing "this" rather than "that" color.
• Intentionally separating the lights from the darks to create a convincing illusion of form.
• Understanding the power of warm versus cool colors in the face.
• Understanding the "ball concept" as applied to the head.
• Avoiding over thinking and simplifying the information in a photograph.
• Working with flake white replacement.

Full Video Length: 01:03:29

Looking for other adventures and ever restless, Frank embarked on a new career and became an accomplished illustrator. A highlight was being featured as the White House artist for the 2006 Easter Egg Roll Event. He also has taught painting at the Academy of Art College in San Francisco as well as numerous portrait workshops.

Frank is represented at Nancy Dodds Gallery, Carmel Ca.; Mountain Trails Gallery Santa Fe, NM; Art Obsessions Gallery, Truckee CA; and Red House Art Gallery, Graeagle CA.

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