The Glowing Portrait: Creating Realistic Skin Tones with Pastel Pencils
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Cuong Nguyen demonstrates his method for creating lifelike portraits using CarbOthello pastel pencils on sanded paper, including his green foundation technique for generating realistic skin tones. With nearly four hours of instruction filmed by a professional cinematographer with multiple cameras, this demonstration begins with an introduction to the materials and then covers every stage of work from posing and drawing the live model through to finishing touches.
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The Glowing Portrait: Creating Realistic Skin Tones with Pastel Pencils
Cuong Nguyen demonstrates his method for creating lifelike portraits using CarbOthello pastel pencils on sanded paper, including his green foundation technique for generating realistic skin tones. With nearly four hours of instruction filmed by a professional cinematographer with multiple cameras, this demonstration begins with an introduction to the materials and then covers every stage of work from posing and drawing the live model through to finishing touches.
7 Videos
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Materials
10m
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Chapter 2: Drawing
1h 1m
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Chapter 3: Green Foundation
43m
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Chapter 4: Layering Skin Tones
1h 24m
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Chapter 5: Finishing the Painting
32m
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Extra: Preservation
2m 33s
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About Cuong
1m 0s
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You'll receive the following videos
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Chapter 1: Introduction and Materials
10m
2 subtitles
Cuong provides an introduction to the materials, and he also demonstrates the fundamentals of his green foundation technique for creating skin tones.
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Chapter 2: Drawing
1h 1m
2 subtitles
Cuong guides the lovely Madeline in her posing while explaining the basic proportions fundamental to portraiture. Then he creates the underlying drawing that forms the basis of his final portrait.
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Chapter 3: Green Foundation
43m
2 subtitles
Cuong applies the foundation layer to the skin tones using several shades of green to begin building values.
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Chapter 4: Layering Skin Tones
1h 24m
2 subtitles
Cuong begins to layer additional colors over the green underpainting, as the face magically begins to come to life.
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Chapter 5: Finishing the Painting
32m
2 subtitles
Cuong applies finishing touches to the background and the model's clothing while continuing to refine the colors and values in the face.
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Extra: Preservation
2m 33s
2 subtitles
Learn how Cuong uses fixatif to preserve his delicate pastel artworks, and why proper matting and display is so important.
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About Cuong
1m 0s
This short video provides a brief bio of Cuong Nguyen while showing a sampling of his artworks.