The self portrait Louis entered for the 2014 competition is featured in the book.
Above is the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year A Little Book of Portraits
A diary of paintings and drawings by louis smith
Paintings on Canvas over the past couple of weeks. Below are some students from Manchester University.
Below is a time lapse video of the artists painting John Humphrys at the Sky Arts Portrait Artist of the Year Award. The artists were selected by sending in a self portrait. After winning the regional heats the artists go through to the final.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zR6J_KpYkTo
Portrait Painting in Oils of Penny. Painted in 6 hours in the All Day Portrait session at phoenix House Manchester.
This oil portrait was done in 2 hours using a limited palette of red oxide, ultramarine and white.
Mainly painted using red oxide, ultramarine blue and purple madder.
For this oil painting I used a limited palette of Red oxide, Ultramarine Blue and Titanium White.
Below is a portrait painted in 4 hours of Lucy using an old reference photo. Sometimes working from a photo is convenient when practicing if there are no models available on the day.