Hello everyone, hello Morgan, i watched through the whole course first and now i am rewatching the videos, while working along digitally and applying it to some of my own reference to get some more practice in. After I will have finished the course digitally, i´m going to work through it with oils. I mixed my colors out of the four (or 2) colors, instead of using the color wheel/picker. I think i need to pick a more saturated ketchup to get closer to a alizarin though. No matter how i mixed the colors: i couldn't get close to the orange in the background and the skin tone seems a bit too dull/mat/dead (i don't know exactly how to describe it, i´m just not completely happy with it). Great course, thanks a lot. Very entertaining and educational. (i used a grid for the drawing, i just didn't have that layer shown here)

Is the skin tone too yellow?

Photo on the left and a scan on the right taken at the same time, I did some more modeling on the face and tried to soften the outer edges of the lips as you suggested, Thanks for pointing it out. Let me know if there are any other ways to improve it.

This is my final painting. There is some glare on the photo. Critique appreciated. I love your instruction and these classes. Thanks so much.

It was a little hard to keep momentum stopping and starting again days later. But here is what I ended up with. I learned from this step by step process as it forced more discipline.

Here is my light family block-in without halftones

I ruined my physical painting when I tried to do the edges but I went in and tried to finish it digitally from photo at an earlier stage. Not sure if I have softened enough edges. The gouache didn’t go well for me 😅

Final version.

This is challenging. I am just a bit confused about the dark half tones. .... when I squint they seem to fall for me into the shadow area rather than the lights. I did work from a laptop though which consistantly seems to change things. But my black and white printout also darkens the halftones. Does the darks end then at the darkest edge?......The colour vibration is very interesting. I would like to explore that more. Thank you Morgan. It was a precious class. (photographs taken in different lighting.)

Unfortunately, I couldn't get a better picture of my painting, a lot of the color changes in the lights got lost. I did tickle the painting to death a little bit in certain areas (especially the cheeks) and there are some issues but I started getting to a point where trying to fix things messed it up more than it would help so I called it. Any feedback is appreciated. Great course so far. Now that i am familiar with the method, I could probably get a much better result once I come back and redo this painting.

Finished this one up after Christmas and I had the most fun with this portrait in a while. I’m really happy with the result since I’m still new to oil painting and I’m excited what you have to say Morgan!

I'm sorry about the reflecting light but , I can painting only at night while the kids are asleep... I lerned a lot from this lesson, although I can see there's much to be desired. It's my 1st portrait using oil, it's on a cardbord with gesso as base. Did it at 2 sitting, roughly 4-5h. Thank you!

It’s not what I’d hoped for, but I’ve reached to point of diminishing returns….fixing one thing only to mess up something else. His poor ear. Time to move on and try again.

Wishing everyone A Happy New Year! This painting was difficult than painting an old man. Particularly transition from shadow to light. Need more painting practice. Thank you for the good teaching though. Because the area where it was not dried did not show well in photo, I attached an angled shot as well. If you see any areas where I should be careful of, I would appreciate it if you could let me know. Thank you.

Hi Morgan, apologies for being a bad student, I skipped all the assignments and 2x speeded most videos. My nan passed away last month and she left me a little bit of money that I put towards my art education here. This is a photo of my grandad that my wife took at the funeral and I wanted to get the portrait done before Christmas to give to him as a present. I’ve taught myself everything I know about painting up till now and I’m very grateful I'm able to start learning for real. This portrait wouldn’t have been possible without your lessons and I'm incredibly thankful you took the time to share your knowledge with us. I hope to take things a little slower in the new year and go back over everything at a much more reasonable pace. Happy holidays!

Forgot to post the stages, wonderful class. Thank you.

Learning to work with oils, especially the brushwork and how to handle the multiple brushes has been a big challenge. I do enjoy mixing the colors. This is my first oil portrait. It's not really painterly, I am struggling to make little brushmarks and leaving the marks alone. I'm really enjoying the class and learning a lot.

Thanks Morgan, I think I learned a lot, especially about edges and also about the warm and cool tones which were applied towards the end of the process. The paint colours are more vibrant in real life. Struggled to get a good photo on an overcast winters day in Britain!