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!

I'll post this again because I think it got lost in the replies of my last post. Here is the finished one. The color notes started to mess me up because at first they didnt match the underlying value. That started to create muddy colors everywhere because I tried to wipe/blend my mistakes. Also started to blend all around way too much and lost the mosaic feel it had before. Overlayed this with the reference photo and saw that the eyes are indeed one of the things that kills the likeness. But I will call this ready and will pay more attention to the drawing on the next one!

Painting With Color Finish