Ivancevic Art

When I plan new painting I usually start with lose drawing of a subject.  I've make a drawing because I want to be familiar with a main features, for example eye shape, distance between nose and mouth, head ....     Second stage choosing the right paper. For oil pastel I usually use color Canson Mi-Teintes , in my opinion one of the best paper for oil pastels. Color paper has several advantages. Background color gives the atmosphere in the whole picture. The color gives the initial tone and it is much easier to determine the other tones in the image . The background color gives the unity of everything in the picture .       Third stage one more time outline drawing. I intentionally took a black and white photo as a reference, then there is a lot of room for innovation. while I was filling the picture with colors, I used a lot of warm colors, while I also left a lot of background to see.   In the last phase, I added details in the eyes, since...

It is certainly quite challenging to start from scratch. With so much different information and resources all over the internet. This is one of the YouTube channels that I can warmly recommend, for all those who take a watercolor brush in their hand for the first time.   Andrew Geeson loose watercolours             Why I think this approach is good for beginners .      It often happens that you try to follow an instructional video and the result is disastrous. With the approach that Andrew Geeson has, almost every time our painting succeeds.   And success, in my opinion, is the biggest driver to move on .  If you have any questions feel free to ask them in the comments, I will try to answer as best I can .   Visit my website:  https://ivancevicart.com/   Visit my Etsy store if you want to buy any of my paintings .