This work-in-progress was painted with Painter IX.

Tools Used:
2B Pencil (Pencil Category) - for sketching
JMG ClumpsyBrush Thick - Custom brush based on Artists Oils’ Clumpy Brush
Flat Oils 30 (Oils category) - for background
Flat Oils 40 (Oils category) - for background
JMG-JCoop Clumpy Brush - Custom brush based on Artists Oils’ Clumpy Brush. Some of it’s settings were provided by a fellow artist: Joel Coop. I further customized it my liking. This is why this brush carries both of our initials.
Round Camel Hair-hair - Custom brush based on Oil’s Round Camel Hair - for hair
jmg_Soft_Impasto - Custom captured brush customized to react or paint as an oil brush.

Paper: Gessoed Canvas
Printable Size: 16×20
Working Size: 10″ x 8″ at 150 dpi

The work in progress of this Digital Oil Painting I am currently working on started on January 23rd (see the Calendar at the top right of this page). You can see the start of this work in progress by navigating to January 23rd from the calendar that appears on the top right of this page, or by selecting Go Earlier or Previous Day from the links at the bottom of this page to navigate to subsequent dates.

I am also recording the whole process as I paint it in Painter IX, showing at the same time my Painter’s selections and options as I go. This video will be available soon after I finish the portrait completely. Stay tuned for further information and availability.

Step 6:
I started now to block in some basic colors for the hair. At this moment, it is bluish, but later on I will add other colors that will be closer to the subjects’ hair color.

Step 7:
Still filling out the hair. Now adding darker tones on the back.

Step 8:
At this stage, I finished the first layer of paint on the hair.

Step 9:
Now I started working on the shirt’s basic colors. I needed to do this and all previous steps to better assess his skin colors. If I started working on the face too early, once I do the surrounding areas, I would have to go back and adjust my skin colors since they are relative to surrounding colors. This is why it is preferable to add a layer of paint to the whole canvas before starting to work with details and actual colors.

Step 10:
Once I finished applying the first layers of paint, I concentrated on the dark areas of the face, like the eye sockets and the side of his face, adding darker undertones.

Tomorrow, I will be posting more work-in-progress images of Solitude II. Thanks for visiting my Journal.To preview some video clips: Solitude 2 Demo