The complete guide to painting the portrait in oils.
From Steve Forster, award-winning portrait artist and co-director of the Long Island Academy of Fine Art, Painting Luminous Portraits for Artists presents essential lessons on how to paint a radiant likeness in oils in ten comprehensive chapters, each with skill-building exercises and QR codes to instructional videos:
- Discover fundamental materials, techniques, and basic anatomy and feature development for creating an underdrawing.
- Explore color theory and color palette structures.
- Learn painting techniques, including different shape and lighting approaches.
- Consider creative strategies for portraits.
- See how digital painting techniques can be used to support and enhance traditional painting techniques.
Perfect for artists at all skill levels who want to explore capturing form and light through realistic painting techniques, Painting Luminous Portraits for Artists shows you how to capture the human portrait from a diverse range of perspectives, flesh tones, and light effects.
About Steve Forster
Award-winning artist Steve Forster received his MFA in Painting from the New York Academy of Art (NYAA), and also attended the Florence Academy of Art in Italy, where he met his wife, Rebecca. Since 2014 Steve and Rebecca have been Co-Directors of the Long Island Academy of Fine Art (LIAFA) in Glen Cove, New York. He currently teaches painting at LIAFA and previously taught painting at NYAA for almost 15 years. Steve blends digital painting and a love of traditional media to create unique contemporary portrait stories. His paintings are regularly exhibited in solo and group shows nationally.
Learn more at steveforster.net and @steverforsterpaintings on Instagram.
