Hi everyone, today I would like to share the process to painting a Rembrandt master copy. I find his work full of emotion and excellent technique so wondered what I could learn from copying his style.
Process
After doing an initial pencil sketch I will block in all the main colours filling all the page as much as
possible while trying to match closely the values of the original painting.
Reference
The final step involved going over with another layer but with more details and making sure to include the darkest shadows around the eye and the strong highlights in the cheek and pupil. It is quite an impressionistic style as the details of the eye lashes and eye brow hairs are not visible. I just used a few brush strokes to suggest they might be there but it was very subtle.
Completed oil on paper over several hours
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interesting friend thanks for sharing, you should consider the possibility of starting to use canvases.
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I started using canvases recently but these were done on paper because I find it less stressful to get it perfect for practice studies and I find you have to do more layers to avoid the canvas showing underneath.
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