Secrets of Portrait Painting with Cesar Santos

[Music] streamline art video is proud to partner with art Renewal Center to bring you secrets of portrait painting with Arc Master artist and Salon winner Cesar Santos in his early childhood in Cuba sear always interested in Creative Arts built mud sculptures in the rain and used his imag ation to invent toys at the age of 12 after immigrating with his family to Miami he dreamt of a future as an artist even while participating in the sport of boxing and attending a magnet school for architecture his first love was always Fine Art After learning a contemporary view of Po impressionistic principles Cesar wanted to add to his knowledge by understanding the scientific aspect of painting he set off to the angel Academy in Florence and then took that knowledge to meld what is now his unique and personal style reflecting both modernism and traditionalism Cesar is well known for creating portraits that reflect his passion for the unnoticeable yet Irreplaceable people of his [Music] community in this extended video follow along with Cesar as he expertly guide you through each step of preparing creating and finishing a portrait painting with his systematic approach Cesar removes the difficulties many artists encounter when painting portraits he'll show you proven techniques that he has developed through many years of his studies it's always good to find out what the problem is sometimes we see problems and in our lives we do that a lot that's a problem that's bad that's easier than finding how to fix the problem so as soon as you find the solution that is what matters whether you favor classical or contemporary you will benefit from all Cesar offers in this video where nearly every brush stroke is captured for you to see Cesar is very comfortable working in front of the camera and you'll find his playful yet serious style easy to learn from his principle-based teaching methods are straightforward and practical taking portrait painting something that many artists find difficult and making it much easier to learn and apply all this has the the teeth inside the structure of Bones is just a circular uh shape that goes from side to side here like that and then from uh top to bottom going like that too Cesar breaks down the process for you into four stages drawing and constructing dead coloring First painting and second painting anybody can start a painting the problem is to finish it with uh with detail and not lose the broadness of it in each stage Cesar will not only demonstrate what he routinely does in his own work he'll carefully explain in detail why he does it this way and the advantages these methods have so in this case I put the white light red and a little bit of yellow mix it up to a nice flesh I see I see a lot of paintings having this line too thin at the end remember that's something that is folding inward like that so it has to have an area of Darkness that is just you know before it goes totally inside the mouth so make sure make sure that this has has some uh width and height to it you can then take this information and incorporated into your own paintings in no time soon you'll be enjoying painting portraits more than ever watch as he skillfully paints a realistic portrait from start to finish interpreting physical features and developing flesh tones with great Precision because of Cesar's unique teachable talent this video is appropriate and useful for all skill levels the whole experience of just one painting is uh really interesting and it it looks for emotions within the artist and now is the time to be precise and kind of like meditate into into the this world that you have created here and that's the beauty of of being an artist the skills Cesar teaches are unique yet Universal and you'll find his techniques to be a natural way of building and creating portrait painting that you will be proud to show off in this video you'll also enjoy a Showcase of Cesar's [Music] artwork along with an interview of the artist conducted by Vern G Swanson art Renewal Center trustee also featured as a musical composition directly inspired by the artist work from Brazilian composer gomo Lombardi this video will become a treasure in your own resource library and you'll want to refer to it over and over as you master Cesar's secrets of portrait [Music] painting

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Keywords: Portrait (Visual Art Genre), Painting (Visual Art Form), Portrait Painting (Visual Art Genre), Drawing, Streamline Art Video, Art Renewal Center, Fine Art, Cesar Santos, portrait painting, painting, oil painting portrait, santos, painting portraits, oil painting techniques, cesar santos painting, art, oil painting, paint, how to paint, how to paint a portrait, art lesson, oil portrait painting, oil portrait

Id: bFWQlDAWVrc

Length: 5min 56sec (356 seconds)

Published: Fri Oct 30 2015