How to Paint Hair, Background and Drapery in an Artistic Way. Portrait of My Wife.

#cesarsantos #tutorial #portrait At this moment we are ready to finish the environment around the portrait. I had a base color representing each area around the hair, the background and the blouse she is wearing; after that layer dries, we can focus on each element at the time to bring it to completion. Experience how I treat each area with a different approach to create an organic balance throughout the piece. We often rush through less important elements thinking that the key to a portrait is the rendering and expression of the sitter but, every aspect of the painting needs to be consider very carefully before finishing the flesh, which will be taught in the next and last video of this series. This is a preview of the full instructional video on my website: https://cesarsantos.com/ Follow me: on Instagram -   / santocesart   on Twitter -   / santocesart   on Facebook - https://goo.gl/DU3oyS Check out my art - http://www.santocesar.com/ Video gear, lighting and other useful links: Camera: https://goo.gl/8wut2N Canon lens: https://goo.gl/rVZQx1 Sigma lens for Canon: https://goo.gl/6iQ6CB Another Sigma Lens for Canon: https://goo.gl/JcBfzE Canon Zoom Lens: https://goo.gl/uGWE7M Gimbal: https://amzn.to/2oHltEu Mic 1: https://amzn.to/33IGeOX Mic 2: https://goo.gl/QEp4ya Tripod: https://goo.gl/LbyX7u JOBI gorilla pod: https://goo.gl/ULcRFm Lights: https://goo.gl/rRsqGR Bulbs: https://goo.gl/A4d95P Disclaimer: some of the links above are affiliate links