Stephen Lursen Art — portrait tutorial
Step by step, mixed media portrait painting
portrait tutorial stephen lursen
Stephen LursenI just finished a new project and I would love to walk you through my steps to the final painting. I started off with a blank, new, primed, white, 8"x10" canvas. I looked for a scrapbook paper that I really liked for an easy background. Once I found the right scrapbook paper for me, I collaged it onto the canvas and cut away the excess paper. Next step was to print off a predetermined photograph on standard printer paper. I turned the color photo to black and white so that I could determine for myself what the colors would be....