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PinkParasol β Painting Tutorial: The Rider
Published: 2009-05-06 19:45:14 +0000 UTC; Views: 26205; Favourites: 581; Downloads: 521
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A tutorial for my most recent piece, "The Rider". I hope this is easy to follow and that it will help to explain my work flow, as well as possibly be a learning tool for someone out there. I tried to document the process each evening I worked on it. Unfortunately, it ended up taking awhile to finish since I had to take some time to let it dry between layers. Hopefully, this will help someone!Here is the final image: [link]
A special thanks to:
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for their wonderful anatomy reference images
16x20
oils/acrylics/charcoal on canvas
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Wow, thank you for this. I've just gotten into painting again and would love to try this technique one day.
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Thanks, this is very informative - I really enjoyed reading it.
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I love how much the character on the horse changes in the process, first it looks like an female indian, then a male indian, than a male roman soldier, then a mix between the two....kinda confused as what he's supposed to be?
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wow! i can't believe you changed so much throughout the whole painting! in my opinion everything you changed would have led to a gorgeous result xD
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This was very helpful. I love your artwork and it is refreshing to see some traditional artwork on Deviantart.
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the level of detail you have is amazing. I like this finished painting and the two with the women and the fish very much.
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Excellent stuff, PinkParasol. Invaluable information and a great image at the end of it.
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Stunning painting, and thanks for letting us in on your process. I didn't know you could use acrylics for the underpainting of oils, that is very interesting...I have used a drying medium with oils for underpaintings, it makes the washes dry much faster, but perhaps not as fast as acrylics.
Hehe, I'm kind of amazed that the rider went through so many transformations. Also, I love the mountains.
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Thank you for this tutorial itΒ΄s really helpful for me
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All praise has been given before me, but I just wanted to chime in with a tip that might help you quicken the underdrawing/painting stages. After the charcoal/pencil on canvas, spray it with workable fixative. You won't lose the values and you won't pick up charcoal in your paints.
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Thanks so much! That's a really good idea. My paints became sooo muddy when they were mixed with the charcoals.
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It's a quick modern fix. I think the old masters used a really thin varnish.
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Beautiful and amazing, thank you for sharing. Fave now!
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i appreciate the steps being easy to understand. nice tutorial (and background)!
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Thank you! I'm so glad you found it helpful ^_^
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MY GOD!
This is amazing! You are such a genius to create something so amazing with paint! And to create such a detailed tutorial! Thank you so much!
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I'm so glad you like it! Thank you!
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Thank you for sharing! I'm just now starting to use oils and this is very helpful.
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I'm so glad to hear that! Thank you so much ^_^
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so much change huh-speacially on rider but this right changes makes it perfect.well done my friend
and horse-so smiliar from the start...you love horses ,dont you?
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Haha, yes... lots of change! I am a very indecisive painter! And yes... I do love painting horses ^_^
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i cant blame you im a very indecisive person after all
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Thanks for the info. I've never really tried paint to this degree...very insightful.
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Yay! I am so glad you found this useful.
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Yes I did! Thanks again.
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the rider seemed to change a few times, no?
all in all, a very educational deviation.
very awesome.
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Thanks! Yeah, I couldn't decide what to do with him ^^
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This is very helpful I wish i had ran across it before i started my painting class!
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Thank you so much! I'm glad you found it useful ^_^
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I've been so afraid of trying oils for a long time. I'm so very used to translucent media and the price of oils and materials, but it seems like it's gotten much more reasonable over the years. I may have to refer to this when I finally get off my bum and drag out some of the blank canvases gathering dust in my basement.
Really groovy tutorial here. I didn't realize you could mix acrylics and oils. Seems like it'd make it a bit easier if you're detailing mainly with acrylic and only adding the finishing touches with oil? I'd be curious to know the proportion of using one over the other for your paintings. (ie. if you use more acrylics in the picture than oils?)
I'm totally looking forward to your next tut! I hope you're doing one for pencils too
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When you mix the oils with linseed oil it helps to make them a lot thinner and more translucent. Also, be sure to never put acrylics on top of oils...only the other way around! Nothing ever really goes on top of oils. But making an acrylic base really helps to speed things up, I have found ^_^
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I will definitely keep that in mind. Thanks for the info!
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Aw ^_^ Thank you as always!
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This is awesome! Not only helpful but also interesting to see how another artist works. Very cool to watch the development of the horseback rider, too. Thanks for sharing!
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I am so glad you found it useful! Thank you, Ryan ^_^
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Fantastic tutorial - how long did the process take? Thanks for posting this, it's fascinating and amazing to see the amount of work that goes into your painting
Great piece, too- it doesn't look like it is an unfamiliar subject for you
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