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QuestionDoes the chemical composition of the paints influence the secondary colors?Renée Plevy is an Internationally Acclaimed Portrait Artist from New York/Palm Beach who has painted The Grand Dames of Palm Beach and various celebrities and community leaders. With over 50 years of experience, Renée specializes in painting realistically in oil and capturing the soul of the person. She has studied under internationally renowned portrait artists John Howard Sanden, David Leffel, Robert Beverly Hale, Clyde Smith, and Leonid Gervits. Renée is featured in over 68 shows and galleries including a one-woman museum show at the Paterson Museum. She has garnered numerous awards including “Artist of the Year” from The Bloomfield Art League and First Prize from the Boca Raton Museum Artist’s Guild. Renée has even painted a portrait of celebrity, Vanilla Ice. She also teaches at the Boca Raton Museum Art School - formerly at SVA in Manhattan.Oil paints, acrylic paints, and watercolor paints have different chemical compositions. So the secondary colors that emerge will be different. For instance, if you mix cerulean blue instead of ultramarine blue with red and yellow, you will get a different color.
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QuestionHow should you store oil paints?Renée Plevy is an Internationally Acclaimed Portrait Artist from New York/Palm Beach who has painted The Grand Dames of Palm Beach and various celebrities and community leaders. With over 50 years of experience, Renée specializes in painting realistically in oil and capturing the soul of the person. She has studied under internationally renowned portrait artists John Howard Sanden, David Leffel, Robert Beverly Hale, Clyde Smith, and Leonid Gervits. Renée is featured in over 68 shows and galleries including a one-woman museum show at the Paterson Museum. She has garnered numerous awards including “Artist of the Year” from The Bloomfield Art League and First Prize from the Boca Raton Museum Artist’s Guild. Renée has even painted a portrait of celebrity, Vanilla Ice. She also teaches at the Boca Raton Museum Art School - formerly at SVA in Manhattan.Close the tubes and keep the caps clean. Store them away from heat. Or else the pigments and the binder will separate. A lot of medium, like linseed oil, will come out when you open the tubes.
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QuestionWhat does a young boy look like?Infinity ArcticmajorCommunity AnswerThe chest appears less muscular and is smaller, as are the legs. Young children usually don't have sharp chins.
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QuestionHow do you draw the shoulders and upper chest?Community AnswerFor separate sized shoulders, use different-sized circles to help draw the width of the body. For the chest, draw a small hill above the shoulder wire frame, and draw a smooth way down, making sure it isn't too long.
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QuestionHow do I draw male body parts?Community AnswerYou draw male body parts like you would draw anything else: do research, have a picture of a male body for reference, sketch guidelines, draw over them, and then erase them so you can make it more in your own style.
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QuestionHow can I get my eyes to be the exact same in the picture?Community AnswerTry using lines and measurements. After you put your first eye in, use a light pencil and a ruler to draw lines across the top and bottom of the eye. Then, measure the width of the eye. The inside of the second eye should begin one eye's width from the first one.
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QuestionHow do I use perspective and make them tilt their heads? Is there a certain shape or guideline for me to use?Nayana AndruCommunity AnswerYou could tilt the paper a bit and draw the head. Then you may draw the body as shown straight.
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QuestionHow would you recommend that the hair be drawn?Community AnswerKeep it flowy and use light, repeating lines. Try to hold your hand farther from the tip of the pencil to make it easier. For curly hair, add some small loops, then keep repeating it and refining it.
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QuestionWhy does my drawing get ruined once I color it in?Community AnswerBe careful not to smudge it. Use good color pencils and make sure you erase the pencil when you outline with pen. Make sure the ink is dry too.
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QuestionHow do I draw legs and feet?jazzmin whiteCommunity AnswerAs the article states, start with shapes. Kneecaps should be small circles with lines should connect to them. (Think of the circle as joints.) Men's legs are typically more muscular, while female legs are soft and curvy. Just keep working with the shapes!
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QuestionHow do I draw hands?Community Answer
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QuestionDo you have add the breast shapes even if you add clothes such as a t-shirt?Emery CailinTop AnswererIf someone has breasts, odds are the shape will affect how the clothes, such as a t-shirt, fit and fall on them. You don't have to be super detailed if you're going to add clothes, but it can help sometimes to have the basic anatomy there before you do fabrics on top of it.
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