My First Oil

JeckalHyde

Ok the past week Ive been working on this, on and off, as this is the first oil painting I've done.
Im doing alright, as this is just testing oil etc, but it would be good to get tips on how to use oils,
even a critque etc.
So here it is the ref. and painting. I know its the best at the moment but ive hardly began,
and just from taking a photo I can tell some things i need to change.

TimTheSloth

i usually like to work out all the basic shapes and light areas first with oils especially because you can just stack away with the paint. you seem to be doing a good job so far, just make sure to make plenty of your colors so you dont have to waste time trying to remix them.

Greatnation

I agree with Tim. Also, double check your angles on the features, you've got the eyelids a little to football shaped.

NeoRedXIII

Be careful with making parts of the face to yellow. Keep up the work and get it all finished, it looks like it will be a good one.

JeckalHyde

Thanks, yeah I keeping all that in check, I am currently working on the nose
but yeah I find that the camera i use, discolours the paints so its a bit different.
But will keep you posted step by step, I suspect nose will be up in the next 24 hrs

JeckalHyde

Ok so im still working on the nose but here is what it looks like at the moment.

vrempire

man, it looks very good, JeckalHyde.
the eyes part, look 95% accurate.
the other 5% maybe because of the shape.
keep it up.

wakkawa

You need to block in the shadows, colors and shapes of the entire face first. I can tell you right now that the finished picture is going to look a little weird because you are just drawing individual peices of the face one at a time. When doing a portrait, its best not to focus on what an eye looks like, or a nose, but to just see them as shapes with form.

Also, about the ref. The lighting in it is terrible which is going to make it a lot harder to paint. Try to stay away from too much ambient light when choosing a ref.