How to make a simple acrylic portrait

How to make a simple acrylic portrait

​How to easily paint a human portrait with acrylic.
First, for three-dimensional expression of portraits, the shadows of the face are divided into four major types. Divide it into the brightest part (highlight), the middle part, the mid-dark part, and the very dark part. Then, assign a color to each part. Focus on brightness rather than saturation. And simply paint the darkest part first according to the intensity of darkness, showing the shadow of the face.

​Below is the process of painting from dark to light. You can draw it in one go if you color it naturally without much difference in color, but first, I showed the difference in color to examine the process of filling the shadows of the picture depending on the brightness.

​Next, we create a gradient between the color separation lines according to the difference in light to make it look natural.

​In this way, you can easily complete a three-dimensional acrylic portrait.