Inspired by the wonderful artist Nicolas Uribe. as seen here on Instagram and here on his newly launched series on Youtube, Our Painted Lives, I decided to tackle a portrait using his some of his techniques. The result will be an oil painting on paper.
Following along with his first of 3 steps for a portrait I began with pencil drawing, using Faber Castelli, on a page of my sketchbook - Canson Multimedia 7"x 10." The sketch could probably have used some more detail but I was impatient to get to the paint.
The next step consists of first preparing the paper by adding layers of clear acrylic binder to the surface of the paper. I added layers on the drawing side, letting each layer dry for at least an hour before adding the next layer, and then one more layer on the reverse. This immediately added more depth to the drawing as the pencil pigment spread slightly.
Next step is to create an underpainting
