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How to Paint a Realistic Portrait with Egg Tempera.

Painting the Light

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My new teachable course on realistic portraits
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In this video I use the ancient egg tempera medium and the traditional painting techniques used as early as the Portraits of Fayum till the Early Renaissance to paint the portrait of my godson George. I explain the method step by step and I also record the mixing of the colors on my glass palette. I am sure you will enjoy the process if you do it yourselves.

Thank you so much for commenting, asking questions and participating in the channel. Its really nice to see your artistic progress and to share it here.

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Thank you,
Antonis

20 Comments

@NickRossi 5 years ago

"It's OK not to be sure about the result at this point, and to feel that this is all very messy and isn't going anywhere. It's OK. Just keep on painting, and have faith that something good will come out of your efforts." I put this on the wall of my studio and should be in everyone's

@avecanem 5 years ago

Thank you for starting to show your palette. This definetelly helps!

@AF-yq6ew 5 years ago

This is beautiful! I find your videos so incredibly peaceful to watch and listen to :) May I know where you are from?

@M33838 4 years ago (edited)

From all the videos, i like it better when you show us how you paint, no matter what everything îs good as long as you post it. 😄

@nancydavies7782 3 years ago

Thank you for sharing your masterful and very human talent. I love George and he is very fortunate to have you for a father.

@NickRossi 5 years ago

Antonis, thank you so much for posting these excellent videos and for providing so much quality instruction for free. It's really helping so many artists like me. God bless.=

@Blunderbuss-s6c 5 years ago

Wow, someday I will have these skills. Thanks for giving me stuff to practice.

@nickstar21team 5 years ago (edited)

Dude Antoni excellent video is very informative congratulations for your choice .... to show the colors you make of the mix. I think here you set a very serious standard for people who teach agiography with a video. Again a big thumbs up for your work I'm glad to see your work. Good luck.

@lastbutnottheleast1643 5 years ago

My goodness this is amazine

@khantsal2305 5 years ago

My friend Antonis. Your paintings are caught my mind forever. You are the best artist in Youtube I've ever seen.
If I have a chance to travel, I'll go Greece and watch you paintings. Thank you.

@sukumac9013 5 years ago

A pleasure to watch - really impressive . Thank you!

@nickstar21team 5 years ago

Φίλε Αντώνη εξαιρετικό βίντεο είναι πάρα πολύ κατατοπιστικό συγχαρητήρια για την επιλογή σου .... να φαίνονται τα χρώματα που κάνεις της μίξης. Νομίζω εδώ βάζεις ένα πολύ σοβαρό standard για τους ανθρώπους που διδάσκουν στην αγιογραφία μέσω βίντεο. Πάλι ένα μεγάλο μπράβο για τη δουλειά σου χαίρομαι να βλέπω δουλειές σου. Καλή συνέχεια.