How To Paint Black Hair * Oil & Acrylic Painting Tutorial

Does your black painted hair look flat & lifeless, It's not enough to just paint black hair black black hair reflects light too & you'll need to capture this so that your hair has volume and realism. In this tutorial I'll teach you how to paint black hair in 4 steps which will work whether you're an oil or acrylic painter. For more videos on hair painting techniques. Give this video a like subscribe & hit. The notification bell to be notified of future tutorials & be sure to stay tuned till the end, because I have a free cheat sheet for you to download that will help. You paint realistic, hair faster.. Now, let's get into how to paint black hair.. First, let's open our reference photo in a photo editing software like Photoshop, and use the color picking tool to see exactly what these colors are.. As you can see, although most of the hair is dark, the midtones & highlights of the hair are grayish & lean toward blue., We'll need to capture this in our painting for the most realism.. First & foremost, we need to start with an underpainting, which I teach you how to do in another. Video I'll include a link here, so you can check it. Out. Now to mix accurate hair colors I'll share how I mix a palette of these hair values using burnt umber as a base color. To mix the darkest value which is pretty much black. I'Ll mix burnt. Umber & ultramarine blue in a 1:1 ratio. Next I'll, gradually mix in white to create a gradient from dark to light and you'll. Pretty much have all of the values necessary to paint black hair. Next, what you'll do is you'll, take these values and dilute them with a lot of medium to create semi-transparent colors.. I use a 3:1 ratio of glazing medium, which is Galkyd gel by Gamblin for oil painters or, if you're, an acrylic, painter, you'll, use clear glazing. Medium. We'll be applying these semi-transparent colors to the underpainting in many layers to build up the color and details for the most optimal realism. Start with the darkest shadow & work. Your way up to the lightest value, using a filbert & angle, brush to create the brushstrokes for realistic hair strands painting in the direction of the hair. Flow. You'll want to be looking closely at your reference for this to capture the most realism as possible. There. You have my 4-step guide to painting black hair. First start with an underpainting next mix, accurate colors using burnt umber as the base color then dilute these colors using glazing. Medium then, finally apply these colors from the darkest shadow to the brightest highlight using a filbert & angle brush.. If you found this video helpful, give it a like subscribe. If you haven't already & hit the notification bell to be notified of future tutorials & to download my free guide on painting hair head to the link in the description box below. Next week, I'll be teaching you how to paint brown hair. Until then take care.