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How to paint a portait using primary colors?
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In this video tutorial Sergey Gusev demostrates how to paint a portrait of a girl with blue eyes in oils on canvas using primary colors.
Sergey shows his way of painting a portrait: from the quick sketch with charcoal to the final details.
$45
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How to paint a portrait of a child in acrylics?
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In this video tutorial Sergey Gusev demostrates how to paint a portrait of a child in acrylics on canvas.

Sergey shows his way of painting a portrait: from the quick sketch to the final details. 

The idea of this video lesson is to demonstrate that it is possible to make a painting in acrylics using the same basic skills that we use in oil painting. If you want to paint this portrait in oils it is also possible following the lesson and the artist's instructions.
$35
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How to paint a portrait in acrylics?
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In this video tutorial Sergey Gusev demostrates how to paint a portrait in acrylics on paper. As the reference the artist uses a painting by John William Godward - a british artist of the 19th century that was originally made in oils. 

Though Sergey is not making a master copy he shows how to achieve likeness not only in proportions but also in colors and tonal values.
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How to paint like the old masters? Anthony Van Dyck.
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In this video tutorial Sergey demonstrates how to make a master copy after a famous dutch painter of the 17th century Anthoy Van Dyck.
​Sergey uses oil paints and linen panel as the surface. The artist starts painting from a very quick sketch with a few basic lines over imprimatura that he made with tempera on the linen.
$49
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How to paint a loose female portrait?
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In this video tutorial Sergey Gusev demostrates how to make a loose female portrait with oil paints. This painting was made wet in wet during 3 days. Talking about the drawing and painting basics Sergey explains his methods of achiving looseness in painting with oils.​ Sergey does not make an underdrawing this time because the idea is to paint freely and painterly without care for the details. Read more..
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​Unusual portrait painting technique.

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In this video tutorial Sergey Gusev demostrates how to make a portrait of a girl in a new technique.
​Sergey paints first the upper part of the head finishing it completely and only after that moves on to the lower part. Though the artist isn't using the standard technique he applyes the same basic rules for color mixing and tonal values. Read more..
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How to paint a male portrait in oils?

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Hi everyone! This is the full 5.5 hours long video tutorial where I show and explain how to paint a portrait of a man in oils on paper. The short 1.5 hour long video is also available.
Read more..
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Lesson 1.
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In this video tutorial Sergey Gusev demostrates how to make a master copy after a famous french painter of the 19th century William-Adolphe Bouguereau.This lesson is a step by step tutorial devided into 5 parts:​Read more..
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Lesson 2.
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In this video tutorial Sergey Gusev works on a master copy after a famous french painter William-Adolphe Bouguereau. The lesson is devided into 11 parts each of them is devoted to only one detail (area) to make this video more structured. The artist starts from an underdrawing and underpainting made in a classical way and then starts working from one detail of the face to another. 
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William-Adolphe Bouguereau. Lesson 3.
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In this 2 hours long video tutorial Sergey Gusev demostrates how to make a master copy after a famous french painter of the 19th century William-Adolphe Bouguereau in oils on canvas.This lesson is a step by step tutorial devided into 4 parts:
underdrawing,
underpainting,
blocking in,
details.
$120
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Maja | Instructional Video 
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Hi and welcome to my video tutorial. My name is Sergey Gusev, I am a professional full time artist graduaded from the Academy of Fine Arts, Russia, St. Petersburg with a masters degree. In this instructional video I explain how to paint a portrait in oils on canvas. I want to share my experience with you and help you to achieve great results even if you have never been to any art schools or institutes. Read more...​
$125
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How to paint a girl's portrait in oils | Download
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This is the full lesson showing how to paint a female portrait from scratch. It is more than 3 hours long, devided into 3 parts, including:
  • source picture
  • palette (video)
  • list of art supplies
  • voice over comments by the artist
$75
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How To Paint A Child?| Download
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In this instructional video Sergey Gusev shows how to paint a portrait of a child in oils on canvas.
ncludes:
  • source picture
  • palette (video)
  • list of art supplies
  • voice over comments by the artist
$75
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Painting a girl's portrait  | Alla prima in oils | Download
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In this video tutorial I am going to show how to work on a girl's portrait using Alla prima technique. The video shows the entire process of creating the portrait. I am using oil paints and primed panel as a surface.​​
You can paint this portrait as long as you prefer though I would highly suggest you to work more on faster paintings to get more experience in color mixing and judging tonal values.
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How To Paint A Nude Figure?
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Hi and welcome to my video tutorial. My name is Sergey Gusev, I am a professional full time artist graduaded from the Academy of Fine Arts, Russia, St. Petersburg with a masters degree. In this instructional video I explain how to paint a nude figure in oils on canvas in alla prima technique. I want to share my experience with you and help you to achieve great results even if you have never been to any art schools or institutes. This painting was made in one session wet in wet read more...
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How to paint a portrait step by step?
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This is the full process showing how to paint a male portrait from scratch. It is more than 9 hours long, devided into 6 parts, includes:
  • source picture
  • palette (video)
  • list of art supplies
  • voice over comments by the artist
$125
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Andrei | Instructional Video
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Hi and welcome to my portrait video tutorial.Today I am going to show you how to paint a male portrait in oils on canvas.You can just watch it, hopefully get inspired and paint your own artwork, or you can paint alongside with me. In this 9 hours long tutorial I show and explain how to paint a portrait of a young man, I explain each step from the underdrawing to finishing the very small details read more...
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Alla Prima Portrait Painting

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In this video tutorial I am going to show how to work on a portrait using Alla prima technique. The entire process took me 2,5 hours. I will use oil paints, primed canvas (9x12"), bristle brush and no medium at all. I sstained my canvas with acrylic paint and let it dry about 2 hours before applying oils.  Read more...
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Alla prima portrait painting in oils | Download

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In this video tutorial I am going to show how to work on a portrait using Alla prima technique. The entire process took me a little more than one hour. I will use oil paints, primed panel (8x8").
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You can paint this portrait as long as you prefer though I would highly suggest you to work more on faster paintings to get more experience in color mixing and judging tonal values..read more
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Norway. How to paint a landscape with a palette knife in acrylics?
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​In this video (1 hour long) tutorial Sergey Gusev demonstrates how to paint a landscape from Norway using a palette knife and acrylic paints.

The size of the canvas is 80x80 cm. In the very beginning Sergey stains the canvas with acrylics to make the surface darker and more even...more
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