How to Paint a REALISTIC Face in Five Steps 

If you liked this painting style and want to learn more, I think you'll like my longer premium video! 🎥 slewniverse.com/collections/premium-walkthrough-videos It includes over 90 minutes of painting strategy🎨 Walking through each step in greater deatial as well as written PDF's with notes, diagrams and Hi-Res photos!

I'm always so insecure when it comes to portraits but breaking it down into these steps really helps a lot. Thank you :-)

Slew's studio is very huge and all the works hanging on the wall shows that he is worth watching and to learn from him. Thanks Slew for your free tutorial !

Remember that you could also use transfer paper and print the photo on like 60% opacity. Just open it in Paint and use preferences of printing to print it in poster mode so you could then combine all sheets together and put them on the transfer paper that is on the canvas. When you don't really know what block of colors to paint, you can use photoshop to posterize the photo so you can see where and what colors to paint on the canvas. Both these tips will help you save a few hours :) I just want to share what I learned back when I started painting two years ago ^^

Bro makes me want to paint again, I’m glad he follows his own process I mean we all have different way in which we work. Keep it up with the amazing work.

Your girlfriend have beautiful, soulful eyes. This classical style you paint is by far my favorite you do! ❤

Love how in depth you got with this one. Love the "step" process. Really helps organize the project. Always with the heat Slew, and you portrayed your girlfriend beautifully!! 👏👏👏

Well organized and presented. This is the process I use if painting from a photo.

I love how the glaze sort of wakes up the painting, it's a beautiful thing to see. It's like it smooths and brightens the whole painting.

After the first few seconds of watching your video, I knew something interesting was coming. I wasn't wrong: the steps you present are essential for making your work unique. The rest is in the hands of the executing painter. Thank you very much for sharing the video.

Portraits are super hard for me but watching your videos fills me with confidence to hopefully give it a shot someday!

The amount of detail in this is amazing. Loved seeing the full process! Amazing work as always~

Great job Slew. I just discovered you in the last week and noticed how you’ve improved since your videos from 2 years ago. I’ve also learned a lot from you. Thanks!

Thank you for sharing. This video is so informative and educational. I believe more college art instructors should watch this one and incorporate in their teaching because the way you simplified it and made it so easy to follow is top notch!

Very well done and the processes seem so simple when broken down. Beautiful finished piece.

This was an amazing tutorial! Love your methodology!

Excellent outcome, very, very good!!

amazing as always! Contrasts very nicely to the last one! The naturalistic colors are done so well!

This is a terrific video, will watch it again in my studio! THank you for all this hard work!

Absolutely amazing! I have to say one of the best paint tutorial videos I have seen.

Stunning! I am impressed.

Slew, you do a wonderful job! This is how I learned to paint. Your tutorials are awesome. Keep it up my friend. Thank you for sharing your time, your skill and your adventure👍🤟🪡🎨

Always awesome content. I have enjoyed following your journey.

Excellent work Slew!!

You are an amazing artist. Thank you for sharing your process. Wow!

Great job. I love the highlights. Blessings.

Excelente trabajo!!!

Another great and informative video :D Thanks Sam!!! 😍

Thank you. This is pretty awesome tutorial.

Incredible compose of work and you are truly passionate teacher to include us in your tutorial in painting or drawing process..

Great tutorial, thank you!

I like your steps in painting. Very inspiring. Thanks a lot.

Excellent video! I love the lighting in your work. The 17th century Dutch influence really comes through in a beautiful way. 👍👍

I luv your studio..It has a great space and especially with that direct sunlight coming from your huge window perfect for my everyday art activity..

This was so great watching you Thanks ✌🏼

This is fantastic. Thx Love from Holland. You are very talented.

Beautiful work!❤

Nicely presented!

Im 66. This is how I learned to paint a portrait. Thanks. A great easy basic understanding of creating a portrait.

Beautiful painting

Amazing. Love it

Nice one man! Inspiring me to pick up the oils again 😱

Chapeau bas Mr Artist. I was watching without sound... And still I have learnt a lot! Thank You! ❤

Amazing work ❤

Love this so much thank you❤

the editing on this video is great, but the painting is much better!!!,can´t wait to watch the next vid.

This was very informative. Thank you for posting! I am new to painting and portraits are way too intimidating to me at this point but you make it look so easy. :)

Nice work Slew! Loved all the tips to make the best Portrait oil painting🔥 nice cyborg mask

Omg ur vid really helped me😊 and ur vids are not boring like others I like ur technique of filming ❤❤❤❤❤

You are really good. I just found your channel, and I think I'll love it.

It's awesome to see how much you've progressed over the years man! Well done

You can use hairspray to solidify willow charcoal

Great vid, well explained.

Going and buying this tutorial 🙌

You are a good painter, and shoot equally informative videos. Great job! Thank you.

Thankyou slew

Amazing!! Good lesson

Amazing work 💥💫💥✨️

Great video and a great painting!

You genius. What a great video, thanks!

Thank you for a short and long video s because I wouldn't be click on a long one at first thinking I'd have to sift through a couple hours for the main information.. at least I get the gist before I hear you expound with details .. thank you

Wow !!! Bravissimo

Another wonderful video of another Super Terrific artwork! Thanks, Slew hUgz from Ohio, Lee

Awesome video Sir! am going to by some art gear now! thank you for making it very understandable! salute from the UK🔥

Great tutorial !

Great job!

That was amazing

I love your process and camera angles/Voice over because some other videos make me ZZzzzZZ LOL

Nice painting bro 😊🙏👍

great video ,thank you. i want to start oils soon

I paint since 2016 and used to do acrylics but now I am doing oil but I am not able to do portraits. Really hard. Congratulations you are extremely talented. I did one Portrait for my daughter on the top of a mountain but just the back view! 😂

Hey slew,buddy this was great to watch, I love how you paint and how it turned out.. great video great painting and thanks for the inspiration buddy 😊 ✌️🕺🏽x

Enjoyed your video. Thanks.

Great video thank you

Great vedio. I learned a lot. Thanks

Superb young man

Rockin' the block in.

good work and strategy.

You are awesome painter

Thank you.😊

Great Job Sir love your work and your attitude.

I like your presentation n 5 steps. Thanks a lot.

I sometimes do the outline with a Sharpie and in case of a mistake, I can either white-out with gesso or erase with sandpaper.

You make it look soooo easy....

I’m learning to paint with acrylic portrait just learning and love it thanks God ❗️

If you want to be realistic... take a photo. If you want to be artistic... be bold and expressive!

Excellent

AWESOME 🎉🎉🎉🎉 AWESOME LOVE THE WAY YOU PAINT DUDE YOURE AN INSPIRATION TO ART ❤ PLEASE DO A LANDSCAPE WIT BARN SCENE

I love that mask!

Thanksss man I used ur technique and painted marilyn Monroe it turned out great I just gotta practice more

Bam, first at the best art channel

Thank you so much ❤

Can we talk about the background portrait 😂😂 someone getting lucky 😉

yes! a varnish video! loved the painting & your darling girlfriend. 💖😻💖

Woh ! In a few of your paintings you had an issue with the eyes, i think you have solved it ! I really like your chanel and the progress (i follow since 5 or 6 years now !) (Sorry for my english 🇫🇷)

Amazing...

Very good 👍

Ugh I wish I was as good as you !!! 🙌🏽🙌🏽🙌🏽

wow!

Nice!