How to Paint Ears in Oil // For Beginners

The best way to learn how to paint a portrait is if you break the human head down into its component parts and focus on getting the drawing and form of correct on the features first.

The complexity in painting a portrait is not in the over all shape of the head but how the features fit on the head, understanding how each of the features interact and their specific shapes and forms will help tremendously is making your portraits look exactly like the person you’re painting.

In this tutorial I’m going to show you how to paint the ears from 4 different angles with 4 completely different ears. the tutorial is a non stop step-by-step instruction based tutorial packed with details on how to paint the ears.

The tutorial is close to 6 hours of instruction that covers everything from creating the reference, to the drawing, checking the drawing and painting the ears using a 2 stage process of opaque paint first then oil painting glazes after it’s dry.

At the end of this tutorial you will know the structure of the ear and how to render it in oil paint and it only costs $1.00!

Discover the secrets to painting realistic ears in oil with this comprehensive tutorial. Learn from four different angles and gain a deep understanding of form, color, and technique. With over six hours of instruction, this tutorial is perfect for artists of all skill levels. Don't miss out on this amazing opportunity to take your art to the next level.

What's included this tutorial?

The Videos:

This tutorial is designed to be concise and practical, so you can start implementing what you learn right away. Here's what you'll learn:

• Finding High Quality Reference Images: I'll show you the best sites to find Free and inexpensive reference images that you can use in any oil painting project.
• Editing Reference Images Digitally: How to take the reference images you want and edit them quickly and easily in Krita, a free painting software, so that you can build the perfect composition for your painting.
• Drawing the ears: Step-by-step instruction on how to draw the ears accurately.
• Checking the drawing Accuracy: How to use digital programs to pull you drawing into your computer and check that your drawing is accurate with concrete objective feedback so you can improve your drawing skills quickly.
• Sealing the drawing: I'll show you and easy way to seal your drawings so they don't interfere with your oil painting process.
• Painting the Ears Phase 1: In this phase we will paint the ears in opaque oil paint and establish the form, value and color accurately and easily.
• Glazing the hears: After the opaque paint layer is dry I'm going to show you how to use glazes in oil paint to enhance your painting and being out the life and luster in your oil paintings.

Why Ears?

The predominant part of every oil painting portrait is the features and simultaneously the most complex part. Getting the overall shape of the head is much easier in oil paint than getting the features placed correctly so that you can create a likeness of the person your painting. So here is what we are going to do...

• Divide and Conquer: The best way to understand the head is to break it down into its component parts and focus on the anatomy, drawing and form of each.
• Multiple Angles: Learning to paint anything from just one angle is not going to help you progress. We need to study each feature from multiple angles.
• Ears Last: This is the last of 4 tutorials that take on each of the 4 major features of the head. Eyes, Nose, Mouth and now ears. The others are the most prominent but the ears can severely distract from a wonderful painting if their done poorly so we're going to get a full understanding of every feature. Don't do like many other artists and leave the ears for last. They can detract away from everything else.

How to get started with The Artist Companion

Getting started with this tutorial is easy. Here's what you need to do:

1. Purchase the tutorial.
2. Download Krita at https://krita.org
3. Watch the videos and follow along.
4. While watching the videos create your own oil painting.
5. Get the other tutorials to get a well rounded understanding of the entirety of the features of the human head.

Invest in yourself and your art skills. Buy the ear tutorial today and take the first step towards taking your art to the next level!