In this video I make a study of Diego Velázquez’s Portrait of a Man c. 1635 from the Wellington Collection in London. I've always admired the simplicity and power of this portrait. If you enjoyed this tutorial and would like to see more please consider subscribing to my channel.
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My materials:
Linen panel 12x16”
Oil colors (titanium white, yellow ochre, cadmium red light, burnt sienna, alizarin crimson, burnt umber, ivory black)
Brushes (red sable round no.4 and 8, nylon round no.6, nylon liner no.0)
Walnut oil

"Velázquez's idea of finish in modelling consisted in making his rendering of light logical, convincing, and beautiful. He taught himself not to over-model every bit of a picture because he saw that the range of available values is graduated according to the inclination of real planes and not according to their size or structural importance. To burden a plane with smaller planes, perhaps steeper or equally steep, means frittering away the values that should not only distinguish, but eloquently proclaim important changes of surface. The constant repetition of sharp accidents tires the eye; it is like the false cry of wolf that forestalls the effect of the really momentous occasion."
- R. A. M. Stevenson, The Art of Velázquez

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