New to oil painting. I’ve spent about 100 hrs so far and I still can’t get down cool backgrounds like pic related. How do I get this effect? I like the way it looks like a classic self portrait piece but every time I attempt it looks nothing like this. Any techniques or colors to mix to get this outcome? Please help an anon!
>>7137450What have you tried exactly?
Look into the concept of scumbling and sfumato
>>7137450That looks like it's been scrapped around with paper towels or something.
you can get those cloud effects by using an old tshirt and stamp the paint on the canvas, then use a drybrush to create line patters or to smooth out edges