“The poet”, alla prima portrait demo of Gregory, a 130 minutes painting by Zimou Tan

Posted on November 27, 2014 by ShutterBug

Painting demo from Tan’s Fine Art Studio by Zimou Tan. A painting of Gregory, the poet, it is always a pleasure to paint such great face! Enjoy!

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25 Responses to “The poet”, alla prima portrait demo of Gregory, a 130 minutes painting by Zimou Tan

  1. mgk hristo says:
    November 27, 2014 at 9:50 am

    130=10 minutes!
    Thank God for time lapse!

  2. Dan Downing says:
    November 27, 2014 at 9:52 am

    130=10 minutes!
    Thank God for time lapse!

  3. KoFong Hsia says:
    November 27, 2014 at 10:06 am

    “The poet”, alla prima portrait demo of Gregory, a 130 minutes painting by
    Zimou Tan

  4. Tomas Wille says:
    November 27, 2014 at 10:54 am

    I love to see someone drawing backwards! It is really hard and you must be
    very self concious to draw contrast colors and not fucking up the picture.
    But you sir, you are a example of doing it right! Nicely done, beautiful
    story on his face

  5. arash zarrabi says:
    November 27, 2014 at 11:30 am

    Very pretty and filled with power, but if the palette was seen better

  6. Ramona Lindsay says:
    November 27, 2014 at 11:35 am

    I will…one day I’ll master it! Thank : D

  7. cheltladydowne says:
    November 27, 2014 at 11:47 am

    Really amazing work! I’m not particularly well versed in art but it brings
    the work of Lucian Freud to mind. I hope this doesn’t sound silly but could
    I ask what medium you used?

  8. Alex B. says:
    November 27, 2014 at 12:25 pm

    I don’t know hehe that’s why I try to get some insight. But it’s not like
    it’s uncommon practice to premix a palette. But mixing along works fine for
    you, visibly. So I would never say it’s a must to premix.

  9. Zimou Tan says:
    November 27, 2014 at 12:29 pm

    Thank you, I believe you can paint like this or better, when you have put
    enough time into it.

  10. شهاب المقرمي says:
    November 27, 2014 at 1:11 pm

    What’s the kind of oil you use?

  11. Ragil supadi says:
    November 27, 2014 at 1:56 pm

    i like thnk

  12. chee ho says:
    November 27, 2014 at 2:31 pm

    Alla prima is the most difficult style of oil painting – amazing work!! It
    will be even more instructional if you can include some shots of your
    palette when mixing colors . Thanks again for this wonderful instructional
    work.

  13. Allen Greene says:
    November 27, 2014 at 2:52 pm

    What’s the music ??

  14. X13ful says:
    November 27, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    I wish. . .I could say the same. . .but I want this so bad.

  15. Ann L says:
    November 27, 2014 at 4:12 pm

    Wow this is an extraordinary painting, the painting is life like. I’m
    pleasantly surprised you didn’t need to make a sketch before applying
    paint. wrinkles are so hard to execute you have to have a light hand
    approach. Thank you for the inspiration.

  17. Будимир Генов says:
    November 27, 2014 at 5:06 pm

    Great work!

  18. Zimou Tan says:
    November 27, 2014 at 6:01 pm

    Sorry, don’t know what you really mean.

  19. Zimou Tan says:
    November 27, 2014 at 6:19 pm

    I am glad you like the painting and the process. Painting is like a brush
    dances on the canvas.

  20. Zimou Tan says:
    November 27, 2014 at 7:05 pm

    I never premix the color for any of my painting.

  21. Zimou Tan says:
    November 27, 2014 at 7:09 pm

    Just keep painting, and you will.

  22. Jimena Núñez says:
    November 27, 2014 at 7:27 pm

    This is just perfect.

  23. Justin Clark says:
    November 27, 2014 at 7:59 pm

    beautiful, and so fascinating to watch. Thank you for showing!

  24. Zimou Tan says:
    November 27, 2014 at 8:42 pm

    You are welcome, I am glad it helps you.

  25. cl0aked says:
    November 27, 2014 at 9:24 pm

    Beautiful, beautiful work. I just wish I can someday paint like this.
    Cheers from Brazil.

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