Let's go!

Male Portrait Oil Painting by Albin Veselka

The Complexities of Portraits from Life

🧔 Paint from life with confidence—and learn to adapt as you go. In this 4+ hour demo, Albin Veselka walks you through the dynamic process of painting a live portrait, addressing common challenges and showing how to troubleshoot in real time.

You’ll learn how to:
🎨 Paint from a live model with flexibility and focus
🖌️ Recognize and correct mistakes mid-painting
🔍 Make on-the-fly adjustments to proportions, lighting, and form
🎯 Take a portrait from concept to final refinement—beard and all

Perfect for artists ready to embrace the unpredictability (and reward) of working from life.
🕒 Runtime: 4+ hours
🔒 Available exclusively to Pro Artists Club members

  • Albin Veselka

    Instructor

  • Advanced

    Difficulty
Meet your instructor

Albin Veselka

Born in 1979 in Wyoming and living most of his life in Idaho, Albin's interest in art came at about six years old. He is very grateful to his parents who were instrumental in encouraging his interest and development in art even when resources were scarce.
Albin credits the knowledgeable and student oriented faculty of the BYUI art department for giving him "the tools all representational artist must have to open the door to communicating in the visual arts". Early in his career he also received direction which helped him break into the gallery scene while he was a college student. Since then he has continued in developing and have been blessed to receive recognition and honors that have aided his progress. 

More courses by Albin

Try these next