Modigliani style with oil pastels

Modigliani’s portraits are so characteristic that it is easy to copy them! Here is a simple technique with pencil, oil pastels and baby oil to imitate the unmistakable style of this artist.

We can start to copy the contours of the figure

with a pencil, simplifying the lines and shapes. 

Then we color the entire surface with a single oil pastel colour,

preferably pale, that will be the bottom of our drawing.

Thereafter we color the shapes with just few colors, overlaying the

color on the colored background. We can also mix the colors!

Then we apply the baby oil on the surface with a soft

paintbrush, to smooth the colors and mix them together.

Eventually we redraw the lines with a pencil to make the lines sharper.

Here are our Modigliani!