约翰·霍华德·桑登一步一步地向你展示如何在一次性绘制出令人满意的肖像效果。这段视频时长近两个小时，以桑登最近出版的《29步写生肖像绘画》(portrait From Life in 29 Steps)一书为基础，详细描述了使用油画画出一幅令人信服的肖像画所需要知道的一切。

这是在一个未着色的画布上使用画笔来绘制，采用合乎逻辑与直接的方式，绘制暗色调，然后是半色调，最后是灯光和高光，并且在这个过程中讲解了色彩混合，笔刷使用，色调亮度，混合和其他的油画知识。然后，桑登展示了如何细化细节，得到一个成功的油画肖像。

John Howard Sanden shows you, step-by-step, how to achieve a satisfying portrait likeness in a single painting session. Nearly two hours in length and based on Mr. Sanden's recent book Portraits From Life in 29 Steps, this video describes in detail everything you need to know to paint a convincing portrait in oils.

Proceeding with a simple drawing made with the brush on an untoned canvas, the artist proceeds in a logical and direct manner, painting the dark tones first, then the halftone passages, and finally the lights and highlights, with a continuous commentary on color-mixtures, brushwork, tonal values, blending and other important elements of oil technique. Then Sanden shows how to refine the details of the features, pulling together the elements of a successful portrait in oils.