Painting Velazquez Technique

My new teachable course on realistic portraits
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In this Video I paint in one sitting the portrait of Pope Innocent the X as it was painted by the great Diego Velazquez.
Many consider this painting by Velazquez to be the greatest portrait ever painted. And truly its an absolutely amazing and mesmerizing portrait depicting the depths of human nature.
I talk more about about the lessons learnt by Velazquez and how a painter should conduct themselves than the technical aspects of the painting. For a detailed video on them, a lesson on the various stages of this study, please support me on
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Thank you so much,
Antonis Kosmadakis
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[@sr.c4255]

As always, beautiful work and information

[@jeanetteh2215]

Fantastic... I’ve seen this painting in person and this is such a lively reproduction of it.

[@CardinalConky]

As always, this is amazing. I can’t agree more with the points in your video about photo realism. Please keep it up!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank. You. So much!! Glad you liked the video!!

[@benmartizz8238]

I love the topics you talked about in this video. great video and great painting :))

[@jeffhreid]

Splendid study. Enjoyed the video

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you Jeffhreid!!

[@user-mf1rz9mn3l]

Omg cant believe youtube didnt show me this video! Its amazing! Congratulations! And thanks for sharing ❤️

[@leonidasCorfu]

Thank you for sharing this amazing tutorial! So much information, it gives me inspiration to continue with my artwork! Thank you again!

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much Leo! Once again!!

[@celiaduran1193]

pues si! asi se pinta Eso se llama arte gracias milles

[@daphnemarais1540]

Love your channel, your advice, input
and especially your studies of the old masters
The Pope's portrait looks so good, like his penetrsting eyes

[@jeremiaaelbrecht1303]

Great work!!! Can you elaborate on the colours used for the red hat?

[@trondsi]

Very nice study after Velazquez, my favorite painter! What kind of white did you use? I find it easier to match some of his brushstrokes with a slightly transparent white (zinc or lead).

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much!!! I used titanium white

[@artistvanshika7571]

hello sir, i am Vanshika, a budding artist from India.. i must say that you have created a beautiful reproduction of Diego Velazquez's portrait of Pope Innocent the X... also i must appreciate the way you explain the whole process.. i love your works and would want to see more.. it would be really helpful if you could provide me with the link of your website or instagram account, as i want to see more of your works..
Thank you
Love from India

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you so much! I'm glad you liked the video..... Unfortunately I don't have an Instagram account, neither a website yet.... 😢😢😢

[@artistvanshika7571]

@@PaintingtheLight oh then pls consider making a page 😄 it will be very helpful for artists like me

[@darnokthemage170]

Would be interesting to see you recreate one of James Tissots religious works.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you!! Great idea!!

[@maximilianmuller1620]

Will you at some point combine a Tempera underpainting with Oil layers like van Eyck?

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you Maximilian!! It's a great idea and I will!!

[@xristoforosstefatos7249]

Μπράβο φίλε, πολύ ταλέντο και σκληρή δουλειά... Είσαι αριστερόχειρας;

[@PaintingtheLight]

Ευχαριστώ Χριστόφορο.... Ναι αριστερόχειρας. 😊😊

[@cristianpreotul]

Antonius, please show me how to paint a pear in byzantine style.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Christian I don't believe I will do that soon, but it's a great idea.... I'll consider it!! 😊😊

[@graziacavasino8884]

Ehm... I don't want to be annoying but it should be "alLa prima", with two L's, otherwise "ala" (one L) is "wing", which makes no sense. Apart from that, perfect as usual.

[@PaintingtheLight]

Thank you for the correction 🙏🙏😊😊

[@graziacavasino8884]

@@PaintingtheLight My pleasure.

[@TessMArt]

Well, if one says it in Spanish, it will be ' A La Prima'
Only by joining the 'a' and the ''La' , 'aLa' in Spanish will mean 'ala' , in English, wing.

[@TessMArt]

​@@graziacavasino8884 Not French at all. 'a la' are Spanish and 'prima' is Italian.
This is how is said in Spanish, borrowing only the Italian word, 'prima' from the original Italian.
So, 'Alla' Italian, 'A la'. Spanish.
Actually I think that in French would be something like: 'au premier'
Hope this clears the matter.

[@graziacavasino8884]

Your manners are highly objectionable. Hope this ends the story here.

[@frankderuyck6268]

Good painting, but not a Velazques at all.