You are the only artist I watch on UA-cam. I’ve recommended your videos to all my Oil Pastel Artist group members. The way you emphasize simplifying the details , the planes , the colors is priceless. I write down all your words of wisdom and save them. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing wisdom.
Thanks for being so thoughtful and teaching this. It is so helpful. I'm taking notes. This is what a portrait painter really needs to know. You are the best.
Hello Ben, I never comment on UA-cam videos but I must say thank you. The amount of knowledge you pack into these videos is astounding and is inspiring me to try and take my painting to another level. I normally work from photos and so your advice on what to take and what to reject is priceless. I think any artist will smile at your advice to take a break - so many paintings damaged because of over concentration.
Dit maakt me al zo blij! ik ga echt alles volgen dat je hier hebt geplaats, dan hoop ik met veel oefenen toch beter te worden dan wat ik tot nu heb gedaan. dank je wel Ben.
When you softened her left cheek, that’s the moment for me when it really came together, and couple little touches around her eye and the crease in her smile and the highlight on her nose, the greenish brown background with pinkish highlights on her face, and especially the more blueish background in front of her face is brilliant!
Absolutely fantastic lesson.... if only painting was TAUGHT like this in Tertiary settings.... I did printmaking after deciding that the “teaching” on offer was non existent! Thanks!!!
Thus us only your second video I have watched and the emotion I feel as I watch them come to life is amazing. The explanations are so simple and easy to understand. I am guilty of trying to put to much detail in my paintings. Thank you so much. Now. On to watch another.
Sir, I almost watch all of your tutorial. Easy analysis of sophisticated fact is fantastic when i watch you. thank you very much sir. stay safe....love from Bangladesh ♥
How timely! I've been struggling with a self portrait I've been doing while in pandemic lock-down, I will definitely be trying this, with no ivory black in the shadows. Thanks for the great video!
Angus Timmons If u need a shadow to look more transparent, glaze something warm such as yellow or orange or a brown containing either. Its amazing....immediately the solid heavy stone feel of a dark mark becomes a shadow u can look into & through. Especially on skin. ✌🏻
Muchas gracias, Maestro, por compartir estas preciosas lecciones sobre el oficio de pintar. El talento innato se malgasta frecuentemente sin la práctica y el ejercicio continuado y el estudio razonado de la técnica pictórica. Has hecho con estos breves videos simples y accesibles unos conocimientos que han llevado una vida adquirir. Muy generoso por tu parte. Un saludo desde Granada!!!!
15:44, "The simpler the display, the more powerful impression"!! Very well put, sir! This works not only in paintings but in all aspect of arts and all aspects of life! A genuine philosophy!
Thanks Ben, another great video packed with inspiring information. I've been a professional artist for over 20 years and find your style of work and sensible informative videos a joy to watch. I lived in Holland for 3 years and I recognise your neat, methodical approach as part of your DNA ! Lovely work.
Thanks Ben, I learned much finer points here. Your suggestion of not going into too much of details in a portrait while working from a photo, makes sense, but hard for me what details to overlook and what to incorporate. I would love to try out different styles to get more depth in my portraits. Thanks.
Today I am starting a portrait having done a lot of them over the year and a half that I have been painting. This video is exactly what I needed as I have had a sense I am overdoing some of them. Thanks so much Ben for sharing your experience about that tendency. I will keep coming back to this clip and also explore your other offerings.
You are a truly amazing and knowledgeable artist! Love your videos in every way especially your wisdom to see and overcome artist’s block. Stay safe and can’t wait to see your future update! ❤️
Thank you Ben. I feel I have reached a point in my art studies where my eye is pretty well trained and these extra insights you are freely giving are most appreciated. I still realize how much I need to learn and it's also exciting that the knowledge we desire is infinite and can never be reached unless we lived a thousand lifetimes. So I'll just do my best in this one. Stay safe. Warms and cools😱🤣
Thank you very much well I have just finished seeing one of the most instructive videos on the complexion and on the issue hot / cold lights cold / warm shadows which is a topic not easy to understand (at least for me) I wait for your next video on the topic..for now thanks thanks thanks..you are an excellent teacher!
very timely. I just finished a painting where her shadows were a value of 5 or 6. As i painted the cool side her shadow value was wrong value. I then started in with the old trying to make her exactly like her likeness. I measured and remeasured and still . Then i said this is a painting not a photograph. Thank you , i think since i must have a tough time paying attention i will need to play your video before painting someone with a darker shadow. Another video with so many key points. Less is more less is more !!
Such a lovely painting Ben. Congratulations!! Thank you for the great tutorial - I like the tip - if I´m strugling with a brown hue, work it towards red or greenish tint... :D Great! Also I´ll keep in mind to mix the lights and shadows separately to avoid to make milky shadows. Thank you and hugs from Brazil!!
Hi Ben, Thank you so much for this great tutorial. Simplifying what many of us tend to make overly complex helps so much with the 'flow' of making paintings. I must say the idea of 'Phoning your mother in law' to take a break maybe pushing things too far! Haha... Thanks again and stay safe yourself. :)
Thank you for these lessons. Invaluable information. Also, the music is absolutely incredible. I’m a professional violinist by trade, and am enjoying this beautiful work on all levels!
I don’t know and have never heard of this man how come he feels like a dear friend already. Maybe because he put so much experience into so little time. A like is not enough Thank you !
Your teaching skill in painting is a gift to the young artists.
Always nice to hear!
and inspiration to budding artists...
@@lustenhouwer sir thank you so much i am now studying how to paint and u help me a lot
Thank you❤
And to this older artist!😊
Pearls. Absolute pearls of wisdom: “Will power and energy sometimes are enemies.” “The simpler the display, the more powerful the impression.”
Yessss,,, that´s all truth...
Very precisely said...
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I’ve learned so much from these videos. Also have drooled so much throughout so many of these videos. I love you Ben
thats funny, i was thinking about you watching this video.. then there you are. lol
rdubs love me some good painting videos
I love to see you here. Never stop being humble. It's great of you :)
I enjoy your videos too!!
Thank you so much for this! Your detailed comments help me tremendously!
You are welcome
While others are charging $ for classes, you are teaching us for free. Thank you so much, sir.
And look for more to come. Thank you.
, absolutely, sir!
"It never can be too red" finally someone that gets it🖤🖤🖤🖤🖍️
yes!
You are the only artist I watch on UA-cam. I’ve recommended your videos to all my Oil Pastel Artist group members. The way you emphasize simplifying the details , the planes , the colors is priceless. I write down all your words of wisdom and save them. Thank you so much for sharing your amazing wisdom.
Thank you Carol. I am glad it is helpful.
Thank you very much for the info🙏✨
You are welcome
Thanks for being so thoughtful and teaching this. It is so helpful. I'm taking notes. This is what a portrait painter really needs to know. You are the best.
Thank you Janet.
Beautiful painting 👌👌👌👌👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
Thanks
You are a master! Beautiful guitar music too!
Thank you so much 😀
Sir, you are a gem! Thank you so much! I wanna give you the biggest warmest hug for your work. You are just brilliant & help so many!
Thank you, kind words
Ben, I SO appreciate that you are posting these short instructional videos. Thank you so very much.Connie from Israel
Thank you!
Fantastic! Congratulations.
Thank you very much!
A masterful and painterly rendering, as you moved through the facial tones , I swear she came to life and moved a bit , anyone else see that?
I learned that with hairdressing you get lost in some parts gotta move away then come back thank you this was great
thank you
Thank you, Master! I am so happy I stumbled on this precious video by pure accident! All my Admiration!!!
I keep going back and forth, squinting at the original image and as you paint, seeing the tones coming in.
Very cool
Thank you
This is pure magic. I love your approach and your simple and calm explanations!
Glad you liked it!
Great video and instructions Ben. Thanks and you stay safe too!
Thanks, you too!
Hello Ben, I never comment on UA-cam videos but I must say thank you. The amount of knowledge you pack into these videos is astounding and is inspiring me to try and take my painting to another level. I normally work from photos and so your advice on what to take and what to reject is priceless. I think any artist will smile at your advice to take a break - so many paintings damaged because of over concentration.
Glad you like them!
Exceptional teaching. Thank you.
Thank you
Besides the wonderful painting and instructions, beautiful background music too.
Thank you very much!
A master painter, a master teacher!
Thank you
Thank you so much. The tutorial, the music, the advice.
You're so welcome!
from the very beginning watching your strokes is wonderful!
Thank you Valerie
Thanks for sharing your process, talent, insight and skill...loved the music also!
It is my pleasure.
Dit maakt me al zo blij! ik ga echt alles volgen dat je hier hebt geplaats, dan hoop ik met veel oefenen toch beter te worden dan wat ik tot nu heb gedaan. dank je wel Ben.
Geen dank.
Very inspiring indeed! Maybe I eventually imrpove my portrait painting by learning such a good teacher
Go for it!
So beautiful Ben 👏👏
Glad you think so!
When you softened her left cheek, that’s the moment for me when it really came together, and couple little touches around her eye and the crease in her smile and the highlight on her nose, the greenish brown background with pinkish highlights on her face, and especially the more blueish background in front of her face is brilliant!
Jj
Absolutely fantastic lesson.... if only painting was TAUGHT like this in Tertiary settings.... I did printmaking after deciding that the “teaching” on offer was non existent!
Thanks!!!
Many thanks!
Thus us only your second video I have watched and the emotion I feel as I watch them come to life is amazing. The explanations are so simple and easy to understand. I am guilty of trying to put to much detail in my paintings. Thank you so much. Now. On to watch another.
Welcome aboard!
Sir, I almost watch all of your tutorial. Easy analysis of sophisticated fact is fantastic when i watch you. thank you very much sir. stay safe....love from Bangladesh ♥
stay safe!
Good understanding makes you excel in painting : you use your mind to paint and this is the great Tutorial . Thank You
Your portrait paintings are marvellous..I like your painting style and your videos are tutorials for me.
Glad you like them!
How timely! I've been struggling with a self portrait I've been doing while in pandemic lock-down, I will definitely be trying this, with no ivory black in the shadows. Thanks for the great video!
Angus Timmons If u need a shadow to look more transparent, glaze something warm such as yellow or orange or a brown containing either. Its amazing....immediately the solid heavy stone feel of a dark mark becomes a shadow u can look into & through. Especially on skin. ✌🏻
@@friedricengravy6646 I'll give this a try too on an older portrait that never felt right in the shadows. Thanks!
Thanks for sharing this teaching Sir 💟🦉
I love your videos...such a calm, friendly voice, and very, very good info and skills. Has helped me a lot. ❤
Thank you so much!
You are the Best teacher for me and so many young arthesis.
Thank you, nice to hear.
Muchas gracias, Maestro, por compartir estas preciosas lecciones sobre el oficio de pintar. El talento innato se malgasta frecuentemente sin la práctica y el ejercicio continuado y el estudio razonado de la técnica pictórica.
Has hecho con estos breves videos simples y accesibles unos conocimientos que han llevado una vida adquirir. Muy generoso por tu parte. Un saludo desde Granada!!!!
Gracias Alfonso
Thank you this is first time i really enjoyed watching videos of oil painting
Welcome 😊
@@lustenhouwer 🌻
I am just practicing fine art painting, so much to learn. Nice to have the time to study and explore. Great video, thanks.
Have fun!
The music you put in the background is so calming and reflective of your process. Thank you.
My cousin is the musician. I am glad he made this music especially for my videos.
I love this man's work! So simple and beautiful.
Thank you very much!
15:44, "The simpler the display, the more powerful impression"!!
Very well put, sir! This works not only in paintings but in all aspect of arts and all aspects of life! A genuine philosophy!
I live by the wisdom of others.
Thanks Ben, another great video packed with inspiring information. I've been a professional artist for over 20 years and find your style of work and sensible informative videos a joy to watch. I lived in Holland for 3 years and I recognise your neat, methodical approach as part of your DNA ! Lovely work.
Thank you.
Thank you a lot. You are a very good teacher. I love your brush strokes.
Thank you very much!
@@lustenhouwer thank you for all the love and patience teaching us.
Thanks Ben, I learned much finer points here. Your suggestion of not going into too much of details in a portrait while working from a photo, makes sense, but hard for me what details to overlook and what to incorporate. I would love to try out different styles to get more depth in my portraits. Thanks.
Glad it was helpful!
This is the most helpful tutorial i've ever seen. Thank you for your effort
you are welcome
Cheers Ben, You're an inspiration.👍
I appreciate that!
Thank you - you are an inspiration and you paint so softly.
Thank you! Cheers!
Today I am starting a portrait having done a lot of them over the year and a half that I have been painting. This video is exactly what I needed as I have had a sense I am overdoing some of them. Thanks so much Ben for sharing your experience about that tendency. I will keep coming back to this clip and also explore your other offerings.
It is my pleasure. Keep painting.
Yet again, Ben has given us a gift of secrets that took along career to gain. Thank You Ben!
Thank you Christopher
Thank you so much for the amazing videos. They are helping me a lot to learn painting. Greetings from Brazil. Stay well! Beware!
Happy to hear that!
I was student in school of art and I think you are the best teacher I never met !
Thank you
You are a truly amazing and knowledgeable artist! Love your videos in every way especially your wisdom to see and overcome artist’s block. Stay safe and can’t wait to see your future update! ❤️
Thank you so much 😀
the way you talk, and the principles you share are very profound and memorable. Thank you very much for this amazing video.
My pleasure!
Thank you Ben. I feel I have reached a point in my art studies where my eye is pretty well trained and these extra insights you are freely giving are most appreciated.
I still realize how much I need to learn and it's also exciting that the knowledge we desire is infinite and can never be reached unless we lived a thousand lifetimes. So I'll just do my best in this one. Stay safe. Warms and cools😱🤣
My pleasure!
Wonderful colors and work, great teaching gifts. Many thanks
You are welcome
Thank you very much well I have just finished seeing one of the most instructive videos on the complexion and on the issue hot / cold lights cold / warm shadows which is a topic not easy to understand (at least for me) I wait for your next video on the topic..for now thanks thanks thanks..you are an excellent teacher!
Glad it was helpful!
precious, thank you for sharing your art with us! ✨✨✨🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼
You are welcome.
very timely. I just finished a painting where her shadows were a value of 5 or 6. As i painted the cool side her shadow value was wrong value. I then started in with the old trying to make her exactly like her likeness. I measured and remeasured and still . Then i said this is a painting not a photograph.
Thank you , i think since i must have a tough time paying attention i will need to play your video before painting someone with a darker shadow. Another video with so many key points. Less is more less is more !!
Your teachings are a treasure to us. Thank you sir.
You are welcome
Such a lovely painting Ben. Congratulations!!
Thank you for the great tutorial - I like the tip - if I´m strugling with a brown hue, work it towards red or greenish tint... :D Great!
Also I´ll keep in mind to mix the lights and shadows separately to avoid to make milky shadows.
Thank you and hugs from Brazil!!
Thank you! Cheers!
Thanks for your beneficial and knowledge able vedio
Thank you
Seriously you are a great artist
Спасибо,что не жадничаете и делитесь своими знаниями!
This man is so outstanding, he gives us all the secrets of painting for free!
I love him♥
Thank you Torsten
Hi Ben, Thank you so much for this great tutorial. Simplifying what many of us tend to make overly complex helps so much with the 'flow' of making paintings. I must say the idea of 'Phoning your mother in law' to take a break maybe pushing things too far! Haha... Thanks again and stay safe yourself. :)
Glad it was helpful!
Brilliantly done. Thank you!
Omg, at 10:37 marker, that is what I’ve been fighting with! Yes!!
Thank you Wendy
I love the way you draw and express the painting
Brilliantly explained thank you 👍
Thank you
17 minutes of sheer brilliance!
Thank you
Thank you so much, you are so gifted but wear it very lightly. Every video I watch, I learn so much.
Thank you Lucy
thank you for all this free info and your time this is so useful
Nice to hear. thank you Aya
Fantastic work and tutorial
Many thanks
Exquisite as a John Sargent painting. Thanks for showing shadows are warm.
Glad you enjoyed it
Very impressive...Easy to understand... Thank you verymuch...
My pleasure
Thanks for sharing your knowledge
it is my pleasure
Beautifully painted.
Perfect video for understanding shadows . Thanks Ben !
Very inspiring
You are welcome.
Thank you for these lessons. Invaluable information. Also, the music is absolutely incredible. I’m a professional violinist by trade, and am enjoying this beautiful work on all levels!
So nice to hear. Thank you
I don’t know and have never heard of this man how come he feels like a dear friend already. Maybe because he put so much experience into so little time. A like is not enough Thank you !
thank you for your kind words
I thank you so much for this explaining...i'm learning with you, God bless you.
Thank you Maria
Fantastic video as always Ben. Thanks ever so much for sharing it with us. Stay safe.
Thanks, you too!
You are so humble...Lot of Respects Sir...🙏🙏🙏
Thank you.
Love the guitar music and great portrait. Thank you for sharing your process.
My pleasure Brady
The way you mix colors is simple and wonderful
Good to hear
Many thanks, Mr GreatArtist, for this precious 17 minutes Lesson !
Thank you.
thank you for your videos Ben.I llike your painting technique style, the colour is beautiful
Thank you very much!
Absolutely mesmerizing.
Thank you
Wow!!!! Excellent 👍👍👍👍
Thanks
You are a master at loose brush technique...thank you for this video
You’re welcome 😊
i am fascinated!!! thank you!
Thank you
I have watched all ads fully for greatly, highly respecting this teaching video! Great artist and teacher!
Thank you !!
Wow captivating
You are a great artist, thanks a lot for teaching us the base and the rules of mixing & painting 👍👍💐
Thank you Afaf
Great video 💙
Nicely demonstrated video...Your teaching is great gift for me..Thank you Sir
Thank you.
Excellent! just a word "Excellent"! THANK YOU Ben!
Thank you.
Thank you for sharing loved your style
You are so welcome!