I totally agree that artists to not place enough importance on value. I think it is mostly because they don't understand what it means. They focus on color is a very generic way. But, it you can understand the components that make up a color and prioritize them, you will have better control over color. The priority should be, value, temperature and hue. Hue is the least important of the three and artists struggle with that concept. When I taught classes I kept telling students that color doesn't matter as long as the values and temperatures are correct. It was difficult for many beginner artists to understand but a valuable lesson for sure. Beautiful painting BTW! Well done!
YEs, but temperature is very important as well, specially on portrait as we intrinsically judge if someone looks healthy or not and their emotions based on things that translate trough temperature
''I'm a professional painter''- A VERY PROFESSIONAL PAINTER WHO CAPTURES LIFE, SHAPE AND TEXTURE IN ONE STROKE. AMAZING. I LOVE WATCHING YOU! ALSO CONGRATS ON THE TESLA.
I just found your channel and i love your videos! I have a question that has to do with this video and Sargent, and a la prima painting in general. How do you paint wet into wet without the next brush stroke mixing with the one below? Anytime i try doing that it just blends underneath the brush. I look at all these amazing paintings that i think were done in one sitting and every time i try the brush strokes blend instead of staying on top of each other. I hope the question makes sense. Thanks for the videos! :)
that nose is def well done 🙂 i think we dont normally get our noses painted in this angle is because we would end up worrying if we blew our nose before adopted this pose 😝
@Chelsea Lang Hi Chelsea, I am wondering if it is possible when working from a photo to alter the orientation of the face and head and still be able to achieve the likeness. I have a friend who is 81 years old and lives in Belgium. We have been friends for 30 years. I have completed my first drawing of her, but I have only three reference photos I can use, all from old social media accounts that she barely used. Twoo of the photos are only about two years old, and the third is about 40 years old. She's a lovely woman, with a very unique and beautiful face. I would like to be able to paint her in a few different poses, but I have know idea how to change her head and face position to fit with other poses. Advice if you can would be greatly appreciated! Thank you very much! Lisa
This might be one of my favourite paintings of yours. It looks absolutely breathtaking. So vibrant and... alive. I think you're very close to that heightened reality or realer than real look that Sargent has. it is somewhat disappointing though that your model's ethnic features aren't very visible in your painting. The high key vibrant colours are beautiful, but you can't tell she's not supposed to be white. The study you used to prepare for this piece was of a white woman and you were looking specifically at the colours and values to carry over into your original work. I think you might have done it too literally and made some choices that made your model look white. Especially in the beginning, though you did manage to bring some of her features back at the end. It is still a beautiful piece and I'm looking forward to more of your wisdom and motivation in your future videos :)
Great video. It makes me want to go to my canvas. The only thing is that when people talk too much in videos, especially if it's a painting lesson I get lost, I can´t focus on the process. Maybe we can talk a little less between processes to grasp the idea. I appreciate your work and sharing it with us. Thank you.
More like Bougereau than Sargent. Sargent painted an eye with six or seven strokes, not a hundred. Look at a closee-up repro of one of his eyes, you'll see what I mean. If it didn't work, he'd whipe it out and have another go. His eyebrows never looked pasted on, but were always part of the surrounding skin, with soft and hard edges. Also, showing the overlay of photo and ptg. at the end shows an exactitude that JSS never went for. I'm certain that if you were to try that with one of his portrs., there would be no such exactitude. Compare, for example, his portr. of his niece Rose-Marie Ormond and her photo. You've done a nice painting, but it's not like a Sargent.
I truly enjoy and am inspired by Sargent. I like your work, basically. But, based on the girlie on the left side of the screen, the lady you painted shows her 10 years older with her forehead too narrow. Her eyes seem to be infected...(redness!). (But you did improve them near the end.) She must be feverish as her, left cheek especially, is inflamed with red temperature, her nostrils must be plugged with some extra tissue as they have no depth. (Her ears show depth, why not the nose?) Lastly for your coloring; her shoulder, parts of her neck and chin/jaw make her appear to be unhealthy due to the gray paint you slathered all over them. Take if from a guy who's been teaching some time of this, used some of this....paint for who YOU are and what a client/customer requires if you are in this for the money. Values, hues, temperatures, etc...are all so nice to talk about and get philosophical about so you can sound cool... AND surprises are nice to exclaim about with students and friends... (back to that cool feeling again.)... but IF you sense a surprise, use it if you can, try to learn why it got there, but don't think of them as great mysteries that your work suddenly got blessed with and think teary-eyed. End of my lesson. Thank you for for listening..(reading...)
I totally agree that artists to not place enough importance on value. I think it is mostly because they don't understand what it means. They focus on color is a very generic way. But, it you can understand the components that make up a color and prioritize them, you will have better control over color. The priority should be, value, temperature and hue. Hue is the least important of the three and artists struggle with that concept. When I taught classes I kept telling students that color doesn't matter as long as the values and temperatures are correct. It was difficult for many beginner artists to understand but a valuable lesson for sure. Beautiful painting BTW! Well done!
YEs, but temperature is very important as well, specially on portrait as we intrinsically judge if someone looks healthy or not and their emotions based on things that translate trough temperature
Ohhh, that is a DREAMY result! So so lovely and soft.
I love that you do paintings inspired by Singer Sargent.
''I'm a professional painter''- A VERY PROFESSIONAL PAINTER WHO CAPTURES LIFE, SHAPE AND TEXTURE IN ONE STROKE.
AMAZING. I LOVE WATCHING YOU!
ALSO CONGRATS ON THE TESLA.
Breathtaking
Wow, looked great after ep 1. You’ve made it look far better. So dialled looking. Well done
It is looking amazing .❤ you made it more beautiful than the reference.
Beautiful!!!
Beautifull master copy of a very wonderfull John Singer Sergent portrait 🧡🧡🧡
Beautiful 🤩
Portre de güzel çizim de güzel 👍
Tebrikler ♥️
Excellent!
Love it, your shadow is warmer. But I think it looks better.. I has problems with too tight too..
Buen trabajo 👍👏
I just found your channel and i love your videos! I have a question that has to do with this video and Sargent, and a la prima painting in general. How do you paint wet into wet without the next brush stroke mixing with the one below? Anytime i try doing that it just blends underneath the brush. I look at all these amazing paintings that i think were done in one sitting and every time i try the brush strokes blend instead of staying on top of each other. I hope the question makes sense. Thanks for the videos! :)
Very good.
that nose is def well done 🙂 i think we dont normally get our noses painted in this angle is because we would end up worrying if we blew our nose before adopted this pose 😝
@Chelsea Lang
Hi Chelsea,
I am wondering if it is possible when working from a photo to alter the orientation of the face and head and still be able to achieve the likeness. I have a friend who is 81 years old and lives in Belgium. We have been friends for 30 years. I have completed my first drawing of her, but I have only three reference photos I can use, all from old social media accounts that she barely used. Twoo of the photos are only about two years old, and the third is about 40 years old. She's a lovely woman, with a very unique and beautiful face. I would like to be able to paint her in a few different poses, but I have know idea how to change her head and face position to fit with other poses. Advice if you can would be greatly appreciated!
Thank you very much!
Lisa
You are very talented and your work is beautiful. I am curious why you left the nostrils so light?
I love this, shame we couldn’t se you pallet while you work, fab though
This might be one of my favourite paintings of yours. It looks absolutely breathtaking. So vibrant and... alive. I think you're very close to that heightened reality or realer than real look that Sargent has. it is somewhat disappointing though that your model's ethnic features aren't very visible in your painting. The high key vibrant colours are beautiful, but you can't tell she's not supposed to be white. The study you used to prepare for this piece was of a white woman and you were looking specifically at the colours and values to carry over into your original work. I think you might have done it too literally and made some choices that made your model look white. Especially in the beginning, though you did manage to bring some of her features back at the end. It is still a beautiful piece and I'm looking forward to more of your wisdom and motivation in your future videos :)
Do you have problems of colors shifted after fully dried?
What sort of medium are you using, and how much for each of the stages of this painting?
Thank u
What kind of brushes do you use, Chelsea?
Great video. It makes me want to go to my canvas. The only thing is that when people talk too much in videos, especially if it's a painting lesson I get lost, I can´t focus on the process. Maybe we can talk a little less between processes to grasp the idea. I appreciate your work and sharing it with us. Thank you.
Eventually, to go on well as painter. You will need some sort of instruction from somewhere. The last good one's died, 40-50 yrs ago.
🖤👏
More like Bougereau than Sargent. Sargent painted an eye with six or seven strokes, not a hundred. Look at a closee-up repro of one of his eyes, you'll see what I mean. If it didn't work, he'd whipe it out and have another go. His eyebrows never looked pasted on, but were always part of the surrounding skin, with soft and hard edges. Also, showing the overlay of photo and ptg. at the end shows an exactitude that JSS never went for. I'm certain that if you were to try that with one of his portrs., there would be no such exactitude. Compare, for example, his portr. of his niece Rose-Marie Ormond and her photo. You've done a nice painting, but it's not like a Sargent.
Nope you didnt got it...she looks now matured
THeres hundred of tones on the face. Wipe it out and use ONE big tone for all it. Paint like Velazquez. Sargents mentors.
I truly enjoy and am inspired by Sargent. I like your work, basically. But, based on the girlie on the left side of the screen, the lady you painted shows her 10 years older with her forehead too narrow. Her eyes seem to be infected...(redness!). (But you did improve them near the end.) She must be feverish as her, left cheek especially, is inflamed with red temperature, her nostrils must be plugged with some extra tissue as they have no depth. (Her ears show depth, why not the nose?) Lastly for your coloring; her shoulder, parts of her neck and chin/jaw make her appear to be unhealthy due to the gray paint you slathered all over them.
Take if from a guy who's been teaching some time of this, used some of this....paint for who YOU are and what a client/customer requires if you are in this for the money. Values, hues, temperatures, etc...are all so nice to talk about and get philosophical about so you can sound cool... AND surprises are nice to exclaim about with students and friends... (back to that cool feeling again.)... but IF you sense a surprise, use it if you can, try to learn why it got there, but don't think of them as great mysteries that your work suddenly got blessed with and think teary-eyed. End of my lesson. Thank you for for listening..(reading...)
very beautyful