What Oil Painting Is All About
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Hi, I am the son of two artists and began painting in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia before I could walk. I was a rare combination of artist and athlete so I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to play football for USC. I left the team my sophomore year to focus on painting and filmmaking, applying the same focus and discipline from my football career to my art. I primarily work in oils, and spend most free days painting "en plein air" in my new home of Sarasota Florida.
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When you wanna finish it but you remember it still needs to dry
This is the worst attempt at painting the Swedish flag I've ever seen
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Bit rude...art is subjective. Try remember that also this may not reflect overall skill it's a demonstration. However I'm new to this channel so I could be inaccurate.
@@Sinner1660 Everyone else can see it's an obvious joke; why not you?
What a simple but indeed helpful technique for the newbies in oil painting. Starting from thin to thick is a good way of combining your colors or painting over it where it it doesn't look dirty and you got the combination you wanted. Wiping your brush well on a paper towel, and stroking your paint brush lightly so you could build another color on top of it without messing it up is really helpful. Using this technique where you only need a paint brush (a specific type of paint brush), paint thinner, and types of colors you can now make an art.
Even the mess you've made on the paper towel turned into art! That was really helpful thank you!
Glad it was helpful!
Ha I was thinking the same
Ikr! Like an abstract Monet! 😂
The palette always looks nice at the end. I save some of mine even 🤓
@@johnkanzler6646 so true! I’ve started taking a monoprint of my palette when I’m done, it’s often more satisfying to stare at than the painting. Maybe I should cut out the middleman and go for abstract expressionism.
This is the first time I watched a tutorial on thin over thick that demonstrated clearly why. Thank you. I will mend my unwise ways
Wet on wet method! Bob Ross!
@@jacksparrowarrrr Isnt thin over thick (like Bob Ross also teaches) the other way around? He always uses thick paint and then adds the details and highlights over the thick paint with thin paint. "Thin paint sticks to thick paint" is a phrase he says over and over in his videos...
You’re like a frat dude gym coach that got into painting ily 🤟
Why do you even care it’s not about him
@@12juslookin they didn't insult him or anything chill
Where did you learn to tell others what to do. Sounded pretty disrespectful to characterize him with pejorative terms for athletes. Playing D-1 football for USC is a tremendous accomplishment. And his art also speaks for itself.
@@12juslookin they literally never insulted him. Comprehend before you make assumptions. The "ily" literally means "I love you" OBVIOUSLY they weren't insulting him. He DOES look like a frat guy.
Explain what a frat dude “looks” like. In detail.
Absolutely love the tips!! You're killing me with the swallowing though, it's so loud everytime I hear it I get a little chuckle. Mic quality on point✨😂
I really hope my daughter is going to enjoy this video when I play it loud on the TV as she’s coming in from school lol
Just practical and straightforward. Good job.
My problem is i go to do some highlights with pure white and it just mixes and muddles regardless the difference of consistency. Ive been trying oils after doing acrylics for so long and its such a learning curve
EDIT: I am TOTALLY WRONG. This is because I misunderstood what the person "teaching" me about fat/lean was trying to explain. I'll keep my original comment so others realize the wrong I was stating, BUT directly below I will now explain "Fat over Lean" in the way it's properly applied:
"Fat over Lean" refers to mixing other substances in to your base tube paint to get different consistencies. You want to have the bottom layers to be Lean, then progressively get "fatter" as you add more layers. This is because when all the layers of paint cures/dries, it'll prevent long term cracking and other issues.
For Lean, you use spirits (turpentine, solvent, etc) so it thins out the paint. Proportions of the "most" you can mix in is left to interpretation, but most say no more than 20% Lean spirits compared to a given amount of base tube paint. This mix will give you runny watery oil paint, and it'll lose some of its pigmentation becoming duller.
You want to use the "Lean" layer to lay down directly on top of your totally dried gesso and/or acrylic underpaints. Compared to Fatter mixes (and even base tube paint), Lean layers dry very fast, usually a few hours.
For Fat, you use oils like Linseed or Safflower oil (as well as other mediums). The highest proportion you can add to this is anything you want, BUT too much oil will wash out your pigments a little, and will make the painted layer dry MUCH slower (maybe a few days to a week!).
You want to use "Fat" layers as the later layers most on top. So the idea is: Lean layers dry first, then fat layers dry last. If the Lower layers dry slower than top layers, it'll tear the top layers apart, causing the cracking I talked about. We don't want this.
Some suggestions in terms of layering suggested is this, very unfortunately-long and time-consuming painting schedule. Times vary, so experiment:
+ Canvas: bottom most structure
+ Base Layer: Gesso. Apply, wait to dry (about 24 hours), sand to smoothness with 600-800 grit paper & wipe off dust, apply Gesso again, wait to dry, sand to smoothness, apply one more Gesso layer, wait to dry, optional sand.
+ Layer A (optional): Acrylic paint. You can optionally apply acrylic paint under oil paint, but you need to wait until it completely dries. Usually wait a full day after you paint the last acrylic paint layer. Do NOT use glossy mediums. Ultra Matte and Flat mediums mixed in the acrylic paint is fine.
+ Layer 1: Lean Layer. Mix around 20% Lean in to base tube paint. Put it on the canvas. Consider this your background layer, or an undertone layer. Allow to dry, probably half a day.
+ Layer 2: Less Lean Layers. Depending on how many layers you want, you can mix less and less Lean in the base tube paint. Either let each layer dry to the touch, or mix together so long as original color layers are not obstructed.
+ Layer 3: Base Tube Paint Layer: Take paint straight from the tube mixing nothing inside it. Paint on, and mix or place down paint as you see fit. This layer takes about 1-3 days to dry, maybe longer.
+ Layer 4: Less Fat Layers: Now begin slowly adding more linseed oil in to the base tube paint. Do this each layer. Note that the more linseed oil you add, the "thinner" and more "transparent" the base paint will seem. Good for blending, but takes a LONGER time to dry the more linseed oil you use. For these layers, it'll take about 3-7 days to dry.
+ Layer 5: More Fat Layers: This is where you mix way more than 10-20% fat in to the base tube paint. It'll take about 4-10 days to dry.
Note: What's not specified is usually a "new" layer can be applied when the prior layer is "touch dry." So gently press your finger or something on the layer of paint. If it feels like dried plastic and doesn't leave too much of an oil paint mark, then it's "dry touch" and another layer can be placed on. Note the inside of that prior layer of paint is not totally dry, so over time it will slowly continue to dry, which is why Fat over Lean method is so important, because it takes this in to account and prevents cracking.
- One thing someone told me was to use something called fat. Doublecheck my advice, but from what I understand, if you have color 1, put down a thin layer of fat, then put down color 2 over where you put the fat, itll somehow block layer 1 from mixing with layer 2. Not sure if you need to wait for layer 1 to dry first, or if you can't put multiple layers of paint fat over each other ex. layer 1, fat, layer 2, fat, layer 3, etc etc, but its something someone suggested to me for oil painting and preventing mixing of two colors. -
@@vincentmarotta9800 I don't know what your original comment said, but I just wanted to add there's fat over lean and then there's thick over thin. Those are different concepts in case someone needs to hear this, because both the original comment and the video are more about the thick over thin concept.
Hey so i just got everything it’s on its way, and i just wanted to clarify this since I’m watching non stop tutorials. My plan is obviously after liquid white to prep the canvas, go with oil+gamsol for the first layer, oil and linseed oil , then straight oil (obvios variance in between etc). Just want to make sure that when i start painting i make as little mistakes as possible lol thanks for your videos man!
there’s never any mistakes. Only happy accidents.
You can't make mistakes in art. All there is is awkward phases. Eventually everything gets there.
So how did this end up going for you?
Don't waste your money on Gamsol. Mix Terp with linseed oil and a splash of damar varnish, about a 6:3:1 ratio, If you don't have the damar , just leave it out.
Thank you Chris, I really learn so much from your videos.
I'm an art student out here at 4 AM getting educated and reflecting on my recent paintings haha
Love it this is exactly what I needed to know I’ve started painting after 38 yrs I usually do pour painting which is quick thanks
Really helpful tips, have really been appreciating and soaking up a lot from your videos man. Thanks for putting the time and effort into spreading the knowledge and experiential wisdom, Chris.
One question coming off this vid-what would you recommend if someone was interested in gaining quick reps for wet on wet abstract expressionism type work? Is this possible to do in one sitting without having to first plan things out/do some thin layers underneath? Better suited for acrylics given their dry time?
Use acrylics or gouache in these moments if you’re painting with oil
Thank you so much, I've been trying to get into painting using oil paint because I love art but never tried oil paint before. Just picked up brushes paint and some canvases to do this, so thanks for the tips and keep it up, other artists are too confusing.
One of the best paintings iv'e seen all week. beautiful colors😊
I was told to use some siccative in my paintings but I'm not really convinced, any thought on that? 🤔 Thank you for your really helpful videos! ☺👍
Just started my masters and I had no idea where all these flaws in my painting process were coming from during oil class. This helped. Thanks!
Thank you so much for this video I was struggling with this soo much!!!
You're my inspiration, thank you so much ❤🙏
Very helpful & thank you 😇 Can you make a video on identifying color values (those which are subtle in hue) & how to deconstruct it while painting a portrait ?
Sure thing!
Isn't more convenient to leave spaces and block in forms to save time and paint? Like one area is assumed to be blue, other is orange etc...
no, Painting on top adds texture and makes sure no white spaces are added. Also so there aren’t random thin spots in the piece
He addressed that in the video. It's an option.
Thank you for this paint and ASMR video in one! I enjoyed this 🤣
The actual way to solve that is to wait for the blue paint to dry and then paint over it.
That's why some pieces take years to make, but it's the correct way
crazy helpful as always, thanks so much
Thank you so much for taking the time to share your knowledge 😊💕
Sometimes I think I should have multiple terps containers for cleanup and thining by color. Thx for the tip on Rosemary's brushes. Real pros with a superior product.
When I want to go over a color, I wipe off the paint with a q tip. Then I can paint the new color. Or, I just let it dry. I never use thinner.
Letting oil painting dry? I know u gotta wait like 5 days for that to dry
@@dolanaxoxi1124 how about a hairdryer?can we use that?just curious tho
What’s the difference between a paint thinner and a medium?
Thanks for the tutorial, it helped a lot!
How often should I change my gamsol/turp? I have two jars with wire racks that I cycle through letting one jar settle and then just use the “settled” jar, been painting with oils for four months and have never changed the turp.
I never change them
Awesome Video, Paint Coach! You’re the best.
Always helpful videos.. thanks..!!
What brush cleaner do you recommend to use to get off oil paint that wont eat your brushes? I used jasco brush cleaner wouldn’t recommend for sure.
Thanks so much! Very helpful
I'm so new but Ihave recently started publishing some videos too, 'cause I wasn't able to see long videos or the videos which people make mistakes and fix them. That's why I like seeing these kind of videos, thank u :)
Can you wipe off the paint on brush first then wash it instead of keep washing the brush?
So nice painting my art friend..🖼🧑🏻🎨👍
Thank you so much 😀
Does the paint thinner not affecting the oil paint at all when it gets mixed ??
Thank you very much for this tips sir
The informative lesson for beginners. Listen. Good luck
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Ok so if you happen to put too thick of paint on the canvas, ans you try and out more on ans it what was underneath just comes off what do you do
Doesn't your brush get full of thinner, then make the paint too thin--even after you wipe the paint off?
No. I wipe it pretty good on the paper towel
@@paintcoach My paints always come out of the tube very dry. How do I prevent that?
Using medium like linseed oil will help. All colors can be different in consistency and medium helps you control the fluidity of the paint
Hi! I want to ask a question, but it may take some time to read it in video, so I'll be very-very happy if you сould answer me here 😳. Sorry if I did a mistake, because English isn't my native language, but i tried hard to explain the situation correctly:
The artists I know say that they never feel the difficulty, but only the pleasure of painting(they're not very famous, not very experienced and wasnt learning in art schools; theyre painting in naive style, but its still a huge work that brings them money).
When I paint with oils(more realistically), I always feel like I’m pushing my limits. It's almost physically difficult, I feel like my brain is boiling. And my work is almost always divided into stages:
1) shit
2) shit
3) I thought it couldn't be worse, but here we are
4) maybe all my previous 'wins' was just a randomness?
5) *some magic happens at the 90% of process*
6) perfection, it must have been drawn by the spirit of Leonardo da Vinci, which had taken the control over my body when I was at that 90%
Maybe I'm doing something wrong? I don’t feel that the process of painting is getting easier, I work hard and it rarely gives me pleasure (only at the end). I love the result and I feel really satisfied by the work I did, but where is the pleasure and lack of difficulties that everyone is talking about?
Ty so much for attention!
He's done a video (I think) on the "ugly stages of paintings". All the layering, planning and prepping makes for something that's not gonna be pretty through the entire painting process, thus that 90% point.
And as for not fully enjoying it, maybe take a different approach to painting. Unlike the paint coach, try mixing lots of paint beforehand with a palette knife. Ooooor do it all in one sitting, go faster, try different approaches. Or maybe oil isn't for you at this point of your life. Acrylic, I feel, has treated me well once I knew how to manipulate it.
I will be answering this on tomorrow Paint Talk!
@@paintcoach KING 😤
I have the same art process... :) embracing ugliness seems to be helpful and not worrying about the outcome - not judging all the time - but well, easy to say :) good luck!
Very Helpful. Thank you!
Nice video and demonstration ,thank you👍👍
couldn't help but noticing the swallowing sound tho lols
Very useful tips. I have a question. I use very high quality chunking hog bruses and keep them soaked in turpentine overnight for days on end when I work a picture. Would this be perhaps damaging the bristles? What's the alternative?
this will minimize their life time. it dries them out. keep them in some oil instead.
@@chiefd13 thanks for the tip. Yes I did some research and now keep them dipped in a tray of safflower oil mixed with a few drops of clove oil (which is drying retarder) , in between working sessions.
I have a question! I've been painting with oil for a little while so I'm not a newbie but on the other hand I've never been taught, I am self taught. What is the difference between paint thinner and linseed oil? I thought the linseed oil was a form of thinner so what are the differences and why do I need both?
The oil is a medium, the thinner is a solvent. Solvent "destroys" paint, medium makes pigment go less concentrated. Thinner is toxic, oil is not. You rather don't use thinner at all.
What’s that on the side your using to clean your brush ?
@Paint Coach What kind of paint thinner you are using here
You use the thinner as medium as well as to clean your brush. What is this thinner and when do you use linseed oil?
so hypothetically does that mean softer brushes will blend nicer than the ones with stronger bristles?
I might have a different question. How do you approach painting big areas (with no detail) or backgrounds and such? I block it in and then don't know what to do with it. Don't know how to create a texture or color change that would feel natural (especially in portrait painting).
This should help ua-cam.com/video/8XZzzVP_xCA/v-deo.html
THANK YOU SO MUCH!!! 🙏
That last part about brush bristles !!
Huh, I'm finding it tricky to add the highlight colors to trees and bushes when following Bob Ross. Whenever I try to add lighter shades over something dark, my brush picks up the paint on the canvas! I've only painted two oil paintings and really have no clue what I'm doing lol. Would this mean I need to paint the darker objects with medium added to them?
Thanks for this!
So totally new to oil paint today and didn't know how thick it really was compared to using acrylic for the past year lol. What kind of oil paint thinner is used? What brand? Please help lol
When you say medium, what does that mean? A mixture of the paint and the thing you use to clean the brush?
Medium is something like linseed oil
Scrub in the darks lay on the lights
When you demonstrated using linseed with the orange doesn’t the pile of paint you went to have the paint thinner in it as well ?
Could you do the blue and wait for it to dry then paint over? Like if you wanted a sold blue background and then paint over that. I’ve never touched oils. I just bought paints and am going to do my first attempt soon. They are very different then acrylic and water base paints 😅
It just takes so long to dry
Yes you could do that, but 1. Typical oils take so long to dry that it might not be feasible (although eg some landscape painters will block in background colour then wait a day or more for it to dry), and 2. If you wanted to blend the edges of your top colour with your bottom colour, then you couldn't do that because your background colour would be dry
Acrylics dry much faster than oils though, a wait-to-dry approach would be much more convenient with acrylics
@@danielj.sharpe1869 and for that reason you can use acrylics first to block in bg colors or even the whole painting and then go over it in oil. That's my favorite way of doing it because I also tend to paint thick witb acrylics and very thin with oils but I don't always have the time to basically paint the same painting twice (like rn with my exams unfortunately)
Why not let the paint dry first, then aply the other paint? Or just put them side by side and not blend them? (you still need to follow the rule of thick paint over thin)
It takes ages for oils to dry tho?
@@Meowshaaa Yes it takes time 🙂
@Myshā yes but if you're patient enough, with a very fine and delicate art piece it could be worth it to just wait if you arent skilled (like me im still learning)
love it, coach!
You can paint over anything with enough drying time.
This is true
Doesn't using transparent paints make it more difficult? I was getting the same effects recently but I thought the reason was the transparency of the paint, I tried adding some opaque white (since the color was incidentally also orangey, though on somewhat dark red, not dark blue). The yellow I have is really transparent. I don't want to buy an opaque yellow now because I have too much paint for my needs anyway. (Also I'm using water soluble oil paints, it's a modern invention, it's not acrylic paints as one might think. I think my lack of experience is more important than that detail though: they were made by experts to be as oil-like as possible, after all).
What's your ratio of paint thinner/paint wash? Are you using all paint thinner, or are you also using water?
just use thinner. you don't want to be using water with oils, they don't mix.
Man, I had to figure out the hard way to do that with acrylic. Just paint a different part for ten minutes, and then come back. Too much water.
The good thing about acrylic is that it dries fast which helps in these cases.
Im sorry but I m directly asking .How to wash the used oil paint brushes .Some easy methods ?
Very helpful tips thank you 😊 can you give me a brief of what’s the best brands to buy on brushes for oils ?
This is my beginner brush set ua-cam.com/video/7jFsbxlQOT0/v-deo.html
Paint Coach thanks I’m going to watch this.
I'm relatively new to oil painting, but isnt that brush holding a boatload of thinner deep in the bristles?
What is oil painting meduim for? I can paint thin to thick with thinner and paint alone.
Some have different effects i think, like some will make the paint dry faster and some will keep the paint from drying
I can’t even afford oil paint why am I here
😂😂 same
Can you show this but with painting something practical like a tree with layering colors. I don't often paint swedish flags in my paintings
Can I use sansodor by Winsor and newton as a paint thinner?
Just came here to refresh and pick up on new ideas cus im stuck in a painters block... buuuut i just gotta say you should have framed that papertowel mountain scenery sky line .
Found this useful 💯
What do you use to clean a brush
Hey! Thank you!!
Why do you need paint thinner? I just use linseed oil and find that you can reasonably thin a paint with that (though I don't typically work with thin paint)
What kind of bokita el mas grande is this?
Very helpful thank you
So i got into attempting wet in wet....my stuff looks a hot mess! Does this method work for that?
Yes! That's how I primarily work. Working thin to thick helps a lot. Also knowing when to paint around something instead of over it. This video will help with thin to thick ua-cam.com/video/kshCks7warI/v-deo.html
I believe Bob Ross painted wet in wet btw. Might be able to watch him as well.
Where can I buy oil paint??
What water you just used when you dip water on the cup 🍵
Amazing video 😇🤗
This may apply to water media as well.
i bought brushes and oil paint but forgot thinner lol
What exactly is this paint thinner?
The tissue is slowly turning into art.
When you make oil painting tutorial on the left, and by accident create abstract masterpiece on your kitchen towel on the right :D
I’m interested in what knowledge you have, I’d like to try and paint, have no knowledge other than feelings, I’ve just inherited my grans brushes etc, heavy task on my shoulders if I am to paint to her standard, she was from Bavaria , German speaking born 1930, she was related to non other than Gustav Klimt !
Should I even try ?
What is paint thinner?
What type of mistakes when using oil paint
My dad wanted a white chicken on a fence and told me to paint it, he did the back ground a THICK green, and idk how to paint white over dark thick green without making a green chicken
When you said “throwing it back,” just know that’s exactly what I just did. I threw it BACK! 🍑🌀💥🤣
Amazing video! Thanks for the help and one more thing… er du dansker?
I've been told to use sable brushes for oil painting, but aren't sable brushes better suited for watercolor?
Sable brushes are for watercolors. Acrylics fibers are best for oils as it doesn't soak up the paint and easier to clean up
It's really a good idea to rub the brush bristles GENTLY back and forth on your hand on brushes before you purchase them. Remember, m the packaged brushes, medium to regular firmness for oil brushes folks.