The brown underpainting is my guide to follow while dropping in colors. It's also my chance to start working out some of the tonal values in the painting. And yes, there is a huge difference between canvas and masonite (or hardboard). With canvas, your paint soaks into the fabric. The rough surface makes it more of a challenge to get super fine lines. With masonite, the paint sits on top of the surface, never soaking in. You can get a lot of fine line detail because the surface is so smooth.
It was great to see how much time you spent on individual highlights and details! So often, artists post time lapse videos and people who have just begun oil painting don't get to see that professionals take their time! Thanks for the amazing video.
Robin Goettsch you're very welcome, Robin. I do try my best to make sure I get close ups and things like that so people can see the details. It's definitely something that frustrated me when looking at other how-to videos. Not enough close-ups and explanation. So glad you noticed :-)
Thank you so much.My biggest influence was an artist named Frank Frazetta. He is hands down the grand master of fantasy art. When I was a teenager, one of the first things I did to learn more about drawing the human figure was to go buy a few books by George Bridgman. I copied nearly every drawing in his books. I still have my old sketchbooks with all those drawings. Taught me everything I needed to know about how to draw anatomy. So first get really good at drawing. The painting can come later.
Just brilliant. I have learnt so much already that has really helped refine my technique significantly. Also, you have taken a lot of the "scary" out of doing such detailed work. I particularly like how you show the step by step methods you use for each stage. It made me realise that I need to put in a lot more work before I start the actual painting. Thanks so much!
Posted in 2013 nearly now less than 30 days till 2020 and still coming back to this, such inspiration! This video process helped me alot in the traditonal style and how to approach acrylic
Man I’m just discovering your channel. I’m new to oils and acrylics and already I have gain a lot just from studying your older works All this morning . I really appreciate you explaining your steps. You mention that you learn from a few artists from a book. So I feel extremely fortunate to see you in action. Already I’m excited to experiment with linseed oil for my backgrounds ( which I normally do in acrylics). Definitely going to implement that under paint Technique with acrylics before applying oils. Man you are a living legend with the paint. I pray to collaborate one day. -Prence
That’s a beautiful painting. If a painting looks good on the wall from a distance and you don’t know what the subject is , and it looks good up close Boeing the subject then you’ve done it. Nice
I admire you as an artist. But more than that, these videos reveal a small portion of you as a human being. That you have made this painting for your son, based on one of his stories, and that your wife is involved in making these videos is truly heartwarming and a great example for artists and non-artists alike.
What I like about this video, which is also the best hint an artist can give to everyone who wants to be an artisti, is that you actually show that behind a single painting or drawing there are days and days of work. With the internet we can se tons of beatiful paintings, but we can't really get what a long time it takes to paint them.
Great video loved it. I love how you explain what you're doing. I also think it's pretty amazing that your son had came up with the idea to write a book and you came up with this awesome painting. A father and son Duo. And a trio with your wife filming in the background. Love it
Just watched this with my 9 year old grandson. He says you're the best artist in the world and can he go see your paintings in a museum. I'm second best apparently so the rest of my month will be painting second best dragons for him lol
The best instructional video I've seen. I paint in oils myself and have not been able to achieve greater detail. This method you demonstrated achieves that and if you don't mind I will be trying it soon. Thanks so much for taking the time to show it.
One of the greatest compliments I can get isn't that someone thinks I'm the best artist ever. It's that I inspired them to start creating art of their own. It humbles me to know that I can play a small part in inspiring you. Thank you so much. And yes, more vids will be coming.
You are very welcome, Matthew. It's really gratifying to do something like this. I wish UA-cam existed when I was a young artist so I could learn from others. So at least I'm able to give back a little and pass on the knowledge.
Funny how the sky turned out to look more like the Earth below, which made the whole falling concept work even better :) Such an inspirational video, thank you so much. *heart*
Jeff you are more than a pro artist, your will of make this video it´s a bless ! You are a one of a kind ! You dont know how greatfull i am with your attitude ! I´m 28 and my child dream of make my personal creation and illustration with this thech was almost dead, i tryed a lots of thing but you gave to me a true way of work ! God bless you ! Publish more vids ! PLSSS
I am so lost with all the different techniques in oil and acrylics but it's so nice to see a piece created from a to z and takng time to explain how it's been done...thank you so much for your share
This was awesome and is closer to what I want to do than anything else I've seen. I'm blown away by your technique with so many mediums...I have a lot of practicing to do!
Pretty golden stuff on the outtakes reel 😄 Awesome job with the painting. Nice behind the scenes stuff, which makes me want to try out painting with acrylics and oils :)
Thank you for showing this process in a really detailed manner; it's certainly not one I've seen in school, but I feel it is the process I've been searching for. Thank you so much, and awesome work!
I watched this twice and have already noted improvements. You are very correct about the internet, in that current and future artists should appreciate the road already paved by the new digital age.
Ur awesome , love the conversation between u and the camera woman, these type of videos are very helpful. I really appreciate how much time u take to do these videos, would love to see more of these
I came to gain wisdom and realized afterwards that I had an amazing time just watching this one video. You're funny, knowledgable, entertaining and overal very interesting to watch. And of course, your work is superb. Thank you for uploading these videos :) I genuinly love watching them!
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it. FYI, I am taking pre-orders right now for an over 6.5 hour long video on Oil Painting. basically I will cover every aspect in detail. Take look at it and if you're interested, consider pre-ordering so the project will actually get made. www.kickstarter.com/projects/threepointspub/jeff-miracolas-fantasy-art-oil-painting-techniques?ref=dtsf5i Sorry for the "sales pitch", but if I don't let people know about it, they say to me one day that they never knew about it. Again, thanks for digging my videos. Means a lot.
Max, I used Linseed oil. It keeps the paint wet longer than turpentine does. Therefore I can continue to work back into it for a while. Turpentine evaporates too quickly. If I use linseed oil, I can paint an area, walk away, return a few hours later and still blend other paint into it because it is still wet and oily.
Yeah, I wished I had talked more about that as well. This painting was created at the same time as another one and I was trying to get them done for a deadline, so I didn't get a chance to do a more detailed job with the explanations.
For this painting I am using masonite, which I buy at my local hardware store, in my case Home Depot. Masonite is also called hard board, too. And I also use illustration board, but not usually for paintings this big because the illustration board I have is single thickness and at this size it would warp more than I want. I could get double thick illustration board for this size, but it costs more and I'm cheap :-)
Great video! Incredibly insightful. I'm mostly self taught when it comes to oils, so seeing someone paint and talk about their own technique is wonderful. Also, Dragons kick butt. Every time. Thanks!
Thanks Jessica. Yep same here. I'm self taught with oils. In fact, I found oils to be much easier for me to use than acrylics when I first started painting. Now I paint with either just as easily. But I still love oils to most.
jeffmiracola I learned with acrylic in high school for the theatre. I was making things look like wood and marble all sorts of things. I was used to the paint drying so fast, but sometimes I think it's easier to fix things with acrylic. You can hide most of the underpainting if you need to. When I started painting on canvas in college, I found it a bit more challenging, but I still didn't have many problems. Then I discovered Oils. I needed one more credit to receive a grant for school, so I did an independent study. I realized that I had to wait for paint to dry before moving onto the next layer, but I loved that I could still move the paint around and blend stuff. You also make digital artworks, correct? Perhaps this isn't exactly the place to ask, but do you have any suggestions for beginners (programs, tablets, references...)?
Wow Jeff! This has to be one of my fav painting that you have drew. Your a great Dad to do this for you son. Its really a beautiful picture. I wish I had a fraction of you talent.
Thank you for enjoying my work. I deeply appreciate it. I worked on this painting and another one at the same time for about a month. If I had to guess I would say this painting took me two weeks of 8 hour days to complete. Maybe a little longer if you factor in the time for doing the drawing, too. One of these days I should put a timer next to my easel and keep track because I'd bet I'll find out that I really only make $7.50 per hour doing this stuff :-)
Wow! I enjoyed watching you paint and I'm definitely going to try the hardboard with grasp. Thanks for sharing! I'm so excited about trying another oil painting on hard board. Thx thx thx !!!!!
I went to art school but actually never really did much painting in school. I taught myself how to paint after I left school by studying the works of other artists. I spent countless hours paging through art books and staring at paintings to figure out how they were made.
Awesome choice of music! Totally fits the mood and movement of the painting. Way awesome painting! It's hard to describe how it makes me feel, it's so otherworldly awesome. I love the sense of mass and depth in the dragon I'm teaching myself to paint, and after watching this and the winged wraith video, I've started slowing down and actually trying the underpainting technique. It's still tricky to paint, cause I'm colorblind. Thanks for posting these videos, they're so helpful and inspiring.
It's an oil that is used to thin oil paints. It does thin out the oil paint so much like using Turpentine would do. Adding Turpentine to oil paint is like adding water to watercolors or acrylics. It will thin out the oil paints way too much. Linseed oil thins the oil paints, but not too much.
Last Dec I picked up art again after a 3 year break, because I became so inspired by your Goblin painting. Now after watching this video again I decided to pick up oil painting. Your videos really keep changing my life for the better :P
+MultiCastorFiber That's really awesome to read because I might also be responsible for you spending so much money now on supplies. LOL :-) Seriously though, so glad you're inspired by my videos.
MultiCastorFiber My advice: Be patient and realize you're trying to learn how to use oil paints. What I mean by that is don't worry so much about trying to create great pieces of art. You've got to learn all the basics first. Make mistakes, improvise, don't follow the "rules" of painting. Explore the medium and let it take you new and exciting places. If you try too hard to learn the rules of oil painting when you first start, you'll box yourself into a corner. Is any of this making any sense? Basically just buy some paint, some turpentine, and maybe some linseed oil, a few brushes, and a few canvases. Then make a big, damned mess, stand back and marvel at the stuff you create. learn and move on to the next painting. And then BAM! You're a painter :-)
Thanks for noticing that. Yes, days and sometimes weeks go into the creation of these paintings. Patience and perseverance are key to creating traditional paintings for sure.
Mine is in pretty good shape as well. I have several of his books. I have always loved the Art of Boris Frazetta. Fantasy Art I always have loved but I just am not as good at it as I would love to be. I am giving it another shot thanks to you. I am a first year Tattoo artist as well.
Hi, Isaac. If you're interested in learning EVERYTHING about oil painting, I am taking pre-orders right now for an over 6.5 hour long video on Oil Painting. Basically I will cover every aspect in detail. Take look at it and if you're interested, consider pre-ordering so the project will actually get made. Pre-ordering gets you the lowest price it will ever be. www.kickstarter.com/projects/threepointspub/jeff-miracolas-fantasy-art-oil-painting-techniques?ref=dtsf5i Thanks, Jeff P.S. Regardless, I'm glad I could inspire you to start using oils :-)
Gesso-primed masonite isn't my preferred surface. I prefer gessoed cold press illustration board. But I already had this large board prepared, so I used it :-) It depends on the project and the subject of the painting which surface I paint on. I'll use canvas if detail is not something I'm looking for. I can get finer detail on masonite or illustration board. Plus, each surface has different drying times. Paint takes way longer to dry on canvas than it does on masonite or illustration board.
Thanks Dean. No, I have not tried liquin yet. I do plan to try it out though. I just need to try it on a smaller painting and one that isn't for a client. But I should get the chance to try that soon. Anything that can speed up drying times is a good thing :-)
I'm a bit late to the party but that was awesome Jeff, thank you for sharing. I got a lot out of this. I enjoyed the bloopers at the end as well. Well done!
I enjoyed it a lot, and your process explanations are great for us who are learning. And her questions are good and help a lot too! Thank you for doing this.
Thanks so much. I'm glad you find my videos helpful because there are more on the way :-) And that camera woman is my lovely wife. So we all have her to thank for being patient with me. She asks great questions.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm teaching myself value painting and your video made me finally understand occlusion shadows. I've been frustrated since days because I was unsure of wether or not they were present in core and cast shadows and now I've finally made progress. Thank you so much. This has helped my motivation a lot and made me really happy. Your creature design is fantastic too (John Howe levels of fantastic even). I really like the dragons shoulders and the way the back muscles bulge. It makes him look dynamic and adds a lot of realism.
Thank you. I started the same way. Pencils, then pens, then paint. Each one presented a whole new challenge that has been fun, and frustrating, to tackle. But if you put in the long hours, it will all pay off.
Your videos are great. One element that is added to your videos that many others don't have is the camera operator, whom I assume is your wife. I really appreciate the questions she asks and the answers give much more insight.
Thanks so much, Danny. Yes, that is my wife operating the camera and asking those wonderful questions. I agree that she does a great job of asking the right kinds of questions. She will be happy to hear you enjoy it.
One of the greatest compliments I can get isn't that someone thinks I'm the best artist ever. It's that I inspired them to start creating art of their own. It humbles me to know that I can play a small part in inspiring you. Thank you so much. And yes, more vids will be coming.
The brown underpainting is my guide to follow while dropping in colors. It's also my chance to start working out some of the tonal values in the painting. And yes, there is a huge difference between canvas and masonite (or hardboard). With canvas, your paint soaks into the fabric. The rough surface makes it more of a challenge to get super fine lines. With masonite, the paint sits on top of the surface, never soaking in. You can get a lot of fine line detail because the surface is so smooth.
Father and son collaboration.. I love it and I loved the finish work.
Thank you very much, Bob :-)
i love when the ball point pens will be the most simplest looking thing to create all that beautiful work
Very cool. I am glad that you did this in "real time," not in high speed so we could see your brush strokes. Thank you.
It was great to see how much time you spent on individual highlights and details! So often, artists post time lapse videos and people who have just begun oil painting don't get to see that professionals take their time! Thanks for the amazing video.
Robin Goettsch you're very welcome, Robin. I do try my best to make sure I get close ups and things like that so people can see the details. It's definitely something that frustrated me when looking at other how-to videos. Not enough close-ups and explanation. So glad you noticed :-)
I certainly did. The finished work is beautiful, by the way. Looking forward to the next how-to on your channel!
Thank you so much.My biggest influence was an artist named Frank Frazetta. He is hands down the grand master of fantasy art. When I was a teenager, one of the first things I did to learn more about drawing the human figure was to go buy a few books by George Bridgman. I copied nearly every drawing in his books. I still have my old sketchbooks with all those drawings. Taught me everything I needed to know about how to draw anatomy. So first get really good at drawing. The painting can come later.
I love that your son wrote something awesome and you were able to illustrate it awesomely :D
Technique , creativity and humor.
Your art works are stunning , and I do enjoy the humor.
Anne McCaffrey would be proud!
Just brilliant. I have learnt so much already that has really helped refine my technique significantly. Also, you have taken a lot of the "scary" out of doing such detailed work. I particularly like how you show the step by step methods you use for each stage. It made me realise that I need to put in a lot more work before I start the actual painting. Thanks so much!
This is the most satisfying video I've seen on YT in a millennia.
Posted in 2013 nearly now less than 30 days till 2020 and still coming back to this, such inspiration! This video process helped me alot in the traditonal style and how to approach acrylic
Man I’m just discovering your channel. I’m new to oils and acrylics and already I have gain a lot just from studying your older works All this morning . I really appreciate you explaining your steps. You mention that you learn from a few artists from a book. So I feel extremely fortunate to see you in action. Already I’m excited to experiment with linseed oil for my backgrounds ( which I normally do in acrylics). Definitely going to implement that under paint Technique with acrylics before applying oils. Man you are a living legend with the paint. I pray to collaborate one day.
-Prence
That’s a beautiful painting. If a painting looks good on the wall from a distance and you don’t know what the subject is , and it looks good up close Boeing the subject then you’ve done it. Nice
I admire you as an artist. But more than that, these videos reveal a small portion of you as a human being. That you have made this painting for your son, based on one of his stories, and that your wife is involved in making these videos is truly heartwarming and a great example for artists and non-artists alike.
What I like about this video, which is also the best hint an artist can give to everyone who wants to be an artisti, is that you actually show that behind a single painting or drawing there are days and days of work. With the internet we can se tons of beatiful paintings, but we can't really get what a long time it takes to paint them.
Great video loved it. I love how you explain what you're doing. I also think it's pretty amazing that your son had came up with the idea to write a book and you came up with this awesome painting. A father and son Duo. And a trio with your wife filming in the background. Love it
Just watched this with my 9 year old grandson. He says you're the best artist in the world and can he go see your paintings in a museum. I'm second best apparently so the rest of my month will be painting second best dragons for him lol
Outstanding!!! And the Bob Ross shirt was the bomb!
The best instructional video I've seen. I paint in oils myself and have not been able to achieve greater detail. This method you demonstrated achieves that and if you don't mind I will be trying it soon. Thanks so much for taking the time to show it.
You sir, are officially the best dad ever.
I wish I had the patience and skill to do this. You are awesome! Never stop doing this
when i lose motivation , come back to this video , makes me want to get into it ! thanks
One of the greatest compliments I can get isn't that someone thinks I'm the best artist ever. It's that I inspired them to start creating art of their own. It humbles me to know that I can play a small part in inspiring you. Thank you so much. And yes, more vids will be coming.
You doing a video like this is one of the most generous things one artist could do for another...and you do it for anonymous people. Thank you sir!
You are very welcome, Matthew. It's really gratifying to do something like this. I wish UA-cam existed when I was a young artist so I could learn from others. So at least I'm able to give back a little and pass on the knowledge.
Funny how the sky turned out to look more like the Earth below, which made the whole falling concept work even better :) Such an inspirational video, thank you so much. *heart*
Kinda cool that I never saw it that way, but now that you mention it I can see it :-)
Trust the process. When I’m painting I love listening to people say man stop there don’t do anything else and then they see the end and wonder how.
Jeff you are more than a pro artist, your will of make this video it´s a bless ! You are a one of a kind ! You dont know how greatfull i am with your attitude ! I´m 28 and my child dream of make my personal creation and illustration with this thech was almost dead, i tryed a lots of thing but you gave to me a true way of work ! God bless you ! Publish more vids ! PLSSS
As I'm not an oil painter and have watched only 2 of your vids- wow !! Have learnt so much!! You really are a reincarnated master! Thanks again!
Incredible JEFF that you show your PROCESS! THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm gonna consider the Patreon! Stay happy and healthy ma man!
So nice of you to say that. I'm glad you find my videos useful. Thank you.
I learn something new with every one of your videos. Thanks for sharing this. Even old artists like me can learn new techniques!
I am so lost with all the different techniques in oil and acrylics but it's so nice to see a piece created from a to z and takng time to explain how it's been done...thank you so much for your share
You're very welcome. thank you.
thats how big boys do it. awesome illustration, you are as good as Boris
This was awesome and is closer to what I want to do than anything else I've seen. I'm blown away by your technique with so many mediums...I have a lot of practicing to do!
I started painting because of you.
You inspired me.
Thanks.
Pretty golden stuff on the outtakes reel 😄 Awesome job with the painting. Nice behind the scenes stuff, which makes me want to try out painting with acrylics and oils :)
Thank you for showing this process in a really detailed manner; it's certainly not one I've seen in school, but I feel it is the process I've been searching for. Thank you so much, and awesome work!
Absolutely amazing. and the detail you guys take making the videos is impressive by itself. I really enjoying watching and learning from your videos.
I love these longer videos you do! :) wish you had more of em.
You did that for your son! Want to adopt a full grown man:)
Awesome
Thank you for sharing! All steps helped me understand the process better. Concise and kept on topic too! ah... you are up there with Borris.
Amazing! You should definitely put more of this kind of works.
I watched this twice and have already noted improvements. You are very correct about the internet, in that current and future artists should appreciate the road already paved by the new digital age.
OMG I FOUND WHAT I WAS ALWAYS LOOKING FOR. YOU. AMAZING FANTASY PAINTER SHARING WITH US HIS TECHNIQUE. THANK YOU. :-*
Ur awesome , love the conversation between u and the camera woman, these type of videos are very helpful. I really appreciate how much time u take to do these videos, would love to see more of these
I came to gain wisdom and realized afterwards that I had an amazing time just watching this one video. You're funny, knowledgable, entertaining and overal very interesting to watch. And of course, your work is superb. Thank you for uploading these videos :) I genuinly love watching them!
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoyed it. FYI, I am taking pre-orders right now for an over 6.5 hour long video on Oil Painting. basically I will cover every aspect in detail. Take look at it and if you're interested, consider pre-ordering so the project will actually get made.
www.kickstarter.com/projects/threepointspub/jeff-miracolas-fantasy-art-oil-painting-techniques?ref=dtsf5i
Sorry for the "sales pitch", but if I don't let people know about it, they say to me one day that they never knew about it.
Again, thanks for digging my videos. Means a lot.
We just talked on Facebook about your dislike for country ;) And please don't apologize, I really want to back your Kickstarter ^__^
You are very welcome, Matthew. Yes, all the prep work is a pain, but it pays off in the end. Glad you enjoy it.
Great details, very nice to get some tips to my next dragon-drawing 😁
This one of the best art video in UA-cam. Absolutely a must-see for any beginner. Greetings from Chile, Master Miracola.
Max, I used Linseed oil. It keeps the paint wet longer than turpentine does. Therefore I can continue to work back into it for a while. Turpentine evaporates too quickly. If I use linseed oil, I can paint an area, walk away, return a few hours later and still blend other paint into it because it is still wet and oily.
Incredibly talented artistic creation !!!!
Awesome videos, very useful for beginners and advanced artists. Thanks for sharing all this information for free.
You are most welcome, Mike. Thanks for taking the time to view my video.
Most instructive video ever.
This is my favorite fantasy painting you have done Jeff. It is so epic! Love the entire piece, very inspiring.
Yeah, I wished I had talked more about that as well. This painting was created at the same time as another one and I was trying to get them done for a deadline, so I didn't get a chance to do a more detailed job with the explanations.
For this painting I am using masonite, which I buy at my local hardware store, in my case Home Depot. Masonite is also called hard board, too. And I also use illustration board, but not usually for paintings this big because the illustration board I have is single thickness and at this size it would warp more than I want. I could get double thick illustration board for this size, but it costs more and I'm cheap :-)
Great video! Incredibly insightful. I'm mostly self taught when it comes to oils, so seeing someone paint and talk about their own technique is wonderful. Also, Dragons kick butt. Every time. Thanks!
Thanks Jessica. Yep same here. I'm self taught with oils. In fact, I found oils to be much easier for me to use than acrylics when I first started painting. Now I paint with either just as easily. But I still love oils to most.
jeffmiracola I learned with acrylic in high school for the theatre. I was making things look like wood and marble all sorts of things. I was used to the paint drying so fast, but sometimes I think it's easier to fix things with acrylic. You can hide most of the underpainting if you need to. When I started painting on canvas in college, I found it a bit more challenging, but I still didn't have many problems. Then I discovered Oils. I needed one more credit to receive a grant for school, so I did an independent study. I realized that I had to wait for paint to dry before moving onto the next layer, but I loved that I could still move the paint around and blend stuff. You also make digital artworks, correct? Perhaps this isn't exactly the place to ask, but do you have any suggestions for beginners (programs, tablets, references...)?
Wow Jeff! This has to be one of my fav painting that you have drew. Your a great Dad to do this for you son. Its really a beautiful picture. I wish I had a fraction of you talent.
Thank you for enjoying my work. I deeply appreciate it. I worked on this painting and another one at the same time for about a month. If I had to guess I would say this painting took me two weeks of 8 hour days to complete. Maybe a little longer if you factor in the time for doing the drawing, too. One of these days I should put a timer next to my easel and keep track because I'd bet I'll find out that I really only make $7.50 per hour doing this stuff :-)
Wow! I enjoyed watching you paint and I'm definitely going to try the hardboard with grasp. Thanks for sharing! I'm so excited about trying another oil painting on hard board. Thx thx thx !!!!!
I went to art school but actually never really did much painting in school. I taught myself how to paint after I left school by studying the works of other artists. I spent countless hours paging through art books and staring at paintings to figure out how they were made.
Awesome choice of music! Totally fits the mood and movement of the painting.
Way awesome painting! It's hard to describe how it makes me feel, it's so otherworldly awesome. I love the sense of mass and depth in the dragon
I'm teaching myself to paint, and after watching this and the winged wraith video, I've started slowing down and actually trying the underpainting technique. It's still tricky to paint, cause I'm colorblind. Thanks for posting these videos, they're so helpful and inspiring.
Big up to you Jeff for being an amazing artist, a great entertainer and a big personality. I really enjoy both your work and your videos.
Absolutely well explained painting process. As an aspiring artist in school for paintjng right now, this has been really helpful.
Wonderful! I'm glad you've found some inspiration in this video :-)
This is dope. Im speechless.
It's an oil that is used to thin oil paints. It does thin out the oil paint so much like using Turpentine would do. Adding Turpentine to oil paint is like adding water to watercolors or acrylics. It will thin out the oil paints way too much. Linseed oil thins the oil paints, but not too much.
Really great video with nice sense of humor! Thanks for sharing!
Great painting! I learn and paint with that technique from Boris too. Now I have to work faster, so i choose acrylics with airbrush. Congratulations!
All I can say is WOW!
Thank you.
pathological detail work , takes me back to my days at art school . thank for sharing ur process
Thank You for sharing those techniques. You must be a very patient person, to do this things, step by step !!
Last Dec I picked up art again after a 3 year break, because I became so inspired by your Goblin painting. Now after watching this video again I decided to pick up oil painting. Your videos really keep changing my life for the better :P
+MultiCastorFiber That's really awesome to read because I might also be responsible for you spending so much money now on supplies. LOL :-) Seriously though, so glad you're inspired by my videos.
+jeffmiracola If you ever become a gangster you're alias can be Miracola The Paint Pusher. Any advice for an aspiring oil painter?
MultiCastorFiber My advice: Be patient and realize you're trying to learn how to use oil paints. What I mean by that is don't worry so much about trying to create great pieces of art. You've got to learn all the basics first. Make mistakes, improvise, don't follow the "rules" of painting. Explore the medium and let it take you new and exciting places. If you try too hard to learn the rules of oil painting when you first start, you'll box yourself into a corner. Is any of this making any sense? Basically just buy some paint, some turpentine, and maybe some linseed oil, a few brushes, and a few canvases. Then make a big, damned mess, stand back and marvel at the stuff you create. learn and move on to the next painting. And then BAM! You're a painter :-)
+jeffmiracola That makes totally sense. Thanks Jeff. Time to make a mess.
i admire you i feel as i have a friend and told me all those useful tools.. many many thanks! my friend
I’ve watched it 3 times now...and it always overhelms me...Amazing and incredible work...this is ARt...#uniqueArtist
Beautiful work, man, and a great tutorial as well. I'm sure I'll watch this many times in the future. Thanks for the education.
Thanks for noticing that. Yes, days and sometimes weeks go into the creation of these paintings. Patience and perseverance are key to creating traditional paintings for sure.
Wow you are great. Love your work. Can't wait to see the other videos.
Glad you enjoyed the video. Yep I have many more for you :-)
I have the Boris book and wrote a report about it in college. Love it. So glad to see you use the same technique. Thanks
I still have my copy. It's a little beat up but not that bad. I was looking at it again a few weeks ago. Still such a useful book.
Mine is in pretty good shape as well. I have several of his books. I have always loved the Art of Boris Frazetta. Fantasy Art I always have loved but I just am not as good at it as I would love to be. I am giving it another shot thanks to you. I am a first year Tattoo artist as well.
thankyou this has put a fire in my belly to start learning oils.
Hi, Isaac.
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Thanks,
Jeff
P.S. Regardless, I'm glad I could inspire you to start using oils :-)
Gesso-primed masonite isn't my preferred surface. I prefer gessoed cold press illustration board. But I already had this large board prepared, so I used it :-)
It depends on the project and the subject of the painting which surface I paint on. I'll use canvas if detail is not something I'm looking for. I can get finer detail on masonite or illustration board. Plus, each surface has different drying times. Paint takes way longer to dry on canvas than it does on masonite or illustration board.
Beautiful work! the bloopers at the end cracked me up...very funny and added me to your fan list:) thank you for sharing your process...
Thank you.
Looks like a scene from dragon's dogma, amazing!
Thanks Dean. No, I have not tried liquin yet. I do plan to try it out though. I just need to try it on a smaller painting and one that isn't for a client. But I should get the chance to try that soon. Anything that can speed up drying times is a good thing :-)
I am so glad I ran across your channel. In this video you answered questions that I had for a long time.
Shaque Jones Happy to hear that, Shaque :-) Thanks for watching and enjoying my videos.
Jeff your a miracle. I dream of doing illustration.
I'm a bit late to the party but that was awesome Jeff, thank you for sharing. I got a lot out of this. I enjoyed the bloopers at the end as well. Well done!
+tiger2e74 Better late than never, right? Glad you enjoyed it so much.
I enjoyed it a lot, and your process explanations are great for us who are learning. And her questions are good and help a lot too! Thank you for doing this.
Thanks so much. I'm glad you find my videos helpful because there are more on the way :-) And that camera woman is my lovely wife. So we all have her to thank for being patient with me. She asks great questions.
Great detailed painting!Beautiful background!I like it
+Alexandra Guzu thank yo very much :-)
THANK YOU SO MUCH! I'm teaching myself value painting and your video made me finally understand occlusion shadows. I've been frustrated since days because I was unsure of wether or not they were present in core and cast shadows and now I've finally made progress. Thank you so much. This has helped my motivation a lot and made me really happy.
Your creature design is fantastic too (John Howe levels of fantastic even). I really like the dragons shoulders and the way the back muscles bulge. It makes him look dynamic and adds a lot of realism.
I have never seen a oil painting in progress! This is so amazing! Thank you for sharing ❣️✨✨
Magical 😍🙏🏻
Thank you. I started the same way. Pencils, then pens, then paint. Each one presented a whole new challenge that has been fun, and frustrating, to tackle. But if you put in the long hours, it will all pay off.
Thans so much Jeff!!!!
Thank You for this process video, brilliant stuff!
Your videos are great. One element that is added to your videos that many others don't have is the camera operator, whom I assume is your wife. I really appreciate the questions she asks and the answers give much more insight.
Thanks so much, Danny. Yes, that is my wife operating the camera and asking those wonderful questions. I agree that she does a great job of asking the right kinds of questions. She will be happy to hear you enjoy it.
This is just what I needed to learn today. Thank you. Great attitude, work, video, dialog...everything. Appreciated!!!!!
Wow I love this painting!
Thank you :-)
Thanks for everything!
One of the greatest compliments I can get isn't that someone thinks I'm the best artist ever. It's that I inspired them to start creating art of their own. It humbles me to know that I can play a small part in inspiring you. Thank you so much. And yes, more vids will be coming.
Thank U...!!
I'm an Illestrator, just learning how to paint with oil. I learned a lot from your video. Thank you...
You got me into Acrylics
Jeff- wonderful. Thanks for the helpful videos.
you're very welcome, John.