اجمل الفنون الفنون التشكيليه جميعا والاجمل ان تشاهد فنان متمرس بياخدك الى عالم جميل وكله احاسيس راقيه من مساحه بيضاء الى عمل فنى جميل وراقى ويمتع المشاهد كل الشكر للمجهود الكبير لقناة الرواءع داءما
Painting is essentially creating an illusion of different skin tones and textures. It's hard to imagine all of the colours that go into creating that 3D effect, but having it laid out simply and logically the way you have done, makes the whole process seem like much less of a nightmare. Thanks a lot, this has been a great help!
+James Livingstone Happy to help. The final ingredient to creating that masterpiece is lots of practice. Making lots of mistakes and rotten paintings to finally discover things that you thought you really knew all along but had to see to believe. It's the journey that can be fun and is so satisfying.
i absolutely love your videos. they ARE the best and resonate with me. thank you for sharing your energy, gifts, talents and humor with all all!!! blessings ~
Just 8 hours of painting? I'm raelly amazed by that. I could...I DO spend that time getting a shirt right. I think I should stop doing that. But I like messing with that so it may be a challenge in itself to *not* paint. Thanks so much. Love how you tell the story of paint, both the voice as I do the brush.
Very great instructional video!! Great color and nuances!! Am gonna watch your videos over and over again!! Only made 1 portrait myself. A black & white selfportrait, but had issues with the hair and eyes. Thanks very much for that video and keep up the good work!!
I commend you Sir. You are very detailed in explaining what must we do when we paint. I like and appreciate your effort and idea of putting the real picture on the video, that's why it was way easier for me to follow what you were talking about in this video. I was looking for a video that had the real picture copy on it and thank God I found your video. "Don't think of it as a face, a nose, an ear... they are shapes" That changed how I see painting. Thank you, thank you,thank you very much Sir
@irudley I must have seen ur video I duuno how manytimes. I have no experience in oil painting but have a good sense of Color and perspective. I am most scared of portraits but u made them so easy even for starters like me. I drew a sketch and kept it like that for more than a month just coz i was afraid it might turn horrible. Anyways I have started it now and hopefully will complete it soon. Love your work n God bless u loads!
Great video. Mixing the correct colours are a problem to most people. Can you say what colour mixes you use in future vids please? Thanks for sharing. 5*
The only difference with using oils is that they dry much more slowly. Therefore you can blend the edges of shapes, and mix colors right on the canvas before they dry. These are two very big advantages for me. Clean-up takes a little more time. The rest is all the same as any other pigment binder.
Ha ha ha. I see your point. But that would not be boring. No matter how long it takes, showing amazing stuff like this never gets old or boring. On a side note; I have seen the gallery at the university of Groningen. Literally a portrait collection through the ages. Some commissioned portraits there are (in style) exactly like what this sketch looks at the end of this video. Impressionism obviously was in style this last century. It is only the last decade(s) realisme is making a come back.
For thin washes like an undercoating, I use odorless turp. For later stages with thicker paint I use very small amounts of Winson & Newton painting medium. Some people like a 50% mixture of stand oil and turp. There are many other painting mediums, but be careful, some may turn yellow after time.
Very good teaching, simplistic. But i have a question. Do u use the same process when painting a darker toned person? I find it hard to do the dark areas because i don't want them to be completely black,
I don't have a particular brand of brushes that I favor. Expensive brushes don't seem to do any more for me than cheap ones, as long as they hold their shape and flexibility. I use both Bristol and Sable (or soft) brushes, depending on how heavy or light the application seems to need. They are mostly Filbert or square, but occasionally small pointed brushes come in handy for the fine detail. I try to use the largest brush I can for a particular area. Too small wastes time. Hope this helps.
I try to finish an area that requires a special mix in one session, like the background, the hair, the shirt, the face, etc. I don't usually to do this, but if you need to continue more than one session with a critical color mix, you can add a drop of Clove oil to the paint. It slows the drying time down, but be careful, too much Clove oil and it will never dry in your lifetime. I make it a point to remember the colors I use to make a particular mix, so I can repeat it, or get close enough.
Keep in mind that this is a portrait sketch, intended to be loose and painterly for practice and instruction. For my commission work I might also spend 10 or 20 hours on just the shirt. However, if all I did was finished, commissioned paintings I would only do about 3 or 4 a year. That's not enough practice to learn new and better techniques. (And too boring for UA-cam.)
Up until the year 2000 I was totally self-taught, so I have probably picked up many bad habits. Since then Ive taken workshops from 3 great artist/teachers, who have greatly influenced my painting ability. What Im teaching is mostly what Ive learned from trial and much error, plus what the workshops have taught me. It works for me, and hopefully for others, but I wouldnt say its the only way, or even the best way. Maybe it will work for you.
It's a good feeling to know that I'm inspiring and educating other artists. This will be my legacy when I'm long gone. Work hard. Make me proud!. Thanks.
You are absolutely right. However, it doesn't need to be absolutely polished to fool the eye of many people. I try to keep a somewhat rough, or painterly look to my work, but still get criticized for competing with a camera. Therefore, many of my paintings leave some portion (like the bottom) unfinished. Then it is obviously a painting. Can't please everybody.
I recently purchase your video. Thank you! It is an incredible resource. I'd like to know if you have a video showing what brushes you use. i.e. brands, types, and uses.
WOW!!! I appreciate your generosity in sharing this particular work. THe close up shots were a wonderful addition for seeing the separation of colors that would be blended, as well as the values of the given colors before shading. As one who is definitely not adept of painting ANY kind of human face, much less a portrait of a specific person, this was really helpful. Thank you so much!
Just seen your videos..I've just started painting portraits and was a bit unsure if i was doing it right or not, These Videos you put on, are very helpful thanx..If i got any questions would it be ok to ask you?
Thank you for your kind comment. The things I would like to hear most, are how my videos have made a marked improvememnt in how well you paint, and how much you now enjoy your own paintings. The sensation you can get from seeing your efforts come to life, is a real thrill. Don't look for it. It will come when you least expect it. So, just have fun painting!
@Topdoginuk bob is the master of all....art.......thanks top....loved the man and shit beat the devil outta that with his lovely grin staring at his two inch brushes.....america sure had a real master in bob...
@irudley While I love both mediums, I find oils tend to be richer and stronger, especially with lighter transparent colors, such as isoindolinone yellow and chromaphtal yellow. Oils will take more of a pigment load, which can be advantageous. And, as you said, blending is easier and better with oils. Cool painting, by the way!
Color is a complex subject. I will get into it in future videos. Strangely enough, If you get the draftsmanship right, you can get away with almost any colors. I've seen blue faces, green faces, red faces, you name it. They all worked and gave a particular effect.
Thank you for this walkthrough! Now with UA-cam accepting larger recording time, you should be able to put the whole process in one video. I'm a digital artist primarily, but I want to venture into oils. I've done acrylic, but it's oils that intrigue me the most. I just ventured onto your series and I think I really want to get into oils.
I've never actually used oils before when painting, I've only ever used Acrylics and Water color, are oils difficult to use, and is there a certain way of using them? thanks.
You probably can use acrylics if you can keep them wet long enough. I never tried it. My technique does use blending, so if you can do that, I don't see why you can't use acrylics. The color pigments are the same.
Thanks for the comment. I have over 30 videos on UA-cam, that mostly teach some facet of painting portraits in oil. However, If you are just getting into it, I recommend that you buy my DVD titled, "How I Did It". It runs an hour and 10 minutes, taking you from start to finish. Go to my web site, cfsvideo (dot) net to order it with PayPal. The UA-cam videos will be very helpful after you learn the basics from the DVD.
I happen to agree with you. The looser style of painting is much more artistic., and I'm working very hard to develop my ability to work that way. For me it's not easy, since I tend to over work my paintings sometimes without realizing it. Thanks for the reminder.
Thank you some much for this and for explaining the process! I love your work and find it very motivating. I wonder about your point on quantity. I know a lot of painters who do painting after painting and don't improve and I include some illustrators, they churn out work to a deadline and become hacks. If a painting doesn't work, isn't it necessary to analyse it to see whats wrong?. I just want to thank you for this as I want to start oils, thank you, I love your work, keep posting!
Thanks for the comments. You're probably right about the brushes and colors, but I'm mostly self-taught and never learned the best techniques. However, all I can teach is what works for me, and hopefully it helps those that need, at least, something to get them beyond where they presently are as an artist. Thanks for the plus as instructor.
When I look back at some of my older paintings, I often wonder why I didn't see then what I now see now as I paint. The obvious answer is "Experience". It takes the brain a while, and a lot of "reminding" to finally absorb and learn new things. That's why I constantly insist that the real secret to improving anything is, "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE." There, I've exposed the deep dark secret of how to paint portraits!
@irudley What do you mean by more artistic? I work both loosely and tightly, simply and with a lot of detail. I don't usually find one style to be more "artistic" than the other, so I'd like to know what you're getting at. :)
Skin colors will vary depending on the light sources and the actual skin color of the subject. I have found that a basic set of paint colors will get me started, but I'll vary from that according to what I see. Try Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ocher, Cadmium Red Light, Sap Green, and of course, White. But remember, This is only a starting point. Try to see the colors in the subject and match them.
When you get to ezxercise number 400, you'll begin to understand what I'm talking about. This is a message meant for all art students. DON'T TRY TO MAKE EVERY PAINTING A MASTERPIECE!!! It will only lead to frustration, and probabl;y make you want to give up painting. Keep in mind that each painting is only for practice, and you intend to throw it away or give it to someone you don't like. In the beginning look for quantity, not quality. That comes later.
i like this style of painting, which i called "oldschool", much much better that those "copy paste smooth" ones, ok sure they look unbelievably awesome, but this one more looks like a painting, literally, which gives that gorgeous look and taste of art, than those photography alike, which are beautiful but gives no emotions- just copypaste thing.
your very good and very informative.. i like you a lot better than most my professors in college.. question..what medium do you use sir? any suggestions for me?
Think of learning to paint like learning to play a musical instrument. Would you start by trying to play Chopin on the piano? Or would you start with simple scales? If you don't know the answer I suggest you learn underwater basketweaving instead. Would you play the scales once, or twice, or 20 times, or 20,000 times? The same thing is true with painting. Don't start with your Mom's or Dad's portrait! You'd be amazed at how many students have told me that.
Why do you feel the shadow is more difficult than the light? Isn't it just another bunch of shapes of different colors and values? Paint a bright Yellow-Orange triangle. Then paint a Greenish-Brown triangle right next to it. Was one harder than the other? I don't think so! Read my previous paragraph. When you get to painting 100, most of your problems will be gone. (500 is even better.)
Normally I use Winsor & Newton "Artists' Painting Medium", or if I want quicker drying I use their "Liquin" medium. Don't use very much or the paint becomes slippery and hard to control. In this case "Less" is better.
Skin color will vary all over the place. Aside from different races, the color of the light reflecting off the skin will also be different in every different situation. For most skin tones Cadmium Red Light, Yellow Ocher, and Sap Green, plus White will be a good starting point, but after that you will need to modify based on what you see. Avoid making a face of just varying shades of brown. Almost every color in the rainbow is there if you just look hard enough.
Thank you. Substitute "amazing" with "lucky". Lucky to have been born with some talent, and even luckier to have had some great teachers along the way. If I had never tried to draw, I would not have known I could do it. If no one had ever shown me how to draw better, you would not have seen my videos. Unless you try to do something, you'll never know if it was possible. And unless you lean on the arm of someone who has been doing it, you will never achieve doing it well.
The range of values you see in nature (Lightest light to Darkest Dark) cannot be reproduced on your canvas! You are limited to white paint for the lightest and black for the darkest. Think in terms of only about 4 or 5 values in between those limits. (50% for half light, 25% quarter light, etc. See where the relative values of the shapes in the subject fall. Match those percentages in paint. You can't get whiter than white or blacker than black paint.
You too will be great if you work as hard at it as I have. I give everyone the secret. it's only 3 little words, "Practice, Practice, Practice". Just do it, and you will be amazed.
Actually I do a lot of experimenting with my style. Sometines very loose, and sometimes very tight. So far, my preference is somewhere in the middle. Not so tight it looks like a photo, or so loose it just looks sloppy. Sometimes I leave a part unfinished, so it's obvviously not a photo.
Mostly sables or soft brushes that are best for blending, and leave fewer rough texture lines as with stiff bristles. I don't paint very thick. No particular brand.
Thanks. I took me many years and lots of frustration to realize how working this way simplifies creating a 2 dimensional representation of a 3 dimensional object. Unless you are sculpting, you are not going to make a nose! You are going to make something that the mind of a viewer will interpret as a nose. Think of yourself as an interpreter. Learn to speak the language of visual interpretation. Learn to make shapes that look like objects.
@irudley Thank you for replying. I'm just working through the Learn & Master Painting course with Gayle Leveé by Legacy Learning Systems. It's slow & boring to begin with but, looks promising later in the course. I've learned a great deal from your video already. I'm a Bob Ross Certified Instructor but, inactive. This isn't a true Artist because 'ya not taught colour mixing science, you only replicate Bobs paintings. I look forward to more of your vids. Thanks for advice.
Clear, concise commentary. But, could I follow your instruction using acrylics - perhaps if I used a retarder to keep the paint 'open' longer. Thank you. Annie
اجمل الفنون الفنون التشكيليه جميعا والاجمل ان تشاهد فنان متمرس بياخدك الى عالم جميل وكله احاسيس راقيه من مساحه بيضاء الى عمل فنى جميل وراقى ويمتع المشاهد كل الشكر للمجهود الكبير لقناة الرواءع داءما
I watched and rewatched this video over and over when i first started oil painting 10 years ago. I think about it all the time! Thank you Irv!
Dear Sir,
You are not only a talent painter & good teacher, but also an excellent man with your great eager to teach us (amateurs).
Painting is essentially creating an illusion of different skin tones and textures. It's hard to imagine all of the colours that go into creating that 3D effect, but having it laid out simply and logically the way you have done, makes the whole process seem like much less of a nightmare. Thanks a lot, this has been a great help!
+James Livingstone Happy to help. The final ingredient to creating that masterpiece is lots of practice. Making lots of mistakes and rotten paintings to finally discover things that you thought you really knew all along but had to see to believe. It's the journey that can be fun and is so satisfying.
i absolutely love your videos. they ARE the best and resonate with me.
thank you for sharing your energy, gifts, talents and humor with all all!!!
blessings ~
Just 8 hours of painting? I'm raelly amazed by that. I could...I DO spend that time getting a shirt right. I think I should stop doing that. But I like messing with that so it may be a challenge in itself to *not* paint.
Thanks so much. Love how you tell the story of paint, both the voice as I do the brush.
Great explanations and painting, very inspiring thank you : )
Very great instructional video!! Great color and nuances!! Am gonna watch your videos over and over again!! Only made 1 portrait myself. A black & white selfportrait, but had issues with the hair and eyes.
Thanks very much for that video and keep up the good work!!
I commend you Sir.
You are very detailed in explaining what must we do when we paint. I like and appreciate your effort and idea of putting the real picture on the video, that's why it was way easier for me to follow what you were talking about in this video. I was looking for a video that had the real picture copy on it and thank God I found your video. "Don't think of it as a face, a nose, an ear... they are shapes" That changed how I see painting. Thank you, thank you,thank you very much Sir
@irudley I must have seen ur video I duuno how manytimes. I have no experience in oil painting but have a good sense of Color and perspective. I am most scared of portraits but u made them so easy even for starters like me. I drew a sketch and kept it like that for more than a month just coz i was afraid it might turn horrible. Anyways I have started it now and hopefully will complete it soon. Love your work n God bless u loads!
I really appreciate you taking the time to walk through your painting process, I enjoy them all. Thank you :)
IRV! Jeremy from Tom Nash's workshop...good to see your work on youtube!
Great video.
Mixing the correct colours are a problem to most people. Can you say what colour mixes you use in future vids please?
Thanks for sharing.
5*
The only difference with using oils is that they dry much more slowly. Therefore you can blend the edges of shapes, and mix colors right on the canvas before they dry. These are two very big advantages for me. Clean-up takes a little more time. The rest is all the same as any other pigment binder.
Ha ha ha. I see your point. But that would not be boring. No matter how long it takes, showing amazing stuff like this never gets old or boring.
On a side note;
I have seen the gallery at the university of Groningen. Literally a portrait collection through the ages. Some commissioned portraits there are (in style) exactly like what this sketch looks at the end of this video. Impressionism obviously was in style this last century. It is only the last decade(s) realisme is making a come back.
Bravissimo! Grande artista!! Che invidia.. :-)
For thin washes like an undercoating, I use odorless turp. For later stages with thicker paint I use very small amounts of Winson & Newton painting medium. Some people like a 50% mixture of stand oil and turp. There are many other painting mediums, but be careful, some may turn yellow after time.
Very good teaching, simplistic. But i have a question. Do u use the same process when painting a darker toned person? I find it hard to do the dark areas because i don't want them to be completely black,
Thank you! Ill keep that in mind, oh and do you have any advice for any beginners?
I don't have a particular brand of brushes that I favor. Expensive brushes don't seem to do any more for me than cheap ones, as long as they hold their shape and flexibility. I use both Bristol and Sable (or soft) brushes, depending on how heavy or light the application seems to need. They are mostly Filbert or square, but occasionally small pointed brushes come in handy for the fine detail. I try to use the largest brush I can for a particular area. Too small wastes time. Hope this helps.
I try to finish an area that requires a special mix in one session, like the background, the hair, the shirt, the face, etc. I don't usually to do this, but if you need to continue more than one session with a critical color mix, you can add a drop of Clove oil to the paint. It slows the drying time down, but be careful, too much Clove oil and it will never dry in your lifetime.
I make it a point to remember the colors I use to make a particular mix, so I can repeat it, or get close enough.
Irv ,
Great Instruction! I like your Painting style!
Keep in mind that this is a portrait sketch, intended to be loose and painterly for practice and instruction. For my commission work I might also spend 10 or 20 hours on just the shirt. However, if all I did was finished, commissioned paintings I would only do about 3 or 4 a year. That's not enough practice to learn new and better techniques. (And too boring for UA-cam.)
Up until the year 2000 I was totally self-taught, so I have probably picked up many bad habits. Since then Ive taken workshops from 3 great artist/teachers, who have greatly influenced my painting ability. What Im teaching is mostly what Ive learned from trial and much error, plus what the workshops have taught me. It works for me, and hopefully for others, but I wouldnt say its the only way, or even the best way. Maybe it will work for you.
It's a good feeling to know that I'm inspiring and educating other artists. This will be my legacy when I'm long gone. Work hard. Make me proud!. Thanks.
I think you're an amazing artist...love from pakistan :)
Very good work! I have a question, before starting to paint, draw by eye or decals man somehow?
You are absolutely right. However, it doesn't need to be absolutely polished to fool the eye of many people. I try to keep a somewhat rough, or painterly look to my work, but still get criticized for competing with a camera. Therefore, many of my paintings leave some portion (like the bottom) unfinished. Then it is obviously a painting. Can't please everybody.
you are very good at sketching too. is it important to really make a perfect replica of the photo when you sketch it?
Hi, I love your portrait.
I would like to know what kind the blue you used on this portrait, (head and hair),please.
Thank You !
Gigi
Very awesome drawing
Thanks. There is a lot of good info in this video. Study it.
I recently purchase your video. Thank you! It is an incredible resource. I'd like to know if you have a video showing what brushes you use. i.e. brands, types, and uses.
WOW!!! I appreciate your generosity in sharing this particular work. THe close up shots were a wonderful addition for seeing the separation of colors that would be blended, as well as the values of the given colors before shading. As one who is definitely not adept of painting ANY kind of human face, much less a portrait of a specific person, this was really helpful. Thank you so much!
Just seen your videos..I've just started painting portraits and was a bit unsure if i was doing it right or not, These Videos you put on, are very helpful thanx..If i got any questions would it be ok to ask you?
Very inspiring. Thank you for uploading. Great work!
Thank you for your kind comment. The things I would like to hear most, are how my videos have made a marked improvememnt in how well you paint, and how much you now enjoy your own paintings. The sensation you can get from seeing your efforts come to life, is a real thrill. Don't look for it. It will come when you least expect it. So, just have fun painting!
irudley, Thank You, very useful and great idea to forward the motions, just perfect !
Thank you for your helpful, excellent videos!
@Topdoginuk bob is the master of all....art.......thanks top....loved the man and shit beat the devil outta that with his lovely grin staring at his two inch brushes.....america sure had a real master in bob...
irudley, if I work all you shown in multiple days, I am gonna have problems in maintaining same tones every day when I start a fresh palette ?
@irudley While I love both mediums, I find oils tend to be richer and stronger, especially with lighter transparent colors, such as isoindolinone yellow and chromaphtal yellow. Oils will take more of a pigment load, which can be advantageous. And, as you said, blending is easier and better with oils. Cool painting, by the way!
Color is a complex subject. I will get into it in future videos. Strangely enough, If you get the draftsmanship right, you can get away with almost any colors. I've seen blue faces, green faces, red faces, you name it. They all worked and gave a particular effect.
Thank you for this walkthrough! Now with UA-cam accepting larger recording time, you should be able to put the whole process in one video. I'm a digital artist primarily, but I want to venture into oils. I've done acrylic, but it's oils that intrigue me the most. I just ventured onto your series and I think I really want to get into oils.
I've never actually used oils before when painting, I've only ever used Acrylics and Water color, are oils difficult to use, and is there a certain way of using them? thanks.
You probably can use acrylics if you can keep them wet long enough. I never tried it. My technique does use blending, so if you can do that, I don't see why you can't use acrylics. The color pigments are the same.
wht is oil paint?is it like poster paint?
Thanks for the comment. I have over 30 videos on UA-cam, that mostly teach some facet of painting portraits in oil. However, If you are just getting into it, I recommend that you buy my DVD titled, "How I Did It". It runs an hour and 10 minutes, taking you from start to finish. Go to my web site, cfsvideo (dot) net to order it with PayPal. The UA-cam videos will be very helpful after you learn the basics from the DVD.
Awesome portrait
I happen to agree with you. The looser style of painting is much more artistic., and I'm working very hard to develop my ability to work that way. For me it's not easy, since I tend to over work my paintings sometimes without realizing it. Thanks for the reminder.
Thank you some much for this and for explaining the process! I love your work and find it very motivating. I wonder about your point on quantity. I know a lot of painters who do painting after painting and don't improve and I include some illustrators, they churn out work to a deadline and become hacks. If a painting doesn't work, isn't it necessary to analyse it to see whats wrong?. I just want to thank you for this as I want to start oils, thank you, I love your work, keep posting!
Great video, extremely educational. Thank you!
Thanks for the comments. You're probably right about the brushes and colors, but I'm mostly self-taught and never learned the best techniques. However, all I can teach is what works for me, and hopefully it helps those that need, at least, something to get them beyond where they presently are as an artist. Thanks for the plus as instructor.
Amazing! What colors did you use for the face?
When I look back at some of my older paintings, I often wonder why I didn't see then what I now see now as I paint. The obvious answer is "Experience". It takes the brain a while, and a lot of "reminding" to finally absorb and learn new things. That's why I constantly insist that the real secret to improving anything is, "PRACTICE, PRACTICE, PRACTICE." There, I've exposed the deep dark secret of how to paint portraits!
Which colours do you use to make the skin tones?
@irudley What do you mean by more artistic? I work both loosely and tightly, simply and with a lot of detail. I don't usually find one style to be more "artistic" than the other, so I'd like to know what you're getting at. :)
what you use brushes to paint on canvas portrait.? what size brush do I need to do a portrait? Please spunemi
Skin colors will vary depending on the light sources and the actual skin color of the subject. I have found that a basic set of paint colors will get me started, but I'll vary from that according to what I see. Try Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Yellow Ocher, Cadmium Red Light, Sap Green, and of course, White. But remember, This is only a starting point. Try to see the colors in the subject and match them.
Cant find part two... I want to knwo how you wil blend these colors as blending is my weak point
Thanks. I'll be at Tom's Color workshop the first week in August.
Maybe I'll see you there.
Irv
When you get to ezxercise number 400, you'll begin to understand what I'm talking about. This is a message meant for all art students. DON'T TRY TO MAKE EVERY PAINTING A MASTERPIECE!!! It will only lead to frustration, and probabl;y make you want to give up painting. Keep in mind that each painting is only for practice, and you intend to throw it away or give it to someone you don't like. In the beginning look for quantity, not quality. That comes later.
i like this style of painting, which i called "oldschool", much much better that those "copy paste smooth" ones, ok sure they look unbelievably awesome, but this one more looks like a painting, literally, which gives that gorgeous look and taste of art, than those photography alike, which are beautiful but gives no emotions- just copypaste thing.
I find this very helpful! Thank you!
I try to use the largest brush I can for a particular area. Too small wastes time. Hope this helps. Refer to some of my previous answers.
your very good and very informative.. i like you a lot better than most my professors in college..
question..what medium do you use sir? any suggestions for me?
Think of learning to paint like learning to play a musical instrument. Would you start by trying to play Chopin on the piano? Or would you start with simple scales? If you don't know the answer I suggest you learn underwater basketweaving instead. Would you play the scales once, or twice, or 20 times, or 20,000 times? The same thing is true with painting. Don't start with your Mom's or Dad's portrait! You'd be amazed at how many students have told me that.
Why do you feel the shadow is more difficult than the light? Isn't it just another bunch of shapes of different colors and values? Paint a bright Yellow-Orange triangle. Then paint a Greenish-Brown triangle right next to it. Was one harder than the other? I don't think so! Read my previous paragraph. When you get to painting 100, most of your problems will be gone. (500 is even better.)
Normally I use Winsor & Newton "Artists' Painting Medium", or if I want quicker drying I use their "Liquin" medium. Don't use very much or the paint becomes slippery and hard to control. In this case "Less" is better.
Skin color will vary all over the place. Aside from different races, the color of the light reflecting off the skin will also be different in every different situation. For most skin tones Cadmium Red Light, Yellow Ocher, and Sap Green, plus White will be a good starting point, but after that you will need to modify based on what you see. Avoid making a face of just varying shades of brown. Almost every color in the rainbow is there if you just look hard enough.
Great job!
Thank you. Substitute "amazing" with "lucky". Lucky to have been born with some talent, and even luckier to have had some great teachers along the way. If I had never tried to draw, I would not have known I could do it. If no one had ever shown me how to draw better, you would not have seen my videos. Unless you try to do something, you'll never know if it was possible. And unless you lean on the arm of someone who has been doing it, you will never achieve doing it well.
Painting An Oil Portrait Part 2 is there. I have over 30 videos on UA-cam. Just check "irudley" for the rest of them.
Thank you so much this is brilliant
Very good
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Magnifique !
How can I dilute my oil colour?
The range of values you see in nature (Lightest light to Darkest Dark) cannot be reproduced on your canvas! You are limited to white paint for the lightest and black for the darkest. Think in terms of only about 4 or 5 values in between those limits. (50% for half light, 25% quarter light, etc. See where the relative values of the shapes in the subject fall. Match those percentages in paint. You can't get whiter than white or blacker than black paint.
this really helped, i learned alot thank you.
Probably Cerulean Blue. I don't remember now. Try to go by what you see. The colors are there. Learn to see them.
you are great.
You too will be great if you work as hard at it as I have. I give everyone the secret. it's only 3 little words, "Practice, Practice, Practice". Just do it, and you will be amazed.
Thankssss , good oekaki ~
Actually I do a lot of experimenting with my style. Sometines very loose, and sometimes very tight. So far, my preference is somewhere in the middle. Not so tight it looks like a photo, or so loose it just looks sloppy. Sometimes I leave a part unfinished, so it's obvviously not a photo.
For me too small brushes and boring colours but beside that a good clear instruction!!
very nice
What brushes does he use?
Mostly sables or soft brushes that are best for blending, and leave fewer rough texture lines as with stiff bristles. I don't paint very thick. No particular brand.
Thanks. I took me many years and lots of frustration to realize how working this way simplifies creating a 2 dimensional representation of a 3 dimensional object. Unless you are sculpting, you are not going to make a nose! You are going to make something that the mind of a viewer will interpret as a nose. Think of yourself as an interpreter. Learn to speak the language of visual interpretation. Learn to make shapes that look like objects.
Aprendi muito .
Part 2 is right next to part 1 in the list of videos.
good.
@irudley Thank you for replying. I'm just working through the Learn & Master Painting course with Gayle Leveé by Legacy Learning Systems. It's slow & boring to begin with but, looks promising later in the course.
I've learned a great deal from your video already. I'm a Bob Ross Certified Instructor but, inactive. This isn't a true Artist because 'ya not taught colour mixing science, you only replicate Bobs paintings.
I look forward to more of your vids.
Thanks for advice.
Merci, J'espere que le fait d 'avoir vu cette video sur la peinture vous a appris comment ameliorer votre technique.
@irudley ''i now see now''?
Clear, concise commentary. But, could I follow your instruction using acrylics - perhaps if I used a retarder to keep the paint 'open' longer.
Thank you.
Annie
Where is part 2?
3:22 i always get scared when i come to this part, i get pretty nervous when i need to paint the shadows of the face :S
Oh, ok! I found it. Thank you!
I agree with lakelet1.
jolie