Oh to have the chance of a live lesson from this man , so expressive and not too full of himself, i bet his lessons were/are a blast. Can't find him on internet, so sad.
The current obsession with hyper-realism is tiresome. This tutorial and this approach to portrait painting is very refreshing and Jon Davies is clearly a genuine Master. He can do more with a few strokes than a hyperrealist does with several thousand.
I usually don’t leave comments but I had to on this. Literally I have saved so much money by not going to art school by just watching this video. He explains things so much better.
I wish that this video had been uploaded when he was there or even when he was younger and could answer questions. This is super duper helpful especially if you want to do semi-realist yet loose portraits. I'm just going to do as he said and save this and refer to it. I looked up what sugar paper is and it's like a construction paper that we used in kindergarten. So my thought is that we can use the cheaper Mi-Tientes drawing paper. I say this b/c as he was drawing/painting I had a pad of paper out that I was using to draw, with pencil, a portrait that I will eventually put on velour. That pad of paper was a bristol vellum - extremely smooth and used for either pencil or ink. Needless to say, it certainly wouldn't behave will any pastel or even the Conte a Paris that I have sitting on my table at all times. So, what did I do? I got mad and took the nearest sharp object, a pen, and scribbled out my drawing and then wadded it up and threw it away. Now, I only hope and pray that my husband doesn't get mad at the DEEP scratch marks on my/our table [it isn't an expensive thing dut dang!]. Anyway, good joy and leaving the grief behind, to all aspiring pastellists.
Not only a great artist but great sense of humour Mr. Davies. I laughed so hard at the false eyelashes thing and 'getting away with poking pastels up somebody's nose'. Great demo!!
So much better than other pastel portraits I have seen! So generous with instruction! I hope you continue to share more of your instructive videos! Will share with others!
Jon, you are a real artist, and individual with a characteristics of an institution. Very inspiring, full of spirit, and liveliness in the sketching. I watched, heared, and enjoyed every seconds of your painting. Great video. Thank you for sharing. I liked and subscribed it.
Awesome video tutorial! THANK YOU for sharing so much of your love and gift of pastel portrait painting! So much information packed into this.... and so much fun to watch and follow. Bravo!
Such a nice gentleman a great teacher a humble person you are sir. I salute you. I love you I respect you I wish i had the opportunity to sit with you talk to you learn from you pour you a glass of water. 💕
I often find that when I'm drawing a portrait I often get to a phase in the drawing when it just looks ugly, years ago that was when I gave up and tried again but I found that pushing past that ugly phase my compositions more often than not come together and I end up with a finished piece I am proud of.
Just fell in love with this guy's teaching. The voice, the insight, and the soothing demeanor gave me a whole new way of looking at my own work as a portrait artist.
Hey dude it’s definitely necessary to draw every hair on my head, I’ve only got three left, lol love the video really good keeps up the good work and God bless 🙏🏻
Wow Ive learnt so much from this video one thing that I picked up was how you are not drawing what u see on a photo because why draw a photo when u can just print one, so that's what I picked up because yesterday I finished a realistic sketch of Dywan johnson the rock and it looked like a photo but what I changed about it was I did like drips coming down his shoulders, I've done art for 7 years now and I'm only 13 but age don't mean anything.....this is because my mum is an artist
I'm so happy to come across this amazing video. I love drawing faces, but my 9th grade art teacher missed the mark (even so, she was generous with her time). Thank you Mr. Davis. I will be re-watching and practicing.
Jon Davies is my new hero. If you are watching this sir, please know that I am a beginner artist at 43 years of age and you have inspired and encouraged me. I will be looking for more videos featuring you, because I know I could learn a lot. And even if not, it is so enjoyable. Some love Bob Ross... I love Bob Ross. But you are my new favorite artist. Damned masterful, sir.
I love how Mr. Davies breathes... it's an energetic, ACTIVE style... he's increasing his oxygen as he creates... he's CREATING with a very active style and full of vim and vigor... I can feel the art flowing through the video into my mind.
Marvellous, I love the way you think, and work. Thank you so much, I am a impressionist seascape and landscape painter,and my greatest wish is to paint a portrait, so grateful to you. Maxine
Jon u are an amazing teacher....I'm revisiting your tutorial while convalescing from covid... you give me hope again..yay...with practice I can do this again.
This is WOW!!! I am not even in the half of the video and just by seen and trying one time I´ve already emproved so much my drawing. Thank you, really. And this Jon Davies its so exited, we can see that he really enjoys being an artist.
WOW. Love this video it was lovely his voice is very soothing and explanation is very simple. This was very educational would love for you to do a video on a older person wrinkles, crows feet, freckles and so on. again lovey video.
Wow, you make pastel painting look so easy....thanks. I am new to this, I usually paint with Acrylics, but want to do something new. This has helped me a lot as I'm not good at the drawing aspect of art....
The portraits are classic, but the training is in an expressive manner, in clear English… I especially liked the expression as for Irving, in the initial stage to sketch a blue sockets instead of eyes!======= In a word -This is overcoming the psychological pressure! 💕
You must have patience. Trust that, with time and effort, you WILL improve. Too many people want good results right away. They get discouraged and never achieve anything ! Keep Going !! and Don't fall for that nonsense about 'Talent'. Telling yourself that you just don't have any talent is a cop-out.. a way to avoid doing the work. Skills will develop without you realizing it. Successes will lead to more success.
When light strikes a translucent sphere like an eyeball or a marble or a grape, the light hits the EXTERIOR of the orb first, passes through it unseen and shows up again on the INSIDE surface on the far side of the sphere.
I love watching your video, you have a God given talent for art and teaching. I do have a question. You showed where the reflection is on the one eye.... will it be the same for the opposite eye? Thank you for sharing with us.
The most useful, instructive and practical portraiture tutorial I’ve seen by far, and there have been many. Jon Davies should be much better known.
Jon you are a great teacher would be great if you do moor of your teaching
Been painting for 11years this is by far the best tutorial I have ever seen.
I've learned more from you than from anyone.
U r the best
Oh to have the chance of a live lesson from this man , so expressive and not too full of himself, i bet his lessons were/are a blast. Can't find him on internet, so sad.
The current obsession with hyper-realism is tiresome. This tutorial and this approach to portrait painting is very refreshing and Jon Davies is clearly a genuine Master. He can do more with a few strokes than a hyperrealist does with several thousand.
They are totally different disciplines all together. Each has there own skill set. Like apples and pears
One of the very best teachers so far, one who pinpoints the parts we tend to overlook.
I usually don’t leave comments but I had to on this. Literally I have saved so much money by not going to art school by just watching this video. He explains things so much better.
The BEST VIDEO on portrait drawing ever!.. Respect for the artist!
Jon, where have you been so far??? The best pastel class ever! THANK YOU!
dear jon you are the most generous teacher i have ever seen. thanks so much
Very fine lesson and excellent art teacher. What a talent.
I wish that this video had been uploaded when he was there or even when he was younger and could answer questions.
This is super duper helpful especially if you want to do semi-realist yet loose portraits. I'm just going to do as he said and save this and refer to it.
I looked up what sugar paper is and it's like a construction paper that we used in kindergarten. So my thought is that we can use the cheaper Mi-Tientes drawing paper. I say this b/c as he was drawing/painting I had a pad of paper out that I was using to draw, with pencil, a portrait that I will eventually put on velour. That pad of paper was a bristol vellum - extremely smooth and used for either pencil or ink. Needless to say, it certainly wouldn't behave will any pastel or even the Conte a Paris that I have sitting on my table at all times.
So, what did I do? I got mad and took the nearest sharp object, a pen, and scribbled out my drawing and then wadded it up and threw it away.
Now, I only hope and pray that my husband doesn't get mad at the DEEP scratch marks on my/our table [it isn't an expensive thing dut dang!].
Anyway, good joy and leaving the grief behind, to all aspiring pastellists.
This is now my very favorite art video. I loved every second of it!
Not only a great artist but great sense of humour Mr. Davies. I laughed so hard at the false eyelashes thing and 'getting away with poking pastels up somebody's nose'. Great demo!!
So much better than other pastel portraits I have seen! So generous with instruction! I hope you continue to share more of your instructive videos! Will share with others!
This is, by far, the best instructional video I have watched. This man is lovely.
love how you get excited
Fantastic tutorial, absolute master of his art. Thank you
Amazing tutorial. I’ve learnt a lot from this video. Thank you so much for sharing generously your knowledge on art. Thank you !!
Incredible demo such depth/ volume and realism!! Master artist will watch over and over again.
Absolutly FANTASTIC tutorial. Thanks.
This is an absolute treasure
Please leave this uploaded 🙏
What an incredible human and amazing artist!
Jon, you are a real artist, and individual with a characteristics of an institution. Very inspiring, full of spirit, and liveliness in the sketching. I watched, heared, and enjoyed every seconds of your painting. Great video. Thank you for sharing. I liked and subscribed it.
I'm a beginning artist and I love this guy's enthusiasm and manner! Thanks Jon!
you are interesting to be around,i have enjoyed watching
Awesome video tutorial! THANK YOU for sharing so much of your love and gift of pastel portrait painting! So much information packed into this.... and so much fun to watch and follow. Bravo!
Such a nice gentleman a great teacher a humble person you are sir. I salute you. I love you I respect you I wish i had the opportunity to sit with you talk to you learn from you pour you a glass of water. 💕
I often find that when I'm drawing a portrait I often get to a phase in the drawing when it just looks ugly, years ago that was when I gave up and tried again but I found that pushing past that ugly phase my compositions more often than not come together and I end up with a finished piece I am proud of.
Just fell in love with this guy's teaching. The voice, the insight, and the soothing demeanor gave me a whole new way of looking at my own work as a portrait artist.
Hey dude it’s definitely necessary to draw every hair on my head, I’ve only got three left, lol love the video really good keeps up the good work and God bless 🙏🏻
The best instructional portrait video I have seen. Thank you.
Spent the day with you. Learned so much! Thank you!
Thank you!
Wonderfully explained!
Excellent teaching method
Utterly inspiring, Jon. Thank you.....
That was amazing! Thank you for your generosity and expertise. I love your free use of pastel! Hurray!
Such usable material. Takes the mystery put of pastel portrait painting. Can' t wait to get started. Thank you so much. You are amazing.
I love it!!! It is the most helpful drawing lesson I have ever had online. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!
Wow Ive learnt so much from this video one thing that I picked up was how you are not drawing what u see on a photo because why draw a photo when u can just print one, so that's what I picked up because yesterday I finished a realistic sketch of Dywan johnson the rock and it looked like a photo but what I changed about it was I did like drips coming down his shoulders, I've done art for 7 years now and I'm only 13 but age don't mean anything.....this is because my mum is an artist
I'm so happy to come across this amazing video. I love drawing faces, but my 9th grade art teacher missed the mark (even so, she was generous with her time). Thank you Mr. Davis. I will be re-watching and practicing.
Jon Davies is my new hero. If you are watching this sir, please know that I am a beginner artist at 43 years of age and you have inspired and encouraged me. I will be looking for more videos featuring you, because I know I could learn a lot. And even if not, it is so enjoyable. Some love Bob Ross... I love Bob Ross. But you are my new favorite artist. Damned masterful, sir.
I love how Mr. Davies breathes... it's an energetic, ACTIVE style... he's increasing his oxygen as he creates... he's CREATING with a very active style and full of vim and vigor... I can feel the art flowing through the video into my mind.
FREEDOM... EXPRESSION!
Jon Davies, I need your instruction. You are my perfect teacher. Please email me merc@altspeech.us or mercster@gmail.com
This guy is the real deal.
Brilliant, life changing. Thank you so much.
You, Sir, are mighty talented and delightful. Excellent video. I’m watching it in stages. Thank you so much!
Just finished watching your video. Absolutely loved it.. Can not wait to try out your techniques. Thanks.
A great mentor in art. Hope to meet you someday Sir. Great video you can learn a lot... God bless you always.
This video is pure gold! Thank you Jon!!!!
Brilliant tutoring thanks Jon
Very impressive pastel! Vibrant, fresh and lively composition. Thanks for sharing!
Marvellous, I love the way you think, and work. Thank you so much, I am a impressionist seascape and landscape painter,and my greatest wish is to paint a portrait, so grateful to you. Maxine
Brilliant loved every minute thank you
Thank you so much. You are by far the best instructor I’ve come across.
probably the best portrait demo with pastel I've seen ...and I've seen a few. thanks for the share!
One of the best art lesson
Excellent. Thank you. Loved it. Your amazing. Cheers
ooh this is so good! really pleased with my results.. actually drew something that looks like it's supposed to!!
Fantastic love this tutorial, it has made it fun again, really inspired me to do more, brilliant!
Jon u are an amazing teacher....I'm revisiting your tutorial while convalescing from covid... you give me hope again..yay...with practice I can do this again.
This man will have many followers as he is a true Artist.
Never thought pastels can be this great.
This is WOW!!! I am not even in the half of the video and just by seen and trying one time I´ve already emproved so much my drawing. Thank you, really. And this Jon Davies its so exited, we can see that he really enjoys being an artist.
Fantastic artist painter and so much generous!!👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Just getting in to pastels and watching your videos are very helpful thank you ps great work
Brilliant video! Really good explanation of how to do a basic portrait for beginner. Thank you!
This man helped me unlock so much joy in my practice, thank you!
Excellent teaching!!!
Great artist and a passionate instructor
Thank you, it was an amazing 2 hrs watching at work
This is absolutely a great tutorial. Definitely a like
I have thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and have learned so much! Thank you
WOW. Love this video it was lovely his voice is very soothing and explanation is very simple. This was very educational would love for you to do a video on a older person wrinkles, crows feet, freckles and so on. again lovey video.
Thank you so much, if heaven exists, i hope you and the man who is teaching you how to use the pasteles go to heaven
Wow, you make pastel painting look so easy....thanks. I am new to this, I usually paint with Acrylics, but want to do something new. This has helped me a lot as I'm not good at the drawing aspect of art....
love the "we suggest the eye" and the warning about overworking it.
Wonderful easy to understand and so simple to follow. Many thanks from a very and old artist.
Gracias por compartir su arte Maestro. Un fuerte abrazo a la distancia desde Perú.
Fantastic work amazing
I love his tutorial, it simple and easy to understand.
The portraits are classic, but the training is in an expressive manner, in clear English… I especially liked the expression as for Irving, in the initial stage to sketch a blue sockets instead of eyes!======= In a word -This is overcoming the psychological pressure! 💕
I am really enjoying your videos fantastic thank you
You are a great teacher.
Thank you very much for so a great information you give very kindly to us.
Thank you! This was so helpful.
What can I say except thank you thank you thank you. So helpful.
Wow Excelente Video maestro mis respetos me gusta como bocetea con las barras de pastel sanguina saludos un abrazo a la distancia amigo
Thanks so much you're the best teacher 😃
Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.
This old fashioned art teacher should have more reviews than this
You must have patience.
Trust that, with time and effort, you WILL improve.
Too many people want good results right away.
They get discouraged and never achieve anything !
Keep Going !!
and
Don't fall for that nonsense about 'Talent'.
Telling yourself that you just don't have any talent is a cop-out.. a way to avoid doing the work.
Skills will develop without you realizing it.
Successes will lead to more success.
Thank you so much
Thanks for sharing this video
Thanks master.
When light strikes a translucent sphere like an eyeball or a marble or a grape, the light hits the EXTERIOR of the orb first, passes through it unseen and shows up again on the INSIDE surface on the far side of the sphere.
I l love it!
I love watching your video, you have a God given talent for art and teaching. I do have a question. You showed where the reflection is on the one eye.... will it be the same for the opposite eye?
Thank you for sharing with us.
Merçi beaucoup maître !👍
aawesome！ i laughed so hard about eye lashes!!!
What chalk pastels did you use? They do not leave a lot of powder everywhere? Well done, valuable
thanks