How to Oil Paint! Everything you need + full portrait painting process

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  • Опубліковано 25 жов 2024

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  • @JakeDontDraw
    @JakeDontDraw  2 місяці тому +126

    I am teaching an online portrait painting (and drawing basics) class! You can tune in live to the class online or watch the recording just after its finished if you can't make it! You get to keep the recordings forever. You can get critique from me every week or for a lesser price just spectate the class. Signups just opened today and spaces are limited!
    www.jaketaplin.art/classes

    • @PatosdeGuadalupe
      @PatosdeGuadalupe 2 місяці тому +3

      Thank you so much ! As a beginner oil painter I really appreciate it (even if I’m using acrylics mixed with linseed lol)

    • @MostConscious
      @MostConscious 2 місяці тому +6

      Taking down the reference Portrait throughout the video was quite intriguing. I mean frustrating

    • @montysempire2756
      @montysempire2756 2 місяці тому +1

      top notch mate keep it up

    • @JakeDontDraw
      @JakeDontDraw  2 місяці тому +5

      @@MostConscious for people curious the reference photo is in the pdf in the description so you can set it up on your screen however you want it.

    • @nemo9540
      @nemo9540 7 днів тому +1

      Just a quick hint i learned, If you watch him when he's looking at the reference he's squinting and that's a very important tool too. If you squint you'd eyes when looking at the reference you are able to ignore the fiddly details and focus more easily on those values.

  • @Untitled_Landscape
    @Untitled_Landscape 2 місяці тому +664

    Aight teach, I'm all oiled up

  • @squidsake
    @squidsake 2 місяці тому +226

    you are such a good teacher and entertainer at the same time ; this is the only channel that has truly helped me quickly advance my art skills because of how attentive you are to your brain rotted, short attention span audience

  • @SueDeutscher-u4w
    @SueDeutscher-u4w 2 місяці тому +37

    Thank you for not trying to be cute. Thank you for getting right to the point. Thank you for the simplicity. Thank you for not playing stupid music, or telling me about your cat, or a long boring intro. I'm so glad I found you!

    • @anOIOP
      @anOIOP 6 днів тому +1

      Minecraft music really did work for this

  • @Teeeeeeener
    @Teeeeeeener 2 місяці тому +151

    Did you know... The National Gallery (US and UK) has 4k scans of some works of art and you can zoom in and see the tears left by the artist... I mean every bristle imprint left behind.

    • @mariaqtiturrino4641
      @mariaqtiturrino4641 2 місяці тому +7

      How I can get that please

    • @cypdead
      @cypdead Місяць тому

      @@mariaqtiturrino4641 i cant link it or youtube will remove it but it is
      https : // www . nga . gov/ collection-search-result.html?sortOrder=DEFAULT&artobj_downloadable=Image_download_available&pageNumber=1&lastFacet=artobj_downloadable

    • @Shebben
      @Shebben 9 днів тому

      @@mariaqtiturrino4641if you go to the website of the National Gallery of Art, you can look at all the artworks there and download the pictures. I’m not sure if they’re 4k but maybe they are? Idk.

  • @FelipeParra
    @FelipeParra 2 місяці тому +26

    "we're not trying to get perfection here, and if you're tryin you're just gonna hurt yourself" I needed this, thank you for the amazing tutorial! new subscriber here

  • @brothatscrazy1456
    @brothatscrazy1456 2 місяці тому +69

    Omg I love that thumbnail it’s so perfect

  • @coralfishnt7663
    @coralfishnt7663 2 місяці тому +100

    4:40 I see you kicking your feet with excitement!

  • @JayJay-ki4mi
    @JayJay-ki4mi Місяць тому +9

    I spent some inheritance on some supplies to finally start learning to paint at the ripe old age of 40. I purchased oil paints by mistake. I watched some videos of oil painting and was blown away by the realism. But not only that, the way you paint with oil makes sense to me and actually seems far easier than acrylic. I've decided this will be my first lesson.

  • @dollhousefire.
    @dollhousefire. 2 місяці тому +13

    Jake I bought your drawing course and it has been invaluable, especially as a Lifelong artists, you've made it easy to unlearn bad habits while making the process fun and simple. You are hands down the best art teacher I've come across and I'm beyond grateful you've decided to offer your painting knowledge for free. Thank you for helping me improve my only my skills but my mindset when approaching art.

    • @JakeDontDraw
      @JakeDontDraw  2 місяці тому

      Awesome, thank you I'm glad you've found it helpful!

  • @nelsonespinal311
    @nelsonespinal311 2 місяці тому +10

    Young man!” Excuse my calligraphy, my English isn’t my dominant language.!” I have to say I’m 57 years old I always have had the facility to copy since early age and now that I’m trying to include proportions and the anatomy of the body in general I had discovered that I’m not a natural or natural painter or artist. If I could send you some of my imperfect drawings you will understand! I’m disappointed it was fun before not anymore. I understand education is everything, but I m disabled and never had the opportunity to educate myself. You just gave me with your video this hope to paint again and help my mental and physical disorder. Sorry for so much explaining, but I normally keep to myself I consider everyone else normal and smart. Thank you 🙏 really.!”

  • @vqiom
    @vqiom 2 місяці тому +19

    Jake u should make tutorial/demo vids like this more often !! youve inspired me to take art more seriously and ur advice helps so much because u make everything so simple, straightforward, and yet digestible (ur commentary is also very entertaining lol) thank u dude :D

  • @MrStasiuBSQ
    @MrStasiuBSQ 2 місяці тому +29

    Every time I hit an art block, I go and watch your videos, and my god, the motivation to paint something comes right back ❤️

  • @AR-ly5zt
    @AR-ly5zt 2 місяці тому +38

    Aaaand another overwhelming task that I plan to start this year :)

    • @askialuna7717
      @askialuna7717 2 місяці тому +5

      You can do it 🙂

    • @阳明子
      @阳明子 25 днів тому

      check out his 'how i stopped hobby jumping and mastered a skill' video!

  • @rutasudmantaite9751
    @rutasudmantaite9751 2 місяці тому +8

    It’s kind of crazy how few canvas touches it took you to paint this. Every stroke is well calculated and precise. As you say more thinking than painting

  • @alexhussey1308
    @alexhussey1308 2 місяці тому +54

    “We’re not looking for perfect; we’re looking for paint.”

  • @CardboardRaider
    @CardboardRaider 2 місяці тому +372

    “Sorry Europeans I don’t know about your fairy tale units” 😂😂😂

    • @EvaintheAlps
      @EvaintheAlps 2 місяці тому +16

      Just wanted to comment about this! It made me spit my wine!
      : D

    • @alexsudati
      @alexsudati 2 місяці тому +77

      It's funny because is the opposite lmao

    • @rezzy7501
      @rezzy7501 2 місяці тому +5

      french person detected

    • @charko4191
      @charko4191 2 місяці тому +27

      yup Europeans should be the one saying that...💀

    • @speggeri90
      @speggeri90 2 місяці тому +14

      Hey its not fair. Making fun should be only one sided from our euro side.

  • @lilypad6967
    @lilypad6967 9 днів тому +1

    Excellent video and instruction!! Please remember to tell people to lay their paper towels or rags with any oil or paint on them flat to dry- its a fire hazard if you throw them away!

  • @kathys7283
    @kathys7283 2 місяці тому +13

    I sure hope you do more art demos with oil like this! You are a natural teacher- from a teacher!😊

  • @OwnyOne
    @OwnyOne 2 місяці тому +1

    Watching your entire daily painting process from start to finish makes me want to pick up whatever and draw something. It's been a long time since I've felt like that. I've sadly come to hate drawing but you are restoring the side of me that enjoyed it one step at a time. Thank you for that

  • @kenichiishirahama215
    @kenichiishirahama215 2 місяці тому +40

    Over an hour?! You’re spoiling me 😂❤

  • @Know_The_Truth1
    @Know_The_Truth1 Місяць тому +2

    You are like the bob ross of portraits thank you for teaching people in a very easy way.

  • @xxtelephonepolexx1415
    @xxtelephonepolexx1415 2 місяці тому +8

    I love art and although I don't plan to practice or get good at oil painting at all, this video is amazing to watch and so therapeutic! As soon as I saw it was over an hour I instantly sat down to watch the whole thing. love it!

  • @justinisenberg1841
    @justinisenberg1841 2 місяці тому +6

    As a new painter, I was also using dishwasher soap to clean my brushes but I found that using a bar of white soap to rub the brushes on works better and faster as you're not needing to keep reaching for more dishwasher soap.

  • @PatosdeGuadalupe
    @PatosdeGuadalupe 2 місяці тому +11

    Oh my goodness I’m so delighted I actually used your last video to draft my first oil painting and I’m really happy to have more instruction to continue my project thank you ! Your my favorite oil painter to follow your work is truly inspiring ! :)

    • @aynain1810
      @aynain1810 9 днів тому

      Omg how did it turn out?

  • @Goatings
    @Goatings 2 місяці тому +1

    Youre a savant dude, the way you clarify the proccess and explain your technique scratches my brain so satisfyingly, hows it feel knowing you're destined only to imrpove with age and you're already so skilled, like some art wizard

  • @mybackhurts0o
    @mybackhurts0o 2 місяці тому +18

    beside the sillines, he's actually a good teacher 😭

  • @shilahmcguinness1538
    @shilahmcguinness1538 2 місяці тому +3

    love that you included the cleaning process too! thank you!!

  • @Tzippi
    @Tzippi День тому

    The video I have been searching for for weeks! Thank you so much!! ❤ you covered everything from start to finish and that’s exactly what I was looking for! ❤

  • @Goatings
    @Goatings 2 місяці тому +2

    Like it's one thing to be a skilled artist, you're also a skilled teacher on top of that damn

  • @whocares6218
    @whocares6218 Місяць тому

    you are such a selfless effective teacher... i just watch my first video and tried painting and it looks so much better...

  • @pagorami5253
    @pagorami5253 2 місяці тому +3

    this is such a great video to watch if its ur first time painting with oils!!! i started almost exactly like this a few years back, and with time i expanded on techniques like glazing and exploring with mediums and solvents like gamsol and stuff. i never realized how great the zorn palette rlly was for beginners. good job!

  • @harleysmusic3242
    @harleysmusic3242 2 місяці тому +5

    I love the terraria music. I’ve binged all your vids Jake I’m about to bing them again PLEASE make more asap!! I love your stuff. Or stream more often! I just love your content though no pressure. I know good quality takes time.

  • @AkumaRini
    @AkumaRini 2 місяці тому +1

    I always thought oil painting was so beautiful and wanted to do it but I was always overwhelmed, this video has definitely helped me see it in a much easier light, thank u

  • @LeonShay111
    @LeonShay111 2 місяці тому +4

    Yesss I’m so excited!! I love your videos and can’t wait to learn from you. I’m 20 and finally have the confidence to start painting. You make me realize it’s not too late to learn and be bad at something at first

  • @Uhoriah
    @Uhoriah 2 місяці тому +15

    Thanks!

    • @JakeDontDraw
      @JakeDontDraw  2 місяці тому +18

      Thanks so much! really grateful for this community

  • @JoeyAL863
    @JoeyAL863 2 місяці тому +2

    Thank you, Jake. Your videos inspired me to draw again, and I've always been afraid to move to painting, but now I'm motivated to just go for it.

    • @evangelenesurgenor2263
      @evangelenesurgenor2263 2 місяці тому

      me too. good luck with your painting in the future.

    • @JoeyAL863
      @JoeyAL863 2 місяці тому

      @@evangelenesurgenor2263 Good luck to you too! And have fun!

  • @MS-zw9bm
    @MS-zw9bm Місяць тому

    The first useful video on how to start oil painting. Thank you!!!

  • @MsMazzy100
    @MsMazzy100 2 місяці тому

    I so enjoyed your demonstration, Jake. I appreciate your peaceful and accessible teaching style. I am looking forward to seeing more of your work. I am feeling more confident I know how to proceed.

  • @deknees8969
    @deknees8969 2 місяці тому +2

    This is exactly the kind of video I hoped you'd upload

  • @L.U.AURIEL
    @L.U.AURIEL 26 днів тому

    Awesome video, thanks so much.
    A tip I read about that seemed a good idea to try was : Instead of wiping your leftover paint on paper towels, some artists scrape the paint into a jar, with a drop of linseed oil added last.
    By doing this after every session, and almost filling the jar, they then mix the entire jar to create a gray/neutral colour, which can be used later in other paintings.
    Most paintings have some different greys/neutrals, rather than bright reds, yellows, etc, so these leftover colour mixes can come in handy in some painting projects, ... eg: they might be a great shadow colour on a wall in a landscape, for example.

  • @crazyheadned
    @crazyheadned 2 місяці тому +2

    Wonderful, just wonderful. You would be an excellent teacher

  • @kamilosieglewski2129
    @kamilosieglewski2129 27 днів тому

    Wha a discovery your channel was! Thank you for your work! You got me into painting. I always wanted to try oil painting. Any painting, but oil was always resonating with me whenever I was visiting museums or churches. I will definitely have a go now! Thank you.

  • @nemo9540
    @nemo9540 7 днів тому +2

    After painting for a few years I've noticed that every single painting I do in the early stages will always hit what I call "the ugly stage" were you look at the canvas and it looks awful and it's a point when many beginners usually quit. Just try and ignore that and push past it and you may just surprise yourself. Just don't give up on yourself, if I can paint a portrait you can too and I'm just an uneducated moron lol.

  • @leisureliam
    @leisureliam 2 місяці тому +1

    Really appreciate you for putting art in the hands of the people. I want into trades, i always thought that I cant draw. Turns out i just never learned how

  • @ItzYatz
    @ItzYatz 2 місяці тому

    The parts on what you need to start oil painting are super useful, I've been thinking about starting to oil paint but have been worried about harmful chemicals that I may "need" to use in order to be able to paint such as turpentine but suggesting the linseed oil/walnut oil equivalent is really handy, the other tips provided are also great and I appreciate this video! :)

  • @pedrovisgueira
    @pedrovisgueira 2 місяці тому +2

    Perfect timing, thanks Jake

  • @butchbuzz
    @butchbuzz 2 місяці тому +1

    i guess this is a sign to try oil painting again!

  • @nimamakhdami1713
    @nimamakhdami1713 2 місяці тому

    This is awesome! I truly appreciate you appreciating the works of great masters

  • @wallewonks
    @wallewonks 2 місяці тому +2

    “Thank you Jakedontdraw” we all say in unison

  • @amitanshupattanayak9065
    @amitanshupattanayak9065 2 місяці тому

    Man you're like a big brother...and a great teacher. Thanks

  • @annapagano5428
    @annapagano5428 Місяць тому

    What in the anti capitalism is this how is this free, as an artist that's the best tutorial I've seen so far on oil painting. You're now my favourite creator !!

  • @Sofi.safa1
    @Sofi.safa1 2 місяці тому

    Thank you a million times for sharing!

  • @nerrorr6033
    @nerrorr6033 2 місяці тому +1

    Wish I had this video 6 months ago when I started 😭😭 my goat bless your content g🙏🔥

  • @pawekowalski7793
    @pawekowalski7793 2 місяці тому +1

    Amazing! I was just thinking about starting my first painting and here you are with perfect introduction!

  • @Jhiido
    @Jhiido 2 місяці тому +2

    I really was looking for a video like this. You’ve inspired me to start making art.

  • @azariawalker1498
    @azariawalker1498 2 місяці тому +2

    i just spent a little over a hundred dollars worth of a few oil painting essentials to start this.
    painting is such a beautiful thing and i can't wait to become great at it. glad i stumbled across this video. you have such a thorough way of explaining things and carrying your audience through the process without fabricating how the journey of it really is.
    you just gained a new subscriber/follower! 🤎

  • @CardboardRaider
    @CardboardRaider 2 місяці тому +5

    And today is a good day ❤

  • @SueDeutscher-u4w
    @SueDeutscher-u4w 2 місяці тому +1

    No turpentine! Love it!

  • @BurgerBarrel-s9e
    @BurgerBarrel-s9e Місяць тому

    This is a truly amazing video. Your ability to teach and convey ideas and understanding smoothly while also staying engaging is truly masterful. The way that you reassure viewers away from demeaning ideas and redirect us to thoughts of hope and motivation is kind and gentle, enhancing your word's effects by tenfold. The information you provide in this video is very valuable, the video seems a lot more loaded with great tips and info than others while still being easy and fun to digest. I have many more thoughts and praise for every facet of this video, but I am unable to meaningfully convey my thoughts and feelings into this comment. When I did have the words bubble up in my mind, I couldn't rip myself away from the video to comment as it is so exceptionally well made that I just couldn't pause for even a moment.
    I think you have done a great job with this and I hope that you continue to get the recognition you deserve throughout and beyond the rest of your career in this space. You do it unlike any other.
    I am truly regretful about the quality of my writing skills and praise as I was unable to honour your work.
    (I know I was glazing but you deserved it.) (I know it might seem hard to take this seriously with my name, im so sorry!)

  • @mikroraptor
    @mikroraptor 2 місяці тому

    I’ved used watercolours for years and have really wanted to start with oils, but the idea of learning it seemed so overwhelming… this video came around at the perfect time and you explain things really simply! :D

  • @PetrichorIsNice
    @PetrichorIsNice 2 місяці тому

    Thank you for all your advice! It has made a huge difference in my approach.
    I've tried water mixable oils recently and prefer those over regular (the little I've tried of those.) They smell pretty much nothing, have a more creamy texture (for better or worse), dry a bit quicker (but not too fast), and are easier to clean. Good option for everyone who can't stand the feel of sticky, oily textures.

  • @smutlivre4979
    @smutlivre4979 2 місяці тому +1

    Beautiful masterclass

  • @zerolad69
    @zerolad69 2 місяці тому +2

    Not in a hating kinda way but i fall asleep during your videos thanks dude😎

  • @Adriano-do-Couto-Illustration
    @Adriano-do-Couto-Illustration Місяць тому +1

    Lots of great information here. For a small nitpick, Sargent was not an academic painter, he used a direct painting method. Academic painters used a variety of indirect methods so they did glaze and paint in color layers over a dead layer (either a grisaille or an ebauche). Think Bouguereau, Gerome, etc, all 19th century painters. One could make an argument that painting in layers is actually easier than alla prima, since you have an initial layer where you don't worry about color, only valures, but that's another discussion. Keep up the great work! I'm really enjoying your content.

  • @whocares6218
    @whocares6218 Місяць тому

    the best teacher so far...

  • @victorcosta3534
    @victorcosta3534 Місяць тому +1

    dude woke up one day and just genreously uploaded the best art education content ever seen.

  • @HotlineG_Beans
    @HotlineG_Beans 2 місяці тому +1

    Love your content man, keep up the good work. Also, if you haven't already, I would love to see you paint Johannes Vermeer's famous "Girl with a Pearl Earring". I know you absolutely make a masterpiece out of this one. You've inspired me so much, and I love what you're doing here for the community. You're gonna make it really big one of these days. After the first video I watched of yours, I was completely hooked. Keep it up Jake! 👍

  • @kelguy2002
    @kelguy2002 Місяць тому

    I’m Ten Minutes Into … This Is FANTASTIC 🎉TY

  • @raymondmcevoy8209
    @raymondmcevoy8209 Місяць тому

    You are an awesome teacher!!

  • @baileypetersen3508
    @baileypetersen3508 2 місяці тому

    choosing the minecraft soundtrack for the background music was perfect; very soothing thank you 😌

  • @poppymason7049
    @poppymason7049 2 місяці тому +3

    truly majestic thumbnail

  • @KimMiles-p6s
    @KimMiles-p6s Місяць тому

    I love the way you teach! Thank you!

  • @Cmattalk
    @Cmattalk 2 місяці тому +13

    Part 2 dark fantasy piece!

    • @JakeDontDraw
      @JakeDontDraw  2 місяці тому +7

      coming! first half of august

    • @Cmattalk
      @Cmattalk 2 місяці тому

      @@JakeDontDraw ❤️

  • @ぉぁ-n6c
    @ぉぁ-n6c 2 місяці тому +2

    tysm for everything! you're awesome❤❤❤

  • @armandogavilan1815
    @armandogavilan1815 День тому

    The modern/late academics were using more direct paint, it is the old masters like Van Eyck, Leonardo, Raphael and such who worked in layers thin translucent layers maybe on top of an egg tempera first layer. Both ways are great, the modern way (and even including more freestyle techniques like Sargent´s) is great specially since is less time consuming, and is more forgiving for mistakes.

  • @sylhayes8152
    @sylhayes8152 2 місяці тому

    You are such a good teacher

  • @lenamarie-qd2el
    @lenamarie-qd2el 2 місяці тому

    Thank you!!! Very very enlightening and relieving to hear and see you skull and your take on painting! Plus you saved me oodles n oodles of time using a newly mixed values to transition "turn" from shadow to light instead of manually trying to blend two abrupt values already on my piece!!! I saw you say n do this and I thought, "Duh Ralph to myself" 😅! I really need some classes already; the whole deal of not looking, thinking and painting all at once just threw a monkey wrench in my dysfunction too, like it seems to apply to all life facets... finally your so inspiring and upbeat, you kept me riveted with you delivery, like when I started this video I figured I would fall asleep in ten, but all of a sudden it was over and I wanted to more more more!

  • @dianah7044
    @dianah7044 2 місяці тому +1

    THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT A NEEDED, ONCE AGAIN JDD NEVER FAILS TO DELIVER

  • @Youth3f3r
    @Youth3f3r 2 місяці тому

    Amazing video, love your explanations of art, and the way you describe the different techniques and methods. Also as someone who doesn't paint, and only really use digital art software, you showing even how to clean the equipment was nice to see. I would like to suggestion/request, you make a video, where you breakdown a painting, describing colors/paints used, the different brush strokes, visible mistake corrections, what layers came first, basically everything you can see that the artist chose to do. You talk about looking at the art a lot, which obviously makes sense, but in some cases, if you don't know what to look for you will only see the painting, not the technique. I know you do kinda do this in each video, but a video where that is the soul purpose, could also be insightful.

  • @winthir
    @winthir Місяць тому

    this is brilliant and so informative - thank you!

  • @PamelaChangeUr-Life
    @PamelaChangeUr-Life Місяць тому

    I have the same glass cave for my brushes… lol I love to see how my feel painters do things!

  • @rakeshchoudhary7391
    @rakeshchoudhary7391 2 місяці тому

    You are a great master artists sir

  • @Ambers_Team
    @Ambers_Team 2 місяці тому +1

    Yay 🎉❤ I’m so excited for this I’ve been afraid of oil 😅 thanks for the PDF!!

  • @slewp
    @slewp 2 місяці тому +2

    great video dude keep killing

  • @leisureliam
    @leisureliam 2 місяці тому

    The poses in this are great

  • @beastysped3270
    @beastysped3270 2 місяці тому

    Wow! What an indepth amazing beginner tutorial. Couldn't even say what this is missing, thanks for the insight!
    Also love the terraria music

  • @artyomkoval8415
    @artyomkoval8415 Місяць тому

    Great video, man! Thanks a lot and best of luck to you!

  • @CarmenChrRodentsRarities
    @CarmenChrRodentsRarities 2 місяці тому +2

    I love the terraria music in the background

  • @EleniShiaArt
    @EleniShiaArt Місяць тому

    Best explanation ever, thank you 👍

  • @kugamin8548
    @kugamin8548 2 місяці тому

    I really love the more educational videos from you. The gaming videos are also nice. Also I'd like to see more videos on individual painters you like/find interesting like the ones you did in the beginning of this channel. Really appreciate your content dude🙃 I also really appreciate you having great sense of beauty which is rather lacking more often than not in other people these days. You're doing a great work🫡

  • @dianabauer309
    @dianabauer309 Місяць тому

    Get video. You are a great teacher. I'd like it to be all real time. Thank you

  • @askialuna7717
    @askialuna7717 2 місяці тому

    Very helpful video, you can explain very well and the humour make it very enjoyable to watch. 🙂
    I've also found that oil painting is pretty simple to start with.
    I mean, any art technique can be made more complicated if necessary.
    I have a book like this with different painting techniques for beginners, and the author decided to include oil painting in the book instead of acrylic and advertised it as very beginner-friendly.
    I think that was also the reason why I was more afraid of using acrylic paints because it was such an unknown creature for me.

  • @erdelyl
    @erdelyl 2 місяці тому

    This is a great video. Thanks! I was going to subscribe but it seems like this is your only instructional video? You should make more like this. You have a great banter style and explain things really well.

  • @TheAugustooc
    @TheAugustooc Місяць тому

    Omg you are so talented and cute! Must be nice!!! Great job!!!

  • @deknees8969
    @deknees8969 2 місяці тому

    Your videos just keep getting better and better dude

  • @ShelleySullivan-kg6vr
    @ShelleySullivan-kg6vr 2 місяці тому

    Hello from the UK. Thank's for this Jake, great video....just about to start painting it now.... a few weeks ago doing an oil painting in a life drawing class, I started with a charcoal sketch, I was berated and told what the hell was I doing using charcoal, I was told to take it off and start only with paint!!! it was so refreshing to see you lay a charcoal sketch down first, I guess no right or wrong way when starting? Couldn't stop watching Tron in the background!!!! Oh also....I use a tennis ball cut in half for cleaning brushes with dishsoap, just hold the half ball in your hand with the soap in, I find it a easier and less messy.

    • @JakeDontDraw
      @JakeDontDraw  2 місяці тому +1

      Not sure why people hold that strange stance. Literally everyone in 19th century used charcoal sketches before painting. Even the most free painters like Duran and Sargent would frequently use vine charcoal sketches. The basis of every painting is a great drawing!

  • @meeksuh6991
    @meeksuh6991 29 днів тому

    I heard PLOK in the intro. You have great taste! :)

  • @sylhayes8152
    @sylhayes8152 2 місяці тому

    Very very good clean up tips! Thanks so much!

  • @deknees8969
    @deknees8969 2 місяці тому +2

    Safe to say this guy's a beast