This is THE best beginner, step-by-step oil painting video I've ever seen. It was easy to follow, well explained and I believe that, yes, I can do it! Thank you. Please put out more beginner videos maybe with different subjects? Landscapes?
Yes even as a beginner that has experience & understanding the language makes it even better. U feel totally confident when working it.. I use this as a practice either for myself or starting student out. Once they start Nervous scared and unsure, And as they go through it they feel more comfortable and by the end they're actually surprised at themselves of what they did. You usually hear someone say I didn't think I can do that.. Thanks Yupari. For posting it..👍
It’s been years since I’ve done oils. I just bot supplies & hope to get back into it. I lost all my paintings 5 yrs ago in the Paradise Camp Fire. It’s time to start over. My home will be finished soon & I’ll have a place to paint again😻
I just tried this out. Without thinking about the fact that you didn't, I covered my canvas in liquid white before starting. I had to adjust my technique a bit and couldn't follow the tutorial as closely as I would have liked (I like to learn things the way the teacher does them before adding my own flair) but it turned out great! It is my favorite of the half dozen or so paintings I have done so far. Even if I am able to reach a much more advanced skill level in oil painting, this one will always have a place on my wall.
Yupari, I’m an so grateful for this video as I’m starting out myself and using UA-cam as my teacher. This is so valuable to us beginners and we appreciate endlessly, thank you. I know you mostly do portrait tutorials and I love them. Is it possible for you to do a video just like this but for portrait beginners as well? Again thank you and Happy new year Yupari!
Wonderful demonstration, I would have loved to see this done using only the primary colors plus white and burnt umber, I think that is a palette every beginner would have and would better illustrate the basics of color mixing.
As a kid who was big into art I was dying to learn to oil paint..we didn't have the internet to just look up a video, I needed to go to a class..I was nervous about going to a only adult class so I asked my mom to come, she said I couldn't draw a box, I told her it wasn't a drawing class but was an oil class, so she came..she got realy good and now 30 years on she still dose paints for others..she loves buildings and landscapes..but I've not painted since before my daughter was born, my thing has always been animals...I was only thinking about starting something..theres still so much paint here because of my mother ..who still cant draw a box but is and has been turning out masterpieces years..so anyone who would like to try..to start you need the primary colours along with titanium white and a cheap canvas..you can get cheap boards and stretched canvas in pound or euro stores, I'm sure youd get them in dollar stores in the states as well..in fact a saw a vlog of a family in dollar tree in the states and they passed wood frame mounted canvas..a dry clean rag , kitchen paper and paint thinner..turpentine or white sprits and your good to give it a go..dont be scared of it..have fun with it....even if you think you cant..its nothing like drawing ...I've been offered €2000 to do someone's dog and I've not picked up a brush in 20 years..and I have no clue how I'll construct it..here looking for refreshers
I loved your step-by-step painting demonstration. Do you have any more step-by-step painting demonstrations. I went through the You Tube videos and yours was by far the best!
Thank you for this. I've loved making art all my life, but have never been standardly "good" at it without tracing and copying. I decided to get my first set of oil paints today, and followed a few videos with horrible results. Then, I found this video. And I sat down and tried again, and really impressed myself. It turned out sloppy, don't get me wrong, but I understood values for the first time, and feel confident about trying again until I can get it perfect. This was the boost of confidence I needed to not abandon learning to truly paint, after feeling very discouraged. Thank you so much.
I did my first ever painting. This one. Thank you so much. I was so intimidated by oil. Not so much anymore. Very grateful for all the teachers who give us their knowledge ❤❤❤❤❤
Very well done & explainable for any beginner. The simplicity of "back to basics" backbone of good painting. Even as a veteran artist/teacher myself I constantly have to remind myself of these principles & have a wonderful way to make these understandable for any painter's skill level. Please do continue in your endeavor.
Thank you ! I used to hate oil paint soooo much everytime I tried, I failed, until i saw this video..I ended up painting a very nice picture and im so happy.Its my first happy oil painting... Now I dont hate oils anymore
I have been painting small still lifes for awhile now and found this video to be a great refresher on the basics. At times I forget the basics and am then fighting with the paint haha
This is one of the best oil instructional videos I have seen. Thank you! I have been working in acrylics because of the fast drying time and ability to correct drawing and color errors quickly. These advantages to acrylics make creating soft edges and gaining luminosity harder; I am at the point that I cannot get the nuanced effects I want (at least not without multiple layers and repainting background colors to establish soft edges. This video and your clear instructions have inspired and encouraged me to open up my oils-which until now have just been sitting accusingly in a corner of my studio! Thanks again and please post more!
Dude, thanks for the video, it was the kickstart that i needed in order to lose fear to paint. I watch the video and aftr y paint it from memory, knowing what to expect. I ended with a very weir colored apple, but the values were quite ok. Now that I finally started I will keep practicing mixing colors and beginning in portrait
Thank you so much for this beginners video!! Please, please do more. I have been trying to learn this style of painting for a year and this helped SO much!
Thank you so much for putting beginners video, I am trying to get back to painting, lost my confidence, I just know your video will help me and praying you keep helping us...I and sure others like me appreciate this very much, thank you so very much and God bless you, and everyone watching and appreciating, Mars
A nice video - a few things aren’t clear about brush mixing and loading. I tried about two thirds of the video and ran through a dozen brushes - quite a lot for a beginner painting. When you are mixing paint - how much of the bristles touch the paint? Yours seem to be less than a third full but mine ended up full. Similarity - when I use the same stokes I don’t get full canvas coverage with the paint as it starts moving the paint around. Lastly - when you are blending - how do you avoid darker paint ending up in the wrong place after the first stroke - for example - on the stem on the second stroke it caries the paint back to the base of the stem.
Thank you so much for this question! When you are painting wet on wet, it is easier to add thinner paint onto thicker paint. This is how I was able to add the stem on the apple, it was thinned out with solvent. About the paint handling: Firstly make sure you have artist quality oil paints, and explore way the paint handles without any solvent/medium. I’d then try using a little bit of solvent to explore the way it handles when it’s thinned out. Usually a drop at a time is recommended. Hope this helps! Thank you for watching !
Hey, I understand where you are coming from. I had already been painting for nearly 15 years when I created this. Now, I have been trying to learn a new skill for the past 2 years (with professional guidance) and feel like I haven’t progressed at all in a year of nearly daily practice! I’m talking about pocket billiards by the way… Having learned a skill in my past thanks to the help of others, (painting and drawing) I learned to trust my teacher’s advice from an early age. Please understand this: We will never know how far we have gone until we learn to trust the teachings of others. A proper teacher will let us know how far we have truly gone, and how far we can truly go.
Wow this beginner guide is great. I shall try to paint along as my first attempt! Thankyou for being so thorough from the canvas wash to the end result. Mesmerising! And appreciated. Thankyou!
hey. thanks for the tutorial. I DONT THINK its good tutorial for begginers (i come from water colors) filling spaces with only paint is very difficult, somehow your paint fill it smothly, i needed alot of paint to fill the same spaces, and i didnt used the most cheap paint (pebeo) which was furstration. a begginer wouldnt have thousands of brushes, tutorial for begginers need to be with basics materials. i bought a complete kit and it didnt have fan brush in it. its very not fun to hear you say over and over "oh so simple" while im trying to get my paint to move across the spaces. you touching concepts like color mixing briefly while its the most important, how to mix, how to make a gradient, i have colors spreaded no in right gradient all over my board so its really wasted, and non of my tones were exactly your tones, i would prefer that you give me the knowledge of how to mix, instead picking colors i dont have.
Had to do still life project and since I work with oils, decided to try this. I'll update the final results when im done. Outcome: 100% :) It looked almost exactly to the video so Im proud haha
I’m a acrylic artist and now I’m wanting to go into oils. I really enjoyed your video. I followed along with you and my apple came out perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to teach us newbies. :)
Thank you so much, this is a great video! I just finished my apple and love it! Mine came out quite a bit darker than yours because I couldn't find cad green but I think it came out very well anyway. I'm going to go find another of your tutorials to follow! ((right after I clean literally all of my brushes XD )
My fav part of this video was e word ‘super simple’… it was so encouraging somehow, although to me ,as an amateur, was always ‘so near yet so far’…😅 . Im one of your fans btw, loved all your paintings…
Great video. So many of these instructional emphasize NOT to blend or soften edges which I find a bit perplexing which mean I have to mix every single value. Glad to see it in action.
You are awesome in explaining oil painting for beginners. I wish you would do more oil painting tutorials for beginners. I have been painting acrylics for 6 years and I felt it was time to switch to oils. Your breakdown and explanation is very clear to understand. I was sad in searching your name on UA-cam there are limited videos for first time beginners. Please consider doing more videos.
Thank you so much about this. I just started to paint in general and with ofc oil painting and that helped me a lot! Amazing results, you are really a good teacher :)
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am one of them who is so worry starting with oil painting, and never learn about it. I will try after seeing this!💚😇
I think you are a very fine teacher - sharing all the details of what materials you use and then you show in a very fine way how a classic alla prima oil painting can be made. I also admire. How you show your palet in process side by side with the painting. And it was interesting that you showed how it was possible when you paint wet in wet to make a kind of "glazing" with the little bit of thinner paint. A beautifull study to learn from. And absolutely the best introduction to oil painting I have seen.
thank you for this! i have only ever painted with watercolour and acrylics and i bought my very first set of oil paints recently. i found this really simple to follow and i have painted a lovely looking apple! i think i actually found it easier than painting with acrylic. it's easier to blend because it doesn't dry so quickly :)
This is THE best beginner, step-by-step oil painting video I've ever seen. It was easy to follow, well explained and I believe that, yes, I can do it! Thank you. Please put out more beginner videos maybe with different subjects? Landscapes?
Yes even as a beginner that has experience & understanding the language makes it even better. U feel totally confident when working it.. I use this as a practice either for myself or starting student out. Once they start Nervous scared and unsure, And as they go through it they feel more comfortable and by the end they're actually surprised at themselves of what they did. You usually hear someone say I didn't think I can do that.. Thanks Yupari. For posting it..👍
It’s been years since I’ve done oils. I just bot supplies & hope to get back into it. I lost all my paintings 5 yrs ago in the Paradise Camp Fire. It’s time to start over. My home will be finished soon & I’ll have a place to paint again😻
I just tried this out. Without thinking about the fact that you didn't, I covered my canvas in liquid white before starting. I had to adjust my technique a bit and couldn't follow the tutorial as closely as I would have liked (I like to learn things the way the teacher does them before adding my own flair) but it turned out great! It is my favorite of the half dozen or so paintings I have done so far. Even if I am able to reach a much more advanced skill level in oil painting, this one will always have a place on my wall.
this is my new favourite channel. thankyou Yupari !!
Wonderful! I would love to see more beginner friendly pieces like this.
Its amazing!!!!!
From Egypt...thank u💙💙💙💙
Yupari, I’m an so grateful for this video as I’m starting out myself and using UA-cam as my teacher.
This is so valuable to us beginners and we appreciate endlessly, thank you.
I know you mostly do portrait tutorials and I love them.
Is it possible for you to do a video just like this but for portrait beginners as well?
Again thank you and Happy new year Yupari!
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Some people be thinking oil painting people faces are a great start for beginners
Faces are difficult 😅I do think that for beginners it’s best to do still life but experiments with portraits helps us to appreciate still life...
Thanks, I will definitely try this.
Wonderful demonstration, I would have loved to see this done using only the primary colors plus white and burnt umber, I think that is a palette every beginner would have and would better illustrate the basics of color mixing.
As a kid who was big into art I was dying to learn to oil paint..we didn't have the internet to just look up a video, I needed to go to a class..I was nervous about going to a only adult class so I asked my mom to come, she said I couldn't draw a box, I told her it wasn't a drawing class but was an oil class, so she came..she got realy good and now 30 years on she still dose paints for others..she loves buildings and landscapes..but I've not painted since before my daughter was born, my thing has always been animals...I was only thinking about starting something..theres still so much paint here because of my mother ..who still cant draw a box but is and has been turning out masterpieces years..so anyone who would like to try..to start you need the primary colours along with titanium white and a cheap canvas..you can get cheap boards and stretched canvas in pound or euro stores, I'm sure youd get them in dollar stores in the states as well..in fact a saw a vlog of a family in dollar tree in the states and they passed wood frame mounted canvas..a dry clean rag , kitchen paper and paint thinner..turpentine or white sprits and your good to give it a go..dont be scared of it..have fun with it....even if you think you cant..its nothing like drawing ...I've been offered €2000 to do someone's dog and I've not picked up a brush in 20 years..and I have no clue how I'll construct it..here looking for refreshers
Awesome . thks a lot for sharing!
I loved your step-by-step painting demonstration. Do you have any more step-by-step painting demonstrations. I went through the You Tube videos and yours was by far the best!
Thank you for this. I've loved making art all my life, but have never been standardly "good" at it without tracing and copying. I decided to get my first set of oil paints today, and followed a few videos with horrible results.
Then, I found this video. And I sat down and tried again, and really impressed myself. It turned out sloppy, don't get me wrong, but I understood values for the first time, and feel confident about trying again until I can get it perfect. This was the boost of confidence I needed to not abandon learning to truly paint, after feeling very discouraged. Thank you so much.
Great tutorial. You're not just a good artist, you're an excellent teacher as well.
Well done and thank you.
Awesome stuff Yupari!
I did my first ever painting. This one. Thank you so much. I was so intimidated by oil. Not so much anymore. Very grateful for all the teachers who give us their knowledge ❤❤❤❤❤
Your comment just made my day! I’m so glad that my video helped you 😊
Awesome!
Very well done & explainable for any beginner. The simplicity of "back to basics" backbone of good painting. Even as a veteran artist/teacher myself I constantly have to remind myself of these principles & have a wonderful way to make these understandable for any painter's skill level. Please do continue in your endeavor.
Thank you !
I used to hate oil paint soooo much everytime I tried, I failed, until i saw this video..I ended up painting a very nice picture and im so happy.Its my first happy oil painting... Now I dont hate oils anymore
Thank you! You are an excellent instructor! Very grateful for your demo and instructions. SO helpful! Keep it up!
I have been painting small still lifes for awhile now and found this video to be a great refresher on the basics. At times I forget the basics and am then fighting with the paint haha
This is one of the best oil instructional videos I have seen. Thank you! I have been working in acrylics because of the fast drying time and ability to correct drawing and color errors quickly. These advantages to acrylics make creating soft edges and gaining luminosity harder; I am at the point that I cannot get the nuanced effects I want (at least not without multiple layers and repainting background colors to establish soft edges. This video and your clear instructions have inspired and encouraged me to open up my oils-which until now have just been sitting accusingly in a corner of my studio! Thanks again and please post more!
Dude, thanks for the video, it was the kickstart that i needed in order to lose fear to paint. I watch the video and aftr y paint it from memory, knowing what to expect. I ended with a very weir colored apple, but the values were quite ok. Now that I finally started I will keep practicing mixing colors and beginning in portrait
This is SO FANTASTIC! Please More still lifes 🙏
Excellent tutorial, Yupari. So much detail in the explanation! Thank you.
Thank you so much for this beginners video!! Please, please do more. I have been trying to learn this style of painting for a year and this helped SO much!
Agree!
I love watching you work. I really enjoyed this video since I'm a beginner and can relate to the content. Do you plan to do more of these? Thanks!
Thank you so much for putting beginners video, I am trying to get back to painting, lost my confidence, I just know your video will help me and praying you keep helping us...I and sure others like me appreciate this very much, thank you so very much and God bless you, and everyone watching and appreciating, Mars
Just so amazing you deserve more followers no one explains this way very detailed
Thank you for your kind words!!
Thanks very much, Yupari. Not all good painters are good teachers. You’re both.
God bless you.
Totally agree with you
Totally agree with you
A nice video - a few things aren’t clear about brush mixing and loading. I tried about two thirds of the video and ran through a dozen brushes - quite a lot for a beginner painting. When you are mixing paint - how much of the bristles touch the paint? Yours seem to be less than a third full but mine ended up full. Similarity - when I use the same stokes I don’t get full canvas coverage with the paint as it starts moving the paint around. Lastly - when you are blending - how do you avoid darker paint ending up in the wrong place after the first stroke - for example - on the stem on the second stroke it caries the paint back to the base of the stem.
Thank you so much for this question! When you are painting wet on wet, it is easier to add thinner paint onto thicker paint. This is how I was able to add the stem on the apple, it was thinned out with solvent. About the paint handling: Firstly make sure you have artist quality oil paints, and explore way the paint handles without any solvent/medium. I’d then try using a little bit of solvent to explore the way it handles when it’s thinned out. Usually a drop at a time is recommended. Hope this helps! Thank you for watching !
Great tutorial. The colour mixing and matching explanation was excellent.
Where can I download the picture of the apple so that I could try following you?
I tried this...and I am complete garbage. I hate this already
Hey, I understand where you are coming from. I had already been painting for nearly 15 years when I created this.
Now, I have been trying to learn a new skill for the past 2 years (with professional guidance) and feel like I haven’t progressed at all in a year of nearly daily practice! I’m talking about pocket billiards by the way…
Having learned a skill in my past thanks to the help of others, (painting and drawing) I learned to trust my teacher’s advice from an early age.
Please understand this:
We will never know how far we have gone until we learn to trust the teachings of others. A proper teacher will let us know how far we have truly gone, and how far we can truly go.
Wow this beginner guide is great. I shall try to paint along as my first attempt! Thankyou for being so thorough from the canvas wash to the end result. Mesmerising! And appreciated. Thankyou!
hey. thanks for the tutorial.
I DONT THINK its good tutorial for begginers (i come from water colors)
filling spaces with only paint is very difficult, somehow your paint fill it smothly, i needed alot of paint to fill the same spaces, and i didnt used the most cheap paint (pebeo) which was furstration.
a begginer wouldnt have thousands of brushes, tutorial for begginers need to be with basics materials. i bought a complete kit and it didnt have fan brush in it.
its very not fun to hear you say over and over "oh so simple" while im trying to get my paint to move across the spaces.
you touching concepts like color mixing briefly while its the most important, how to mix, how to make a gradient, i have colors spreaded no in right gradient all over my board so its really wasted, and non of my tones were exactly your tones, i would prefer that you give me the knowledge of how to mix, instead picking colors i dont have.
Had to do still life project and since I work with oils, decided to try this. I'll update the final results when im done.
Outcome: 100% :) It looked almost exactly to the video so Im proud haha
I'm sorry, but your colors are all off. Spend more time learning how to mix and match your colors to the subject.
Real good video . every on has to start somewhere !! JUST DO IT ! Also see my video about what inspired me to paint and my first painting
I’m a acrylic artist and now I’m wanting to go into oils. I really enjoyed your video. I followed along with you and my apple came out perfectly. Thank you for taking the time to teach us newbies. :)
He's very good as an artist and as a teacher
Thank you so much, this is a great video! I just finished my apple and love it! Mine came out quite a bit darker than yours because I couldn't find cad green but I think it came out very well anyway. I'm going to go find another of your tutorials to follow! ((right after I clean literally all of my brushes XD )
This was amazing and u have such a beautiful voice LMFAO
Excellent leçon for beginners like me😊 Thanks 🙏🙏
Thanks for sharing this tutorial! I was kind of proud until I tried that glazing thing in the end, totally messed up! But it is a good start!
Great demo as always but I'm a bit confused ... what happened to "fat over lean"?
He didn't applied that because he used another technique.
Wow! These youtube videos putting colleges and schools out of business!
Great in depth extremely beginner friendly lesson. Thank yo so much. God bless you. Wish you all the good luck..
I'm a newbie at oil painting. Instead of using mineral spirits and oil paint as a toner, can you use a thin wash or acrylic paint for a faster result?
what could i substitute for cadmium green? Or better yet a suitable mixture?
Idk how to buy oil paint for my art assignment.. can I just put abit of oil in paint of sth
Do I need to prime the canvas paper that I’m using before I start?
excellent job of teaching. entry level videos like this are hard to find. thanks
Dumbledore,is that you?
What a brilliant demonstration. I'll be taking the principles into my next class where I'll be painting a pear in umber tones
Plz do upload names of equipment used make saperate video
Why aren't you using any medium to thin the paint if you're going for a ala prima?
i have no idea how i did it , but its really worked and its look nice
Thank you for tutorial how to paint green apple. Wonderful painting.
Please do more for never painting before you are such a inspiration. Thank you 🙏
Hopefully mine turns out good 😅
My fav part of this video was e word ‘super simple’… it was so encouraging somehow, although to me ,as an amateur, was always ‘so near yet so far’…😅 . Im one of your fans btw, loved all your paintings…
This is the best video that I have seen before..simple,beautiful...looking forward for more such videos.....thanks a lot😊😊
this was sooooo fucking fun
thank you ❤❤
Thank you for sharing this video! So so helpful!
Wowoooooo! You make it look so easy. This is the best beginner lesson I have seen. Thanx now I can paint with confidence 👍🏻👏👍🏻
you're great at explaining! Thank you!
Great video. So many of these instructional emphasize NOT to blend or soften edges which I find a bit perplexing which mean I have to mix every single value. Glad to see it in action.
You are awesome in explaining oil painting for beginners. I wish you would do more oil painting tutorials for beginners. I have been painting acrylics for 6 years and I felt it was time to switch to oils. Your breakdown and explanation is very clear to understand. I was sad in searching your name on UA-cam there are limited videos for first time beginners. Please consider doing more videos.
This is excellent tuition and as helped me a lot Thank YOU, Now Subscribed.
Thank you so much about this. I just started to paint in general and with ofc oil painting and that helped me a lot! Amazing results, you are really a good teacher :)
Thank you so much for sharing this. I am one of them who is so worry starting with oil painting, and never learn about it. I will try after seeing this!💚😇
awesome video. could you please explain how you achieved soft edge on right side of the painting?
Awesome thank you very much
Not easy or simple but awesome
Can I use acrylic paint?
I’ve been wanting to do an oil painting for a long time, thank you for giving me the inspiration
Another very useful video. Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much really helpful appreciate the close up the brush and the paint color.
This was brilliant, really enjoyed it. Thanks so much!
I want to tell you that you are a great teacher.....i watched all your videos and helping me very much....thank you
by far the BEST beginner tutorial i’ve seen, thank you!!!
It's looking so easy...I hope it is when I'll do it..❤️❤️❤️❤️
Gracias maestro,me encantan tus vídeos por favor te pedimos subtítulos en español para quienes no hablamos inglés muchas gracias
You're going way too fast, my colours arent coming out the same as yours and you're telling us useful information after we need it
i kindda copy it and it looks amazing and also it really is my frst time using oil paint,,... btw i love your video
Bro I dont have cadmium red....any substitute?
I think you are a very fine teacher - sharing all the details of what materials you use and then you show in a very fine way how a classic alla prima oil painting can be made. I also admire. How you show your palet in process side by side with the painting. And it was interesting that you showed how it was possible when you paint wet in wet to make a kind of "glazing" with the little bit of thinner paint. A beautifull study to learn from. And absolutely the best introduction to oil painting I have seen.
Great video
It's confusing some tutorials on here suggest you do not blend!
Thank you for this video. So helpful! ;) 💖
Thank you so much!
Thank you for this video, it was very helpful :) gonna share it with others
what means a layer? if i stop to paint ,after 2 h i need to put more oil in the paint? or after 24h i need to put more oil? thx
Very helpful....I'm going to try it now.
Do you use mediums?
I love the painting with Anders Zorns palett.
Excellent, thank you very much.
Does it not ruin ur paintbrush too scratch the paint on like that?
so straightforward and clear thankyou Yupari
Thank you!)
thank you for this! i have only ever painted with watercolour and acrylics and i bought my very first set of oil paints recently. i found this really simple to follow and i have painted a lovely looking apple!
i think i actually found it easier than painting with acrylic. it's easier to blend because it doesn't dry so quickly :)