#5 How To Paint Grass | Oil Painting Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- In this oil painting tutorial I'll show you how to paint grass in oil. You'll see my process and technique for painting grass that is photorealistic. You'll also learn how to mix green oil colours and what brushes to use for painting grass.
I'm a professional landscape artist with over 20 years of experience in oil painting. My UA-cam Channel is dedicated to helping people learn how to paint in oils. I really believe that everyone can learn how to paint!
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Yikes I was painting and came upon this for help with grass. This person's art is incredible. I am going back to my kindergarten painting now and cry.
I feel you 😅👍
Same I was painting nature 😭😭
Well you know all these other painters that say: "You don't want to paint every single leaf and blade of grass, who wants to spend their time doing that??"
Michael: hold my beer
You do need a certain amount of neuroticism to enjoy this process, but Michael seems to love it :)
When you said 12 subscribers I was like "what, no way" so I looked at how many subscribers you have now and it's over 1 million. Good for you 👍
From about a dozen subscribers to nearly 50,000 in 9 months. That is impressive.
Thank you sir! I am a huge fan of yours and am always excited when a new video comes out. If you can think of any way I can help your channel at all, I would be honored to do so.
271k now.
Wow that is impressive, from my small new channel, hoping one day will get as many followers too
Now 5 years later, almost 1 mill
He is God , anything is possible at his wish.
To the 4 people who disliked this video please, please show us your paintings.
Barry Newton I didn't learn anything... I also didn't dislike it though
David Newton - so because somebody already knows this technique is reason for them to dislike? How are people who dont know this technique supposed to learn it? What a stupid reason, not everyone is an expert already.
😂😂😂
@@daviddivad5910 He gave several tips that I found very helpful.
I dont know that I have EVER disliked ANYTHING! even when I dont learn anything, even when I dont like the personality, I just stop watching and move on...I know, for some people, that's mind boggling. Lol the same people who are burning are cities and sh*t talk all day every day. Miserable people.
So realistic - I'm resisting the urge to get out my lawn mower!
*paint a lawnmower*
Best comment so far 👍😅
this is stunning man! And i love the humour and the self deprecating tone 😂 calling yourself a twat and yet this is brilliant 👍 absolutely awesome, love it.
Sigh.................................just incredible...........................thank you
Avril Retief 5
This video has been SO helpful. I'm currently painting some cows in a field and have been driving myself mad trying to figure out how to do the grass! Thank you so, so much! You are a fantastic teacher. :)
I’d call this tutorial “fifty shades of grass”
Lol only a few subscribers... you are one of the top ten painters on youtube in my opinion and your tutorials are very informative and entertaining... you will have thousands of subscribers in no time!
Thousands now 👍👍
Great lesson but I laughed out loud when you said "There's no reason you can't do this too!" I can't make reflections in the water like that....I only know the Bob Ross way and you don't do that - it looks like a true reflection. Awesome - I've been watching you all evening at work.
I've been doing the wet-on-wet aka the "Bob Ross technique" for years. Without formal art school training, I think its a great base, but I don't see why more sophisticated techniques can't be incorporated. I believe the Bob Ross paint is going to be much thicker than anything MJS is using here (I mean look how little paint he has to put out for a large painting). Maybe keep some of Bob's 'liquid clear' or some linseed oil out for dipping in to thin it up for those details. Also, nothing wrong with painting the basic painting in Bob's style, letting it dry a bit, then touching it up with a liner brush. Maybe we'll never be fine artists, but we can still have fun trying :)
"Only a dozen or so subscribers"...10 months later, make that 54,759. Shot, man!
Me: "I'm pretty sure he's going to use some sort of brush to do that real fast"
*Proceeds to paint every single grass blade individually*
*surprised_pikachu.jpg*
Hahaha....no such luck. It looks really skilful because he is really skilful. I wish I could draw blades of grass that actually look like grass. 'Had an attempt today.......hahaha. :)
Love your techniques, sense of humor & the humble premise with which you attempt to teach us your insane talent. I've used acrylics for years and know I can incorporate many of your techniques, but watching your videos reeeeally makes me want to switch to oils!!
Now I'm off to watch more of your fantastic tutorials! Thanks for sharing.
Oh my life it looks like a photo.
Minty Moore It looks way better than a photo to my eyes.
Minty Moore it looks like a DIGITAL photo. but my iPhone has more options and effects
That is amazing. Thank you so much. I will be working on my grass for the first time today as this is a huge help.
I absolutely love detail and that is precisely what's attracted me to this art. The world is such a beautiful place. I am so lucky to live in such a gorgeous part of our English countryside and because I do I'm definitely giving this a go! Exciting times ....thank you Michael : )
you are insanely awesome.. RESPECT!! i just spect 2 hours watching your videos and some in repeat mode!!
the best part is you SHARE your knowledge!! Please upload some videos on clouds
only a dozen subscribers. I'm new to painting and your work has inspired me so much. I'm not so much amazed but grateful that your channel has expanded to the point where it was able to touch my life and inspire me to start painting. From the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you @Michael James Smith for bringing me into this wonderful colourful world.
Do you think you could do a video that describes in more detail how you do your blocking? Like a dedicated video. Such as how you draw it out or how you choose your colors etc...? Thanks a ton for all the great videos. I had an accident thar messed my back up and I can't really paint anymore but watching your video sort of fills in that empty spot. You're the best! Keep it up.
12 subscribers.....meanwhile, 7 years later.....😳😲😎👌
"A dozen or so subscribers"...lol. Update..."nearly a million"
Amazing grass and so life like. I love the way you put so much work into the painting without making it look overworked. Awesome!
...so start with flat brush, then to fan brush and then pointer, looks fantastic...thanks
Beautiful! No one could have convinced me that this was a painting... except that I watched you doing it!
How tedious! Isn’t there a short cut!!
I've been watching these videos over the past few days and have learned an enormous amount from them. Excellent work. Thank you.
Yeah me too definitely a big help to me and my channel
Is there a video on how to do the grass base... Like from scratch
You forgot to add the incredible amount of patience required to paint like this!! 😉👍
Hi Michael, just signing on with you. Stunning work! What surfaces do you use for painting?
Thank you Michael for helping us to paint !
it's beautiful! Thanks for your help❤
LOL "a dozen or so prescribers?" i see 44,549 up there. Well done Michael. I really enjoy your laid-back style of tutorial, and the way you take each aspect of landscape separately like grass, trees, water, rocks etc. Thanks.
from a dozen subs to almost 1 million , congratsss
very informative this was great to watch so glad you posted it
Thank you so much for these tutorials! I've taken college art classes but I think I've learned more from watching your videos than the classes I took.
fantastic Michael again thanks... learning so much..
Best realistic grass I've seen
My lawn is the most realistic by far.
is this possible to make it by acrylics? Im only beginer and im not sure if its necesary to learn oil paint too. Awesome work, i cant believe this is not photo :-)
Thanks mike . Once again a master class in realistic painting. i am learning so much from you and your work. great!!!!
I just realized that i, for once in my life, should take actual notes of a process, as this is probably the like sixth time i'm re-watching this. There you go, fellow artists
I'm hooked on these videos! I thought I painted ultra realises! - now I can see I can push it even further.....
This is one of the few truly helpful videos on UA-cam!! Thank you, sir!. Just about all so-called tutorials are nothing more than ego-based time lapse "Look at me!" clips You actually teach and film in real time! Very very useful!
Your work is always so realistic and beautiful....great tutorial.. i feel so confident after ..and then i realise practice is so needed
“A dozen or so subscribers” Now look how many you have!!
Made me laugh when you said seems weird saying hey everyone when i only have 12 subscribers lol!!! 🤣 312k subscribers later..... That was very helpful that . Ill use that technique more! Subbed and liked!!
Totally awesome and inspiring! Thank you so very much!
I've been painting for hours today. I'm going go back into my painting... now...and..GET RANDOM ON IT ! thank you.
Dilemma: say you're painting a night scene, with a bright light in the foreground, and moonlight in the background, how would you do grass in that situation?
I have a new UA-cam hero.
You and your technique are absolutely AMAZING!
I love your videos! You're the best. I don't understand all that you speak because I'm Brazilian and I don't speak English very well, but I learn with your lessons. Thank you and God bless you for give me a little of you grace.
Excellent! Thanks for sharing. Congratulations from Venezuela 🇻🇪 🙂.
Wow, that painting looks like a photograph, good painting man!
La traducción es pésima, con insultos incluidos...lástima xq el pintor me encanta. Soy de Argentina 💙
That's your so much
Thank you for making this video, friend! Really Helpful!
Your painting is amazing. Technique is brilliant.
Whenever this was painted and recorded, the channel had 12 viewers. It's May 2022 and the channel now has 1.02million subscribers. Deservedly so imho.
I'm trying to understand what kind of board you're using. It sounds like "green board" that's used here in the states to enclose bathrooms (gypsum covered with water-resistant green paper, e.g.) Or am I way off??
Love your painting style -- blocking in with acrylics, controlled "looseness", realism with speed, and detailed, highlighted endings to each painting. Don't stop doing the videos!!
Hi Michael, I'm completely new to oil painting and I'm a little confused when you mention "liquid". Is this like Liquid Clear from Bob Ross? I'm eager to get started with the help of your excellent videos which I find extremely helpful! Please keep them coming! Regards, Clive
I just recently watched 1of your other tutorials on Rocks, I then typed your name at you tube and found a lot more of you with various tutorials, you do define details and It caught my attention, more than most other artists on you tube, your explanation is so helpful.Thank you!
I don't get what I'm doing wrong.. You're very talented.. Thanks for the videos.
Can i ask you why you glaze the dark shadow on the blocked in color? Couldn't you just block in with darker tones where they have to be? What is the difference? Thank you
When....... Hi Michael love your work. Quick question. When doing your blades of grass how is the best way to get long blades? Do you thin the oils a lot? What size brush is preferable? Thank you for taking the time.
Really beautiful work. It's an inspiration even though I know I could never get close to this.
Thank you for taking the trouble to put it on UA-cam for us to see.
Thanks Michael for your prompt reply. Please excuse my ignorance. I shall be able to go forward now. Amazing work by the way!!!
I really enjoy your videos and your methods and way of teaching. I was really shocked when you said that about only having 12 subscribers, I watched again and sure enough, that's what you said. I was really wondering how that could be, I've seen middle aged housewives and their husbands painting on paper plates and they had hundreds or even thousands of subscribers.
When I came back for the third viewing in a row, I looked to see how may subscribers you have and it was not 12, not any more, it's now 409,000! WoW!
that's more like it!
I have been trying to learn to paint and while I enjoy experimenting, sometimes I can't find the technique on my own. as a life long doodler I had no roadblocks that more practice didn't cure, but painting can sometimes stop me dead in my tracks, I don't know the tools or the techniques to do some of the things I try with the paints which I didn't as a doodler.......I''m watching this video again because I am trying to paint grass, a meadow, I knew from Bob Ross that his "magic fan brush" was one way to get those blades to appear, but.......I have fan brush problems, the bristles clump and if I put the paint on thick it's messy and looks like paint not grass.
When I try to thin the paint down, I'm lucky if I get one stroke with enough colour to leave little stripes but they look like I made them with a dinner fork.
So, I can figure out that one of my problems is loading the brush and another is the consistency of the paint.
I don't know if you have any videos about this, about the quality of the brushes and paints you're using to get the results you want, those are the results myself and well over 400,000 other people hope for too.
I do buy cheap supplies because I'm learning, but now I'm thinking I might be better off with a couple of higher quality tools and paints and I could just take care of them so they last longer.
I'm wondering if the fan brush should have a certain bristle type or count? When I first saw them and they're being used for grass and leaves, I assumed I should just grab some flimsy cheap ones and throw them away after I use them, because I imagined that fine hairs spread thin would be the best thing for what I want to do.
That's not right at all, because my fan brushes look more like little hands with four or five fingers than a fan and they leave ugly strokes when they leave strokes at all.
Help! please.
Love your videos Michael, very informative and thank you for sharing your technique and colours
This is inspiring. I will try it in my digital paintings. Thank you. New subscriber.
What about night grass and forests and trees and what not or even night and stormy ? I can only see sunny day in the country which is amazing but nights a challenge.
Michael....thanks for the grass tutorial. Needs soooo much patience! Please how did you pain the leaves in the bush on the right of your painting, please?
Hello very beautiful authentic work, lm starting out oil painting and lm ending up with muddled up colours . could it be lm using liquin wrongly. Thanks in advance.
Run this by me..... 2:53.... how the hell do you get your lines to just glide on the canvas like that? My canvas has tiny grids that make that impossible, even with thinner applied. Are you painting on a flat board or something or am I doing something wrong?
Could you once paint à Golf field?... maybe it's more difficult to paint this kind of sort grass...
Hi! This video was so helpful. Just knowing which brush to use got me so far. I now need help figuring out the best way to paint dead grass. I have dead grass in my foreground and it is very patchy and hard to get just right. Any tips?!?
I have a 16x20 black canvas that is just screaming for a nice big landscape, now if I can just decide which one of your paintings I want to try to emulate. Don't know if i have the stamina to make it but by golly I intend to try.
Hi Michael, very impressed by your nicely set up and design of you painting and of of course of your technique. I see you are useing Alkyd Oils. Some artists say the brightness of the color is not as strong as with regular oils. Why do you prefer this ones ? Thanks and keep sharing :-)
Are you waiting for your layers to dry before you put the highlights on top?
Oh, .you are just so good! Thumbs down?? There are always jealous morons among us Michael mindless UA-camrs who just sign in to do just that sad but true. You are a marvelous Artist Michael no one can take that away from you.
Thank you very much. This was helpful. It would be more helpful if you woult mention roughly the type of colours and blends.
I'd love to know what specific colors the base is painted with. Saying "green" is so general. Greens are a very complicated color to use and master. Help in this area would be most helpful. You are an artistic giant and I want to grow as tall as you o my artistic journey. Thank you!
I have a question. I started an oil painting (I use water-soluble oils for health reasons) about 5 years ago and basically just completed the first stage of blocking in. Then I got stuck on what I was doing and then got distracted. Fast forward to now. Is there any reason why I can't just pick up where I left off and continue to work on it?
so, as I understand it you are blocking in with acrylic, and painting in alkyd. do you use the older oils also or do you mix and match? Great tutorials, I think you've got a few more than a dozen subscribers now. Do you visit clubs on your day off?
Im really struggling with the blades of grass on my first project. The paint either doesnt come off the (thinnest) brush or my lines are too thick. Ive added odorless cleaner and linseed oil to thin the paint. Should i leave the undercoat tones to fully dry first?
If you're using green and black and a Fran brush fore then 2nd layer what domyou the nundermpakinting?
I’m using a rigger brush but it won’t paint nice thin strokes! I’ve tried thinning paint with turpentine and oil but no difference...just too thick lines or no paint on canvas! What’s your secret?
güzel manzara, güzel çalışma, tebrikler...
the quest for realism in art is a worrying trend . it looks nice but leaves us wondering what happened to the subconscious flare for uniqueness , Art took a very strange turn after 1970 , A sort of mechanical unemotional turn , We accept some very strange artist work as credible , almost as if we are scrambling to find sense in the world , we think they have an answer to our lives , they do not . Pablo Picasso was a far more deeper thinker , rejecting the physical obsession for the subconscious struggle of humanity . He painted the inner life . I wonder what is going to be next in the world of art .
The grass on the far bank there I'd like to learn how to paint that. I get a request from a lot if South Texas friends, and the ground looks mostly like that. I struggle painting patchy grass.
terima kasih, anda luar biasa. saya selalu mengikuti video anda (Indonesia)
Great! Could you please tell me size(nos) of the brushes for painting grasses which one you used
Sir i love your channel its very helpful.
Lots of love from INDIA
Very realistic painting . Amazing work
I have a question about painting grass. I am beginer. Started painting only 2 months ago but vegetation is still big problem for me. When I start painting grass as you showed on 2:42 with acrylic and while it is wet it has the same nice color as in this video but when it dries it gets much darker and there is almost no contrast with 1st layer. So what am I doing wrong here?
LOVE THAT!
Where would I buy that really thin brush you used??!! Btw loved this vidio!!!
when u do the blocking portion of the painting do u individually paint each piece of grass after
Best tutorial on grass I have seen. Thank you.
Wish I could tell what brush you used. I tried this technique last night but even my small brush I think was still to thick.
I prefer paiting with acrylics, can these technice be use with acrylics? by the way I really like the way you painted the grass.
Where on earth do you get a paintbrush like that....
Mine are never small and stiff enough