This SIMPLE EXERCISE Will Change the Way you PAINT - Values and Blending Tutorial
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- Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
- Values are essential to create realistic paintings because they reveal the presence of light. It is through values that light can be represented on the surface of the object, giving it the illusion of form and volume. Light and shadows are omnipresent and if we are used, from childhood, to represent things with symbols, with abstract lines, the actual, visual reality is that our eyes only perceives masses of value. There are no lines in nature, only patterns of light and dark shapes next to each other.
Today, we are going to talk about an Atelier inspired exercise that will help us explore values in a simplified way to better visualize the large areas of shadows, midtones and highlights. This exercise consists of making a still life with only three values and not blending from one area to another, which means that all the value areas will have hard edges, as if they had been cut out of paper.
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I am an artist living and working in France. I learned the techniques of the Atelier of the Nineteenth century and now I try to share some of my knowledge with the rest of the world, because I think that beauty still has an important role to play in artistic creation. I do mostly drawing and oil painting, and my goal is always to provide techniques, thoughts and explanations that can be useful to anyone, from beginners to more advanced artists.
The material I use most of the time (not necessarily in this video) :
Drawing
Equipement
✓ Kneaded eraser
✓ Plumb line
✓ Small mirror
✓ An old synthetic brush
✓ Masking tape
✓ Cutter
✓ Sandpaper or sanding block
✓ Mahlstick or Hand rest (DIY)
✓ Level ruler
Graphite
✓ Pencils 2H, HB and 2B
Charcoal
✓ If available: Nitram charcoals (H, HB and B)
✓ Square charcoals
✓ Natural charcoal box
Black and white chalk
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
✓ Square Conté noir : HB and 2B
✓ Chalk or pencil holder
✓ Pencil sketch Conté Pierre noire : H and HB
Sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté : Blood and blood Medici
✓ Crayon Polychromos Faber-Castel : sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
Oil painting
Palette
(Extra-fine paint, recommended brands depending on availability: Lefranc Bourgeois, Winsor and Newton, Royal Talens Rembrandt)
✓ Titanium white PW6
✓ Yellow ochre PY42
✓ Burnt Sienna PR101 or PBr7
✓ Venetian red or English red PR101
✓ Permanent Alizarin crimson (Attention: do not use the traditional pigment, which is not very light-fast) PV19 or PR177 or Quinacridone Rose PV19
✓ Cobalt teal blue PG50
✓ French ultramarine blue PB29
✓ Raw umber PBr7
✓ Burnt umber PBr7
✓ Ivory Black PBk9
Brushes
✓ About ten filbert hog bristle brushes sizes n° 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12
✓ Some flat brushes
✓ Round sable brush or round Kolinsky sable n° 4, 8, 10, 12 (from the size of the nail (about one inch) or synthetic imitation
Medium
✓ Linseed stand oil
✓ Odourless mineral spirits
✓ Safflower oil
Surface
✓ Linen canvas, fine grain universal coating
✓ For studies : Canson oil-acrylic oil paper Figueras
Others
✓ Palette
✓ Foam and spalter brushes
✓ Palette knife in the shape of a water drop, no souldering
✓ A few small pots, containers, jars...
✓ Paper towels
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Thanks for watching !
this exercise is actually one of the few exercises that really transitioned me to painting,, in fact whenever i feel burn out or the dreaded art block, i usually resort to this exercise along with negative space exercise and blind drawing to get my momentum back. these exercises REALLY trains your eyes to /see/ 😅 (AND you can even do them as quick as 5 minutes!)
Thanks for that! I am always looking for ways to get me back into drawing/painting and those three exercises sound fun!
@@alexia5316 goodluck on ur art journey! ☺️☺️
I'm such a blender. Great teaching, I didn't do it very well but I'll keep at it and listen to you again.
It might not have been long for most people out there but in the 10/15 years ive been drawing/artsy stuff i never thought of painting like sculpting and now that im thinking about it i cant actually wait to aply it tomorrow first thing when i wake up
One of the best painting lessons I’ve ever seen.
This just blew my mind
Excellent video and exercise. There's something so satisfying and empowering about techniques like these. I can't wait to internalize this process
Fantastic exercise.
Also I find it funny that even when you try to "fail", you still get something that looks good for the untrained eye.
- Interesting! ‘Blending happens when the structure of the value masses are established.’ Reminds me of my old vocal coach/singing teacher.
- She gave me similar advice when I started working with her. She said: ‘When you master the basics of singing, the structure, you’re free to play around with different techniques, and also you’ll be a more confident singer once you master the fundamentals of singing. - Only then could I blend different sounds, using my singing voice in a more personal way. You’ll have a solid fundament to stand on. 😊
Gracias, gracias, gracias.
I'm getting back into painting and I needed to watch this. Thank you so much for all of your thoughtful content!
Blurring my eyes on your final result looks perfect! Amazing!
What an excellent video!! I have understood the concept intellectually (shapes of light and dark creating form) and tried to apply it in my painting, but I've never taken this approach. I actually use the posterize filter on photoshop as an aid to see the shapes, but I've never done an exercise applying paint that way. Definitely going to do this!! Makes so much sense!! I'm struggling with an oil portrait now (definitely value soup). I'm going to try this exercise with it. Thank you again for the 'ah-ha' moment!!
I clicked because your hoodie made you look like an astronaut, I stayed because your calm voice and clear concise explanation.
Thank you, good sir.
Loved this lesson, Thank you
Brilliant brilliant brilliant that's all I can say thankyou so much for this info brilliant I'm subscribing
Excellent Lesson !
Thank you
Thank you for sharing your art to do art..
It helps me so much ..so very well done
👍🙏🏽🦋
Great exercise, very useful. Merci et a bientot dans une prochaine video!
Very helpful and well explained, thank you.
Perfect tutorial
this is very helpful, thank you so much
love your vids,so helpful
Thanks a lot!
I'd love to see the effect that would accure if you were to just blend the three-vlaue stage. Great video as always!!!
Very helpful, well explained and demonstrated. Thank you. Off now to try the exercise.
I'll try to apply these knowledge in my digital painting
Very helpful thank you
Thank you Florent. I am an art school student and have not had this broken down and explained so thoroughly before. Yr brilliant!
Stunning!! Thank you so much! This was a major help!! Now to attempt one for myself :D
super thanks!
Excellent ! - Thanks ✌
Thank you!
so helpful ty ty ty
Interesting tips I usually draw with a basic push pencil 0.7mm So I guess you can use like no hatching, some hatching and like full black trying that on pencil?
Still it interesting since for the most parth the noob will want to do the multiple values really quickly I know I do that alot trying t push a tone of value too quickly and I lose the key value and some area are like less dark than an other when it should be darker it end up looking weird.
Any way I might try it out sometime.
You got yourself another subscriber. Well done. I've picked up painting casually over covid and this is exactly the lesson I needed to more confidently attempt pseudorealistic works as opposed to abstract forms. Thanks much
Thank you Florent 💗 I love your content and the background music is on point.
Thanks, glad you like my work. 😊✨
extremely useful for digital painting too, thank you 🖌
Thank you 🧡
You're welcome 😊 🙏
Merci pour ces précieux conseils
De rien Christèle 😊🙏
Always sharing great content! Thanks Florent 👌
Another fantastic, informative video. Thank you.
You're so welcome 👍😁
thank you
Most welcome 😊👍
I learned about values when I took a class in black and white photography back in the 70's. Excellent theory class. Looked at a lot of back and white photographers. You really appreciated how Ansel Adams perfected his craft. The richness of his photographs was amazing. A friend of mine bought 5 of his prints. We would sit in his living room and just stare at those prints. Beautiful.
Thankyou for sharing this from your perspective. Will definitely try this exercise 👌🏻
bro you look as if linustech went to art school in an alternate reality
Thank you so much it's really helpful ✨
I kinda liked the style of the blended one 🙈
This is an exercise.. you can still blend when painting normally
I did it tonight with acrylics! I felt like I learnt a lot!!
Great video
Thank you 😊🙏
I always prefer acrylics for these kind of studies because of the quick drying times force me to be more decisive with my brush strokes
u are amazing
Most Irish looking frenchman with that ginger beard I've seen so far
Enjoyed the video. Thank you.
When you blend do you use a dry clean brush?
I would like to see a video on how the painting at .021 was done.
our minds are incapable of grasping such levels of painting techniques 😆
@@chronic.dementia Well it would be a challenge no doubt. But with Florent Farges full course, thousands of hours and some help by Cecilia Gimenez, it might be close by a few determined souls.
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This was super generous of you! I really appreciate your lesson, learned so much. You are the BEST!
thanks!!!! really helpful video:)
Hello Florence. How are you doing? I loved your intro.
If only we can see the people in our lives in nuances.... More highlights, low lights and shadows, less of.... "this is the symbol or image of a perfect person/life".
How much happier would we be if our expectations amd views of this life experience, weren't so "cut-out". Or rather, cut throat learned behavior.
We'll see the beauty in what others call 'imperfect or flawed'.
Was it Marilyn Monroe who said, "perfect is boring"? Not sure now lol.
And the blending part made me think about people who don't know boundaries. Especially unhealthy relationships, where you're so codependent that you almost completely lose your own identity ("shape").
I wish I could paint like that. I'm sure I can. Who knows... Maybe one day I can do the training.
Take care. Thank you for always giving me food for thought AND teach me the skills I lack as an amateur artist.
what's the black box you are using?
hi Florent. thanks for sharing your knowledge. excellent video . If a person uses photoshop in the posterize option to help us see those tonal planes, is it valid and useful? Cheers
Absolutely, if can be a great help. Could have mentioned it actually, now that I think about it. 👍😊
Wonderful video.
Thank you so much 😊 🙏
Thank you for this great exercise, and perfect video ! I have a question: when you say blending comes after, to soften the hard edges, it only goes for the alla prima technique right? I personally paint with layers, and if I make the mistake of not blending while still wet (and I have to be fast coz using liquin), it’s quite hard to avoid the edges seing through on the next layer. It only cost another layer 😅 And we know that we can’t play with different mediums, such as starting with linseed/standoil then a top layer with liquin…
What would you do?
I would suggest that you blend before it dries, alla prima or not. When I say in the end it just means when values are accurate. The order is more a hierarchy or priorities, with time and experience you do all at once. So blend before it dries whenever possible.
@@FlorentFargesarts Merci Florent! Et pour toutes ces très bonnes vidéos (qualité et contenu) ;)
What did you drip into it at 5:36?
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟
hi i am self learn artist , Do i need a black box to train my eyes ?
1.5x speed is a must here
Voir est une inspection de l'esprit pour Descartes.
Exactement, et parfois, paradoxalement, ça rend le travail plus compliqué pour l'art figuratif parce que l'esprit rationnel s'en mêle et on projette ce que lon sait sur ce que l'on voit.
@@FlorentFargesarts Merci pour ta pédagogie. Pourrais tu donner un petit coup de pouce a ce jeune peintre que je découvre a peine, il n'a que 700 abonnés, et ça ne rend pas justice à la qualité de son travail, il pourrait profiter de ta plus grande audience. Merci!!
Que je suis con...si je te transmets pas son nom...😏Samuel Hoskins
I use this technique. It has changed my life
Although i struggle with soft edge tuning to hard edge i keep doing it and then i wonder why is this not working.
Pakde?
The guy looks like a video game character
It is annoying, not to see the source foto to compare to the painting being made.
yo its jokowi meme
i was wondering where this dude went on my feed, turn out wasnt subcribed :)
Some artists ask how I paint realistically and I tell them and they still won’t try
Holy shit I'm drunk
Uuuuh the one u have the X by is the better one. I don't know what your looking at
It’s not saying which one is better looking, it’s saying which one is better for beginning to practice values
wrong, painting is about good shapes.
@@weilzudope you’re wrong. Painting may be about good shapes, but the lips by the X look better. The other lips are just an exercise
Clicked for the tutorial and excersize, got a whole lot of in-depth chatting. Clicked away. Was looking for a more concise video I guess.
Ummmmmmmm, NO. I absolutely LOVE blending, and i HATE when people try and tell artists they HAVE to do something a certain way and if they dont then its wrong. DO IT HOWEVER YOU LIKE, DONT LISTEN TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS, BLEND BLEND BLEND IF THATS WHAT YOU LOVE TO do
Florent : "check out this technique that helps for realism"
Random person : "OMG you are oppressing me"
Stop telling people that doing art wrong and there’s only one way to and that is way. Art is self expression and as such there is “ wrong “ to do art. Don’t you ever get sick thinking you know everything? I know I do.
After all these years
I'm still a beginner 🥲
What an excellent video!! I have understood the concept intellectually (shapes of light and dark creating form) and tried to apply it in my painting, but I've never taken this approach. I actually use the posterize filter on photoshop as an aid to see the shapes, but I've never done an exercise applying paint that way. Definitely going to do this!! Makes so much sense!! I'm struggling with an oil portrait now (definitely value soup). I'm going to try this exercise with it. Thank you again for the 'ah-ha' moment!!
Thank you!