how to paint a masterpiece in 15,542 easy steps

[paulbeel]

A bit of irony aside, 15,542 steps is easy if you take one at a time.

[maulerdeathmaster]

Ok, how to paint a masterpiece in 15,542 EASY steps? Really, how can that many steps be easy?

[dmxlaci]

Nice work, not incredible but nice. Guys if u know the technique how to do it u only need patient to do it. trust me. but its a great work tho respect:) maybe i post a reply video of some surrel painitings of mine

[cosg9531]

Mediocre.

[MarcusMcCabe]

To stop motion something like that you must need to be seriously organized. Now I get the title haha. In your usual work do you work in steps alot? Seems like for a big realistic oil painting like this you would need a super computer brain to not work in stages.

[paulbeel]

@MarcusMcCabe actually, no, I don't usually work in planned stages, it actually usually slows me down to do so, its mostly improv, very slow improv, but improv.

[MarcusMcCabe]

@paulbeel cool, thanks for answering!

[Lieblingsfachful]

Is there an art studio that still teaches this refined style of painting? I have always had a hidden desire since I was young to paint like the old dutch masters, and I was just wondering if there was a place I could go to learn this.

[paulbeel]

@Lieblingsfachful

There are several classical painting schools in Florence, the Florence Academy, the Cecil School and the Angel School. I'm also always willing to set up a teacher/apprentice situation in my studio.

[Lieblingsfachful]

@paulbeel I feel deeply honored. I fear though I have neither the resources nor the finance to go the academy.

[HanaPainting]

Very nice piece of the art!!!!

[hodown]

incredible.

[soleilangela]

nice work

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

excuse the language....but that was fuckin awesome!

the painting AND the video was terrific!

OMFG! How long did it take you???

[paulbeel]

It took me about three weeks of painting and filming and then a few more weeks to edit. thanks

[Cre8iveSignWorks]

thanks for your reply.

congratulations on a stirling job!

oh, i noticed that your gun is missing on your weapons wall!

any special reason?

[Priyash83]

i looks so real

great job

[Mugabe69]

Genius!! what a talent and what an origional method of delivering it! Kudos to you sir!

[pixieprncess]

It's amazing! You really do have a beautiful Talent! Thank you for sharing it. The dimensions were Pervasive.

[bobbiandcharlie]

eggs please paul?!?!?!?!

[paulbeel]

Yes its oil. Most of my paints are Rembrandt or a local brand here in Florence called Maimeri Puro. I also have a few tubes of Micheal Harding's (supposedly handmade English paint).

[ocapana]

Thanks a lot for posting it. Let me ask you: what brand of oil do you use? ( I guess it is oil right?) Also thanks for taking your time to reply the posts.

[paulbeel]

I use rembrandt, a local florence brand called Maimeri Puro, a few tubes of Micheal Hardings, and a few other tubes of this brand or that. Yes, oils

[tommyg794]

awsome video, and superb execution of a really class work of art, thanks

[xonoffx]

how much on average you can sell a paint like this of this size and how much are the costs for the materials?

[paulbeel]

My paintings this size have been sold between 8 and 12 thousand Euros. Its hard to say their current market price. As I'm sure you are aware, we're in an extremely unstable market. Linen and stretcher bars would cost 250. I can't estimate how much is spent on paint and brushes, and it can vary greatly from one painting to another.

[BirdOfParadise777]

Fun to watch. Will you ever do a tutorial for a large painting such as this?

Toodle-oo!

BOP

[paulbeel]

Truthfully, I don't know if I could really do that. Filming, painting, teaching all at the same time is a lot to do. I could possibly do some kind of explanation voice over on one of the ones I've done...but there's so much to say. I'll think about it.

[BirdOfParadise777]

Even a voice over on this one would be wonderful! I love to listen to the creative process. I learn something from every artist I listen to:)

Thank you for considering it.

BOP

[RLTromble]

Great painting, how long did it take

[garphik]

Take a bow man!

Great stuff, you have got talent!

[IHATEYOUMORE01]

Hey, I thought my comment didn't post. That means I also sent it to you in an e-mail.lol.

P.S.--maybe I haven't watched it a million times, but there is a way to pirate vids, its really funny there is even an you tube video on how to do it. No comment on whether I have or have not done this, wink, wink.

[paulbeel]

The clip or my wife (thank you, yes she is beautiful)was inserted by her. Sometimes I take a break (its easier to keep the camera running than shutting it down) and she sneaks in and puts herself in the shot.

Are you an painter or an editor or just simply sort of fanatical about cool videos?

[paulbeel]

It's ironic to get such a nice comment from someone who goes by ihateyoumore. I guess you really did watch it that many times, or at least alot (I think if you really watched it a million times you are pirating this video, because I don't see a million views on youtube, yet) :) .

I was wondering if anyone would ever go frame by frame through the whole video-I went through it frame by frame dozens of times in the editting.

[bobbiandcharlie]

oh and what i meant to say is my students love it... I teach stop motion to 7th graders and they are totally flipped by the amount of work you put in... i think it is really cool they understand.... bravo paul you really are a master... i'm on face book if you remmber my last name.... c

[bobbiandcharlie]

paul, not to sure you will get this... this is charlie writing... I knew you from SACI I have a wife and a 5 month old now and have been teaching for the past 7 years.. Curacao Cyprus and now Venezuela... moving next year Antigua Guatemala to try and start my own SACI type school... so good to see you are still the jedi painter and still having fun with it... persistence of vision...

[LesBeeOn]

fantastic! baby carriage? haha

[LAArtGallery]

Fabulous! Both video and artistic talents! Consider me subb'd. ;)

[thomasvalenti]

Paul, Spectacular! You just got yourself a new subscriber

[debcoart]

Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant! 5* all the way...

Paul, if you decide that you want to add some music to this video, click on the link at the bottom right of this page called Test Tube. You can go into YouTube's library and choose from hundreds of tunes...all copyright free so we can use them as we please with no worries. :)

[andreart83]

ciao paul, sono Andrea(l'amico di sissy), complimenti x il video è davvero spassoso, e anche il quadro finale è davvero uno spettacolo! grande paul

[paulbeel]

A text message came to me on my cell phone: "uova!, uova!" (eggs, eggs) Evviva Valerio!

5 Humpty Dumpties, 5 still on the wall.

[jdpaintb]

Paul, Interesting painting. Is he some kind of ninja painter from the future? I like the lightsaber!

James

[paulbeel]

James, in sense, yes, exactly that. (although I'd prefer to say he's from a long time ago and from a galaxy...you know the rest. But paintings are different from films or TV in that a painting can hold many different "texts" or messages in a single frame without risking to lose the continuity of a relatively linear narrative. Paintings are allowed to compress time, a film passes it from one picture to the next. So what's the relation between Jedis, Kung Fu, and painting?

He's a master.

[jdpaintb]

Some thought you have given that, O Master of the Brush. (That's as good as my Yoda impression gets, sorry.)

[paulbeel]

Thats ok, its hard to do Yoda without the Frank Oz voice.  I've been thinking about these things

for eighteen years, so now they come pretty easily

[jdpaintb]

Paul,  Interesting painting. Is he some kind of ninja painter from the future? I like the lightsaber!

James

[paulbeel]

But there's more because isn't Kung FU and the force rather juvenile? So maybe our master is just a little boy who wants to stay in Neverland even though he grew up a long time ago. Which is both wonderful and pathetic and a painting has no problems making a tremendous brag and a pitiful confession at the same time. anyway, I wanted you to see the "paint bomb headshot part 1" video.

[samuelbstern]

beel! still painting reflections in the paintbrush handles, i see . . . you still got it. lovin it. sammy

[paulbeel]

Another egg request in my general box.  4 down six to go

[katasincat87]

Hello! I love the video. It's really great how it shows the process so well!

[paulbeel]

Hey G-berg clan. Is Cousin James watching the paint bomb? I made it partly for him.

[paulbeel]

The paintings of the eggs are done, its the video that needs finishing. And there will be no chickens. 3 down 7 to go.

[beelk64]

I hope when you almost complete your painting of the egg, the chicken hatches. Leeba

[paulbeel]

Italiani! Se volete vedere un nuovo video prima del 15 marzo, scrivami nei commenti "Uova! Uova!"

[suekbee]

Show me the eggs, Paul!

[paulbeel]

BRA-VO SUSAN! I Have been working on the egg and a few other things which I think will be spectacular. We only eight more to go.

[suekbee]

would it count if i did it 8 more times? haha

[paulbeel]

No, single viewer repeats only count as half, so you would need 16 eggs, each in its own comment box to be valid. Since you are my sister I'll give you a discount and make it 12.

[artisttrev]

Thanks for the invite Paul, lovely work, total genius,

All the best Artistrev

[paulbeel]

thanks Artisttrey.

[paulbeel]

Note from Paul-

There's been a request to see the egg, but it needs editing and I need to get into the studio and do some painting. If there's nine more people out there who are interested enough to take 30 seconds to type "show me the eggs, paul!" then I'll put in a late night or two to get it out ASAP. If not we'll just wait for the regularly scheduled animation release on March 15.

[filopezza]

Check FILOPEZZA and Branching Out...

Lorenzo

[filopezza]

Bravo Paul....Giovanni really liked it!

Lorenzo Pezzatini

[vanessa21h]

SHOW ME THE EGG! Great work Paul! Grandma Alice sent me this link! I will keep watching...:)

[xdtoks]

Not bad, BUT, the egg painting kicks this one's ass.

[maybee567]

Extremely well done.

[beelk64]

This tops all others!!!!

[euchgirl]

WOW Paul.  Amazing.

[facingneo]

Outstanding Paul!