EGG - Daily painting by dutch artist Jos van Riswick

[23again]

You never cease to amaze me, how something that seems so simple but it´s so complex to achieve ends being a huge art in a small size.

It thrilled me to catch a glimpse of your hands! You have very expresive fingers, it almost always shows just the brush.

Thank you so much for continuing to share your work with us. It´s a free class I appreciate very much. You are really generous.

[AndromechA]

it's hard to fucking draw the shape of an egg...

[danielloja]

excellent! i wish i could paint like this with oil paint

[AustinTexas88]

One wishes to get to this level......Thanks for the great video, really enjoyed it.

[ThisChickIsCindy]

Oh Yesz XD

[saverdelux]

Great Job!!

[kokoroxnoxsekirei]

what is the material you're painting on?

[josvanr]

@kokoroxnoxsekirei hi, this one was on mdf board, prepared with 2 layers of acrylic varnish.....

[soma66e]

amazing painting ... I wanna be like you , you really amaized me

[audiodead]

Good enough to eat.

[buric3]

you should put at least a mm of darker/whiter color on the edges (never pure black or white) of round shapes, or your objects will look flat

[josvanr]

@buric3 thnx, very good...

[mrdarkorder]

nice it felt like the egg was really outside of the paintig

[tombproduct]

its so good i could almost eat it! but really nice job. i like your technique and the way you did your shading was superb.

[mudassatgold]

thanks jos for tell me the colours i understand completly

you used here transparent oxide red .

you also mentened the same colour in your golden wrapping video can you tell me please what the result of this colour n where you use it

thanks for comenting me and give me informaiton thanks

[josvanr]

@mudassatgold hi. Transparent oxide red is actually just a muted (unsaturated) orange. So it gives a mixture an orange cast. I don't have a specific application for it. The way I work is just: I try a mixture on the canvas, then compare it to the subject in real life, and then adjust the color. If I see the painting eg looks to cool/blue in a certain spot, I add some transparent oxide red to the mixture. (Ultramarine blue is just about the complementary color of orange)...

[mudassatgold]

@mudassatgold

hi

thanks for tell me the use of transpent oxide red i understand im also painting when i have any type of problem i will consult with you thanks

[firuinthehouse]

So THAT's how you get your fine edges :)

Very good to know. Oh by the way you've been one main influence why I have now chosen to paint still lives, as a way of getting some extra cash.

I like how you make these small paintings from rather small still life setups. I made 2 already, sold one, and find it a very pleasing way to work :)

[Stivulya]

MDF is loaded with formaldehyde which leaches even through acrylic medium and discolours the painting (SID = Surface induced discolouration). To prevent discolouration, you have to cover the mdf with a barrier such as Gak 100.

[josvanr]

@Stivulya thnx.. I remember reading about this some time ago, it was some comment about a National Gallery paper on this subject. Could you give me a pointer to this primer, i searched on google but not with much luck..

[josvanr]

@josvanr sorry I found it after all, it's spelled 'gac' not 'gak'. Thnx again for the advice!

[josvanr]

Do you know what is the difference between gac 100 and an acrylic medium or an acrylic varnish (I use the latter to size the panel)

[mudassatgold]

@josvanr

no we don't know tell us to in crease the information

[josvanr]

@mudassatgold hi, I'm a bit confused, mixed up the threads, what did you want to know? I'll be happy to answer.

[mudassatgold]

this is superb

can u tell us the colours which you use in this painting

thanx for posting such a nice paitning demo

have you any book or dvd

thanks once again

[josvanr]

@mudassatgold hi, I dont remember exactly but on my palette I have: titanium white, lemon yellow, cad. yel. dark, scheveningen red, aliz. crimson, dioxazine purple, ultramarine blue dark, transparent oxide red, viridian. With these you can mix just about all colors. If I have to guess I used white, transparent oxide red and ultramarine blue mostly, because everything is just about neutral. I probablly added small amounts of other colors, where I see deviations from the neutral...

[gardenofarcane]

Is it masonite you are working on? Love your work, and what medium do you use with oils?

[josvanr]

@gardenofarcane this one was MDF board.... For medium, in this one I used equal parts stand oil and liquin if I remember correctly...

[gardenofarcane]

@josvanr Thanks for reply, I see you dont prime the board with gesso, do you use clear primer? and is it by temperament that you work on small sizes and still life or do you work on bigger scale too? since you work so fast I wonder how you'd approach a landscape? thank you for posting, very inspiring works.

[josvanr]

@gardenofarcane hi, yes I use an acrylic varnish for 'primer'. As it sinks into the mdf, the surface is rough enough for the paint to grab. No I paint larger paintings too (google for jos van riswick still life). I've tried landscape but have never produced one that I really liked....

[pocotube777]

I would need some salt after I boiled this egg...awesome!

[mudassatgold]

@pocotube777

its realy nice



[josvanr]

@MARMARR1 EVERY VIEWER SEE THEIR OWN INTERMPRETATION

[scottgirl6]

On average how long would a painting like this takes you?

[josvanr]

@scottgirl6 hi. If all goes as planned: 2-3 hours......

[scottgirl6]

@scottgirl6 Oops, I meant *take*. Thanks for the quick reply! :)

[likewtfkid]

Magnificent<3

[0pgirl]

omg, it totally looks edible to me. haha :P

[flyingmonster2465]

HOW DO YOU BLEND THE COLORS SMOOTHLY IN WATERCOLOR? FOR ME, THE WATERCOLOR IS THE HARDEST MEDIUM, INEED TO MAKE THIS FOR MY ART GRADUATION

[josvanr]

@flyingmonster2465 unfortunately I don't know anything about watercouleur........

[pocotube777]

@flyingmonster2465 try gum Arabic or an acrylic retarder to prolong drying time use the ones with matt effect.

[blacknanoosh]

a beauty

[josvanr]

@blacknanoosh merci

[chickenwang4eva]

That is just remarkable.

[josvanr]

@chickenwang4eva thnx...



[ginddle]

I am definitely going to paint an egg today

[sfumatoking]

@josvanr Nice work! I made a comment and fowarded a question but didn't address you directly.Let me do this again. You use stand oil and liquin, (which I used for several years) but have you tried maroger and/or roberson's medium? Just curious.

[josvanr]

@sfumatoking no, not available in europe......

[sfumatoking]

Beautiful! I cased all the comments and learned that you used stand oil and liquin for preparation to paint into. Have you ever tried maroger or roberson's medium.

[josvanr]

@sfumatoking hi , ... no, not available in europe, as far as I know....

[doddling]

Brilliant Jos at one stage I thought you were painting the back of the egg

[bashirsultani]

Amazing ! It looks like a real one :)

[alyradia]

Is this using glazes? I really want to be able to achieve this level of realism.

[josvanr]

@alyradia no it was painted wet-into-wet, single session. Most important thing to get a convincing realism is to get the colors and values as close as possible to the ones you see in the subject..

[OptickNerve]

I'm not sure i understand what you're doing to your canvas in :10 - :20

are you using thinner to activate the area you're going to paint on?

[josvanr]

@OptickNerve I'm rubbing on some medium. ('oiling out') to paint into...

[xBreeTannerx]

heel mooi gemaakt. het ziet er inderdaag uit alsof je het kan oppakken ;P

[InnovationalFilms]

oils look like so much fun but ive never gotten to try them, noone will teach me

[kazukim761]

is it only oil painting or can acrylic also produce so releastic work?

[josvanr]

@kazukim761 only oils... Most important thing is to learnt to see, but if you want to make things easier for yourself buy 'old holland' paint..

[KatKrazy373]

@josvanr I disagree with that; acrylics can make just as realistic if not more realistic art than oils; it depends on who's hand is painting them. All the same I think your work is wonderful :)

[staindstreams]

@KatKrazy373 while acrylics can create amazingly realistic or photo-realistic pieces, which I've seen a lot of, they still don't manage to come to life the way the work would if it were done in oil instead. Oil has a way about it, that allows light to pass through it's pigments in a way that acrylic just can't because it's plastic. That ability brings the breath of life to most oil pieces if done properly.

[BekindFul]

how long did it took you ?

[josvanr]

@BekindFul don't remember exactly, probably about 3 hours...

[AltimaMantoid]

It looks like you can just reach out and pick the egg up right off the page! Nice job =)

[battlekatt81]

Excellent tonal control. Nice egg!

[araartist]

loovit good job!!

[A93A93]

nice value study

[rosasdobrasil]

Adorei! Excelente técnica.

[RaveBlazer13]

this is just so... i don't know

AMAZING!

(^-^)

[ilovesheenaeaston]

Excellent! Now I'm inspired!

[gutsofusman2]

im totallyyyyyy confused whether its a painting or real egg on da board!!!

[GanzLONDON]

I LOVE YOU for posting this !!!

[bringonthetrumpets20]

oh my god, i think you are possibly a genious, i shall aspire to be like you one day :D awesome videos

[CHICKPEA20]

Wow ur work is truly beautiful. Think il pick up painting again..it's been a while but you have inspired me!! keep it up!!

[Yusrararts]

beautiful painting ....

[savagemailbox]

once again...my day is lighter, happier, and more hopeful watching this....do you believe this is true? Do you understand the significance?

Erdos was this way with mathematics, jos, so I think you might like to learn about him..."the man who loved only numbers"...

Sincere thanks for your generosity...you are doing more good than you realize.

pce,

SVG

[jazzmanzoot]

so your egg is lit from TWO angles. Please give your viewers this information

[josvanr]

@jazzmanzoot hi hmm from 2 angles?.. because of the shape of the shadow you mean.. I think the egg was near a big window, so you get this effect of a very dark shadow in the middle and lighter shadows at the edges. But it also could very well be that I put a curtain such that there were 2 openings, I dont remember....

[jazzmanzoot]

@josvanr Cheers Bud. I go it now. (I think ! LOL)

Beautifully painted, by the way. I live in awe of your talent.

Perhaps one day I`ll match it. LOL

Thank you again.

Charles UK

[jazzmanzoot]

@josvanr Thanks for clarifying,

Should have guessed !

Charles UK

[A93A93]

@jazzmanzoot there doesn't necessarily need to be two light directions to get light on different sides of the object... most light, especially like in this painting, is reflected light from surfaces near the object, such as the material the egg was sitting on, or even objects near it if there were more in the still life. Just about everything obtains some form of reflected light.

[ArtistMakena]

@jazzmanzoot Most shapes have a reflection on the edge of the shadow. It is caused by the "reflection" of light off of the surface the object is placed on.

[ArtistMakena]

@jazzmanzoot Most shapes have a reflection on the edge of the shadow. It is caused by the "reflection" of light off of the surface the object is placed on.

[vinishdo]

I love the way you did the background. Excellent. Thank you.

[artgoat]

What ground are you using? At the start it looked like particle board. Masonite?

[josvanr]

mdf board...

[josvanr]

Most of the time its hog hair (brand elco) but for the line of shadow under the egg I used a softer brush. It was either a nr 4 ox hair (vincent) or a nr 2 langnickel 5590 (cant remember which one)

[redstreake]

Excellent video, looking forward to viewing the rest and visiting your website! Good stuff! That egg looks like it is about to roll right off the board! Fab job!

[Thetis101]

Absolutely gorgeous.

I love oil paintings.

[josvanr]

hi, thnx.. its oil paint! ('old holland' brand)

[blackspy13]

wow..and by the way i visited your site!! all of your paintings are like real??i mean all the fruits??!! its really amazing!!!! big WOW!!! ehi..

[blackspy13]

i love your video...by the way..what paint are you using??is it acrylic or oil?? it went so on you...nice..=) keep posting for more!! your videos are very helpful..

[josvanr]

too hairy...

[papalap1969]

You should have stopped at 2: 22

[josvanr]

hi

its about 2 hours. I do usually take them to a show when I need one (and when they turn out well enough!)

Yes, I'd like to have a camera on my palette, but I have to figure out sometime how to connect 2 webcams to my linux pc...

[itricke]

you are so amazing. How long do you work on each piece? Is this for a show or exercise? your very cool to watch wish i could see you mix colors.

[lightseen]

This is really cool,

you touching background looks neat!

and very nice sound, it's nice little postcard from Holland.

Thanks.

[josvanr]

well, as far as i know, it is the same here in the netherlands. There is no academy of arts teaching in a traditioal way. Only a private 'institute' I think, but I don't know if this is any good. I heard in Antwerp (belgium) they still have some traditional training, or maybe italy. I'm mostly self-taught too.....

[blackspy13]

self-taught!! i certainly agree with that!!!! =) more power and godbless to your paintings!! its really nice.. have you ever sold any??

[Undech01]

Thank you, Im a painter from America who was forced to teach myself the old master techniques, what with America being so dominated by modernism. Nerdrum was a big influence on encouraging me to pursue the classical technique. ironically I am of Norwegian decent and I attended the oldest Norwegian founded college in America. Luckily I was able to instigate a little coup, assuring a instructor with a more classical background was hired the next year after I left.

[jannybaby4ever]

Thanks alot. Ur videos help me to improve my technique :)

[Undech01]

15 seconds into the vid, is that mineral spirits or linseed oil you used to prepare the negative space around the egg?

[josvanr]

ah yes, this is ze secrete recipe of ze grande masterez. But if you don't tell anyone else: a mix of equal parts stand oil and liquin (and maybe a bit of mineral spirits that is still on the brush, making it more fluid). Important is the panel: it is mdf board sealed with a coat of acrylic varnish. This results in a rather absorbing ground, giving a canvas-like feel when painting...