Oil Painting lesson 5

[lileylilian]

Beautiful -love the shadows thanks a lot!

pauline

[dezensera]

eerr.... too fast,, need to be more close up to... so i can see mre detail...

[claramei100]

What?

This is not just a paint job...

This is a SHOW!

Thanks!

Congratulations from Brasil.

[shadowclan1993]

nice

[silenewiccan]

fantastico!!! voce é perfeito artista, é como ver alguem pintando a propria fotografia, parece magica, todo este sombreado é simplesmente divino!

Congratulations, my friend.

Brasil love you

Silene

[MuddyTonic]

Man your confidence painting the leaves over the barn is amazing!

[UncleRabbit1]

Is that dog a White Lab?

[dcopley51]

Love your paintings. I am having some difficulty with foilage and I am amazed at how easily you paint it. Is there a technique?

[sashntash]

Thanks for the information about the brush !!!

Do you use synthetic, sable or bristle? I've been trying them all and find that different kinds work for different techniques.

Yesterday, I watched the entire October Lane series, printed out a photo and am going to make an attempt....

Thanks again for taking the time to do these !!! They are VERY helful !!!

[jimmy3dd]

I use the cheapest synthetic brushes i can find as I'll only get 1 painting out of a (small )brush anyway.

Good luck with Oct Lane!!

[virgatron]

He is not an annoyin dog...hes a good dog. There's nothing better than relaxin and paintin with your retriever...mind you - he should be drinkin liquor too! good work.

[jimmy3dd]

plus one!

[sashntash]

Love your videos. Thank you for taking the time to do these. And... I love your dog !!! I used to have a Black Lab.... wonderful dogs.

What brush did you use to do the foliage? It looks like a small round or a liner brush but it's hard to tell on the sped up tape.

Thanks again

[jimmy3dd]

Its about a #1 or 2 flat

[thefool19]

that dog is annoying LOL

[aussiejohnr]

Brilliant James! I learned so much just watching this take shape. and the Dobro picking was class music. |well done pal!

[2ankita16]

brilliant!!!

[54spiritedwill54]

Fantastic work.

[myomelette]

This is a great video. I love how the tree came out so photo-realistic. Thank you for sharing this!

[1created1]

Shame that it's sped up like that...such gorgeous work would be more appreciated when at the natural rate/speed of your ability...

[1968monaco500]

wow...incredible painting artist,you have so much talent it's real art!!!!unbelivable!

cute dog by the way!!!:)

[AlchemistShaman]

Maybe it's not talent -- maybe it's hard earned skill

[kasumisman]

omg very amazing man i like how the windows edges are amazingly straight u must be very good at painting thin lines without shaking your hand because when i try i cant keep my hand steady sometimes

[224clb22]

Dang!!!! Fasinating. Such talent. Love the music, the pooch and watching you paint so beautifully. The shadow work....superb! Thank you Sir :D

[oilpainter92]

wow it's amazing how much the littlest shadows and highlights make the bigest diference.GRAT WORK !

[Anzu101]

question, i uaslly do watercolors but i started on trying out oil paints, its very think paint does it have to be that way or is there a way to thin it out a bit and if so what should i use to thin it out with

[jimmy3dd]

try using mineral spirits, i'd recomend getting one of the oderless types

[Anzu101]

k ty ^^

[Priloomis]

Amazing!!5*

[meakw2]

Too fast too little expanation, too distant/fast to know what is being done

[u2nick]

lolll

[Chavee49]

Amazing! I've learned more here than any book has taught me! The sad part is... I thought I was an artist!!!! BTW, "lordytoo", you should get yourself a Doberman and satisfy your chihuahua instead of trying to be a comic here.

[lordytoo]

lol the dog is giving him a blowjob..but great work

[oArtVandelayo]

I bet you liked that.

[hermanusaanhuis]

Hee masterpainter James ......my compliments

[JIN555666]

I like your painting ,wonderful work.Thanks alot for show your video.

[RickPacker]

I must say your work is top notch! I enjoy watching you Jim. Keep up the great painting and video's!

Rick Packer

[Costar75]

Another unbelievable painting James, superb! Master Plumbers around here charge an avg of $50-$75/hr and thats self-employed, otherwise its be $14-$20/hr avg. I'd say you're doin pretty darn good if you can manage to produce work begetting $4-$5K in whats nearly a typical work week for most, given it takes most folks 2+ months to gross that much cash .. Frankly, I'd say your work is worth more! I know mine sure is for 40 hrs of my life a week, :S

[hunter24247]

LOL 40 hours a week thats nuthing im just over 80 lol moneys good in alberta

[phishhead11]

Jimmy, what is the song playing in the video?

[jimmy3dd]

Big Bug Shuffle by Russ Barenberg from the album Skip Hop and Wobble with Edgar Meyers on bass annd Jerry Douglass on steel.....

[jeval666]

how much would you sell a painting like this?

and do you make money off being an artist? I'm a student of fine art, and i wonder if i need to work as a teacher in the end to make a living.

[jimmy3dd]

this piece will net me 4-5K although to do that it must retail at nearly double that. I have maybe 50 hrs in it, so figure 80-90/hr.... thats about what your plumber makes.

i would say that if you have a.- talent, b.- the dicipline to maintain a steady output of work and c.- self marketing skills, you can make a living as well as anyone else

[jeval666]

thank you for replying,you are so good at what you do.

[LAArtGallery]

Wonderful Work Jimmy - Thank you for sharing. It's always wonderful to see artists at work! I like your clean and realistic style. ;)

Lori

[yakster9]

hi jimmy - here's a fan from Sydney australia - i am a novice artist and u just give me more reasons to continue - ta

[artettina]

Wow Gorgious Jimmy! That happens to me too.

[cjjorgensen]

Dear Jimmy,

I am amazed at your work. I want to do Plein Air style, but it all just comes out blobby. I realized that the Impressionists were all trained classically first. Likewise, maybe the reason I can't paint an impressionistic tree, is becuase I can't paint a real one yet. Maybe I need to slow down and do it more like you. Thank you for that life lesson and your inspiration.

Sincerely,

Carolyn

[berryconnell]

nice job, but, I'm not fooled.

The dog helps.

[JanineRobin]

I am so jealous of your talent. All my life I've wanted to be able to paint and I've tried everything but I'm just rubbish. I guess it's like being able to sing well, you either can or you can't.

Your painting is beautiful!

[tsmpaul]

Fantastic work. I'll have to go and view your other movies now!

[jantina]

I love it and i hope there's more

[Shurike]

I love your works your problally one of the best! Keep it up im subscribing!

[jewelrythief]

This was really cool to watch and I hope there's more to come.

[snowcat749]

Beatiful work. I just wish it moved a little slower so I can see the techniques. Please post more. Thanks for sharing.

[jimmy3dd]

thanks for commenting Snowcat...this is the kind of feedback i need..first off, im very new to this video thing and am learning as i go....im trying to compress several hours worth of painting into 5-10 min of video. this particular video i speeded up more than twice the last one so i'll try slowing down the next one....i really appreciate your interest....jimmy

[MattCockburn]

Here's my feedback: you know how Bob ross makes painting easy. You should make more involved painting understandable. Heres what I mean. I learned to paint through the bob ross method. But it's oversimplified and kinda "cookie cutter". Were I to do this same painting in the bob ross style. it could never look as real as yours.

[MattCockburn]

.... so, keep doing your videos the way you do, but slow it down to show the technique of important things/tricks/techniques..

[jimmy3dd]

thanks Matt for your input... im taking your advice and in the next series Im going to take a piece all the way thru from conception to completion, adding in a pallette cam and filming in HD (the HD versions will be on my website) and finally slowing down the speed but only filming selected sections.

[dogsarehere]

Very nice,thanks for sharing your talent