Basic Oil Painting Techniques : How to Start an Oil Painting

[ashrock1990]

how much time it took you to finish the painting..

[nowjusthannah1]

Unless you haven't already said, do I HAVE to use Linseed oil with the oil paint?

[AussieGuy53]

I have to agree (without the name calling). Very difficult to view the sequence if not numbered. Enjoyed what I could find anyway.

[boomzsg]

@Stepanskiy23

If you have nothing useful to add just shut up!  What is wrong with you? We should appreciate the people who care to share.

[tacherosama]

lol

[fetishisticrose]

what the?

[lonkapen]

Funny, people like "Stepanski" who contribute nothing, always have lots of criticism of others who do contribute. Come on, why don't you show everyone how to get it right?

[300melody]

Good job!

[itsREDONE]

@wasimsworld lmao agreed!

[SammiCakesAdventures]

wtf...worst 2 minute video ever,he was still talking and it cut off,how the hell did anyone learn anything from this...

[sannimaria23]

@SammiCakesAdventures It's part of a multi-video series dumbass..

[dineshbhat7]

what is that thing u used on that small pot that u applied to the brush before u started painting? and wats the use of it?

[wasimsworld]

The name of this video should be called,

"How to start an oil painting but not actually be bothered to make it 10 minutes to see how to FINISH it !!! "

[JayRebel]

How to start an oil painting or How to start THIS oil painting? Title much EV?

[adarkerlight]

You have 138,714 videos. There is no way in HELL I'm going to sift through all those to find which videos segue into another. You're a disaster! At least create several accounts for each subject, jesus.

[chunxnhunx]

I find him extremely attractive...

[bluez3ooo]

wat is the liquid stuff yu mix with oil paint to paint?

can yu use water?

[Chaseypooos]

@bluez3ooo no water. water and oil dont mix remember? :) theres a variety of mediums that can be use to get differant effects. My fav is liquin. there is also a glazing medium by winsor and newton that i enjoy.

[daveavalon]

I love Reading the comments on YouTube, it only takes max 3 before some sad Internet tough starts abusing people, thankfully nobodies gone done the racist route yet though lol

[Blotzo]

i cant believe all the morons out there who cant figure out how to watch a simple video series.....bunch of hateful losers!

[garison]

OK, This is for nothing, but. Vince is a excellent painter and teacher BUT EXPERT VILLAGE, how are you to learn from him when there is no order to the videos!!!UGHHHHH! Why bother producing these if there is No continuity!

[josvanr]

what's it with these commercials I'm not gonna watch this

[LaMargoful]

What is this suppose to teach ya suck dude!!!

[BigAndTall666]

Hoorrah for digital cameras, DONE! :-P

[cradle00]

cant u say it in a nice way... where r your manners u dimwits!

[nishantsuperstar]

when it comes to teachings ... u suck...

[awsumsosable]

cool



[awsumsosable]

yayz i didnt watch dis yet but i wanna draw a corvette! im bored ok and i found oil paint and a canvas

XD iP.S. im younger dan u think.

[misskalixte]

@awsumsosable

what exactly is the purpose of telling people that youre younger than we think? Apart from the utter pointlessness of it already letting people know that, of course.

[firuinthehouse]

@Stepanskiy23 they're useful, only not on youtube. one has to search for the same title on their site, then find the series then watch it there, in teh fucking order. Would be nicer if expvillage made all of this easier, by naming their vids properly in the first place :)

[Jefferdaughter]

Just remember - if you did not make the photograph yourself, copying a photo is copyright infringment; it's stealing the work of another.

As others have noted, the 'experts' in 'Expert Village' don't always seem to be very proficient at what they are demonstrating. These videos,in spite of the title, do seem to be more of a demonstration than an actual lesson.

[kidzsanlorenzo]

This is not the worst video of Expert Village but some for sure are really bad... they should call it "Useless Village" or "Looser Village" cause some teachers are real jerks!

[akuarashi]

you guys obviously aren't trying to earn money for your art like many of us out there so... keep quiet, i'm trying to watch the show.

[jhaley12]

these videos are pretty much useless, so that's it? ok, very informative.

[hankiedave]

i never go to school to learn how to paint. painting is my second love. For me there is NO rules in drawings or paintings or any arts..It is an expression from every single artist. IT is FREEDOM!! I paint any figures from my heart and mind depending on my mood and i love it bcoz its me.

[danpat]

@hankiedave I've never read a comment that was more true to this. Art is my freedom as well. My expression and heart.

[hankiedave]

thank u.. :)

[soruco69]

yeah I guess Thats why ur not famus

[hankiedave]

@soruco69 GAGO KA!!!!!!!!!!!!! i dont paint for others! I paint to satisfy my self!!!!!!!!!! get lost

[JamaicanBMW87]

@hankiedave You have to have SOME technique to make things easier. And sometimes you learn a little more about your medium. But I guess you can learn that yourself too. I draw a lot better now after going to school. I feel I'm more sophisticated in it now, than I was in high school.

[hankiedave]

@JamaicanBMW87 yup i agree with you..but how i wish i have enough to send myself to school. but its okay im enjoying just reading and learning my own way..

[willbande]

By arguing about art, I think you are detracting from what art should be about. An individuals expression - whether they use, photos, carbon paper, bob ross techniques is irrelevant. Just do it and enjoy.

[Vrodlust]

'Canvas Panel?' Haha!

What is the point of painting? To create a photographic effect, or make a work of art?

One is restricted to a sort of optical realism with the first, but with the second there is great license available!

We can interpret and understand a great amount that is not 'correct' merely in terms of photographic detail. It is like the difference between poetry and prose. Prose may be almost relentlessly 'correct' - but it is poetry that lives in our hearts and transforms our lives.

[NikHelbig]

Vermeer actually invested in the "camera obscura", Durer invented all kinds of things to get his perspective right...great artists past and present inovate.

It's not how you do it but what comes out in the end that counts.

Photograph are great tools use it....

[KaraBear567]

This guy creeps me out :S

[ChadwickSesame]

@KaraBear567 This guy doesn't know his rights and lefts.

[youcanpainttv]

pretty helpfull

....have a look at my one..

[Hen9207]

hmm these videos really are crap. He tells you no techniques.. like what you should use... and how you should use the paints... he just says how he's going to paint that painting, which is totally irrelevant.

[youcanpainttv]

enjoyed it!

[nps727]

Josh I'm with you, SO frustrating to not have a simple numbering system. Expert village needs an expert on how to post.

[Josh81952]

God.. I kind of wish I could block all Expertvillage videos from my searches.. Does Expert village have a website that has more than 1 minute (2 minutes if you're lucky!) videos?

[ElectricFizz]

This is totally incorrect when it comes to accuracy. A photograph tend to be flat, and thus it's always better to use a real reference. Also, he should have toned the paper down with a light blue entirely because when you compare everything to the white background, it's harder to paint. You will start comparing all the colors to the white.

All he seems focused on is putting what is in the photograph on the canvas, but he totally disregards the temperature of the paints and the lack of contrast.

[kissemurra12]

Actually, it is totally correct. you seem to be tottaly incorrect that a photograph is only 2d, photographs are always or most of the time 3dimensional, no difference unless its 2 cm away from your face. I recommend learning how photography and art works, and for you to take constructive criticism well, instead of whining when you had all your beliefs turned upside down. also, you should not have used tonedpaper with lightblue, use white background entirely, its harder to paint.

[ElectricFizz]

I'm speaking based on what I have been taught from my professors. Most photographs tend to flatten the contrast and details. When I'm talking about photographs, I am not talking about professional photographs but ones anyone can take.

I should clarify: I'm not saying to use toned paper, but rather toning the canvas beforehand. Nothing is actually pure white, and toning the paper will help you figure out the temperature of the piece. I just find most people find it easier to work when they--

[kissemurra12]

There has been even high school students who knows more then those proffesors then, as they seem to teach the incorrect things. most photographs tend to not flatten contrast and details but rather sharpen them, both proffesional and less proffesional. toning the canvas is bad as there are many things that are pure white, and toning destroys how to figure out the temperature, not helping it. most people find it easier and actually work with non toned paper, as showned in this video. or at least-

[ElectricFizz]

(continued)

--tone their paper. It's not harder to paint with a toned background at all. It helps you establish the lighting and temperature. Some people prefer it, and others don't. I just find a majority of people do tone is all.

[kissemurra12]

(continued) the proffesionals and all non-crackpot theory proffesors. toning destroys the ability to establish ligning and temperature and value. a majority of people like the one in the video prefer to do a non tone, since they also prefer not to paint the whole canvas black like another certain blackpot theory proffesor.

Perhaps you Rob liefield physics and colouring may be interested in this though.

[0ubermann1]

I don't understand people who try to paint from photographs....

They do not understand that all of the magic of painting comes from working directly from nature.

Do not make this mistake yourselves, save yourselves some time and accept some advice from elsewhere.

Your paintings will be nothing but crap otherwise.

[matthewrocks711]

Of course you've never had any formal training, otherwise you would know that the camera revolutionized painting in the late 1890's, especially in terms of figure and movement. Nothing is wrong with sketching from a photo; painting from a photo is good exercise if you're a beginner and have no understanding of figure. Hey, that rhymed!

[soliferi]

I completely agree, it needs to be in the moment of the life or you can't pass on the same life energy to the painting or drawing.

[kissemurra12]

I dont understand why people paint on what they THINK they are painting, comparing to whats actually there, the magic and flow comes from painting from photographs and other paintings to UNDERSTAND how it works and if one wants to change and evolve.

dont make the misstake of wasting time and effort, take the advice and accept constructive criticism oubermann1, instead of whining when your beliefs of painting from life is questioned. your paintings are shit compared to these guys until you do.

[tebarovski]

cool,. thanks

[blakeosaur]

Wow. Every how to i look up, i always end up hearing from expervillage. LOL. anything from, photoshop, to illustrator, to cooking, to painting. The know it all XP

Thanks expervillage. haha

[sportsrealist32]

this is great. Really helped!!!

[lilianamaya]

Thanks for your very nice artwork !!!!!!

[54spiritedwill54]

I found the vids very informative. thank you so much.

[bigredmarx]

cool he's in sedona, AZ. like me!

[cizmthemantiz]

That was the best two minutes of my life

[frezerd]

vins vasio? wtf

[evesebben]

hahaha, ok, thanks anyway!! uhahuauh

[xusmcguy]

Just a word of advice: when you have a multi-video series, such as this one, you really need to put a SEQUENCE NUMBER IN THE TITLE so the audience knows the correct sequence to watch them in.

[sinokpm]

Too short to study, my paintings maybe better than his

[lucaddragon]

I don't know why this video is so short?? It's so informative and good. yeah I don't expect from start to end but at least a finished sketching or basic values pinned down.

If possible please post some more better videos... cause he passed many of the time mixing colors!

Thanks!

[meloearth]

Actually, folks, this video continues, look at the related videos links on the site. You just have to do guesswork, b/c the "experts" at this channel didn't do their work right.

[Chordwayze]

One session oil painting? Is that alla prima? I would assume so. Thanks.

[boohooblue]

I was just wishing the videos you put out were a little longer. But I found them very informative. thank you so much.