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technically their are rules to painting but it depends what is your style of painting is. classical styles are strict, impressionism is not so strict and modern painting really don't have restriction rules because of the many styles that have come out in the past 120 years. though art is judged by the knowledge of how it was created much like abstraction. all in all it is up to the painter to build his or her own rules much like the old masters. but it does not hurt to know certain techniques.
@MrThemedivalwarrior You can start with whatever part you are comfortable with. There is no rule that tells you how to start drawing the face. I personally like to start with the eyes and the eyebrows, but as I said, this may not be the best option for you. Just try out different things and find the best way to start for yourself. The rest should be practice, like many things related to art.
i realy like this video, this is the best oil painting portrait video i have ever seen, i'm working on being a master artist in oil painting, but my problem is not the oil painting but the figure of the subject (face) in pencil, i can't succeed to draw a face with a pencil, no matter hard i try, i can't do it, can teach me? or if you have any suggestions to fix my problem ?
@MrThemedivalwarrior when drawing the face you want to start from big shapes to small shapes. Start off by lightly sketching the overall shape of the head. After you do that, you want to find out where the middle of the face is by LIGHTLY drawing a line down the middle. Then draw a line approximately 2/3 from the bottom. That is where the top of the eye brows are. The bottom of the nose is approximately 1/3 from the bottom. Next you want to figure out the size of the eye.
@MrThemedivalwarrior (continued) Leave a little space on the side of the face for the eye to be placed. Now, remember that the space between eyes is roughly one eye length. The tear ducts can act as a guide to measure the outer nose. Ears are located on the side between the eyebrows and the bottom of the nose, so the middle third of the face. If you want to learn more just email my channel. I would be happy to help out. :D
I'm seriously thinking of purchasing this teaching video but I have a couple of questions. One, the audio is extremely poor on youtube and I would not want to purchase the DVD if it had the same quality, has it been remixed? Also, I like working with acrylics can I use these same techniques in Acrylics?
Wow those dudes could paint back then. I just painted a portrait and now I want to throw it away, thanks. I need practice, I need depth, I need to get better.
also, this artist is making it harder for himself to paint. I would recommend when you start each layer to do it from the back ground first and work more and more forward in the foreground.
This is a really great technique but having bought this and trying it out, it takes FOREVER to complete a painting. I would recommend using Liquin for the underlayers(drawing, prematura) and then using linseed oil for the dead and color layers. It would make it go a lot faster.
I did a few mens portraits with this technique years ago, they are some of my best ever. I must do another soon, but a woman. Thanks for the inspiration!
Hmm... I have to disagree with you. The rich people back than were mostly not so concerned about the portrait looking realistic, as they were about looking rich, proud and magnificent. People were sometimes painted fatter, without acne etc... pretty much photoshopped. A lot of people in magazines nowadays do not look like human beings at all. So It's still a very modern method:) You may not like it, but that's a different story.
@mxrxnda because these classical methods are outdated! who has a skin like that?! peach coloured nose, higlights that make the skin shine like plastic!
@CT2507 Have you ever met a blue/pink/green person a la warhol? If wanted to make a portrait that is exactly similar to the subject.... I'd probably take a photo:p
@MarritJolanda but that was what they were trying to do with this method in the old days. this is not an impressionistic or naivistic or otherwise free interpretation of the human skin. these methods of making 7-8 layers and some of them transparent, were made to come as close to human skin as possible. the realistic approach. but today we can do that better. and one of the main reasons is that we have good cameras and digital painting. so we can study each shade and colour nuance much better.
@CupidbiquO Many of the painting masters--especially Impressionists, Fauvists, and Expressionists--made names for themselves in the art world by breaking the "rules" to painting that had been taught for hundreds of years prior.
I say anything goes, as long as the artist enjoys himself and conveys his message.
Interesting how there are seven layers on there, and they seem to stick with that as the Flemish code for oil painting. Leonardo did 30 for Mona' Lisa. More layers doesn't 'always' mean a better depth, but if done correctly a few more layers in the right way, with the right medium recipes will give a better depth, richness, and glow. Every painter has their own way, but I'd give a thousand dollars or more to look over the shoulder of what the masters dipped their brush into.
whoever mnilancom is, shut up..those are some ancient techniques being taught....you need to be humble and listen...no one paints like the pros anymore....but this person does. AWESOME
The artist did very well save a few easy to make mistakes. it seemed to me that there was a lack of liveliness to the skin. i find when making flesh tones, it helps to mix a bit of green. terre verte or a very small amount of veridian. also, I understand that lighting is important but the artist made the skin a bit too bright. I thought the shadows were done beautifully though. Well done.
Help. I purchased the DVD but I'm cofused about the medium. Does he use a mixture of damar and turpentine (without linseed oil) for each of the layers?
Help. I purchased the "portrait of Anna DVD" but it did not explain which medium to thin the paint clearly. Does anyone know if he uses a mixture or darma and turpentine (with no linseed oil) in all seven of the layer? Thx
woah, the piece looked as if it was carved out of stone when it was at the white stage, it would have been a beautiful painting of a sculpture, nice job though
The portrait was nice, but I noticed that the artist added too many shines to the face, giving it a lifeless plastic appearance. I enjoyed Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, as well.
It's to have a background that doesn't mis-contextualise colour tones, particularily skin tones. If you just have a burnt-umber layer every colour you put into it won'y look right until you're finished, so having a layer completely devoid of colour is neccessary.
Unfortunately this video only shows some expert making a painting, it gives no details about the kind of brushes to use, technique, time taken to dry each layer., thinning effects etc., for the beginner. What a waste of time and effort.
can someone tell me what did he paint or cover after the ink? sori im just starting to learn this...and the linseed oil should i pread it every layer?
OMG so USEFUL! that's eactly what I needed to learn about oil!! Been practising on Acrylic for too long and just that the darn oil seems impossible I just didn't know how to not go crazy with the applying and reapplying!! I'm gonna try that trick with oil, thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much you're a life-saver!!
(Vaporizer08) This paint and this style of work is fine! AND it does not have to much control! It's how and the style of work! Leanardo da vinci did the same thing! And Its all natural work so its not Digital! Everyone has a unique style of work! Its how you do it ! Its all art and its the way you do it! The paint stroke is fine too! This work is beautiful! and yes Rambrant is good too and its all the same thing!! its all how he did it tooo but just chill out! Its ART
Too much controlled..kills the soul..it is more like photography.Just look at a Rembrandt,Velasquez and see how they did a portrait with loose but ingenious paint strokes..therefore your finished product looks like exactly a digital photo,thus without the artistic uniqueness,character and soul. It is like a robot playing Chopin...
I have yet to find a digital camera that will capture such detail and vivid colors with this accuracy without flattening the image all together(DSLR or not). If you look at something by David Jan Kassan, the model seems to literally pop out from the canvas. The soul is in the layers and the bright tones it brings. the overall warmth of this portrait cannot be achieved by any camera nor have such pure aesthetic quality.
Yeah right! did you asked Velazquez and Rembrandt how much time they took in each painting they did? of course not! and what you see is what they painted in their whole life! Modern society has no time for nothing! The masters had plenty of time to do their paintings! Thats why we think this is too much work.
your canvas looks so soft! What kind do you use? In mine there is always alot of texture what makes it hard to paint on sometimes. especially for details.
Nowadays there are "portrait" canvases sold at art supply stores. I don't know where you're located, but you should be able to find something or online.
These canvases have several layers of gesso that are sanded down to a very smooth finish, so that you don't have the typical texture of the canvas.
the texture of the skin is plastic (not good), using the greyscale (dead layer) technique is fine it can work ok, the problem here is the layers above that
Only because he hit the highlights with such reflectivity. If (and i'm sure it was) more time was spent brushing the highlights into the skin tones, it'd be just fine.
I would agree with you both, In the very last frames Im sure that it was cut short without showing the blending but at the same time I feel that the over all skin tones could use more variations in color with blues and yellow. But hey, its still one of the best here on youtube...
Not necessarily. A greater variation in cools/warms WOULD render a more lifelike image, but wasn't the goal to mimic the technique of traditional oil masters? In that sense i think this short 1:43 preview hit the mark just right
The "technique" of the taditional masters was not the flemish techinque (seven layers) this was created in modern times to try and "mimic" what they did. The masters were known to use 75 or more layers in their paintings. Therefore I think the goal here was to market and sell the flemish technique. Which I can say for myself after trying several variations, Im not a fan of this method. Though I still do think this painting is very well done.
Alexei is at an ability level where he could pretty much use any techniques and pull off something good - his work looks good despite his technique not because of it - its not a technique i would recommend
Well that is because the old masters did not have the art stores of today and there were not too many colors, so the overlaying was to actually produce the colors, not because they wanted to paint 75 layers. Many artists today will never produce the same colors simply because the approach itself. That is the magic in this technique.
If you use liquin you can paint over the layers after a few days. Liquin is still flexible when it's dry. Not letting layers dry properly with damar + turp wil probably end up getting cracks all over your painting.
depends on your medium, If you're using the media he's using, it's important to let it dry properly, cause he's not working standard fat over lean. Not doing this can lead to cracking due to layermovement. If you're curious about this kinda stuff just read the materials of the artist and their use in painting.
Great video, I love how you build up the layers of of paint to get the right color, if you have time can you please look at my video of my paintings and studio and tell me what you think, Thanks!!!
i love the burnt umber under layer, it looks almost perfect like that. then comes the "dead" under layer? I can't understand what the narrator is saying. Looks great though.
Nice. I'm in that art part of YouTube again. xD
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MrMonologic 2 months ago
Great video!
deblovetrains 2 months ago
cool
ohkfilms 3 months ago
Amazing stuff Alexei
youcanpainttv 3 months ago
technically their are rules to painting but it depends what is your style of painting is. classical styles are strict, impressionism is not so strict and modern painting really don't have restriction rules because of the many styles that have come out in the past 120 years. though art is judged by the knowledge of how it was created much like abstraction. all in all it is up to the painter to build his or her own rules much like the old masters. but it does not hurt to know certain techniques.
leshka6 4 months ago 5
what just happened?
jepluto132 4 months ago
GASP! If I can paint like that I wouldn't have to go to school... T.T
luiwinglam 4 months ago
i don't need the whole DVD, just tell me how do you start drawing the face, from where and with what part of the face ?
MrThemedivalwarrior 5 months ago
@MrThemedivalwarrior You can start with whatever part you are comfortable with. There is no rule that tells you how to start drawing the face. I personally like to start with the eyes and the eyebrows, but as I said, this may not be the best option for you. Just try out different things and find the best way to start for yourself. The rest should be practice, like many things related to art.
ForeverxRaining 5 months ago
please answer to my question, how do you start drawing a face with a pencil ?
MrThemedivalwarrior 5 months ago
i realy like this video, this is the best oil painting portrait video i have ever seen, i'm working on being a master artist in oil painting, but my problem is not the oil painting but the figure of the subject (face) in pencil, i can't succeed to draw a face with a pencil, no matter hard i try, i can't do it, can teach me? or if you have any suggestions to fix my problem ?
MrThemedivalwarrior 5 months ago
@MrThemedivalwarrior when drawing the face you want to start from big shapes to small shapes. Start off by lightly sketching the overall shape of the head. After you do that, you want to find out where the middle of the face is by LIGHTLY drawing a line down the middle. Then draw a line approximately 2/3 from the bottom. That is where the top of the eye brows are. The bottom of the nose is approximately 1/3 from the bottom. Next you want to figure out the size of the eye.
missartist123 1 month ago
@MrThemedivalwarrior (continued) Leave a little space on the side of the face for the eye to be placed. Now, remember that the space between eyes is roughly one eye length. The tear ducts can act as a guide to measure the outer nose. Ears are located on the side between the eyebrows and the bottom of the nose, so the middle third of the face. If you want to learn more just email my channel. I would be happy to help out. :D
missartist123 1 month ago
For a second, I almost thought that she is real..Impressive !
AngelicChickenWing 6 months ago 2
I'm seriously thinking of purchasing this teaching video but I have a couple of questions. One, the audio is extremely poor on youtube and I would not want to purchase the DVD if it had the same quality, has it been remixed? Also, I like working with acrylics can I use these same techniques in Acrylics?
LottieSue 6 months ago
@LottieSue I doubt it if you can use it with acrylics cause they dry too fast, unlike in oil you can manage to correct and review your work.
bu331hay 6 months ago
:O
Amyboy3 7 months ago
can somebody answer pls. what do u guys use when using ur brushes??? precisely after using oil. thanks!
wingINTELLIGENCEmb 7 months ago
stupid sound i cant understand u a thing :'((((((
urosh1991 7 months ago
That is just so absolutely beautiful
ChildishWonders 7 months ago
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MissIkshoo 7 months ago
i watch all the video. is so....so beautifull...perfect .i envy you :)
amarynth100 7 months ago
..woah. that was great.
AnnaVonLee 7 months ago
I'd love to hear what the painter is saying but the music drowns him out. Beautiful painting though.
Cambridgeart 8 months ago
beautiful
Tamlyntamlyn 8 months ago
what is the paper?
aquaprin 8 months ago
wow excellent work it looks very real
andreea260 9 months ago
ery lovely painting
Uriel1816 9 months ago
Could someone please give me some advice on painting blonde hair? Thanks!
LGD3 9 months ago
Wow those dudes could paint back then. I just painted a portrait and now I want to throw it away, thanks. I need practice, I need depth, I need to get better.
wheelmanstan 9 months ago 2
also, this artist is making it harder for himself to paint. I would recommend when you start each layer to do it from the back ground first and work more and more forward in the foreground.
missartist123 9 months ago
This is a really great technique but having bought this and trying it out, it takes FOREVER to complete a painting. I would recommend using Liquin for the underlayers(drawing, prematura) and then using linseed oil for the dead and color layers. It would make it go a lot faster.
missartist123 9 months ago
Totally amazing!
MontMarteArt 9 months ago
WOW. photoshop from 15th century! XD
mtct27 9 months ago
Wow
Dabdulla001 9 months ago
wow !
RollerRoy 10 months ago
think she's gonna sell her soul to the devil like that guy in that movie Dorian?
Voliminal89 10 months ago
I did a few mens portraits with this technique years ago, they are some of my best ever. I must do another soon, but a woman. Thanks for the inspiration!
Artinterest 10 months ago
I rly want to learn that..
Could you do a Step by Step of a Portrait in that technique?
Would be awesome!
KaiTheDOll 10 months ago
I want it!
italouruguayricano 11 months ago
i swear i thought its a photo ! ! O____O
zealO67 11 months ago
Hmm... I have to disagree with you. The rich people back than were mostly not so concerned about the portrait looking realistic, as they were about looking rich, proud and magnificent. People were sometimes painted fatter, without acne etc... pretty much photoshopped. A lot of people in magazines nowadays do not look like human beings at all. So It's still a very modern method:) You may not like it, but that's a different story.
MarritJolanda 11 months ago
This is how my art teacher has showed us how to paint. It's a shame no one studies classical art anymore.
mxrxnda 1 year ago
@mxrxnda because these classical methods are outdated! who has a skin like that?! peach coloured nose, higlights that make the skin shine like plastic!
looks more like a wax figure than a real person.
CT2507 11 months ago
@CT2507 Have you ever met a blue/pink/green person a la warhol? If wanted to make a portrait that is exactly similar to the subject.... I'd probably take a photo:p
MarritJolanda 11 months ago
@MarritJolanda but that was what they were trying to do with this method in the old days. this is not an impressionistic or naivistic or otherwise free interpretation of the human skin. these methods of making 7-8 layers and some of them transparent, were made to come as close to human skin as possible. the realistic approach. but today we can do that better. and one of the main reasons is that we have good cameras and digital painting. so we can study each shade and colour nuance much better.
CT2507 11 months ago
I nodded my head the entire time, this is a lost art, thank you for sharing.
art1st1974 1 year ago 2
Guys, there's no rules to painting. Get off your intangible youtube soapbox.
TheCamelCollector 1 year ago 4
@TheCamelCollector There is one rule: Paint the way you feel comfortable painting.
MythicH31 6 months ago
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Chinasky1976 6 months ago
@TheCamelCollector
And what's the difference??
"There's no rules to painting" sounds to me like a rule too...
Chinasky1976 6 months ago
@Chinasky1976
Yeah just like being "bald" is a hairstyle, right?
supaflyjohnson 6 months ago
@supaflyjohnson
Exactly!
Chinasky1976 6 months ago
@TheCamelCollector Can you tell me how there is no rules to painting? if so, how did masters learn to paint?
CupidbiquO 5 months ago 16
@CupidbiquO Many of the painting masters--especially Impressionists, Fauvists, and Expressionists--made names for themselves in the art world by breaking the "rules" to painting that had been taught for hundreds of years prior.
I say anything goes, as long as the artist enjoys himself and conveys his message.
mclaquarius94 5 months ago
@CupidbiquO There aren't rules to painting but there are rules to painting with oil and if you wan't to paint images like this.
djamorpheus 4 months ago
@CupidbiquO The ends justify the means.
relussier 3 months ago
@CupidbiquO because the rules were developed by the old masters over a matter of time
MrDermo1974 1 week ago
@TheCamelCollector Do you have a webpage showing your paintings or videos showing your work which is done without any rules?
Testacojones 4 months ago
Interesting how there are seven layers on there, and they seem to stick with that as the Flemish code for oil painting. Leonardo did 30 for Mona' Lisa. More layers doesn't 'always' mean a better depth, but if done correctly a few more layers in the right way, with the right medium recipes will give a better depth, richness, and glow. Every painter has their own way, but I'd give a thousand dollars or more to look over the shoulder of what the masters dipped their brush into.
Oilartnelson 1 year ago
that's fukkin hard to do hehe,
zzzthaoster 1 year ago
really? all this time ive been painting i never do that gray looking stage I just paint the stuff straight on the canvas.......
coolsims94 1 year ago
please repost with corrected sound please
woodleyerilas 1 year ago
I would really like to know more about the 7 layer method. Is there a text I can read beside the website you've provided? Beautiful painting :)
claygirl16 1 year ago 2
THAT WAS AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
machogun 1 year ago
wow didnt know there was that many steps.
mfirebird3000 1 year ago
fantastic.
tttine1231 1 year ago
This is so beautiful. Amazing! :)
Rosesinthewoods 1 year ago
whoever mnilancom is, shut up..those are some ancient techniques being taught....you need to be humble and listen...no one paints like the pros anymore....but this person does. AWESOME
nameralashun 1 year ago
shit, that looks soooo good it looks like a real person especially the eyes
raniya1234 1 year ago
cool x10
johnnyx562 1 year ago
The artist did very well save a few easy to make mistakes. it seemed to me that there was a lack of liveliness to the skin. i find when making flesh tones, it helps to mix a bit of green. terre verte or a very small amount of veridian. also, I understand that lighting is important but the artist made the skin a bit too bright. I thought the shadows were done beautifully though. Well done.
ChemKedd 1 year ago
wow...amazing!
funnysheep101 1 year ago
Help. I purchased the DVD but I'm cofused about the medium. Does he use a mixture of damar and turpentine (without linseed oil) for each of the layers?
MrArtbyart 1 year ago
Help. I purchased the "portrait of Anna DVD" but it did not explain which medium to thin the paint clearly. Does anyone know if he uses a mixture or darma and turpentine (with no linseed oil) in all seven of the layer? Thx
MrArtbyart 1 year ago
tolle Arbeit!!!
lg reinhold
rlilie 1 year ago
How awesome!
CutiePuppet 1 year ago
woah, the piece looked as if it was carved out of stone when it was at the white stage, it would have been a beautiful painting of a sculpture, nice job though
ShadowSlayer103 1 year ago
The portrait was nice, but I noticed that the artist added too many shines to the face, giving it a lifeless plastic appearance. I enjoyed Handel's Arrival of the Queen of Sheba, as well.
ObliquePerfection92 1 year ago
such avery beautiful lady .....
kj91gorre 1 year ago
You should never use a dry 02 or larger brush on a portrait! Big no no.
NBaimf 1 year ago
I don't understand the point of the dead layer. Surely the burnt umber layer is good enough for that?
ArchhereticK 1 year ago
@ArchhereticK me niether!
lol
myARTjournal 1 year ago
@myARTjournal
I just found out.
It's to have a background that doesn't mis-contextualise colour tones, particularily skin tones. If you just have a burnt-umber layer every colour you put into it won'y look right until you're finished, so having a layer completely devoid of colour is neccessary.
ArchhereticK 1 year ago
It's amazing!!! I don't get tired of watching this every time... :P
I'm thinking in buying the DVD
QuetzalitoT 1 year ago
That so great! excelent artist!!! it look like a photo!
lushy14 1 year ago
!!!!!!!!.EXCELLENT!!!!the best portrait i've seen so far.... Congratulations!
cataluna08 1 year ago
Oh my god...seven layers. But wow, it really looks like a master painting. Beautiful!
redbanditmico 1 year ago
sick..
maksenDK 1 year ago
She is beautifull
ziomal0403 1 year ago
A very beautiful painting and he is obviously very skilled. I love it but lack the patience to paint using this technique.
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3Kickstudio 1 year ago
Beautiful!!!
SoaringReality 1 year ago
I would love to be able to paint like this. I hope to start oil painting soon and will focus on portraits. What an inspiration. :D
AAMLfan 1 year ago
go for it you can do it and create your own way ...try and ull see
78igo 1 year ago
@78igo Thanks mate, I will. :)
AAMLfan 1 year ago
This style of art is a bit too rosey and bland for me. I mean yeah it's perfect, but it doesn't have anything on the old masters.
MrBrunothedog 1 year ago
Unfortunately this video only shows some expert making a painting, it gives no details about the kind of brushes to use, technique, time taken to dry each layer., thinning effects etc., for the beginner. What a waste of time and effort.
Waitakeredame 1 year ago
You already traced the picture. Why didnt you just add color right away?
mikeylee2001 1 year ago
ha ha he paints in black and white to concentrate on the shapes, forms, and proportions without worrying about color.
mikeylee2001 1 year ago
Great result, but for the artist it must be really boring to paint like this...
diosprecolombino 1 year ago
think this guy should of pull his lips away from the mic
freakyflow 1 year ago
I can't understand the words. Is it just me?
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N8wood1 2 years ago
awesome!
detailll2 2 years ago
i want this dvd... where do i can get it??
QuetzalitoT 2 years ago
WOOOOOOW WONDERFUL WORK .
Yusrararts 2 years ago 23
The best draw Picture I ever seen! *.*
MoonAuge 2 years ago
very good, it's like a picture!
likenoone76 2 years ago
God, that is beautiful!
in2ennui 2 years ago
can someone tell me what did he paint or cover after the ink? sori im just starting to learn this...and the linseed oil should i pread it every layer?
mhixkhi 2 years ago
Magnificent work of art! Thank you so much for sharing!
TheAdevi 2 years ago
OMG so USEFUL! that's eactly what I needed to learn about oil!! Been practising on Acrylic for too long and just that the darn oil seems impossible I just didn't know how to not go crazy with the applying and reapplying!! I'm gonna try that trick with oil, thank you SOOOOOOOOOOOOO much you're a life-saver!!
kathrynrain 2 years ago
(Vaporizer08) This paint and this style of work is fine! AND it does not have to much control! It's how and the style of work! Leanardo da vinci did the same thing! And Its all natural work so its not Digital! Everyone has a unique style of work! Its how you do it ! Its all art and its the way you do it! The paint stroke is fine too! This work is beautiful! and yes Rambrant is good too and its all the same thing!! its all how he did it tooo but just chill out! Its ART
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skyisajindo 2 years ago
Too much controlled..kills the soul..it is more like photography.Just look at a Rembrandt,Velasquez and see how they did a portrait with loose but ingenious paint strokes..therefore your finished product looks like exactly a digital photo,thus without the artistic uniqueness,character and soul. It is like a robot playing Chopin...
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mshinsky 2 years ago
very good point :)and i know most of the people will disagree with you
AmurgAprins 2 years ago
I have yet to find a digital camera that will capture such detail and vivid colors with this accuracy without flattening the image all together(DSLR or not). If you look at something by David Jan Kassan, the model seems to literally pop out from the canvas. The soul is in the layers and the bright tones it brings. the overall warmth of this portrait cannot be achieved by any camera nor have such pure aesthetic quality.
matthewrocks711 2 years ago 5
Yeah right! did you asked Velazquez and Rembrandt how much time they took in each painting they did? of course not! and what you see is what they painted in their whole life! Modern society has no time for nothing! The masters had plenty of time to do their paintings! Thats why we think this is too much work.
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AdamtheArchitect 2 years ago
Hermoso difuminado al oleo, felicito al pintor se ve que disfruta en la realización de su obra.
Faustino778 2 years ago
Troppo bellooooo! E troppo bravoooo! Grazie
biella2366 2 years ago
Simply INCREDIBLE !! Marvellous!! Awsome! So realistic as Michel Ange !!!!!
mreinstein48 2 years ago
beauty.)
EinfachAliveJa 2 years ago
What are you using from 0:59 to 1:04 to paint ?
It's not a brush, what is it ?
I loved it !!!
Who do I have to kill to learn more about this technique ?
gustavocologni 2 years ago
It is a regular brush number 0 but some artists wrapped in something heavy (like a graphite holder) to achieve more control on the finest details.
tonchititito 2 years ago
What a Beautiful painting!
painterinoil 2 years ago 2
Wonderful
1000 Star
Serena
DreamPiano 2 years ago 2
it makes me happy that some people use classic techniques of painting and not modern abstract or Bob ross 9 minutes work techniques.
AkimGabrielArt 2 years ago
Wonderful!
mycompasstv 2 years ago
if i were working alla prima i would absolutely use the underpainting like this. fascinating work.
david684 2 years ago
your canvas looks so soft! What kind do you use? In mine there is always alot of texture what makes it hard to paint on sometimes. especially for details.
Great work!
xxNatje 2 years ago
Nowadays there are "portrait" canvases sold at art supply stores. I don't know where you're located, but you should be able to find something or online.
These canvases have several layers of gesso that are sanded down to a very smooth finish, so that you don't have the typical texture of the canvas.
Hope that helped!
Ana
abg1971 2 years ago
Thanks! I'm going to look after it ;-)
and I'm located in Belgium.
xxNatje 2 years ago
you have to prime the canvas first with gesso to make it smooth.
Jadexxpxx 2 years ago
wow, must be really calm and patient to do underpainting. love this approach, i will much less get freak out doing alla prima mistakes.
tokyopiglet 2 years ago
I love it, I wish I could paint a portrait like
you do it. I was never been able to coninue my studies in the Flemish style
because I could not find anyone in the
states who taught it. thank you, you are a
special person.
dustnorm 2 years ago
omg that is so beautiful..
nicesatu 2 years ago
Thank you. I am a fan of this video. I have watched it at least 10 times. It is the best video on Youtube if realism is the goal.=
Louis
portervillelouis 2 years ago 2
WOW!! your crazy good!!! How do you all do that!!!
skyisajindo 2 years ago
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skyisajindo 2 years ago
I can't hear it!
Sannpeter 2 years ago
IS THAT MUSIC ? MOZART?
theromanpraetorian 2 years ago
omg.... that must be one expensive painting!
tokyo3457 2 years ago
the texture of the skin is plastic (not good), using the greyscale (dead layer) technique is fine it can work ok, the problem here is the layers above that
mnilandcom 2 years ago 5
Only because he hit the highlights with such reflectivity. If (and i'm sure it was) more time was spent brushing the highlights into the skin tones, it'd be just fine.
IISKETCHII 2 years ago
I would agree with you both, In the very last frames Im sure that it was cut short without showing the blending but at the same time I feel that the over all skin tones could use more variations in color with blues and yellow. But hey, its still one of the best here on youtube...
AmandaDelight 2 years ago
Not necessarily. A greater variation in cools/warms WOULD render a more lifelike image, but wasn't the goal to mimic the technique of traditional oil masters? In that sense i think this short 1:43 preview hit the mark just right
IISKETCHII 2 years ago
The "technique" of the taditional masters was not the flemish techinque (seven layers) this was created in modern times to try and "mimic" what they did. The masters were known to use 75 or more layers in their paintings. Therefore I think the goal here was to market and sell the flemish technique. Which I can say for myself after trying several variations, Im not a fan of this method. Though I still do think this painting is very well done.
8x10or10x12 2 years ago 2
Alexei is at an ability level where he could pretty much use any techniques and pull off something good - his work looks good despite his technique not because of it - its not a technique i would recommend
mnilandcom 2 years ago
Well that is because the old masters did not have the art stores of today and there were not too many colors, so the overlaying was to actually produce the colors, not because they wanted to paint 75 layers. Many artists today will never produce the same colors simply because the approach itself. That is the magic in this technique.
tonchititito 2 years ago
@mnilandcom
My dear,
Plastic? It is very difficult to evaluate the skin texture in YouTube video ...
Boletim
boletiminfo 1 year ago
@mnilandcom I actually like that porcelain look. It's a wonder technique artists use when they used their traditional "photoshop." Art has no rules.
vvnnism 1 year ago
@vvnnism
not a wonder technique, is just too much blending
their are rules
mnilandcom 1 year ago
@mnilandcom
i disagree, it looks classical to me. :p
TheMadelainburgoyne 1 year ago
If you use liquin you can paint over the layers after a few days. Liquin is still flexible when it's dry. Not letting layers dry properly with damar + turp wil probably end up getting cracks all over your painting.
ksuhuh 2 years ago
weird i wait 1-3 days and it looks fine (oil).
NashaRaduga 2 years ago
depends on your medium, If you're using the media he's using, it's important to let it dry properly, cause he's not working standard fat over lean. Not doing this can lead to cracking due to layermovement. If you're curious about this kinda stuff just read the materials of the artist and their use in painting.
ksuhuh 2 years ago
Very nice complexion..!!
RehMyz 2 years ago
whtat did he call the ambra thing??? ARGH it moves to quick for my slow brain lol
vanjuskaproeski 2 years ago
burnt ombre underlayer
ksuhuh 2 years ago
thanks mate =D
vanjuskaproeski 2 years ago
wow :O
im speechless :)
honungsbiet 2 years ago
are that water colours?
bluewish1233 2 years ago
oil colours with a medium of damar chrystals and turpentine
ksuhuh 2 years ago
oh...wow!
henbees 3 years ago
MIÍVAAAN?
Pujc 3 years ago
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Great video, I love how you build up the layers of of paint to get the right color, if you have time can you please look at my video of my paintings and studio and tell me what you think, Thanks!!!
2Astronauts 3 years ago
i love the burnt umber under layer, it looks almost perfect like that. then comes the "dead" under layer? I can't understand what the narrator is saying. Looks great though.
6458522 3 years ago 2
dead underlayer or grisaille(all greys)
ksuhuh 2 years ago
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omgitztravizzz 3 years ago
Wonderful, very good!
Thanks
Maneco
Marilenemary 3 years ago 2
somebody please buy the dvd, and then but it on youtube for everybody
aamablu 3 years ago 12
i tried this method years ago but i found it did not give very good results for me, always very bad colours.
mnilandcom 3 years ago
Bravo!!! this is real art!! I wonder if we the same technique we could add texture with oils? I will try, I like to feel the oil on a painting.
contemporary26 3 years ago
In 0:57, whats he doin? Is he softening the highlights? If so, is he just using the brush. I'm not sure.
SoulRiser08 3 years ago
excellent demo
GaryGarrett 3 years ago 2
Amazing!!!
fataalacquaintance 3 years ago
these teachers are cheap...they dont show you anything....great job