'Old master' still life painting...

[deblovetrains]

Loved watching you paint! Beautiful work!

[forjadreams2010ok]

I like it

[konzwambii]

You have a nice photograph there...

[yopagedotcom]

I like this demo much more than the blah blah talkies mostly on utube. and no distracting heavenly music.

[myachinass]

Thanks very much. I appreciate your time and your talent....my next big hurtle to overcome is knowing when to STOP!!! LOL

[josvanr]

hello, hm 'makinig paint float' that is something I haven't heard before. (or dont remember). I use a medium of equal parts linseed oil and liquin, and oil out the panel before I start to paint. lately I've been using chardboard to paint on (acid free etc)...This has some structure to it but not as much as canvas..

[myachinass]

I've been a David Leffel fan for many years and now I'm yours. You tighten up were David stops. Im self taught and still manange to sell my work but would like to more about making the paint float. Is the canvas primed with rabbit skin and are you using Maroger? Thank you for the inspiration. MTL

[josvanr]

@myachinass Hi for medium I use equal parts linseed oil and liquin (or Graham walnut alkyd). Before I start to paint I oil out the entire panel. As painting surface I lately use cardboard (glued to mdf), prepared with acrylic varnish....

[mkudaibe]

I was wondering what colors did you use?

[josvanr]

@mkudaibe I use the following pigments, put out in this order on my palette: titanium white, scheveningen yellow lemon (a greenish yellow), cadmium yellow dark, scheveningen red, alizarine crimson (should use a permanent one in the future, the one from winsor & newton maybe), ultramarine violet, ultramarine blue dark, transparent oxide red, scheveningen green, sap green, wijnranken black (barely ever use this, only for some very dark thin lines).

[yarmamzer]

What kind of brush is best to create that smooth and realistic surface? :o

[josvanr]

@yarmamzer hi, the most important tning in getting smooth gradients is to use enough and opaque paint. To wipe away brush strokes I use large 'elma' house painter's brushes and sometimes langnickle 5520 (the larger sizes). The realism you get by observing well...

[YTVideoJunkie]

Amazing! 

[TheSunIsBlack]

moving...darks just allow the brights to pop. like !

[danielloja]

this is great skill. you dont take too much time on it and it still looks amazing. GREAT JOB!!!

[torza2]

Prachtig,wat een kleur.

[Waiwaini]

@josvanr thanks for the tips. I just started on using oil paints and experimenting with paint. Your videos rely inspire me :)

[Waiwaini]

Your artworks are amazing!

How do u paint so realistically?

[josvanr]

@Waiwaini most important thing is to develop your observation ie become sensitive to distinguish nuances of hue/saturation/value...

[JuliendAnce]

This is not "old master" style, but the most ugly and vulgar manner... level of a chromo.

[willterryart]

@JuliendAnce It's easy to hate...it took you all of about 20 seconds to type that out...spend some time creating and less time hating.

[MarinaRavaioli]

Amazing! Wow...

[maqsizu]

Please,let me know...is Scheveningen Red a kind of Dark Red...?

If I don`t find Scheveningen can I substitu for what kind of Red...and green...

Thank You so much for your attention on this matter !!!

Best Regards.

Zizi

[josvanr]

@maqsizu it's close to primary red, like winsor red.. The green is similar to viridian...

[H3llHoundd]

can you upload in 720p?

[manicworks]

Truly inspiring. I really like your modesty in subject matter. Would you mind sharing what your easel and studio set up are like? Do you generally paint this kind of still life using artificial light or natural light?

[josvanr]

@manicworks hi.. for the setup, please see my blog (josvanriswick.blogspot.com). I used to paint only in day light but lately I tried some paintings in artificial light (eg this one)..

[crayonfou]

ah the Dutch!!!

[MarkThompson01]

Exquisite x 10!

[mudassatgold]

i want to request you 1 thing you can paint almost every thing fabalous but i wanted to learn you how to paint a mirror

in my point of view the most difficult thing to express is mirror effect how can we show on the canvas that

this is the mirror

if you paint a mirror and upload it then i m very thank ful to you

thanks for your response and also waiting for the mirror

please paint it if you can thanks

[josvanr]

@mudassatgold hi, there is some mirror effect in the teapot I painted a couple of weeks ago. It's not really difficult, just paint the values/hues and saturations you see in your subject. (this may be more difficult than it sounds..)

[mudassatgold]

wow its fantastic you work like a master very nice so beautiful and thanks fo sharing but please tell me te background bottle or fruit colours that you used tell me clearly thanks for it

[josvanr]

@mudassatgold hi, not entirely shure wat colors excatly, but for the background I think titanium white, ultramarine blue and transparent oxide red, for the bottle: mainly alizarine crimson and scheveningen green, and for the apples: lemon yellow, cadmium yellow dark, scheveningen red, alizarine crimson, and maybe some sap green. But again: I'm not shure, I just mix the colors I see in the subject. You can't use formulas for colors....

[theTRUE1414]

im a big fan of your work .. keep it up !

[josvanr]

hi. In the beginning I use flat hog hair brushes from local store 'xenos'. They are just cheap brandless brushes but I like them a lot. A bit softer than regular 'quality' artists hog brushes. I usually cut of some hairs from both sides to make them even flatter. In later stages I use long haired ox hair brushes ('vincent' brand),short hair ox from 'da vinci', and langnickel 5590. For smudging large areas I use ordinary house painter's brushes...

[Cool2fool]

can u tell me ur brushes pls!?