Secrets of the Masters - end part

[Fireviews]

It's hard to understand with the two different languages, but it's a pretty useful video. Use Fireviews to get more feedback on your artwork. Sometimes you need an objective opinion from a lot of people.

[Lacomtesse99]

Votre voix et la voix du traducteur aux même décibels.... ?? Chose à éviter impérativement si l'on veut que quelqu'un comprenne ne soit un peu ce que l'on veut communiquer. A part ce problème du son, beaucoup du talent, sans aucun doute.

[taylor2001]

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[hankx32]

great

[jane25449]

Good video! Thank you very much,

[loveupskirts]

never used glazes before.

i wonder if their terribly expensive?

[ChadSmith1452]

@loveupskirts

In word, no. since the paint is applied so thinly, very little is used.Nor is the glazing medium particularly expensive (about $8 for 16 ounces).

[coolegirlie1]

you know what so wonderful is of painting

you only use some colors and you just create a thing, and it looks real too!!

I think its really wonderfull

[78igo]

yup u are all right

[painterinoil]

Very Helpful! Thank you very much!!!

[frankenshank]

I learned this method in college, layers & glazes...

While it creates lovely depth to colors, it is somewhat unrealistic. There is something to be said for "premiere coup" that is, getting the color exactly right with each stroke you put down. (See the work of John Howard Sanden)

Thanks for sharing this!

[Yakshinian]

unrealistic how?

[SPLIMLETLET]

@frankenshank I think I agree with that.

[bankmaoney]

cool i did not know that nice painting hope to see more tip's on painting.. thank you

[anyayeatman]

we seem to have missed a lesson? You confirmed the drawing as a black outline and now suddenly we have tonal values- is this on you tube? It is however such bliss to see it in real time unlike so many of the painting lessons on you tube. Also is there a lesson we can see after this ??

[EminoMeneko]

Où est la version française sans voix of en anglais ? C'est gênant. :(

[OhMymy]

lol that's seriously no where near the virtuosity of master paintings...

[polymath7]

Perhaps not, but he's certainly right about Liquin -that stuff is a miracle product.

[marshmelow]

I imagine the scrylic layer allows the oils to move easier.

[hellois5letters]

Nope. oil somewhat slides on acrylic. If you try to paint on an oil primed canvas and then an acrylic primed you will notice it immediately. If you ever worked on a painting on an acrylic primed canvas in more than one sitting you always notice that the second layer "sticks" better and lays easier. That is the reason.

[polymath7]

Ah so this is the difference. Commercially prepared canvases are always acrylic primed and I've always wondered if preparing my own oil priming would be worth the trouble.

[hellois5letters]

Not necessarily. You can buy oil primed canvases but they generally cost a little more and they are always stated. If a canvas is not stated 99% chances are that acrylic primer is used.

Preparing your canvas is fine but you have to really use good material and become proficient at it, otherwise you have no advantage. It will NOT be cheaper either. Reputable companies that make oil primed canvas are most likely to produce a very even, nice and quality canvas.a bit more money but worth it.

[polymath7]

Thanks, but it isn't quite clear to me what exactly you consider th advantage of an oil-primed canvas to be (more absorbent?).

I already have enough unprimed Belgian linen canvas to cover a football field, so Id' be extremely grateful if you could spare a moment to tell me in what way one must be proficient to apply the oil priming.

[hellois5letters]

Oil prime grabs oil, acrylic doesn't. If you painted on a canvas & next day or 2 paint on it a second layer you notice how nicer it welcomes paint.

The linen should be HAND stretched, not too tight because it shrinks a ;pt. That takes practice. Cover linen with a good rabbit glue sizing prepared by putting one part to 10 part water, soaked overnight. Then in doubleboiler heat to 132-140 deg F to liquify.

[hellois5letters]

Coat should be even, then dried completely. If not the oil rots linen. Apply primer evenly. 2 coats should be enough. Allow min 2 weeks to dry before painting.

[polymath7]

Ah, thanks; Much appreciated.

[simbaku123]

eh? am i missing some videos inbetween? how did he get to this level?thats what i was looking for ! :(

[Tlk2435asdko43]

where is the middle part?

[bjays]

dead colour

[stevefromPA]

im a self taught artist and i figured this out n my first year..but why would u wanna mix the 2..seems worhtless down the road but then a gain I may be missing something..I learned one thing I cant sell painting to persons that are critical and skeptical and anticipating worth after my death but the average joe that just likes the painting, well.

[hellois5letters]

Also "any" half master would know that since acrylic is water based poly it will never have the refraction index of oil and that depth/ richness no matter of how many layers.

[hellois5letters]

Only an idiot will use acrylic under oil! Trapping a water based product under oil is a bad idea. Also research and you will see that Getty's Institute has spent 1.5 million researching how to prevent acrylics from fading that is happening to Pollock and Rothko's works. Acrylic is plastic and like all plastics it will brittle, crack and fade.

[Chordwayze]

I wonder what even older masters thought of oils? They used Tempera. Different again. So you are saying acrylic 'gesso', is a bad idea under oils? Most canvases I buy are ready primed with acrylic, so where do we go? Aside from buying canvas, unprimed, in rolls, what's the alternative? I want to paint, not mess around for ever stretching canvases. When I have a few painting under my belt, I might think about it though. Any thoughts hellois?

[hellois5letters]

There is a vast difference between a stretched canvas acrylic primed and what this guy is doing. When you buy it it was done 1-2 or months before you get it. It was evenly applied by machine and has totally dried. He is applying it and then working on it within 24 hours! You have to be very naive to think ALL the water is evaporated in 24 hours.

[hellois5letters]

Also note oil paint has been around since mid 15th century. it has proven itself by test of time. Old masters in painting is generally applied to the Titian, Rembrandt, Velazquez, Rubens, Van Dyck circle. All oil. DaVinci used it as well. Michelanglo did fresco, hence, tempera. Raphael used it as well.

[Chordwayze]

Agreed. Even so, I always 'knock-back' the white with a 'turpsey', raw-sienna oilwash, applied with a rag. Dries quite quickly. Any brush drawing I do, is done in thin oil again. Blue or brown depending on the plans for the subject matter. Thanks for the info. Apppreciated. Regrads John

[stevefromPA]

that should make a few billionaire art collectors nervous..maybe not..half a penny increase per gallon of crude oil should secure their investment.

[hellois5letters]

POSSIBLY. On the bright side, most of the art that is done with acrylics and oil on acrylics is the modern splash and drip. Not a big deal in sense of the art loss. On the other hand most of the very expensive art is the splash and drip!

[BloatedSensations]

Pollock, huh? Very interesting... considering he died before acrylic paints were comercially available! Pollock actually used gloss enamel paints. Enamel paints, for the most part, are now acrylic based. But, at the time Pollock lived, they were oil based. In fact, most of them weren't much more than standard oil paint mixed with varnish.

[hellois5letters]

Acrylic paints have been available in US since 1950s. My teacher had a friend to send him some sample of it in 1948 via a diplomatic friend. Although pollock did use gloss enamel, alas, some of his work is in acrylic. He did also mix additional varnish in regular/ commercial oil paint to avoid the loss / sink that oil paints have and eliminating varnish. His first motive of using acrylic was that.

[turuanu]

English, French and music... really hard to follow.

[GuitarRHCPfan]

I prefer to put an undercoat of acrylic instead of using oil, because im not rich. Then I use linseed oil with conventional oil paints.

[suikkamara5]

so do i

[artettina]

I even use liquin with my wet on wet methode. I like to use the more classical layering paint methode with my oils on panel.

[emailtonadia]

He's name is JOSS VAN DE VEN : joss-art dot com

[dogquilter]

Rare...the old masters painted like this.

[Boricua19922012]

I like thia artist a lot he is precise, and smooth, who is he? A.Lopez Puerto Rico

[Sevenuk]

I've been scared of using oils up until this point and have stuck to acryllics. I can't afford proper fine art classes, so this is very very useful! It's the basic techniques that make hte most difference. Is there another part to follow this one?

[starzship]

Some community colleges have oil painting classes, watercolor, etc. Here in CA classes are still $20 a unit. But yes, there are a lot of art/painting videos on youtube & internet where you can learn almost anything for free without ever leaving your home!!!

[MicosMagicBeans]

this is great, i have recently bcome interested in this technique of painting and its great to see, could you possibly post some more?

Thankx.

[RUNEMASTER777]

Nice video , but Its very confusing hearing the two languages together.

[jerryaltman]

Very good. It's nice some people have iniciative to publish videos of art technics.