Laetitia Casta - Oil Painting - Part 3 facebook: www.bernardstore.com

[niclausen6]

I love the effect of ths skin's shine

[1964narges]

well done

[PHANTOMSLAYER777]

I use to have a huge crush on her, nice.

[Leygoes]

I never really got the hang of underpainting :D

 Great work <3

[chocoyoyo44]

wow

[gracelord78]

In how much time does each layer take to dry?

[nicesatu]

awsome painting, cool song as well!!

[Frankiesworld1]

this is fantastic i'm an artist myself but not paint just drawings where can i purchase youor painting? call 650 579-5918 i got my checkbook ready!

[JadeInBlack777]

does anyone know if you could use this technique with acrylic? or rather, if it would have the same effect?

[bibopaam420666]

you can do the same thing with acrylic but it is not as essential. oil is far more time consuming thus diferent techniques are required for a polished work. most of my works i do the same thing in a pastel blue or purple and i allow it to bleed through some, gives it a surreal effect (in acrylic)

[JadeInBlack777]

@bibopaam420666 thank you :)

[RedDragonJack]

ha, take the stickers of your brush, lol

[bagoona]

nice work..coulda been a better choice of color for background

[lunarjellies]

YES, the "grey" or "grisalle" layer is necessary because the flesh tone is a transparent glaze. It enables the artist to establish values in black and white before adding colour. Master oil painters used this technique hundreds of years ago.

[914peru]

I love it how long does it take to do a protrait like that..

[ulyssesbarbosa]

very beautiful

[boystelios18]

good work

[tokyo3457]

you're not good, you're incredible!!!!

[tony9L9L]

Was the 'grey' phase really neccesary? It seems as if you painted it twice by obliterating the sienna underpainting with the white/grey layer and then reapplying it over the top?

[frogger832]

i think the gray and blue phase was to outline the features first, oil painting requires numerous layers, and putting gray as a layer makes the skin tone more fleshy then just putting flesh tone on first.

[tony9L9L]

No it doesn't especially if you obliterate what's underneath. Seems to go round in circles but it's very good if you like copies of a photograph.

[stinky472]

The underpainting ('grey phase') establishes values and he wasn't painting so thickly that he obliterated what was underneath. He was painting with translucent glazes so you can still see the underpainting beneath it and it affects the look of the final, layered painting. Of course painting over an underpainting reduces contrast a bit, but then it's easy enough to pop in some highlights and deep shadows to bring the contrast back again.

[stinky472]

And while this last part might be a bit redundant, the underpainting is also serving as a study. The artist can just focus on capturing values correctly there and with everything laid out in place, it's easy enough to draw those bright highlights and deep shadows a second time over.

[trucker47]

great painter!

[trucker47]

you are a great painter.

[theArtofJinx]

Beautiful job. It's always inspiring to watch others paint.

[Club2987]

Cheesy. Mmm.. Makes me think of pizza.

[DsArtnDesign]

Great vid and great info. :)

[diane189444]

Beautiful...you have wonderful gifted talent. I come from a family who paints. I know good art and this is beautiful you work is so inspirational.

[TimmyCallister]

Hay im curious as to what mediums you used here?, the first blue glaze, was that liquin? and then how did you remove it?

fantastic piece!

[jimbobtwo2]

Perez Hilton...should be ....!

Do not waste your talent on that piece of ....!

[EmilioTheFreak]

wow good job!!

[jrr0702d2]

pretty

[smallville4eva]

O.O

Amazing stuff.

I find oil paint is hard to work with though :(

and it smells,

im sticking to arcrylic at the moment :)

[ljbxx]

i ve seen computer drawing but this looks

so romantic...analog....you know..hmm happy

[rholland45]

you r freakin awesome

tht lookd lik a picture lol

keep up the good work man

[raniatan]

why did you paint her skin orange then gray and orange again?

[wryb]

i guess my webcam is showing that, there is no orange, first layer is black and white and after skin tone

[raniatan]

oh it was skin colour in part 1 then black and white in part 2 and skin colour again in part 3, why did you do that?

[wryb]

thats the old master tech. the layers for skin tones

[dudeiwantacar]

its called an underpainting, you establish the tone and composition out with a specific set of colors usually something like 'burnt sienna'. Once its dried you paint over it- it gives the painting another layer and acts almost like a blue print

[wryb]

thanks! good explanation

[pepeltoro444]

what is the name of the song and artist? sounds like Johnny Cash but hipper

[KaileKia]

@pepeltoro444

Requiem por un Con by Serge Gainsberg

[moussaemad]

it's called underpainting, glazing...it simpler than it looks. It's actually more accurate than brush strokes.

[made2love26]

Im just learning oil painting,, can you give me an idea of what to buy to accomplish this,, I have always worked with charcoals, and pastels,, now I want to learn to paint, I know the basics,,trying to learn the rest...I would be greatly thankfull.

[moussaemad]

That's called the flemish technique.

1- draw your subject with charcoal or ink

2- then cover the whole surface with burn sienna, you'd better use acrylic burnt sienna as it dries fast.

3- Third layer is the umber layer. You decide the shadows and highlights with burn umber only.

4- make extra modifications on the umber layer so to achieve a smooth transference between shadow and light. Notice that the more you add linseed oil or turbentine to the colour the more transparent it becomes.

[moussaemad]

5- the dead layer, you paint over the umber layer with greay. the simple mix of grey is black, white and a little bit of perussian blue. same principle as the umber layer, you add a transparent grey colour over the dark umber and make it more opague on the lighter areas.

6- make extra modifications on the dead layer for a smooth dark/light effect.

[moussaemad]

By the way, it's called the dead layer as the subject, especially human beings, must look as pale and blue as dead people. Or, skin colour must look as if seen in moon light.

[made2love26]

Thank you so much, you have been greatly helpfull,,,, I really do appreciate it....

[moussaemad]

7- the last layer is the colour layer, which is the easiest one. you simply add the skin tone colour. Mostly thin layers. You're already have all the shadows and high lights, so just add a little bit of colour, and keep modifying it until you get a realistic effect.

[star234gurl]

it's better to use chalk than charcoal or sketch in raw sienna because the filaments of charcoal cut through paint over long periods of time. (microscopic images of charcoal show their jagged edges) and mix linseed oil with turps or spirits instead of using straight linseed

[EulogyfortheAngels]

Excellent explaination. Does this method have a specific effect or advantage, or is it purely preference?

[manliketazealc]

It's a actually one of the realistic techniques in oil painting. It givdes depth to colors. it helps you decide the tonality more easily.

[AquariZMusic]

how much would you charge for a scarface painting?

[wryb]

same size as this one can be around 2000

[justjazz46931]

That came out really nice

[KamokuEmo]

pretti

[pradon1337]

jeah!

[ActAF0ol]

awesome!