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I'm a digital artist, and this helped me boost my confidence to start painting my pieces instead of leaving them with flat color. Thanks.
🙏🏼 HOW REFRESHING that you answer the question in the VERY FIRST SENTENCE! Appreciation for that fact alone-that you got straight to the point and didn’t do the usual infuriating tease (which makes me instantly click away)-influenced me to watch the whole video. And it didn’t disappoint. Thank you thank you thank you. Subscribed ✅
I actually always skip the first few minutes. Thanks for pointing this out it's so refreshing when a video doesn't make me hunt around for the actual point.
Ohh right how refreshing!! How many videos take huge detours before answering the question
THIS.
This comment is the only reason I actually watched the video.
@@thesterlingone1072 This video is the only reason I read this 3 month old comment
Hey, can you do a video on the proper storage, clean up and disposal of oil paints, thinners and mediums? Would be very helpful.
And how do you dispose of rags/paper towels soaked with linseed oil?
@lb10003 I place my used linseed rags in an old metal, air tight paint can. My solvent rags go in a separate air tight metal can. I use non cotton painters rags for both. I let them dry out in the cans, then drop them off at the hazardous waste area at the dump as if they were paint or old deck stain.
@@lb10003 am pretty certain there is a place in the community somewhere that has a combustible disposal center? I know auto-zone has vats you can get rid of your oil there. I take mine to a friend with a shop but I bought a reciprocal that is red and has a foot pedal it is an actual industrial shop container for the disposal of combustible items. You can get one on Amazon . Then I heard Some people soak them in a bucket of water until they dispose of them I guess that’s the safe thing to do? . For the left over paint I just went and got an unused paint can’t and with any globs I put it in there and reseal it ( in hopes 😂to make black or even a grey at another time) Not tying to take over anyone’s post just trying to help and share what’s seems to work for me.
I'm so grateful that you go over the basics so thoroughly
As a sculptor trying to learn and improve my oil painting skills, your reference to clay fruit models have inspired me to make some giant steel still life fruit. Love getting unexpected inspiration! Thanks for the lesson, too.
7:55 ............I'd give him a C + on that digital art.
No problem at all. You're welcome!
This came up in my suggested videos tonight; I've just binged about 5 others. I graduated best portfolio with a Bachelor's degree in Illustration in 2008, have worked as a free-lance artist and concept artist for over 13 years in the video game industry. I've had wonderful painting teachers. Have produced some technically well-executed oil paintings while in college. But since graduating I haven't picked up a paintbrush; I feel like I'm stuck. A blank canvas gives me anxiety. Conforming/appeasing professors in order to pass a class stripped all the creativity out of art for me. Comparing my work to other artists. Thinking every work I produce has to be a marketable, finished piece. Doubting my abilities when something didn't turn out exactly as I'd envisioned it. It all paralyzed me artistically for years. But after watching these videos where he explains the process in such an effortlessly tangible way...painting suddenly seems comfortable again. I just bought some oil paint and a canvas pad. I can't even express how grateful I am to this amazing person who's inspiring so many people
Loved this story. I’ve been stuck too for a few Covid years. The world went so downhill that I lost all enthusiasm for painting as it seemed so trivial suddenly. Hoping to get some joy back and start up again
I agree. It helped me to pick my brush after half a year of art block. Thank you ❤
How’s it going?
Agree 100%! I paint loose bold pet portraits, and I definitely use, and always have used this technique in a different way, I actually squint, and blur the reference to capture shapes rather than getting caught up in a nose or eye or detail. Thanks you for this awesome way to describe this way of painting!
I am getting better at animals and they are what I really want to paint, but I reeeeally struggle when the animal is multiple colours like black and white or brown with white patches, I can't seem to get the light and shade right, any tips?
Something that helps me a ton with this (which you demonstrated when showing the blurry flower reference image) is unfocusing my eyes when looking at a subject and painting the blocky, blobby shapes. I used to fixate on really small details to the point I’d have a really small detailed section with essentially nothing else around it, which overwhelmed me to the point of quitting pieces. Learning to paint the basic shapes of everything first was awesome and I actually started getting paintings done because of it!
Glad u finally understand how to paint better...all is basically shapes and layers. Just keep trusting the process. At least that's what I keep telling myself when I start to freak out lol
I think most people know about starting with bolder shapes and then moving on to details, but you put that advice in a very intuitive way. I finally understand why sketches that only have curves do not look convincing, especially with shading without edges.
you said exactly it - it's like I knew what I was supposed to be doing but not how to execute
I'm a selftought painter.Your instructions are so precious and refreshing.Demistyfaying the art basics and making painting so atractiv to me again.Im so ready to explore a new dimensions of painting again.Thanks for your videos.💥👍👍👍
I'm a self-taught painter as well. This very helped me out a lot!
Hadn’t seen a video in a week or two. I was worried about you. Glad to see you post.
Wow! I just learned a lot more about writing than I ever have before. I mean, not how to do it, but how to do it better. I understand plot points and lines now. It's the same thing. Find the big structure. For that you need the light and dark (reasons, motivations, tempers) and then you start chipping away at the blockiness by adding in detail. Lovely!
Cool video! When I first started drawing, I was instructed to feel the reality of the subject. The goal being that reality is absolutely obtainable. It's not. I've since learned, it's much better to see behind the reality and see the illusion you're making.
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Heard one good instructor say, "If you want perfect realism, consider getting into photography instead. You're painters."
Art is about enjoying it and developing your own unique style. Yeah ofcourse there's tips! But just do you! 😊🎨
Thanks Chris, This is one of the best tutorials I've ever watched. My problem has always been that I get lost in detail, right from the start. In the end everything looked flat and round. This tutorial really helps me be more strategic with my paintings. I have to admit I admire the old style advertising paintings because of the exact fact that they have this blocky appeal. A great example is the Erik Henningsen advertising for Tuborg beer.
My goodness!!! What a fantastic gorgeous peaces of advices that you crumbled and packed beautifully in a so short video! You are incredible!!! I will see this video numerous times again and again! So worth it!!! I am feeling really inspired and you helped a tone with your expertise and advices. Congratulations!!! I’m so grateful! Sending you much love! ❤
I have dabbled in sculpture before and looking at painting from this angle is extremely helpful. Thank you.
I always press the like button because you teach so generously.
This is one of the MOST important tools I've learned. Not only does it improve your use of light and shadow but it often gets me past that paralyzed stage at the start of some projects where you sometimes just don't know where to begin. It helps you turn that mental image into something you can work with. Definitely subscribing and following this channel.
Great tips, as always! Also, you officially have the best hair on KZhead! 😁
This is so paradigm shifting, one has to ask why it isn't talked about in most beginner tutorials. I had to subscribe and comment. I behove you to do a whole series on these sorts of "actually clever yet easy" tricks to improve your paintings, please. Good day to you.
I did the exact same thing: carving blocks of wood into fruit shapes and painting them so students could see the value changes as the sides moved away from the light source. I also taught this technique in life drawing. Very effective! Nice job.
Coming across this video made my ENTIRE DAY. I have plateaued and lost some motivation with painting, I have been thinking the only way to improve is to sign up for a long/expensive art program, but the algorithm did me a huge favour today in recommending this video. Thank you. Can't wait to follow along and sing up for some of your courses too.
As someone who has challenged themselves to learn to paint a bit to be a bit more creative this was the best advice I’ve seen on KZhead and you gave the main advice instantly. Thank you.
This is so incredibly helpful! I’ve been painting for years and am just starting to sell my art.. all these videos on KZhead seem to say the same things that I’ve already tried and I feel like this is what I’ve been missing! Thank you!
you are my favorite art teacher!! i am nearly entirely self-taught (took drawing/painting throughout high school but that's about it for traditional art) and your tips are so helpful and you're very concise when you provide direction! i had stopped painting for some time but i've been getting back into it and watching your videos has given me new inspiration and useful tools to continue to improve. thank you for your videos!! (won't be long until i'm on your patreon i'm sure!)
Extremely helpful. My art teacher pointed me to your video and I am grateful.
Thank you! Its so useful. I reached a plateau in my painting. Although most were “pretty good”, I couldn’t get better. Took classes, expensive workshops from great local artists, flew to a art workshop in Italy and read a few more books. Very little improvement from being pretty good, even selling some, to where I longed to be! I couldn’t stand it anymore. I’d start a painting and within a half hour, just didn’t care. I stopped, got depressed and hadn’t picked up a brush for at least five years. I told my friends, sure, I can paint, but I just can’t SEE! I can’t do this anymore. Discouraged, I walked away from painting. THIS IS WHAT I NEEDED! I feel like I can finally see again! OMG I feel like I can see objects in a new way. THANK YOU. Thank you! I’ll watch everything you post on KZhead. If you teach, I’d love to come for some classes etc. Oh! Did I say, THANKS!
Your advice is always so clear and your demonstrations reinforce your advice so well, it makes your videos a pleasure to watch - and I know I'm going to learn something. Thanks for all the great lessons
I love your teaching techniques. Thank you
Chris thanks for this video! Your a constant voice in my head on this learning journey.😊
Love this video. Brilliant, crucial and solid tuition (as always). Thanks so much.
Thank you for doing what you do. Your helpful, direct, easy-to-digest videos are like a tonic for us artists who just need a little guidance now and then.
well thought out and narrated. very helpful.
I've been an airbrush Artist for 40 years and you broke this down so simply. Kudos I learned a few new tricks. you got a subscriber. paint to live, live to paint, and if you say it I'll spray it!
You have a gift for teaching-you’re awesome man!!! Thanks!
You are such a gifted art instructor and artist!
Dude! I love your way of explaining and thinking about it, breaking it down. ❤❤❤
I'm new to oil painting and am so glad I found your channel! I really appreciate all you share. I'm definitely too detail oriented when I paint and need to learn to block forms. I'm going to check out your courses.
Thank you for that advice. That makes sense. Can’t wait to try it.
Amazing tutorial. Very indepth and straight to the point. Thank your for investing your time in doing this.
One of your very best videos! And I've seen them all. Thank you!!!!
8:00 instead of blocking by hand, you can use the posterize and levels features to do this quickly.
This has helped me so much. Excellent tips and instruction.
Thank you for creating this awesome video and sharing the unique inner experience that we express through art. It is truly amazing to witness how you work on yourself and develop. You are doing great, and keep creating and sharing so we can all help each other uplift our artistic spirit.
You are an excellent teacher. I am learning so much. Going to check your Patreon . Thank YOU
Thank you so much! I really needed this demo.
I learned this a year ago for sketching and I improved enormously. Time to try painting.
Awesome concept. Thanks for sharing your knowledge.
This teaching video is a life saver. I struggled a lot with painting portraits ! I will implement this 🎉
Thank you. I would never have thought of it this way on my own. I'm going to try it on my work.
Great advice. I am always fussing the details and need to literally step back, hold the brush near its end and makes bigger strokes and block forms and values.
Your so inspiring! Your art work is improving sooo much! It brought tears to my eyes! So happy for you. Your a great teacher too but real and generous of heart! Thank you.
Shortly after the barn pic popped up (@4:00) and the blocky shapes are placed over the tree, almost instantly everything else around appeared as flat and blocky too... patches in the mountain, the barn, the field, the yellow tractor. Some switch turned on in my brain... Thank you Chris!!!
I love this lesson! Thank you so much!
Thank you for your videos, they help me think differently about how to start a painting,.Blocking the shapes and working from there builds up my paintings now. 🖼
Your videos are so instructive and your points are so enhanced perfectly using the images showing the shapes you block out. The clay fruit are a brilliamt tool! So glad I found your videos! 😊❤
What does he mean by finding smaller planes within the big ones?? I love this!
Thank you for all your videos
Came across your video tonight and really enjoyed it. So much great info in a short time. I subscribed so I'll be back often. Beautiful work! 👍
my mind was blown by the end of this video. Seriously greatly appreciated
Thank you for the awesome painting tips you share!!
Color blocking plus vibrant colors to make the art pop is a masterpiece waiting to happen
Maybe the first time someone promising the "one thing" and it actually helped! Very helpful indeed!
This is awesome! Thank you. I’m going to explore and experiment with this.
Great straight forward & into it vid 👌🏼. Cheers
I enjoyed your demonstrating and ways in painting. I find it so relaxing and therapeutic. Thanks for your expertise ❤️🩹👍
I love every second of this 9.19 min. video. Thank you "Coach".
This was some excellent and valuable information 👏 thank you!
My dude... I needed this video. Thank you.
Currently busy with a new painting and I am so going to try this. Thanks
Best I’ve ever seen thank you Chris 🎨
Very useful, this will help me in painting portraits. Subscribed.
its amazing how much just squinting your eyes to make subjects blurry helps
Super great advice! Thanks!
Makes sense to look at it this way that I can't believe it hasn't occure to all of us. TY The portrait made me think of paint by numbers.
Great instructive video Chris!
Perfectly explained! Makes so much sense and allows me to focus on the overall shape and light, without getting overwhelmed with details when I am starting a piece. Thank you!
thank you for answering your own question in the first thirty seconds! it actually made me want to keep watching much more than if id been skipping around to find where you get to the point.
You have helped me more than any other youtube instruction on my initial approach to simplifying how to proceed on my mental painting start up. .
wow you're not only an amazing painter but also teacher!
Yass can’t wait to watch I love your art and videos smmmm
Thank you! Very helpful, I’m one of those painters that gets lost painting flowers. Going to give this technique a try!
Furthermore, I love your style and paintings.
WONDERFUL LESSON!
Thanks for not making us wait until the middle or the end to getting right to the point of the title. A+ !!
Pretty wise for a young feller 😀 i appreciate your videos and sharing your knowledge, a natural teacher
This is the best art lesson. I never learned this while getting a minor in art and will start to apply this method immediately.
This is such a helpful video and not a concept Ive really seen explained before.
Well articulated! ❤
just a hobby for me - but i learned so much here! thanks! really cool that I was using my eyes my whole life - and now I'm learning new ways to use them! so cool!
Great video on plains 👌
I really appreciate that you gave the answer within the first 6 seconds. Thank you.
Wow this is gold! This will improve my digital and conventional art ten folds.
Thank you so much! Got my art exam tmr helped a lot
Thanks so much for this video..Very helpful indeed!..especially for new painters like me..
best tutorial ever, thank you!
Every new video you cast is a Master Class! Thank you! God bless you!
Absolutely love this.. Thanks.. It's definitely going to help ❤
You Are a Born teacher. I am a retired teacher and I found this lesson really great.