Thank you. Your technique makes painting fur seem so much less intimidating as I venture into a pet portrait of my daughter's wonderful kitty named Celo.
Thank you so much! I am moving to concentrate on drawings, painting of cats and birds. How clever to apply the blacks, blues, grays, over the rusty tones as black cats naturally have these overtones -very easily seen and natural sunlight.
After watching your video i painted my very first dog portrait! You made it seem perfectly logical and I am not unhappy with my first attempt. Thank you for being so inspirational
I've just taken on the daunting task of creating a triptych of my brother's 3 cats... Having never worked with fur before, your video is a godsend! thank you very much
This video was very helpful. I'm painting animals with fur in my art class and my teacher suggested to search for tutorials and videos on painting fur as I never have before. This has really helped educate me on the techiques used.
where have you been my life like i tried this and BOOM instant fur like wow i spent MONTHS trying to figure it out but i never thought i could just do this!
Thanks a lot for this advice! I was struggling with fur and the acrylic and this was really easily explained and it makes so much sense! I feel motivated again to pick up the brush and go back to my cat painting
Thank you so much! I had never painted fur before and I needed to add some pelts on a Viking image I am doing. This really helped! Esp. the bit below about white fur.
Wonderful video, I’ve been painting for some years but I struggle with long hair pets, this has been very helpful. Thank you! Hope to see more tutorials in the future
Thank you for the tutorial. I am working on a skunk at the moment and wanted to get a richer feel to the fur. I will definitely go in with the burnt sienna and raw umber as an underpainting. Thanks.
Thanks for the advice. Always had issues with fur looking flat. Like the build up of the fur to make it multi-dimensional. Didn't know it was done wet into wet, so always had problems working over the top.
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've been commissioned to do two pet portraits ... dogs. One is black with a lot of lovely highlights in it's fluffy fur. I'm going to try your method... as well as your color choices.
Thank you very much for posting this instructional video. I am starting to paint a group of ring-tailed lemurs and I will use your advice to make the fur better. Very helpful.
Aug.4/15 - Beautiful work Julie, thanks for sharing. I only hope that I can become a good painter, starting another class this fall. God bless (smile).
Hi patsytam007 you can find the entire range of brushes used in this video here: www.saa.co.uk/brushes/oil-acrylic-brushes/saa-acrylic-brushes these brushes are 'springier than sable but softer than bristle' to give you an idea
brilliant video, just a question if the end colour was going to be and brown orange colour, what colours would you use for the started and highlights (more like a hihghland cow colour if that helps)
Me:* looks at thumbnail on video* Me: how Professional: its actually easier then it looks Me: HOW Professional: i've got a finished picture here- Me: Yep i knew ot from the start, she is a god
I know I am not the person you asked but maybe I can help. For a reddish-brown fur a good base colour is a light brown. You then paint over it with darker brown and add the reddish tones in the end.
Do you know what the best types of paints for blending and painting fur are? I'd really like to know if you have any suggestions, but I'm going to do some research now
Is Acrylic paints you are working with? Also, what weight is that paper? I have a bunch of nice college grade acrylic paints that I want to start working with, and I have a nice big easel like yours...but I HATE canvas and want to work on board like you do....but I don't want my paper to warp/wrinkle.Thank you. : )
For acrylic paint you can use the paper that can be found in every professional sketchbook. It is a bit thicker than normal paper. You could also buy paper for aquarell paint. If you don't want your paper to wrinkle and go all wavy tape it on a flat surface.
They never draw love its all traced. have you seen a vid where they actually show themselves drawing ? And i hope that she is not painting acrylics with water because within the time the water disrupts the acrylic paint chemical composition and makes it stale with the years, making the painting yellowish and sometimes the canvas cracks... lots of people use water instead of airbrush or gel medium. but yeah hundreds of vids they dont show the drawing because most of them trace. Actually the two cats she is showing are exactly the same do you think it would be drawn ?...
Elinos Tiger No, wet on wet with acrylics is when you blend paint into wet paint that is already applied to the canvas :) So where the lady added the dark paint and then straight after added the light blues before the darks dried.
Such a beautiful kitty painting with hypnotic eyes!!!
FINALLY! A good tutorial on fur! Thank you so much!
Thank you. Your technique makes painting fur seem so much less intimidating as I venture into a pet portrait of my daughter's wonderful kitty named Celo.
Thank you so much! I am moving to concentrate on drawings, painting of cats and birds. How clever to apply the blacks, blues, grays, over the rusty tones as black cats naturally have these overtones -very easily seen and natural sunlight.
Best demonstration I've come across and I've watched ALOT!
After watching your video i painted my very first dog portrait! You made it seem perfectly logical and I am not unhappy with my first attempt. Thank you for being so inspirational
I've just taken on the daunting task of creating a triptych of my brother's 3 cats... Having never worked with fur before, your video is a godsend! thank you very much
This video was very helpful. I'm painting animals with fur in my art class and my teacher suggested to search for tutorials and videos on painting fur as I never have before. This has really helped educate me on the techiques used.
where have you been my life like i tried this and BOOM instant fur like wow i spent MONTHS trying to figure it out but i never thought i could just do this!
Thanks a lot for this advice! I was struggling with fur and the acrylic and this was really easily explained and it makes so much sense! I feel motivated again to pick up the brush and go back to my cat painting
Wonderful demonstration in painting fluffy cat fur with acrylic.I enjoyed seeing how you blend . Thank you very much!
I have a 10 hour art exam tmr n u just saved my life. thanks
Very helpful. I am a watercolorist and pen and ink artist shifting to acrylics. The blending technique of wet on wet was great advice! Thank you!
Thank you so much! I had never painted fur before and I needed to add some pelts on a Viking image I am doing. This really helped! Esp. the bit below about white fur.
Lovely, thank you! Looks like my kitty there! Very easy to watch you paint, and in my same material with great tips!
very good acyrlic work.. :)
Thank you that helped me very much. Greatly appreciated !
Wonderful video, I’ve been painting for some years but I struggle with long hair pets, this has been very helpful. Thank you! Hope to see more tutorials in the future
This is a fantastic tutorial!
I'm using this as a reference to paint my sister a giant fluffy dragon for her birthday :3
Thank you for the tutorial. I am working on a skunk at the moment and wanted to get a richer feel to the fur. I will definitely go in with the burnt sienna and raw umber as an underpainting. Thanks.
This was encouraging but omg I am nowhere near able to implement effectively yet.
Thank you so much for showing your technique. Much wisdom here.
Great tutorial thanks
Awsome tutorial. Used this to paint my cat.
Thank you! I'm an amatuer and I'm doing my black cat tonight at a paint and sip. I don't have 8 hours....but I'm going to use your 3 tips....thanks.
Beautiful
Nice, gotta try this! I'm doing a red panda and I got the base colors down and just needed to figure out how to make it look "Fluffy"
Thanks for the advice. Always had issues with fur looking flat.
Like the build up of the fur to make it multi-dimensional. Didn't know it was done wet into wet, so always had problems working over the top.
Thank you so much Julia for sharing !
Thanks for this. Love your accent.. reminds me of my nana :)
Thanks for the explanation !!! I'll try it :))
Thank you so much for this tutorial! I've been commissioned to do two pet portraits ... dogs. One is black with a lot of lovely highlights in it's fluffy fur. I'm going to try your method... as well as your color choices.
Very Good.. I needed this Tutorial. Thank You. Peace.
Thank you very much for posting this instructional video. I am starting to paint a group of ring-tailed lemurs and I will use your advice to make the fur better. Very helpful.
great video, it's helped me a lot with my art mock exam :) your accent is like butter on toast
I love paiting cats
Thanks so much. Very helpful and enjoyable xx
Wow, thank you for this, that was very helpful!
Muy buena explicación....un gran trabajo.....gracias
Wow I had no idea it is that easy! Thanks for sharing
This is a great video. U are a great teacher. thxs
AWESOME!!
Thanks so much. I’m experimenting with it right now on a painting.
thank you for sharing!
this video helped alot!!!!
thank you for teaching us how to do it!!!!!!
Great video July, going to try this on the dogs.
I wish she didn’t cut to the end though :( I wanted to see how she was doing the highlights!
Aug.4/15 - Beautiful work Julie, thanks for sharing. I only hope that I can become a good painter, starting another class this fall. God bless (smile).
Very nice video! Thank you.
Very nice!
You are wonderful!
Very nice. I was surprised that you used a grisaille or base coat underneath in order to guide the painter for layers on top.
Great video Julie!! Very informative ;)
Thank you very pretty the cat
Thankyou for a simple explanation. X
Awesome thanks very much.
Thank you so much.
you make it look so easy. love to see the technique, I'll have to give it a try. what size brushes and type do you use? thank you so much.
can you please do a tutorial in drawing your cat?
THANK YOU FOR EVERYTHING ♡
Very helpful; thank you!
Thank you!
Really enlightening Julie. Do you use stiff brushes, generally used for acrylics or softer brushes?
Hi patsytam007 you can find the entire range of brushes used in this video here: www.saa.co.uk/brushes/oil-acrylic-brushes/saa-acrylic-brushes these brushes are 'springier than sable but softer than bristle' to give you an idea
Hi can you please make a tutorial gow to draw this beautiful kitty,I am a beginner, blessings.
Thank you!! :)
Wow that's so realistic
I find difficulty in painting white with few black hair cat.
brilliant video, just a question if the end colour was going to be and brown orange colour, what colours would you use for the started and highlights (more like a hihghland cow colour if that helps)
Is this acrylic paint on watercolor paper?
Nice video very well done
What paper are you painting on? How do you keep paints wet
you're fabulous
Are you using watercolour paper? Thanks for this video. I work in watercolours but like the idea of using acrylics.
What colors and whatever order do you suggest for a white cat?
Hopefully someone sees this comment but what type of paper is she using?
thanks!
Me:* looks at thumbnail on video*
Me: how
Professional: its actually easier then it looks
Me: HOW
Professional: i've got a finished picture here-
Me: Yep i knew ot from the start, she is a god
I hope the same techniques apply for oil paint
I would love to see a real time tutorial on this kitty
Great video..... But What a shame she doesn't take the time to answer our questions!? I would love to know the colours used?
if I'm doing white fur, what would the base color be ? light gray ?
Light blues, off yellows, and very very light pastel colors of your background to incorporate it. I hope this helps
Thank you!
Aria 2837 Light blues or light purple
Beautiful artwork Julie, do you run courses for using acrylics, you sound northern England like me.
I have a question for you: One of the dog portraits I'm doing has reddish-brown fur. What do you suggest as a base color?
I know I am not the person you asked but maybe I can help. For a reddish-brown fur a good base colour is a light brown. You then paint over it with darker brown and add the reddish tones in the end.
Do you know what the best types of paints for blending and painting fur are? I'd really like to know if you have any suggestions, but I'm going to do some research now
great tutorial are you going to do a full cat anytime?
Is Acrylic paints you are working with? Also, what weight is that paper? I have a bunch of nice college grade acrylic paints that I want to start working with, and I have a nice big easel like yours...but I HATE canvas and want to work on board like you do....but I don't want my paper to warp/wrinkle.Thank you. : )
For acrylic paint you can use the paper that can be found in every professional sketchbook. It is a bit thicker than normal paper. You could also buy paper for aquarell paint. If you don't want your paper to wrinkle and go all wavy tape it on a flat surface.
Thank you. : )
she said that she was using acrylic, listen to the video people
great!!! which are the small brushes you use?
whats your technique in keeping all of that paint moist on your palate ?
+Denise Shaw It's something called an Extender. It can keep your acrylic paint moist for a very long time. You can also blend in colours and stuff :D
They never draw love its all traced. have you seen a vid where they actually show themselves drawing ? And i hope that she is not painting acrylics with water because within the time the water disrupts the acrylic paint chemical composition and makes it stale with the years, making the painting yellowish and sometimes the canvas cracks... lots of people use water instead of airbrush or gel medium. but yeah hundreds of vids they dont show the drawing because most of them trace. Actually the two cats she is showing are exactly the same do you think it would be drawn ?...
lindo gatito
for a Caramel colored fur what do you suggest starting with as a base color?
what is a wet on wet? is it when you put water on the canvas or canvas board or paper and then paint with the acrylics?
Elinos Tiger No, wet on wet with acrylics is when you blend paint into wet paint that is already applied to the canvas :) So where the lady added the dark paint and then straight after added the light blues before the darks dried.
Hello, I was wondering if I could use same technique with oil painting? Could you let me know.
Thank you
Yes, the same principle can be used in oil.
what colors are you using?
How did you get the eyes to look so real?
First thing I noticed was the eyes on that cat
In my opinion the little white shines on the eyes really make them pop and look life like.
please do something about audio my arm in injured sorry cannot type properly
damn i started with the black layer :(
smallpanzer can always paint back over
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Great tutorial. Beautiful art.
I have a 10 hour art exam tmr n u just saved my life. thanks
What did you. From 2020 wow lol 4 years after you made this comment