I am totally a beginner and know what you mean. One time though as I was following this eyeball tutorial by a different artist, I was having that discouraged feeling so I got up and walked away. When I came back like an hour later would you believe someone must have finished it for me? Lol
I followed your tutorial to paint a candle flame for the first time ever and I incredibly impressed with how I did. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I love this, I actually got a little emotional, lol. Its a simple thing but I've never seen anyone blend paint with their hands like that before - it makes so much sense! Incredible work.
Mm, honestly its one I haven't seen much of. Messy is fine, I think art should be messy - my point was, I guess, the tactility of it, actually touching it is very appealing to me. :)
I've always found the part you said could be tedious & repetitious the most relaxing & therapeutic. I could just get lost in it while the world & all it's problems melted away. Then, as my vision would start to come to life, a beautiful feeling of exciting fulfilment would bloom & blossom!
The way you painted this makes it look like the darkness is trying to choke the candle. Idk how to describe it, it makes the background look like a physical space
Thank you so much Chuck, for painting a realistic flame on a candle. I am in the process of drawing and then painting a log fire, the one's you have at a camp site etc. The process will be very challenging for me to do, as I am still in the learning stages of my painting.. Like you have said, 'just keep on going and see where it leads you'. Although my drawing and painting skills are very amateurish, I will have a go and see what I come up with. Thank you again for showing on how to paint the glow of the flame etc.. (Angela, from Australia)..
I'm just amazed that there are Artists out there who are not afraid to use their bare fingers to blend paint on Canvas, be it in Acrylics or Oils. Reminds me of Adult version of Children's finger painting.
I've come back to this video multiple times now over the last 2 years or so and I absorb something new from it each time. 🎨Really love the way you describe what & why you're doing things. Especially love the tip to blend with fingers. Whenever I instinctually use my fingers for something when painting I feel silly for using "bad technique" ... so it's nice to see that it can actually be a good technique. :)
I'm always amazed at when you start a painting it seems like a hot mess ha ha. But after watching you paint for so long and to see the time and the labor you put into all of your paintings is the reason I am drawn in to your works. I love each and every detail that you put in that has that WOW effect. I am so inspired to paint better every time I watch you Chuck!!
Love your video! Still early into my art career and constantly looking to up my game. Blending colors and strokes been a challenge, but your video has really helped me with it.
I'm using this to paint this strong light that is casting on my character, It's a very close to the camera portrait. I want the light on the face to be so strong that it almost seems too be the light source itself. Where the light is, the features get simplified. Thanks it's very helpful!
This is so amazing and helpful! I was planning on using another tutorial for fire, for my sketchbook cover, but now I’m definitely doing this one, even if I have to practice a few times on a canvas, 😅 but this is really amazing 🤩
Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this helped! I have a vision an didnt have the skill to make it true. Im gonna practice this and I think that will work! ❤️
Thank you Chuck for such great instruction.....based upon your video, I tried painting the candle but in oils instead of acrylics but feel it turned out very well. I would send picture but not sure how to do that:)
Chuck I LOVED the fun, short technique!! I could really explore the technique on this one! This was a very good tutorial!! I'd love it if you do a couple more like this, working with full paintings but short lessons, one tiny thing at a time. This was amazing. Thank you tons!!!! :)
🙋 Question. If I want my neon blue, green, and yellow to really be bright, but my canvas is dark., do I apply a layer of white first? Or is it not necessary?
I use a syringe to keep clean water in for mixing, it also allows for distributing the water a drop at a time. I asked my dentist for some and she obliged.
Thanks so much for your great demos and tutorials. QUESTION: Have you ever tried the water soluble oil paints? I'll continue to browse your videos, in case you have done this...but could you demo or mention about these interesting paints and how you would or would not use them. Thanks Chuck!
Beautiful work Chuck ! I like the way you use your fingers and the drying stages on the glow. Also, for showing us how the top of the candle can enhance the brightest of the flame. Would the process be the same on a white canvas ?
Just Gorgeous Chuck! I will be trying this little guy out soon, hopefully tomorrow. I've been painting for about 7 months, and I look at things so differently now. Clouds, Trees..... buildings.... you name it. I always see a potential painting. lol I'm hooked. I am in it to stay, and I am so eager to learn new things. I am just in a daze when I watch your videos. They are very very helpful, and I get sucked in every time. I don't get to paint as often as I wish, Work kinda gets in the way.....but I did finish an Eagle the other day, as my husband requested me to do one for him. Would I be able to PM you the photo, through your Facebook page?? I would love to show it to you...and get your input on it... Now mind you I AM A BEGINNER, haha, and so willing to learn more and more constantly. I don't expect a miracle over night...haha I tried my best, and I had to be in Eagle MOOD to paint it. I took about a week to finish it. So let me know if that would be okay, I just checked PM and it seems to open fine from your FB Page. (Sorry for the long comment) Cheers! ;)
Thanks Mary! I agree I am the same way when looking at things. I would love to see it please send it and I'll get back to you. The facebook page should work fine! :)
Wouldn't it be easier to sideload a wider brush and float it out? You're an amazing artist, but sometimes I think you make things too hard. Not intended to be an insult. I truly admire your beautiful work.
Everything you do turns out beautiful. I've watched so many videos of yours and love that you show us even your mistakes. You never pretend to be perfect but to share with us all you know. Thank you for your kind generosity.
how would you go about the lighting of an object below the candle? for example, I'm wanting to paint a skull below, holding the candle up. would I use the same concept you used for the light hitting the candle itself or would I use a glaze of red/black mixture? or would I use just a glaze of yellow to represent the light?
I always get to the messy ugly part of a painting and get discouraged, I love the way you make it obvious to keep going, keep adding.
I am totally a beginner and know what you mean. One time though as I was following this eyeball tutorial by a different artist, I was having that discouraged feeling so I got up and walked away. When I came back like an hour later would you believe someone must have finished it for me? Lol
Sometimes same as with me also
I followed your tutorial to paint a candle flame for the first time ever and I incredibly impressed with how I did. Thank you so much for sharing this.
I was getting nervous as your hand got close to the flame.😳
It looked so real, I was doing the same thing. Thinking that 🤔 he was going to burn 🔥 his hand. Lol
Lmaoooooo
😍😂
Why is that so true tho 😂 my brain thought his hand was gonna catch on fire 🤣
I love this, I actually got a little emotional, lol. Its a simple thing but I've never seen anyone blend paint with their hands like that before - it makes so much sense! Incredible work.
It is a pretty common blending technique, you just need to be okay with getting a little more messy😊
Mm, honestly its one I haven't seen much of. Messy is fine, I think art should be messy - my point was, I guess, the tactility of it, actually touching it is very appealing to me. :)
That is insanely realistic. I’m impressed
Best tutorial video I ever seen about acrylic painting techniques.. thank you.!
I've always found the part you said could be tedious & repetitious the most relaxing & therapeutic. I could just get lost in it while the world & all it's problems melted away. Then, as my vision would start to come to life, a beautiful feeling of exciting fulfilment would bloom & blossom!
Love this comment! Great way to articulate it. Thank you so much
The way you painted this makes it look like the darkness is trying to choke the candle. Idk how to describe it, it makes the background look like a physical space
Awesome , the candle looks as if it’s really there and burning bright . Amazing video thank you .
Thank you so much Chuck, for painting a realistic flame on a candle. I am in the process of drawing and then painting a log fire, the one's you have at a camp site etc. The process will be very challenging for me to do, as I am still in the learning stages of my painting.. Like you have said, 'just keep on going and see where it leads you'. Although my drawing and painting skills are very amateurish, I will have a go and see what I come up with. Thank you again for showing on how to paint the glow of the flame etc.. (Angela, from Australia)..
I followed your instructions and turned out great! Thank you!!
Awesome and you are welcome!
I'm just amazed that there are Artists out there who are not afraid to use their bare fingers to blend paint on Canvas, be it in Acrylics or Oils. Reminds me of Adult version of Children's finger painting.
Very interesting exercise. Congratulations on a realistic candle.... Thank you for showing us so patiently
I've come back to this video multiple times now over the last 2 years or so and I absorb something new from it each time.
🎨Really love the way you describe what & why you're doing things. Especially love the tip to blend with fingers. Whenever I instinctually use my fingers for something when painting I feel silly for using "bad technique" ... so it's nice to see that it can actually be a good technique. :)
Flipping amazing. Best flame video for acrylics ever.
2019 and ever ..heheh
Beautiful techniques! The moisture and water is something I will definitely try! Thanks!
Thanks - your charisma and skills are greatly appreciated. I have learned something NEW today because of you.
You, sir, are an artist. This is incredible. Magic.
I'm always amazed at when you start a painting it seems like a hot mess ha ha. But after watching you paint for so long and to see the time and the labor you put into all of your paintings is the reason I am drawn in to your works. I love each and every detail that you put in that has that WOW effect. I am so inspired to paint better every time I watch you Chuck!!
Thanks Jill! I appreciate it all thank you for writing!!!!
Thanks. Your Technics and teaching method is very good and valuable. Your all paintings are very good in colour choice and depth.
Thank you so much
I followed your instructions and made an art piece for a compatition and I got first place in it
So glad I found your video 🌹
Cool! Congratulations
You are so good at not only painting, but explaining how to go about doing it. Thank you for sharing. I am going to try this.
Love your video! Still early into my art career and constantly looking to up my game. Blending colors and strokes been a challenge, but your video has really helped me with it.
Amazing, feel like that painting could light up a dark room. Thank you so much!!!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful skills and inspiring technique. I thoroughly enjoyed it. Many thanks for sharing this video.
Chuck, this painting is amazing. I love the way the light is radiating out from the candle. Thank you.
Pat
Thanks Pat!
I'm using this to paint this strong light that is casting on my character, It's a very close to the camera portrait. I want the light on the face to be so strong that it almost seems too be the light source itself. Where the light is, the features get simplified. Thanks it's very helpful!
As they say, "Less is Best"! Absolutely beautiful and a great expression of Hope. Definitely going to be trying this tutorial!
Thank you for this tutorial, i have tried it myself and it works very well.
This is so amazing and helpful! I was planning on using another tutorial for fire, for my sketchbook cover, but now I’m definitely doing this one, even if I have to practice a few times on a canvas, 😅 but this is really amazing 🤩
Play the video with speed 1.5x
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that is so realistic it could light up a dark room!
Fabulous! Just what I needed. I can’t wait to paint this myself! 🙏🎨💕
Beautiful! I love your work, Chuck. Thanks for sharing.
Awesome!!! I can’t wait to try this one. It’s so dark and creepy and Renaissance feeling.
Thank you so much! You have no idea how much this helped! I have a vision an didnt have the skill to make it true. Im gonna practice this and I think that will work! ❤️
Oh my god.....thats awsome. Im getting sucked in to painting like in old days like learning to compose music sequencing and stuff.
Thank you for this. Very helpful to what I am going to work on.
Simply beautiful
This was a really good tutorial!! Thanks!
I love these types of acrylic paintings ;)
So beautiful! Have you ever done an entire painting just with your fingers?
Wow... very beautiful. Thanks for this tutorial.
Wow! So realistic😍 i Love All of ur pictures
Thank you Chuck -- wow -- you're amazing.
Very useful tutorial. Thanks a lot for sharing, as usual.
Magnifico, nadie hace la iluminación mejor!! Gracias x compartir 👍🏼💖💖😍😍
That was great. Thank you for this!
Thanks a lot, I did step by step and got very good results
Great! Keep it up!
Thanks for lesson ! Very beautiful ! 👏👏👏👍
thanks for uploading! great tutorial!!
Great tutorial, thank you!
Love ❤️ your beautiful works !🎨❤️🌈👍
Great Tutorial Chuck - Please, could you do a candle on a table in a room with how the light looks on the table and how it effects the scene.
Thank you so much for the motivation your tutorial is really interesting...you are a great master
Thank you Chuck for such great instruction.....based upon your video, I tried painting the candle but in oils instead of acrylics but feel it turned out very well. I would send picture but not sure how to do that:)
This was very helpful thank you😊
This is amazing!
Thank you, very well taught
I wants to became a great artist like you love you sir
Chuck I LOVED the fun, short technique!! I could really explore the technique on this one! This was a very good tutorial!! I'd love it if you do a couple more like this, working with full paintings but short lessons, one tiny thing at a time. This was amazing. Thank you tons!!!! :)
This is an excellent tutorial
I am a big fan of urs.. every technique of u is very clear n easy to learn....
Thank you great to see that!
this beautifull work and easy to learn thank you
cool! i love it !!!
Amazing ! I almost call the FIRE DEPT I thought your canvas is literally on fire😮😮😮😮
Thank you so much! It's beautiful! And now I know how to do it too. :)
Excellent tutorial.
🙋 Question. If I want my neon blue, green, and yellow to really be bright, but my canvas is dark., do I apply a layer of white first? Or is it not necessary?
Thanks sir you are my inspiration
I thought I was the only one that used their hands and fingers to blend lol!! Wonderful, helpful video!
I use a syringe to keep clean water in for mixing, it also allows for distributing the water a drop at a time. I asked my dentist for some and she obliged.
hi chuck this is very hard in oils nice job!!!
Fanning that out. LOL Fanning the flame you mean! That is fantastic. All joking aside tht is beautiful and an excellent tutorial.
Thank you so much. Your work is awesome
Thanks so much for your great demos and tutorials. QUESTION: Have you ever tried the water soluble oil paints? I'll continue to browse your videos, in case you have done this...but could you demo or mention about these interesting paints and how you would or would not use them. Thanks Chuck!
Great tutorial
Many thanks
Thank you..love your videos..
You talk about gesso and not sanding, did you do that and how did you get a black canvas, is that black or a mixture of colours?
would a blending medium be useful for something like this?
simple, yet very beautiful !!
q8 Asam
Beautiful work Chuck !
I like the way you use your fingers and the drying stages on the glow. Also, for showing us how the top of the candle can enhance the brightest of the flame.
Would the process be the same on a white canvas ?
You could use white yes, it might take a little bit more work to blend the dark colors together however. I appreciate that!
I adore this
👍🏻 thanks for sharing and teaching! Can you teach us how to paint night sky lanterns? Pls~~~~
Ill mark it down. Thanks!
I'm amused, I have the same brush shapes in my makeup collection. Lol
I was thinking the same thing! Guess I know what to do with a small domed eyeshadow brush that's no longer useful for makeup.
That’s awesome thank you for sharing
hay que dejar secar unas capas para aplicar otras.Muy agradecida por sus explicaciones.
Thank you so much! Your techniques help me immensely.
Great to hear Thanks Dian!
Such depth beautiful thanks
I think the candle needed a bit more re and orange zones, but other than that, you did AMAZING!! 100% gonna try this out! :D
You've been very helpful.
Just Gorgeous Chuck! I will be trying this little guy out soon, hopefully tomorrow. I've been painting for about 7 months, and I look at things so differently now. Clouds, Trees..... buildings.... you name it. I always see a potential painting. lol I'm hooked. I am in it to stay, and I am so eager to learn new things. I am just in a daze when I watch your videos. They are very very helpful, and I get sucked in every time. I don't get to paint as often as I wish, Work kinda gets in the way.....but I did finish an Eagle the other day, as my husband requested me to do one for him. Would I be able to PM you the photo, through your Facebook page?? I would love to show it to you...and get your input on it... Now mind you I AM A BEGINNER, haha, and so willing to learn more and more constantly. I don't expect a miracle over night...haha I tried my best, and I had to be in Eagle MOOD to paint it. I took about a week to finish it. So let me know if that would be okay, I just checked PM and it seems to open fine from your FB Page. (Sorry for the long comment) Cheers! ;)
Thanks Mary! I agree I am the same way when looking at things. I would love to see it please send it and I'll get back to you. The facebook page should work fine! :)
Thanks Chuck! Will do, I will send it now. (eeeek nervous....lol) ...and I tried this Tutorial as well. I will scoot that along with the Eagle. ;)
OMG same
Awesome work
Thank you Dibina!
Wouldn't it be easier to sideload a wider brush and float it out? You're an amazing artist, but sometimes I think you make things too hard. Not intended to be an insult. I truly admire your beautiful work.
+Sherri D. Padilla its tough to get a perfect blend like that. You could, but i prefer to be very controlled in what i do. Just personal preference :)
Everything you do turns out beautiful. I've watched so many videos of yours and love that you show us even your mistakes. You never pretend to be perfect but to share with us all you know. Thank you for your kind generosity.
how would you go about the lighting of an object below the candle? for example, I'm wanting to paint a skull below, holding the candle up. would I use the same concept you used for the light hitting the candle itself or would I use a glaze of red/black mixture? or would I use just a glaze of yellow to represent the light?
its amazing ! did you first painted the canvas black? and then let it dried and afterwards painted the candle?
So nicely explained. Plus I like the fact that you did not do your video in that timeline thingy.
LOve it, thanks!
Can we use the same method and acrylic colours on a black chart paper?