What a truly beautiful scene painting - the colours are gorgeous and the focal guy just pops. Thank you for the excellent tips - you are an amazing teacher.
Thank you Tom, I think I'm starting to realise that less really can be more. I also noticed how the time and thought you invest in your planning process enables you to translate all that information into your paintings in an expressive way.
Hey Melanie. It definitely can be. I think there's a lot to be said for real simplification in painting. It's certainly something I aim for as much as I can, but don't always quite hit. And yes, I do think at lest giving some good thought to what you are trying to achieve means you've answered a lot of questions and potential problems before you paint, which I do think allows you to be more expressive and almost improvisational with medium itself as you paint....thanks for a great comment :) T
I had a lot of fun painting this one. I hope you enjoy this video and find it useful. I think learning to edit and interpret our subjects, whether photos or from life, is one of the key skills - "a mixture of painting what you see, what you want to see and what you know" (Stolen from Casey Baugh) . 15 minute narrated time-lapse of feature painting: www.patreon.com/posts/figures-in-time-55131543 . Upcoming Zoom Demos www.tomshepherdart.com/zoom-painting-demos . T
Thank you, Tom. I always try to get EVERYTHING in, so this has really helped me to hone in on the bits I love about the subject. Keep up the awesome work
Thanks os much Leigh Anne!:) I've been there and like everyone, I still fall into the trap of trying to include everything. But i always come back to, "what's the main attraction here?" Everything else secondary or even not necessary. That really helps me :) Thanks as always for the support:) T
Hi Tom, love this painting, way better than anything I could produce. However, I have watched this video straight after your later one in edges. A small light on light edge on the second guy's hat might have been interesting.
Brilliant! Fabulous lesson as always! Amazing light and shadow on the faces. So realistic, yet so simple. You make it look easy, but it is not… pre plan and remove detail.. going to work on that! Thanks again.
Thanks so much Alison!:) So pleased you enjoyed it and found it useful. NO, it's not easy but the planning and simplification definitely helps a lot!!:) T
Always after watching you paint I’m blown away! I thought, now these faces aren’t going to be easy, I wonder how he will tackle this 🤔. Then after a wash & coming back with what looked like a couple of little shadows dabbed here & there, they were done & just stunning!! You make it look like just a coincidence…………..but we all know that is not the case 😳. Can you tell me, was this painted in real time or would it have taken you a lot longer to actually paint this? You just have an absolutely stunning style , cheers 😘🥰❤️😊💕😍
This was a very helpful video! I’m pretty good at not focusing on painting every detail, but I still have trouble simplifying the overall piece. I have some good ideas now!
Both the tutorial and the painting are absolutely stunning. I just love this video so much. May I ask what technique/method you use for the pencil sketch? And also which colours you used to get the skin tones in this one? Thank you :-)
Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate it!!:) Pencil sketch is starting with a lighter 2H to map out big simple shapes of the people and place the biog shapes of the rest of the composition. Once I am ahapy wth proportions and angles I come in with darker pencil of either HB or 2B and home in on the focal areas (main guys head), add smaller shapers, refine big shapes and add any details. Then spiral out from there. Quite a long process but well worth it :) Colours for the face are basically balancing the three primaries, Quinacridone Red, New Gamboge Yellow and the Ultramarine Blue. Mostly the red and yellow, more water to lighten, plus some yellow. To darken, more Quin. Red, if this goes too reddy then more yellow, if this goes too orange, then the tiniest, tiniest amounts of the blue just knock the edge of the bright orange and give it a more greyed down for muted feeling...perfect for skin. The changes in colour mixes are very subtle...a touch of either either colour can make a noticeably difference in subtle skin tones:)
@@tomshepherdartist Amazing. Didn't expect you might even find the time for such a detailed response. I feel privileged with this kind of a one-on-one text-based tutorial here, thanks so much :-)
What a truly beautiful scene painting - the colours are gorgeous and the focal guy just pops. Thank you for the excellent tips - you are an amazing teacher.
Thank you so much for such a kind comment. I really appreciate it. Kindest Regards, T
Love how the shadow colors are so pure and evoke the rich colors of morroco
Thank you so much!!:)
Fabulous painting ! Love the reminders to know your intentions and to simplify. Great video.Thank you! 🇨🇦
Thanks! This was so helpful. Lovely rendition!
Great,,so glad it was useful. Thank you:) T
Learning so much😊..thanks Tom🤗
That’s great to hear. Thank you :) T
Beautiful painting. 👏🏻
Thank you so much! T
Thank you Tom, I think I'm starting to realise that less really can be more. I also noticed how the time and thought you invest in your planning process enables you to translate all that information into your paintings in an expressive way.
Hey Melanie. It definitely can be. I think there's a lot to be said for real simplification in painting. It's certainly something I aim for as much as I can, but don't always quite hit.
And yes, I do think at lest giving some good thought to what you are trying to achieve means you've answered a lot of questions and potential problems before you paint, which I do think allows you to be more expressive and almost improvisational with medium itself as you paint....thanks for a great comment :) T
@@tomshepherdartist Thank you for being so kind to reply. You show a keen interest in your students.
Thank you for the great tutorial and beautiful painting
Thank you so much! T
I had a lot of fun painting this one. I hope you enjoy this video and find it useful. I think learning to edit and interpret our subjects, whether photos or from life, is one of the key skills - "a mixture of painting what you see, what you want to see and what you know" (Stolen from Casey Baugh)
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15 minute narrated time-lapse of feature painting:
www.patreon.com/posts/figures-in-time-55131543
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Upcoming Zoom Demos
www.tomshepherdart.com/zoom-painting-demos
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T
Amazing amazing amazing work. Thank you for sharing.
Ahh, thank you soo much for the kind words! Really appreciate it:) T
This is so helpful! (I've always had problems with always detailing everything)
So pleased to hear this...me too!!!;) T
Thank you, Tom. I always try to get EVERYTHING in, so this has really helped me to hone in on the bits I love about the subject. Keep up the awesome work
Thanks os much Leigh Anne!:) I've been there and like everyone, I still fall into the trap of trying to include everything. But i always come back to, "what's the main attraction here?" Everything else secondary or even not necessary. That really helps me :) Thanks as always for the support:) T
yeah, it is kind of bad habit isnt it?
Hi Tom, love this painting, way better than anything I could produce. However, I have watched this video straight after your later one in edges. A small light on light edge on the second guy's hat might have been interesting.
Amazing, thank you Tom
Thank you so much!:) T
Brilliant!
Thank you so much!:)
Brilliant! Fabulous lesson as always! Amazing light and shadow on the faces. So realistic, yet so simple. You make it look easy, but it is not… pre plan and remove detail.. going to work on that! Thanks again.
Thanks so much Alison!:) So pleased you enjoyed it and found it useful. NO, it's not easy but the planning and simplification definitely helps a lot!!:) T
Love this! You do great work!
Thank you so much!!:)
Brilliant thanks
Very welcome :)
Great!!!!!, Gracias!!!
Thank you!!!:)
Beautiful! An image was floating in my mind since morning. Now I know where I want to put them exactly! Thank you so much Tom.
Thank you so much. So glad you enjoyed it. T
Love it
Thanks so much!!:) T
Lovely painting with loads of useful tips.. thank you, Tom😊
Thank you. So glad you enjoyed it. T
Love this painting! Love colors and break of colors in the picture. Awesome job !! Wish I could do this! I love tutorial I will try!
Thank you so much. I really enjoyed painting this one a lot! Good luck. Let me know how you get on!!:)
Amazing
Thank you Tom, tons of very useful info
Great, so pleased! Thank you :) T
Beautiful painting!
Thank you so much :) T
Tom!! Stellar painting 😊 The colors are soooooooo pretty !
Thanks Chantel! The colours did come out especially well in this one :) T
Superbe !
Always after watching you paint I’m blown away! I thought, now these faces aren’t going to be easy, I wonder how he will tackle this 🤔. Then after a wash & coming back with what looked like a couple of little shadows dabbed here & there, they were done & just stunning!! You make it look like just a coincidence…………..but we all know that is not the case 😳. Can you tell me, was this painted in real time or would it have taken you a lot longer to actually paint this? You just have an absolutely stunning style , cheers 😘🥰❤️😊💕😍
This was a very helpful video! I’m pretty good at not focusing on painting every detail, but I still have trouble simplifying the overall piece. I have some good ideas now!
So pleased it was helpful! T
Both the tutorial and the painting are absolutely stunning. I just love this video so much. May I ask what technique/method you use for the pencil sketch? And also which colours you used to get the skin tones in this one? Thank you :-)
Thank you so much for the kind words. I really appreciate it!!:) Pencil sketch is starting with a lighter 2H to map out big simple shapes of the people and place the biog shapes of the rest of the composition. Once I am ahapy wth proportions and angles I come in with darker pencil of either HB or 2B and home in on the focal areas (main guys head), add smaller shapers, refine big shapes and add any details. Then spiral out from there. Quite a long process but well worth it :)
Colours for the face are basically balancing the three primaries, Quinacridone Red, New Gamboge Yellow and the Ultramarine Blue. Mostly the red and yellow, more water to lighten, plus some yellow. To darken, more Quin. Red, if this goes too reddy then more yellow, if this goes too orange, then the tiniest, tiniest amounts of the blue just knock the edge of the bright orange and give it a more greyed down for muted feeling...perfect for skin. The changes in colour mixes are very subtle...a touch of either either colour can make a noticeably difference in subtle skin tones:)
@@tomshepherdartist Amazing. Didn't expect you might even find the time for such a detailed response. I feel privileged with this kind of a one-on-one text-based tutorial here, thanks so much :-)
Could you plz put the link of original photo?
sooo yummy
haha...great compliment! Thank you :)