Superb portraits in pastel from the Place du Tertre: Two of the best Montmartre portaitists in action with full colour portraits: Hamid Darwish and Christos Karamisaris
Davy, I’m curious to know if you and the other artists have found yourselves straying from the Conte a Paris pencils as of late. I see Carbothello more and more. I personally used to love the Conte pastel pencils that had the gold ring near the back end of the pencil. The last two boxes I’ve bought are different and I find that the leads just break endlessly. On the same train of thought, I have a quick suggestion for you. I’m sure we would all love to see you interview artists about their setup. Their easel and their tricks/customizations that make it “Work” better for them. I’m sure life-long experienced on-the-go artists as yourselves have a great many pearls of wisdom in this regard. Also videos about each artist’s preferred brands of soft/hard pastels, pencils, paints, papers etc… would be really interesting too. I know the pandemic and its repercussions has slowed down the amount of work available to you all. Perhaps this may give you the chance for such a series of videos? I hope you guys have a MUCH better rest of the year than what has come through so far.
Thank you, Excellent observations and suggestions.Yes..the recent Conte à Paris pastels ARE of inferior quality.I don't know what happened,and I don't want to speculate but some artists think the manufacturing base has been moved to China.I am not sure if that is fact or gossip,but these pastels have become more fragile recently.Some leads are broken all the way through! The colour range of these pastels is still very good.Some of the tints simply can't be found in the Othello range.So we still use Conte a paris but the extra cost of buying damaged/poorly made pencils is extremely irritating. I do think some videos about equipment set-up and pencil and paper choices would be helpful for beginners and advanced artists.That is a great idea and I will follow up on it.We are hoping to all get back to work in July and August even though we don't expect the same number of visitors because of international travel restrictions.Of course if there is free time I will use some of it for new videos.However,I am not a "professional" you-tuber.My income is from art work so that must take priority.
@@DavyLimvideos Sorry to take more of your valuable time, Davy. Just a quick question. I’ve seen videos where you draw portraits in just two colors of conte pencils. A sepia brownish color and a yellow one. Could you please tell me what colors those are? Thanks.
@@DesignInNature sepia colour is conte a paris pastel 032 cream colour is conte a paris pastel 047.They work well with canson mi teintes cachou paper338 180g/m2
@@DavyLimvideos Thank you for your kind generosity. I couldn't find a cachou #338 canson mi teintes anywhere on the web, but I think "Sand" #336 looks the closest to what I've seen you use for your beautiful two-tone portraits. I'll give that a go! Warm regards.
@@DesignInNature You are right it probably is 336(its so small on the bar code ticket and looks like 338)but here in France the colour is definitely called cachou.
Davy, This is so cool that you will put these videos up here on youtube. What kind of paper do they generally use and as well, what kind of pastels? The big sticks, I mean? I can sometimes tell what kind of pastel pencils they are using. I really like the one that is using the yellowish-green for the skin. He must have a self-portrait there. The one with the same hat in the portrait as is on his head - Christos. I see he was using some Carbothellos. This is so fun!
What paper would you say they are using usually? The one we usually use here are called strathmore 400 series or Canson mi temps. And does it also work for oil pastel? It is funny how I can recognize all the pencils they are using or the pastel sticks. I wish we have a district like that where I love so I can join on this beautiful action day in day out. Amazing. Thank you
Canson MI-TEINTES grey is used by Hamid. Canson MI-TEINTES 336 160g/m2.We are indeed very lucky at Montmartre. But there are places all over the world where artists have open air studios like this.Rome has the Piazza Navona and it used to be possible to draw at the Spanish steps.Artists are authorized in London now.ST Tropez, Cap Agde in the south of France, and there are lots of portraitists working in the Canary Isles.Fisherman's wharf,Greenwich village in the states...the list is almost endless.But THE place is the place du Tertre in Montmartre!
I don't feature in this video,though I did the filming and the commentary and the edit.I do draw portraits at the artists sq...so I may well have drawn you in 2001.Check DavyLim.com (my web site) to be sure!
The place du Tertre is an incredibly cosmopolitan place. Hamid is originally from Iraq. Christos from Greece.Almost every country in the world is represented (I was born in Malaysia)
Not to be rude but there’s no young artist out there from what I seen in your videos. Would nice to see the tradition of free hand artists passed on to today’s generation of artist to carry on the tradition.
I couldn't agree more.There was a recent shake-up at the place du a la Place du Tertre, and all the authorisations were reviewed.Dossiers of art work were invited from new candidates and some were accepted.Mostly "grey beards" took the new places,some of whom I already knew.Sadly there is very little new blood at Montmartre.When my generation (which are artists who are 65+ years old) dies out there will be inevitably a new wave of talent that will roll in to Montmartre.
@@DavyLimvideos thank you sir for your uploads, your videos are so inspiring. Thank you ❤️ I do love pastel because of your videos in monte marte. May I ask what paper do they use?
@@DavyLimvideos hello mr. Davy. I am watching your videos all over again. And have tried to draw a portrait using pastel, I just wanted to ask you if the portraits drawn using pastel can last long? Because I've seen that it can be easily smudge, how can you professionals archive your works? How will it last long? Or how can we protect our works with pastels?
@@johnediterhernandez4892 I don't recommend using fixatives. They tend to darken the pastel. The only real way to protect pastels permanently is to frame them, with a mat, under glass. Crystal paper, a sort of thin non-stick paper, can be used to protect the work from smudging when storing or sending work. You can get it from most art shops. I prefer to archive work flat. You can send work protected by Crystal paper rolled up, posted in cardboard tubes. Pastel work once framed will last a long time, but remember that exhibiting artwork in direct sunlight is never a good idea.
There are 2 portraitists featured in this video.Christos and Hamid. Both artists are still working at Montmartre.They work near the Sabot Rouge café. Almost sure to find them working on weekends.
даме слишком увеличили глаза и вытянули лицо цвет волос вообще очень мимо ....пара на портрете смотрит в разные стороны от этого нет ощущения единой композиции .....
оба портрета не идеальны тот что справа сильно желтый цвет кожи а тот что слева перекосил линию губ слишком курносый сделал нос и очень большое ухо цвета один в один .....
People here are enjoying...I wish I will be there one day...Lots of love from INDIA...🙏👍👍👍💕
Impresionante. No me canso de mirar estos videos. Se aprende mucho.
I hope one day i can visit this place. Thanks for sharing. Hug from Brazil.
Je veux avoir la chance de faire ca
Davy, I’m curious to know if you and the other artists have found yourselves straying from the Conte a Paris pencils as of late. I see Carbothello more and more. I personally used to love the Conte pastel pencils that had the gold ring near the back end of the pencil. The last two boxes I’ve bought are different and I find that the leads just break endlessly. On the same train of thought, I have a quick suggestion for you. I’m sure we would all love to see you interview artists about their setup. Their easel and their tricks/customizations that make it “Work” better for them. I’m sure life-long experienced on-the-go artists as yourselves have a great many pearls of wisdom in this regard. Also videos about each artist’s preferred brands of soft/hard pastels, pencils, paints, papers etc… would be really interesting too. I know the pandemic and its repercussions has slowed down the amount of work available to you all. Perhaps this may give you the chance for such a series of videos? I hope you guys have a MUCH better rest of the year than what has come through so far.
Thank you, Excellent observations and suggestions.Yes..the recent Conte à Paris pastels ARE of inferior quality.I don't know what happened,and I don't want to speculate but some artists think the manufacturing base has been moved to China.I am not sure if that is fact or gossip,but these pastels have become more fragile recently.Some leads are broken all the way through! The colour range of these pastels is still very good.Some of the tints simply can't be found in the Othello range.So we still use Conte a paris but the extra cost of buying damaged/poorly made pencils is extremely irritating.
I do think some videos about equipment set-up and pencil and paper choices would be helpful for beginners and advanced artists.That is a great idea and I will follow up on it.We are hoping to all get back to work in July and August even though we don't expect the same number of visitors because of international travel restrictions.Of course if there is free time I will use some of it for new videos.However,I am not a "professional" you-tuber.My income is from art work so that must take priority.
@@DavyLimvideos Sorry to take more of your valuable time, Davy. Just a quick question. I’ve seen videos where you draw portraits in just two colors of conte pencils. A sepia brownish color and a yellow one. Could you please tell me what colors those are? Thanks.
@@DesignInNature sepia colour is conte a paris pastel 032
cream colour is conte a paris pastel 047.They work well with canson mi teintes cachou paper338 180g/m2
@@DavyLimvideos Thank you for your kind generosity. I couldn't find a cachou #338 canson mi teintes anywhere on the web, but I think "Sand" #336 looks the closest to what I've seen you use for your beautiful two-tone portraits. I'll give that a go! Warm regards.
@@DesignInNature You are right it probably is 336(its so small on the bar code ticket and looks like 338)but here in France the colour is definitely called cachou.
Excelentes artistas..
Davy, This is so cool that you will put these videos up here on youtube. What kind of paper do they generally use and as well, what kind of pastels? The big sticks, I mean? I can sometimes tell what kind of pastel pencils they are using. I really like the one that is using the yellowish-green for the skin. He must have a self-portrait there. The one with the same hat in the portrait as is on his head - Christos.
I see he was using some Carbothellos. This is so fun!
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Magnificos artistas, ignorados por los vendedores del arte bobo modernista.🎨👍
Wow amazing
Super!!! 🤩🤩🤩♥️♥️♥️😊🌺🌹🍀🎁
Que papel usa para pintar con lápices pastel ?
What paper would you say they are using usually? The one we usually use here are called strathmore 400 series or Canson mi temps. And does it also work for oil pastel? It is funny how I can recognize all the pencils they are using or the pastel sticks. I wish we have a district like that where I love so I can join on this beautiful action day in day out. Amazing. Thank you
Canson MI-TEINTES grey is used by Hamid. Canson MI-TEINTES 336 160g/m2.We are indeed very lucky at Montmartre. But there are places all over the world where artists have open air studios like this.Rome has the Piazza Navona and it used to be possible to draw at the Spanish steps.Artists are authorized in London now.ST Tropez, Cap Agde in the south of France, and there are lots of portraitists working in the Canary Isles.Fisherman's wharf,Greenwich village in the states...the list is almost endless.But THE place is the place du Tertre in Montmartre!
@@DavyLimvideos thank you
Very nice👍👍👍👍👍👍 sir ❤❤❤🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳🇮🇳 love from🇮🇳🇮🇳 ik
Sir which penicl is this sir I want to buy it pls sir
1,9,2001
My visit to that place
I can remember Davy face like it was today
If it wasn't you, correct me
I don't feature in this video,though I did the filming and the commentary and the edit.I do draw portraits at the artists sq...so I may well have drawn you in 2001.Check DavyLim.com (my web site) to be sure!
Where are your from? What's your country...love you...👌👌❤
The place du Tertre is an incredibly cosmopolitan place. Hamid is originally from Iraq. Christos from Greece.Almost every country in the world is represented (I was born in Malaysia)
amazing
Wow so nice
Which city?
thank u man
which papear use
not sure but looks like ingres paper (comes in card too)
Not to be rude but there’s no young artist out there from what I seen in your videos. Would nice to see the tradition of free hand artists passed on to today’s generation of artist to carry on the tradition.
I couldn't agree more.There was a recent shake-up at the place du a la Place du Tertre, and all the authorisations were reviewed.Dossiers of art work were invited from new candidates and some were accepted.Mostly "grey beards" took the new places,some of whom I already knew.Sadly there is very little new blood at Montmartre.When my generation (which are artists who are 65+ years old) dies out there will be inevitably a new wave of talent that will roll in to Montmartre.
Sir Davy please upload more master of colors
Hi John, I am not a full time 'TH-camr', but I will be trying to add to this series in the near future. Thank you for your interest.
@@DavyLimvideos thank you sir for your uploads, your videos are so inspiring. Thank you ❤️ I do love pastel because of your videos in monte marte.
May I ask what paper do they use?
@@johnediterhernandez4892 if you scroll down you will find I have already replied to this question
@@DavyLimvideos hello mr. Davy. I am watching your videos all over again. And have tried to draw a portrait using pastel, I just wanted to ask you if the portraits drawn using pastel can last long? Because I've seen that it can be easily smudge, how can you professionals archive your works? How will it last long? Or how can we protect our works with pastels?
@@johnediterhernandez4892 I don't recommend using fixatives. They tend to darken the pastel. The only real way to protect pastels permanently is to frame them, with a mat, under glass. Crystal paper, a sort of thin non-stick paper, can be used to protect the work from smudging when storing or sending work. You can get it from most art shops. I prefer to archive work flat. You can send work protected by Crystal paper rolled up, posted in cardboard tubes. Pastel work once framed will last a long time, but remember that exhibiting artwork in direct sunlight is never a good idea.
What's paper ?? Canson?
canson
Thanks for posting this. Very inspiring 👍
@@David-cm4ok Thank you,stay tuned there is more to come.
How can I find him? What’s his name I will be traveling to Paris to get my portrait done. I would love him to do it.
There are 2 portraitists featured in this video.Christos and Hamid. Both artists are still working at Montmartre.They work near the Sabot Rouge café. Almost sure to find them working on weekends.
love from india ,..can anybody tell me what kind of paper he is using ?
Hamid is using Canson grey, Christos is using Canson cachou
which media they are using??
pastel
@@DavyLimvideos that seems pencil color
superr....
Very nice
Bravo
wow
Good
I wonder how much for double color portrait.
A double colour portrait in pastel would be 200 euros.That is pretty much a standard price at the place du Tertre and some artists may ask more.
@@DavyLimvideos thanks friend. I sent you a email
@@antonioingram8825 OK
Usa fixativo ?
Grazie
Fixatives can darken pastel drawings. Best to protect the drawing temporarily with crystal paper until framing under glass with a mat board.
@@DavyLimvideos thanks
good.one.s.more..surebis
mastar wark
I thought they were speaking italian. I speak french tho
Canson m tiens touch ?
"A portrait without colour is not really a portrait" Seriously ??
даме слишком увеличили глаза и вытянули лицо цвет волос вообще очень мимо ....пара на портрете смотрит в разные стороны от этого нет ощущения единой композиции .....
оба портрета не идеальны тот что справа сильно желтый цвет кожи а тот что слева перекосил линию губ слишком курносый сделал нос и очень большое ухо цвета один в один .....