Oil Portrait using technique of a Grid, Grisaille, Glazing and Scumbling
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Vic .. I’m stunned ! Incredible work .. keep enjoying it …
Cheers😁
Man, If I had your level of skill I would just be happy with the black & white and leave it as is. XD Great work as usual.
thanks a lot
how could anyone give this a thumbs down? it's sooo good. stunning painting and great film, thanks vic!
I know. Odd isn't it. I can understand someone not being impressed - art is very subjective, but going to the trouble of pressing the dislike button is perplexing
vic harris they are often mean spirited unhappy people. The problem with likes and dislikes is that there is no context to provide understanding. Your video was the first of yours that I have seen and it is beautiful. Would I have liked to have seen your entire process? Absolutely. When I watch it again, I will hit pause many times so that I have an opportunity to absorb and retain what I learn along the way. Thank you for sharing your talent with us all.
So good. The best example of glazing on TH-cam. I hate to say it, but a few of the others videos I watched (not yours) on glazing were fails, and made me think I'd better not try it.
Thanks. I'm still learning. Nowadays I tend to do the grisaille lighter (with the darkest tone in the middle of the gray scale), because my paintings were tending to come out a little too dark.
A simple amazing is not enough.
I must shout out. AMAZING!!!
you're very kind thank you
Very good. Actually excellent. I just wished more indications on the color layers, but masters don't have to share all their secrets. You can really be proud of yourself and not pay attention to the occasional critics.
Thanks a lot. I'm too chaotic in my choice of colours, mixes etc to give formal instructions. That is why I post demonstrations only. The timelapse gives the impression of a slick process, but in real time I would drive the viewer crazy, with my constant changes of mind and revisions upon revisions!!
Excellent>wonderful>amazing> ...thank you
thanks a lot
Amazing!
Thanks a lot
Perfect
Thank you
This was a good example of transferring from grisaille to color. And you stuck to the values from the grisaille to the finish.
On a personal note .I think your son Is suffering from a vitamin deficiency if your coloring around the eyes was correct. i am not a doctor but I have seen this before.
Nice work .thanks
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When glazing you first paint the flesh color thinly but then do you start painting and applying more thick layers of paint???
No not really. Just multiple layers of colour until I'm happy, so there isn't a fixed number of layers or thickness of paint
Incredible. Could someone let me know what the string is used for, seen at 1:45 ?
Hi. Thanks. Follow the link in the video description for an explanation 😀
Great work, but aside from the colors for the black and white, you don't say which colors you utilized for the flesh tones
Thanks. I don't say because I don't have any formula. I mix as I go, both on the palette and on the painting. It's all very random and undisciplined, which is why I don't teach, because my constant changes of mind would drive you crazy :)
@@vicjharris Thanks for the reply. I have been trying to learn how to do the glazing method for portraits. I have been painting for a while and they come out great, but I have read that glazing adds a depth to paintings that one would otherwise not attain. I did the grisaille, then I just added yellow ochre, the next day I added cad. red, then the next Titanium white. Doesn't look good.
Well, your technique is amazing and I really like your style, but why do you use those black threads?
Wonderful work; I've enjoyed your videos! I ran across your work a while back while studying glazing. Thank you for your willingness to share your marvelous work.
I do have one (silly) question: what do you use for the elastic cord (for a lack of better description) seen starting ~ 0:34?
[edit: I just realized that you made another video addressing this issue... :) ]
lostdragn glad you like it and that you found the link.
Fantastic work. What are the 'go to' colours you use most of the time? And what brand of oil paints do you use? Thanks.
Thanks a lot. For the lights - white, burnt umber, terre vert, yell ochre, indian red, aliz crims, ult blue, violet. Darks - a lot of burnt umber, violet, ult blue, viridian, mars black. I have a mix of brands, only by chance really. Mainly W&N artists quality, but I also won a box of Royal Talens Rembrandt paints, so I use them, and Jackson's artist quality. I don't get too hung up on brands as long as they're artist quality
Absolutely beautiful as usual. Is there a link that you could point me to or whom did you study from ? I'm trying to get the colour down before I mess up my grisaille. I'm between this method or the Ali prima method. Comparing the speeds of both and I really like the grisaille method. Need a direction of great teacher like yourself. Thanks
Thanks. Sorry, but I worked it out myself. I later went to a workshop with the classically trained artist Louis Smith in Manchester www.realistacademy.com/learn-how-to-paint/ and was reassured that he did the same - a mixture of glazing and opaque paints. Make sure the grisaille is dry before you start the colour. I use Liquin in the grisaille to speed drying, and W&N Artist Painting Medium for the colour - its oil based and slower drying, but not as slow as linseed alone. The beauty of having a dry grisaille is that if the colour is going pear shaped and isn't dry yet, you can wipe back to your perfect grisaille, and start the colour again. You'll see me do that on a couple of my videos
amazing work. self taught ? Keep up the great work.
thanks
Great technique, leads to very impressive results. So for glazing do you only use transparent or semi-transparent colors? For example you would not use an opaque color like cadmium yellow for your glazes?
It's a mixture of transparent, semi-transparent and opaque. I don't think it's possible to do it purely with transparent glazes. Best not to see this technique as only glazing. To get what I want I am not afraid to add some opaque colour, and later glaze over that if necessary. There's no cad red or yellow, but I do use yellow ochre, terre vert, raw umber, brnt umber and brnt sienna
vic harris
Oh, ok, so you're sometimes painting with opaque colors as well. It's a great technique, I have to try it. Thanks.
Yeah. The important thing is getting to where you want. How you get there is irrelevant.
vic harris
Yeah, I think you're right. But I do like to use techniques that not only get great results, but are fun to do as well though. This look like a fun technique to do because once you get the tones and shading done with the grisaille, you can just focus on getting subtle hues and chromas.
The chroma of colors in a painting seem to be almost, if not more, important than the tones. Chromas too high and a picture can seem garish, but chromas too low and a picture can seem dull. So there seems to be an art to getting chroma's just right, and focusing on the chroma of colors by glazing seems like it would be a fun way to work on them.
Thanks for sharing your techniques.
@@vicjharris with this technique it’s like painting one picture twice 🥴 I would be scared to ruin it with colors, but I’m an amateur so…😄
Vic Harris Is it necessary to paint the grisaille slightly lighter in value? Do the glazes tend to darken the overall painting?
Yes it is. This one turned out too dark. It's possible to rectify with some semi-opaque glazes, but nowadays I do a grisaille with the darkest tone 3/4 along the scale
vic harris Thanks! That's what I've heard elsewhere, too.
I love your work so much, but I was wondering if you ever would do videos about complexions and the more "improvisation" side of hyper-realism. As I am still a nooby, I find it hard to smack down the 100% best version of the person I can draw, no matter how nice my grid is, it always ends up not looking exactly like the person. Any tips would be really appreciated.
Cheers, and I also love your portrait of Ethan Klein; that's my favourite as it looks better than he really does. Haha. Bless.
Other people have asked for lessons. I'm an amateur and still learning myself. I haven't yet worked out what exactly I am doing so it would be difficult to formalise it into a lesson. Thanks for asking though. If you check out the link in the video description I describe my method of keeping your painting accurate
That is understandable. And yes to the grids, I am a big fan of the centimetre by centimetre. I guess that's the number one tip for portraiture. Good lighting, lively facial features, and accurate aesthetics is what takes years of painting..
I'm not as good as you but I just discern the closest all round colour of the face and fill that in as my background then add my tones. I love your black and whites to be honest.
Yes. As I say to people who ask - there is no right and wrong way. As long as you reach the point you are after, who cares how you got there
wich colormix are you use for the overpainting flesh tones? please help
white, brnt umb, yell ochre, violet, aliz cim, ult blue, terre vert, indian red
question pls..you mentioned that you use the grid method. Do you do it by hand...or you generate one by photoshop?
See my other video. Link in the video description above. :)
You use liquin for the second layer?
I use Liquin for the first few layers because it dries quick, then W&N Artist's Painting Medium for the last couple because it is oil based, and enriches the colours
What do you do with these paintings?
either give them away or fill up my loft. the walls are full!
cheers
Your son needs to sleep a lot more !