Finesse & Nuance in Final Stages of Mark- Making (14)

Application of the most subtle effects and details as I near completion of an artwork. I also show a little bit more detail in my texture-making and the tips I use to tell myself to stop working and realize a piece is finished.
Let me introduce a great character I am grateful for, a professional cameraman on several live TV series shows produced on the streets of NYC currently, he is working Law and Order and also worked on the set of The Good Wife. Meet the talented Mr. Boris Cifeuntes!
Follow filmmaker Boris Cifuentes:
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Watch the whole movie here The Agony and the Ecstasy, the story of Michelangelo's painting of the Sistine Chapel that I make reference to in this video:
• The Agony and the Ecstasy
"Charlton Heston and Rex Harrison portray two of the Renaissance's most colorful figures in this historical drama based on Irving Stone's best-seller set in the early 16th century. When Pope Julius ll (Rex Harrison) commissions Michelangelo (Charlton Heston) to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel, the artist initially refuses. Virtually forced to do the job by Julius, Michelangelo later destroys his own work and flees to Rome. Eventually, the project becomes a battle of wills fueled by artistic and temperamental differences that form the core of this movie. The Agony and the Ecstasy was nominated for an Oscar for Cinematography, and named one of the best films of 1965 by the National Board of Review."
NOTE: the blurb in the live video has a typo, Rex Harrison played the Pope, not Rex Reed as I wrote, sorry.

[@acmepost]

Love how you have developed this process to get your ideas on canvas. Even the idea of 'light from nowhere' is fascinating, and you have put this in physical form.

[@armenkojoyianart]

Thank you for your astute observations!

[@kymcrowart7876]

This is an excellent video. I learned more in this 15 minutes than a year of art classes. Fantastic

[@armenkojoyianart]

Thank you for the wind in my sails, I hope to make more videos to give all of us fellow artists a leg up in learning!

[@Harkart59]

I don't know how I came upon your channel but I feel like I just found a genuine intelligent artist!!! I'm in shock! I actually learned things!!! You spoke of the things a real artist would speak of!!! You didn't swatch colors....I am genuinely thrilled! Thank you I love this!!!

[@armenkojoyianart]

Thank you for the kind words, I could use them today, I am just talking off the cuff, no script but I am trying to plan pieces and parts of lessons that can be taught. Let's see where we can all go as artists. That's the goal! 🎨 🖌

[@bethnewtraditionstarot3148]

I really enjoyed this! Your work is really interesting and the Pulp Fiction reference made me chuckle

[@armenkojoyianart]

Thank you, none of this is scripted so I never no what will come out of my mouth!

[@angelinamichelle8474]

Thankyou so much for the insight. Your work is amazing. I find it extremely appealing.

[@armenkojoyianart]

Thank you for support!

[@TheSimpleMindset]

Your art is amazing! I love how you use color - the cool and warm the bold and desaturated. Gorgeous piece.

[@armenkojoyianart]

Thank you very much, I do use an emotionally orchestrated use of color, texture, design, and patina to saturate the viewers senses.

[@raerae6422]

I like how the shapes in your work are positive, negative or both!
That a positive shape to one person might seem like a negative shape to another, based on personal their own individual design preferences. I dont see that in a lot of work!
Makes it have an extra fun, interactive aspect!

[@armenkojoyianart]

That is interesting because it's not consciously something I am trying to convey, but this is the beauty of trying to break down the meaning of abstraction. I do think I am unearthing a type of organic abstracted portal for a visual journey splitting the middle between organic abstraction and abstract realism. Now that's some visual voodoo and alchemy, this late at night I should stay away from a keyboard...

[@judywilliams8707]

Thank you! I am going to use your ideas in my next painting. I like the idea of the pastels instead of paint.

[@armenkojoyianart]

Great, so far all the videos and discussion here have been about oil bars and oil pastels, I haven't even touched my dust pastel work yet.'

[@patstats1]

It was Rex Harrison as the Pope in the Agony and the Ecstasy, not Rex Reed.

[@armenkojoyianart]

Your right I forgot, we talking on the fly!

[@BG-nm5xt]

What kind of materials do you use? Regular canvas? Does oil pastel ever dry? Does it smell a lot? Love your art and videos!

[@armenkojoyianart]

Oil bars, oil pastels, sometimes acrylic paint on my first base layer. I work on canvas, thick archival paper, and wood panels. Oil pastels gets a hard covering never dries totally, but fix it with fixative, then frame it. Look at all my recent videos for preserving your work. No real smell, maybe a wax hint of smell.

[@kymcrowart7876]

Which oil pastels are your favorite?

[@armenkojoyianart]

Sennelier Oil Pastels, RF Oil Bars, Neo-Pastels, Holbein Oil Pastels, Van Gogh Oil Pastels, Caran d'Ache oil pastels, Sakura. Spend the money get the best, they have a longer life, better pigment density, and greater properties of mixability with all media and create richer-looking art!

[@BG-nm5xt]

Are these on panels or canvas?

[@armenkojoyianart]

Canvas

[@BG-nm5xt]

What brand oil pastels?

[@armenkojoyianart]

I am working on a video of the materials and brands I use as a directory for you all, I hope I get it done before 2024. But start searching here where I buy many of my implements: www.jerrysartarama.com/art/Oil-Pastel-Sets