This is the best technique for painting portraits. Some artists make so much mess and from that mess, they create an image that looks horrible. This technique is so relaxing.
I discovered you years ago and bought several tutorials from you, learning an immense amount. You were the start of my artistic career! Thank you for your videos; the value you offer for free is incredible! When it comes to glazes, I prefer to moisten the canvas with the medium as well, as it just brings the colors back to their original vibrancy. There are many ways to achieve the same goal. I admire how precisely and easily you achieve each shade. Please make more of these educational videos!❤
I would say to be careful with layers of medium just to bring out colors though. It's possible to get that going just by a final coat of varnish already. I would use mediums for transparent layers and deeper light effects otherwise impossible to achieve. I understand it can be an artistic choice to stay away from glazes as much as possible, but the deeper 3D light effects are only possible through multiple layers of transparent paints. (I'm not talking about shadows and highlights here, I'm talking about the physical effect of light hitting the painting surface and the depth it creates). Oiling out before you paint again also really isn't necessary. I wouldn't say the difference between wet paint and dry paint is that huge in terms of colors.
Peter from New Zealand. Your portraits are so amazing Scott, the best on TH-cam! I have been flooding my first layers of paint with linseed oil so this video is really useful. Thanks for the videos.
Good explanation using fat over lean. I started using medium that has stand oil with a little bit of rectified turpentine and some damar and always found it attracted dust in my painting. I had gloss at Matte areas. I used to use refined oil and just do an oil out pass where my second or third layer was going in. I wonder if I shouldn’t just go back to simplifying to your way of doing it.
MOST oil paint has too much oil in it already, thats why I use Williamsburg, you add your own oil. Just like in cooking, dont add too much salt, you can always add salt but you cant take it away. same with oil paints
Excellent teaching as always, Scott...by the way do not pay any attention to the nay-sayers that want you to teach or talk differently. Be yourself, you are a cool dude, ya know! You are a super great Artist, teacher with fun humor, and great communicator for teaching others.
I love Scott. what a lesson. Outside of supraorbital process seems light compared to shadow on interior, but I have never seen this model (daughter)?.. I love his school
It just shows your experience. Most people have to value map. I know you've shown us techniques before on how you get it close, but man you just have if it were music, perfect pitch.
Thanks Scott for spending the time recording and editing your videos for us to learn from. I have found that all of the portraits I've done so far have to be oiled out between sessions for me to rematch the correct values. I also use W&N paints and straight out of tube. Any idea if there is a recommended maximum number of times one can keep oiling out? If/when you do it, what is your complete process and recipe for the solution? If anyone else has some info to share feel free.
Too much oil is absolutely never good. It'll create paintings that will literally never dry. You can't oil out every layer. And in fact, I would advise against it to be honest.
Please tell me about fixing the drawing before painting. Because sometimes I draw and when I paint with any medium my drawing vanishes. So how to fix it once and for all?
God's teeth….we *eventually* find out his medium is refined linseed at 11:05. Why doesn’t he say, right at the start. Here is why I only use linseed oil.
Hello Scott, thanks a lot for this video! Very informative. I had a query, and perhaps you were going to talk about this in the upcoming videos. are you oiling out the painting first when you work over a dry area? I always have issues with the paint sinking in and looking dull when it is dry. Is there a solution to this?
Have you tried to oil out your painting before your next session? I too have issues with the paint looking too dull when dry. I've been using a 50:50 mixture of Refined Linseed oil and Gamsol. I paint it on as thin as I can just to restore the values and don't wipe it off since that always seems to redull it.
How does fat over lean applies if I’m using Liquin? I’ve heard that the rule is to not mix linseed oil if using Liquin. But then how it works. Especially that Liquin works to speed up “drying” process, and not slow down, as linseed does. Thanks
I think on occasions I have seen you use a toned ground. I often (not always) use a toned ground - matching the tone, colour etc... of my palette with, among other purposes, the intent of making mixed colour transfer between the two less jarring. Have you done, or would you consider a video on Toned Grounds? ... My suspicion - with absolutely no evidence - is that the different toned grounds used by many ‘Old Masters’ may reflect the timber colour of their palette. ...maybe.
Thank you so much for this video. It was pure pleasure to watch it. In my opinion, beside you are very good and talanted artist, you are a very good teacher. By the way, is this a Martin guitar behind you?
" ... you might stab it ..." 🤣 your comment made me laugh - been there many times ... although a good stabbing may be an improvement sometimes ... you never know with modern abstraction these days. Love this video, thanks so much.👍
Correction! You do know what talking about.. you have got to be , and please 🙏 correct me comments if im wrong? The most sharing artvimprover on free app TH-cam there has ever been! Perfect vocabulary, all the facts that matter, and the questions the viewers would have completely answered and i might add with a good touch of humor 🤨 that i have been distracted by before on more than one occasion when im truly trying to go serious. Cause this ain't a joke! Stuff will turn out funny looking, and yeah you can go with that kazy carton, but.... and of course better than 1 out of hundred people, but i dont want compliments from friends and family. I want to delight in delivering the information in visual 2d to 3d as you do. Your sketches are even amazing!
Thank YOU, I do use Winsor N. oils, but have liked BLUE RIDGE, oil colors. They have a white, that gives the winter scenery that extra appearance I love when seen in Real Life, or in a few Masters,, like the famous one with the sheep and their master. leading them home in a strange snow storm, that GLOW. Titanium white, too bright. Blue Ridge has a few other colors I would love to get, be are in short supply. Guess others too like the Blue Ridge paint. Brushes, I am somewhat stuck, with what I have. I too do not like to over layer. Not often do I do figures, but this helps me if and when I do. I seen another artist and he has his sitter, and scribbles in, and as he scribbles you can see the face features forming. When done it is all in color, after he had worked in all the colors.
Question: Wouldn't it be time saving, to pre-mix certain shade of flesh colors you know you'll need, cover them in plastic wrap, and save them in your fridge, so as to not have to constantly mix your colors all over again daily as you go? It seems that then it would only take slight adjustments in the colors? I ask because I'm not an experienced painter as you of course are and you probably don't need to pre-mix.
@@jonyoder2356 I've done it with acrylics premixed in small plastic containers with tight lids, for years and it keeps the paint fresh for a year in sealed small plastic containers, but not refrigerated. I always sprayed a small fine mist of water inside the container before sealing it with the lid. I throw them out after several months just as a precaution for perfect quality. I haven't done it with oils yet but I'm going to try it. I read that a drop of clove oil in something in a container & not touching the paint, evaporates and works great to keep the oils fresh along with refrigeration. I'm going to try this too.
I would not refrigerate - this may separate the oil from the pigment. Oils can last a long time due to the oil slow drying factor. A drop or 2 of extra oil (don't overdo) will suffice. ... many artists, including some beginners, prefer to mix as they go, rather than premix (which can restrict spontaneity in your colours), and can make all your portraits look the same. One world famous animal painter David Sheppard (... The Man who paints Elephants), mixed his colours on the canvas, as he went, creating amazing colour subtleties in his work. (I am yet to try this - not quite that confident right now though, although it can always be re-painted over, if it's a disaster, I suppose).
H E L P me to understand please. Does this solvent, Gamsol, have binder in it? I'm told that we shouldn't thin our paints too much or the paint won't bind to the canvas strongly or the next layers of paint, and consequently the whole painting on top will eventually crack and/or peel off. I'm sure you are correct because you are a top professional, but help me to understand my important to me, question.
that would only happen if you're adding extreme amounts of solvent to the point where maybe you wouldn't even see the pigment (because the pigment particles would separate so much that they are scattered, so once that dried perhaps you could actually scrape off the particles as dust almost--but there would be no point in doing this) ...for the purposes of painting (like in this video for example) you don't need to worry about it. as long as you use a reasonable amount of solvent so that you still see the pigment (like a watercolor consistency) you're fine. especially if you then add more layers on top after the solvent layer is dry.
oh and the "whole painting on top would eventually peel off" part also not a worry since the solvent in the solvent layer evaporates once dry and you are left with an absorbent surface (preventing peeling off) to work on. the peeling off could hypothetically happen if you're painting on a surface that's maybe not absorbent enough (not porous). solvent does the opposite, it retains the porousness of whatever surface you're painting on because it evaporates.
Your concerns are legit and a lot of these teachers can show how to make a pretty painting but don’t know the first thing about archival materials and practices.
Don't use turpentine, use petroleum based OMS solvent. OMS can be used with all -non resin- oil and alkyd based mediums. Use turps only if the medium being used contains 'resins' like damar or Venice turpentine.
It's such a shame that you don't have subtitles on in most of your videos. As a result, your videos are only watchable for the English-speaking world and you are depriving yourself of a large part of your audience. Your touch of painting is magnificent even if I understand absolutely nothing about your explanation, which is only available in your native language. I wish you good luck and hope that you will add the availability of subtitles.
as usual............we poor european people rest out of many things. above all the one "not english language"....... after a long check.....the Gamsol is not easy to find and as come directly from usa if you find it is like buy gold!!!! So Scott please tell us the similar we can find in europe....... is easier for you analyze than me as I don't know product...for example is like white spirit? or trementina????
you are a good painter But your presentation need to be more direct. I guess you dont work with a script. Try another video with script and see if you like it. Have your points down on paper in front of you. It will flow so much better. Kinda like the medium.
WHY IS NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE SUBTITLE ALSO IN ENGLISH??? MANY OF US ASK THIS...WE TOUCH THE BUTTON CC TO HAVE THEM BUT NOTHING APPEAR!!! PLEASE CHECK😢😢😢😢
this dude is master but he can't communicate with audience properly. he can't sell out self. he has weak marketing strategy. I have seen worse artists here at YT with millions subscribers, because they have "warmer" talk to audience. sympathy is the key.
No, he communicates fine. You can't even string a coherent sentence together, and you're critiquing communication? Also, he'll probably never receive huge commercial success because doing actual and real master work like this... requires ACTUAL work, and so not much time left for ego.
This is the best technique for painting portraits. Some artists make so much mess and from that mess, they create an image that looks horrible. This technique is so relaxing.
Love your technique.
Amazingly narrated and so helpful … and funny too! Thanks so much, Scott 🙏
I discovered you years ago and bought several tutorials from you, learning an immense amount. You were the start of my artistic career! Thank you for your videos; the value you offer for free is incredible!
When it comes to glazes, I prefer to moisten the canvas with the medium as well, as it just brings the colors back to their original vibrancy. There are many ways to achieve the same goal.
I admire how precisely and easily you achieve each shade. Please make more of these educational videos!❤
I would say to be careful with layers of medium just to bring out colors though. It's possible to get that going just by a final coat of varnish already. I would use mediums for transparent layers and deeper light effects otherwise impossible to achieve. I understand it can be an artistic choice to stay away from glazes as much as possible, but the deeper 3D light effects are only possible through multiple layers of transparent paints. (I'm not talking about shadows and highlights here, I'm talking about the physical effect of light hitting the painting surface and the depth it creates). Oiling out before you paint again also really isn't necessary. I wouldn't say the difference between wet paint and dry paint is that huge in terms of colors.
Peter from New Zealand. Your portraits are so amazing Scott, the best on TH-cam! I have been flooding my first layers of paint with linseed oil so this video is really useful. Thanks for the videos.
As usual a tremendously good demo and explanations. Thank you 🙏🏻
admire your sense of humour, Scott :)
Thank you for your wisdom with a bit of wit!!
your new hat is really great ! congratulation !
Great video, much needed information, loved it, thank you
Your talent is so understated... and I get a kick out of all your narrations 😂😂😂 much respect to whom I consider a master of portraiture!!!
geeze you make me laugh. Your just a wonderful artist too.
Obsession appreciation!!!
You are one funny guy. Good clean technique in portrait painting.
Excelent class. Thank you👏👏👏
Always Fantastic tips and valuable insights ! A pleasure to see you and your work mate! Take care 😊
You are genius. Thank
I love chatgpt haha this is the best thing ever! You can learn so much with it, thanks for this video
Thank you, Scott, for the excruciating detail!;-)
Thank you. very helpful. Can’t wait to try this out.
Good explanation using fat over lean. I started using medium that has stand oil with a little bit of rectified turpentine and some damar and always found it attracted dust in my painting. I had gloss at Matte areas. I used to use refined oil and just do an oil out pass where my second or third layer was going in. I wonder if I shouldn’t just go back to simplifying to
your way of doing it.
MOST oil paint has too much oil in it already, thats why I use Williamsburg, you add your own oil. Just like in cooking, dont add too much salt, you can always add salt but you cant take it away. same with oil paints
Excellent teaching as always, Scott...by the way do not pay any attention to the nay-sayers that want you to teach or talk differently. Be yourself, you are a cool dude, ya know! You are a super great Artist, teacher with fun humor, and great communicator for teaching others.
I love Scott. what a lesson. Outside of supraorbital process seems light compared to shadow on interior, but I have never seen this model (daughter)?.. I love his school
thank you!
It just shows your experience. Most people have to value map. I know you've shown us techniques before on how you get it close, but man you just have if it were music, perfect pitch.
Thanks Scott for spending the time recording and editing your videos for us to learn from. I have found that all of the portraits I've done so far have to be oiled out between sessions for me to rematch the correct values. I also use W&N paints and straight out of tube. Any idea if there is a recommended maximum number of times one can keep oiling out? If/when you do it, what is your complete process and recipe for the solution? If anyone else has some info to share feel free.
Too much oil is absolutely never good. It'll create paintings that will literally never dry. You can't oil out every layer. And in fact, I would advise against it to be honest.
We really miss you ❤
Please tell me about fixing the drawing before painting. Because sometimes I draw and when I paint with any medium my drawing vanishes. So how to fix it once and for all?
God's teeth….we *eventually* find out his medium is refined linseed at 11:05. Why doesn’t he say, right at the start. Here is why I only use linseed oil.
😂😂😂
Thank you!
god’s teeth 😜
Thanks, was curious what you used for a medium!
May i ask what brushes are you using in this viseo?
Hello Scott, thanks a lot for this video! Very informative. I had a query, and perhaps you were going to talk about this in the upcoming videos. are you oiling out the painting first when you work over a dry area? I always have issues with the paint sinking in and looking dull when it is dry. Is there a solution to this?
Have you tried to oil out your painting before your next session? I too have issues with the paint looking too dull when dry. I've been using a 50:50 mixture of Refined Linseed oil and Gamsol. I paint it on as thin as I can just to restore the values and don't wipe it off since that always seems to redull it.
Amazing ❤, i have only Mars oil paint around me so please make tutorial on how to use them to achieve such an Amazing result like you .
holding my breath for that next vid drop bro
On your flesh palette: WN alizarin crimson or WN permanent alizarin crimson?
Very useful video. I always admire your work.
Do you critique artwork as well? If yes, how does it work?
Thanks!
Since you paint on oil primed linen. What do you use to seal the drawing ?
How does fat over lean applies if I’m using Liquin? I’ve heard that the rule is to not mix linseed oil if using Liquin. But then how it works. Especially that Liquin works to speed up “drying” process, and not slow down, as linseed does. Thanks
Thanks for video ... but how do you measure the correct ratio of refined linseed oil to add to the paints when doing revision layers?
I think on occasions I have seen you use a toned ground. I often (not always) use a toned ground - matching the tone, colour etc... of my palette with, among other purposes, the intent of making mixed colour transfer between the two less jarring. Have you done, or would you consider a video on Toned Grounds? ... My suspicion - with absolutely no evidence - is that the different toned grounds used by many ‘Old Masters’ may reflect the timber colour of their palette. ...maybe.
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Thank you so much for this video. It was pure pleasure to watch it. In my opinion, beside you are very good and talanted artist, you are a very good teacher. By the way, is this a Martin guitar behind you?
" ... you might stab it ..." 🤣 your comment made me laugh - been there many times ... although a good stabbing may be an improvement sometimes ... you never know with modern abstraction these days.
Love this video, thanks so much.👍
Correction! You do know what talking about.. you have got to be , and please 🙏 correct me comments if im wrong? The most sharing artvimprover on free app TH-cam there has ever been! Perfect vocabulary, all the facts that matter, and the questions the viewers would have completely answered and i might add with a good touch of humor 🤨 that i have been distracted by before on more than one occasion when im truly trying to go serious. Cause this ain't a joke! Stuff will turn out funny looking, and yeah you can go with that kazy carton, but.... and of course better than 1 out of hundred people, but i dont want compliments from friends and family. I want to delight in delivering the information in visual 2d to 3d as you do. Your sketches are even amazing!
Thank YOU, I do use Winsor N. oils, but have liked BLUE RIDGE, oil colors. They have a white, that gives the winter scenery that extra appearance I love when seen in Real Life, or in a few Masters,, like the famous one with the sheep and their master. leading them home in a strange snow storm, that GLOW. Titanium white, too bright. Blue Ridge has a few other colors I would love to get, be are in short supply. Guess others too like the Blue Ridge paint. Brushes, I am somewhat stuck, with what I have. I too do not like to over layer. Not often do I do figures, but this helps me if and when I do. I seen another artist and he has his sitter, and scribbles in, and as he scribbles you can see the face features forming. When done it is all in color, after he had worked in all the colors.
thanks a lot!
Is to you possible , sooner, to post a video about brushes for Oil Painting , what do you use ?
Question: Wouldn't it be time saving, to pre-mix certain shade of flesh colors you know you'll need, cover them in plastic wrap, and save them in your fridge, so as to not have to constantly mix your colors all over again daily as you go? It seems that then it would only take slight adjustments in the colors? I ask because I'm not an experienced painter as you of course are and you probably don't need to pre-mix.
Have you done this before with oil paints and if so how long did it 'last' in the fridge and perform when taken out? Thanks
@@jonyoder2356 I've done it with acrylics premixed in small plastic containers with tight lids, for years and it keeps the paint fresh for a year in sealed small plastic containers, but not refrigerated. I always sprayed a small fine mist of water inside the container before sealing it with the lid. I throw them out after several months just as a precaution for perfect quality. I haven't done it with oils yet but I'm going to try it. I read that a drop of clove oil in something in a container & not touching the paint, evaporates and works great to keep the oils fresh along with refrigeration. I'm going to try this too.
I would not refrigerate - this may separate the oil from the pigment.
Oils can last a long time due to the oil slow drying factor.
A drop or 2 of extra oil (don't overdo) will suffice.
... many artists, including some beginners, prefer to mix as they go, rather than premix (which can restrict spontaneity in your colours), and can make all your portraits look the same.
One world famous animal painter David Sheppard (... The Man who paints Elephants), mixed his colours on the canvas, as he went, creating amazing colour subtleties in his work.
(I am yet to try this - not quite that confident right now though, although it can always be re-painted over, if it's a disaster, I suppose).
H E L P me to understand please. Does this solvent, Gamsol, have binder in it? I'm told that we shouldn't thin our paints too much or the paint won't bind to the canvas strongly or the next layers of paint, and consequently the whole painting on top will eventually crack and/or peel off. I'm sure you are correct because you are a top professional, but help me to understand my important to me, question.
that would only happen if you're adding extreme amounts of solvent to the point where maybe you wouldn't even see the pigment (because the pigment particles would separate so much that they are scattered, so once that dried perhaps you could actually scrape off the particles as dust almost--but there would be no point in doing this) ...for the purposes of painting (like in this video for example) you don't need to worry about it. as long as you use a reasonable amount of solvent so that you still see the pigment (like a watercolor consistency) you're fine. especially if you then add more layers on top after the solvent layer is dry.
oh and the "whole painting on top would eventually peel off" part also not a worry since the solvent in the solvent layer evaporates once dry and you are left with an absorbent surface (preventing peeling off) to work on. the peeling off could hypothetically happen if you're painting on a surface that's maybe not absorbent enough (not porous). solvent does the opposite, it retains the porousness of whatever surface you're painting on because it evaporates.
@@vickrdable Thanks so much!
@@vickrdable Thank you. :)
Your concerns are legit and a lot of these teachers can show how to make a pretty painting but don’t know the first thing about archival materials and practices.
I tried different alkyd drying mediums, but they give strange kind of plastic gloss to the paint layer. But its just me... 😊
Sottotitoli, mancano sempre
I do not add mediums when working was but if I play then I do.
Hang some of your paintings in the background of your office. Beautiful work
Obrigada de novo❤
I don't think Scott has time to answer all our questions or I'd be asking😅
👌👌👌👌👌👌
Don't use turpentine, use petroleum based OMS solvent. OMS can be used with all -non resin- oil and alkyd based mediums.
Use turps only if the medium being used contains 'resins' like damar or Venice turpentine.
I know, I know😀😀
If using Liquin, you don't have to worry about the fat over lean rule.
It's such a shame that you don't have subtitles on in most of your videos. As a result, your videos are only watchable for the English-speaking world and you are depriving yourself of a large part of your audience. Your touch of painting is magnificent even if I understand absolutely nothing about your explanation, which is only available in your native language. I wish you good luck and hope that you will add the availability of subtitles.
Ok..
But I suspect that Scott never look at the comments write under his videos.... so I am afraid that all of us asking something just loose time
As me too ask that i want buy one of his video but I needed some infomations....no answer
You can turn on the automatically generated subtitles, I do it all the time.
Exactly! Click on the CC button, on the menu and, you can select one of the listed languages. I use this on every program that offers it.
@@jillkama7614 no don't appear...do you think that we don't proove to do that???
as usual............we poor european people rest out of many things. above all the one "not english language"....... after a long check.....the Gamsol is not easy to find and as come directly from usa if you find it is like buy gold!!!! So Scott please tell us the similar we can find in europe....... is easier for you analyze than me as I don't know product...for example is like white spirit? or trementina????
The best one I’ve found is called Zest-it, it’s non- toxic too I’ve been using it for many years now
Mediums aint magic. Its the paint that can make magic, if ure good...
I am not getting notifications from your channel, YT. :(
When you are sayung I know I know... are you upset that the flesh tint is now blush?
First
you are a good painter
But your presentation need to be more direct.
I guess you dont work with a script.
Try another video with script and see if you like it.
Have your points down on paper in front of you. It will flow so much better. Kinda like the medium.
WHY IS NOT POSSIBLE TO HAVE SUBTITLE ALSO IN ENGLISH??? MANY OF US ASK THIS...WE TOUCH THE BUTTON CC TO HAVE THEM BUT NOTHING APPEAR!!! PLEASE CHECK😢😢😢😢
MAE NO ENTIENDO NI PICHA EL INGLES APRENDA ESPANOL..
درود استاد چرا زرنوی رو فعال ندارید شما ؟لطفا فعال کنید😢❤
this dude is master but he can't communicate with audience properly. he can't sell out self. he has weak marketing strategy. I have seen worse artists here at YT with millions subscribers, because they have "warmer" talk to audience. sympathy is the key.
You must be a millennial. We’re not here to be coddled.
No, he communicates fine. You can't even string a coherent sentence together, and you're critiquing communication?
Also, he'll probably never receive huge commercial success because doing actual and real master work like this... requires ACTUAL work, and so not much time left for ego.
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You talk too fast and agitated. Can you structure your talks and stick to the order of your tale instead of jumping everywhere, please
You can slow down the video in the video settings if you want him to talk slower