Ah the penny has dropped. Solved my problem, I wondered why I was unable to put the paint down. Guilty of using too much medium and mixing with a brush. Thank you for the valuable lesson.
An “ah ha!” moment for me. I am going to change my process immediately! Love you Florent! Thank you for your generosity in sharing your talent and techniques!
Love your tip about leaving the lid on the mineral spirits. I sometimes forgot to do that. I primarily work in acrylic these days, because I don’t have proper ventilation 😫
Dear Farges, today I was about to paint and I worried about ‘consistency’. After watching this, I will not dip my brush into a solvent again! My dad is a watercolorist and he dipped into water with his brush all the time. I followed and the result was often ‘runny’ colors on my canvass. Please continue to teach us the nuances of oil painting. I wish u good health and safety!
Excellent information. I am so guilty of doing exactly what he states NOT to do. Great information. This is so easily overlooked but so important. Thank you.
Acrylic painter here doing research to see if I have a safe environment in an apartment as I have longed to try oils for the beautiful blending capacity. I am still chuckling about "Do not beat the devil out of your brushes." Thank you for this, I'm a tremendous fan of his, but some think this habit contributed to his early death as the rooms were poorly ventilated.
This is probably the best video I ever seen on Oil painting. I was ready to throw out all my oils because I felt I wasn't able to use them. Everything was a mess! Thank you so much :) Ciao Ciao.
A good way to accomplish very light colors, without darkening them with underlying layers, is to paint them with a knife. You butter them on, on the top, instead of dragging the brush.
I paint with acrylics but I really want to transition into oils and they're so different in approach. I feel like oils require a much more calculated technique, and more preparation, but in the long run are much faster in completing works of art. I need to get out of a physical labor job so I have more time to paint. The older I get the more I realize I have crazy raw talent that people have been telling me about my entire life, I don't want to waste it, and I don't want it to be just for hobby anymore either. I appreciate your drive, dedication to the craft, and your willingness to share what you've learned in your experience with people like me. Videos like yours are a huge help for when I do find the time to get behind a canvas. Keep creating, thank you!
This sounds very familiar but I wasn't observant enough to be aware of what was going wrong. It's a very tactile process and I get the impression it should remain as enjoyable as it starts out. It's so fun to watch someone who has their process well established!
This is the advice I needed. I'd hate my inconsistent strokes that would never be thick enough and for the longest time I couldn't understand why. Thank you for explaining it in this video!
@@FlorentFargesarts this is why I have a ridiculous number of brushes of the same kind. About five of each of my most used sizes/kinds. (When I get to the point I have to switch). I can change out a brush I’m using since I have several of the same kind. Even when pressing the mineral spirits/solvent out of the brush, there is STILL the slick solvent film on the brush.
If you are worried about fumes I'd highly recommend buying non-toxic oil brush cleaners like Sennelier; it could be a bit difficult to find as it's only produced in France and it's a bit expensive (16€ for a 250cl bottle) but it's totally worth it, and it's infinitely reusable if you use a container with a filter/mesh that keeps the paint at the bottom. Also it practically doesn't smell at all.
I don't use solvents of any kind. Just linseed oil and a rag. Mixing with palette knives always. I use water mixable oils which are fantastic! Clean up at the end is just water. Much safer.
I like your point about light pressure to go overtop. I also like to play with maybe a little bit of linseed or walnut oil to help with the easy deposit of the top layer by lowering drag on the lower layer. (Clearly this is merely a play of fat on lean.) This is on the order of few drops and varies with the pigment and original preparation consistency (per your cream and butter analogy). Great content, comme toujours. Merci
Thank you so very much for your explanation and advice! I have been struggling with this and could not figure out what was causing it. What has made is even more frustrating is that you can't google it if you can't explain precisely the problem actually is. So, thank you.
Great advice Florent - I have been oil painting for some 60 years. Only now have I had this sensible advice. Painting al a Prima & wet on wet have presented some problems - which I now see must in some part due to too much spirits. I tend to use an alkaloid ‘medium’ that is gel like (much the same consistency as paint out of the tube) partially to make for a good transparency & the sped up drying time, but do initially use a little spirit to get the consistency (I want/you talk about). I have been guilty of washing brushes in a 4 stage wash to really clean them, but then leaving them in a clean solution between uses - which apparently is not recommended. I have also been guilty of mixing on the palette with brushes (as it gets better gradients & blends of colours) but does clog up the brushes somewhat. I will be remembering to do much more of my main mixing on the palette with a palette knife, as what you say makes sense. I like the smell of oil paints & the smell of turps from an open jar excites me into action, so I won’t be sealing the jar of spirit, but I will splash around less. To paraphrase - 1. I will do more mixing with the knife; 2. I will use less turps when mixing/painting; 3. I may thin a bit with a liquid medium when need rather than turps; 4. I will continue to you an alkaloid gel medium - but less so so as to keep my paint a little more opaque/creamy; 5. I will remember to use my rags/paper towel more for wiping paint off brushes (perhaps not so critical as I have many dozens of brushes & I often have 4-5 in my hands at any one time - one for each colour n value of colour) so usually less washing of brushes than you allude to. Thank you & keep up the great work/lessons. Gratefully yours Owen Brown (from Oz).
Thanks for your coment Owen. Glad my video helped you figure out a few things. I also love the smell of turpentine and regular mineral spirits but I still try to limit it as much as possible but I see exactly what you mean haha 😄 all the best, my friend.
@@FlorentFargesarts thank you for this. I sent you an email regarding this- under Abby... I hope you have the time to answer for me and maybe address in a video not sure. I think when you read about this, I never seen nor heard about it in the history of oil painting, cannot find anything online about it as well. Thank you for your time, looking forward to hearing from you via email, actually can't wait to hear your thoughts as it's been on my mind and search for almost a year. Thank you
I remember when I was handling physical paints years back in college, I had this bad habit as well, one which was seemingly engrained into my teachers as well.
For an effect, I like to scrub my oil paint into the bottom layer at times, it has a different effect, but I am not working in a traditional way. I have been painting for more than 50 years, with an MFA in painting. I mix with my brush, unless I want a fairly solid color. I rarely use thinner. I used a variation of 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 medium. 1/3 stand oil, 1/3 Damar varnish, actually less than 1/3 of turpentine. It thickened to almost a gel, and I got a huge variety of effects, with lush, meaty strokes and thinned the mix on the palette to get some juicy washes. I love that combination. I also added a few drops of copal dryer to speed up the drying process so I could layer, and have the bottom layer poke through. In acrylic, I found I had to be careful with adding too much water, because it broke the texture of the paint, and it looked grainy, even though I use the best quality paint
Thank you, I'm new at painting with oil paints and the problem you described is literally what I've been questioning a lot, now I will know the basics of working with oil
I've been using the wet on wet technique since I started painting and it worked well for me and my paintings usually end up with thick layers of paint, but still I think this is a great tip and video and will be trying it. I think the technique you used is based on what you're painting
I very rarely paint in oils but I love their glow. I have one painting that I painted using oil and collage on the backside of glass. I really like it. Perhaps I’ll try this. I appreciate the thoroughness of your video. Excellent.
Great explanation of the fat over lean principle. This is one of the reasons why I’m not a fan of alla prima/wet on wet painting. Give me liquin original and paint over a fry layer. Great explanation!
Is it possible to remove the transcript on top of your painting because I am only seeing half of what you are doing because of the transcript. And I LOVE your videos!! Thank you very much.
Also, the thinner is super liquidy, a bit more than water. So when you use with colour as a wash, even if you're being careful, it can splatter all over the place. I found out when I saw my coffee near by had paint drops in it (saw it before I drank it), and there was drops all over my pc, too. I've seen artists use a wash with a burnt sienna acrylic paint as an alternative. Works just as well and a bit safer.
I had this problem in my last painting.. thank you for teaching these practical tips.. completely unrelated, but can you please tell me what paints those blue and orange ..they are so vibrant and beautiful 😍
When doing my landscapes I typically block it in with liquin original and then when that dries I typically always use just a little linseed oil for the remainder of the peace. I only use mineral spirits to clean my brushes when using liquin. I never clean my brushes other than that. I keep 95% of my brushes in a brush dip.
M thinking of trying oil paint, I start thinking that it is not going to be that easy... Is it what they call wet on wet? Is it also possible to paint on dry (with a "siccative" if m not mistaken) without loosing the specificity of oil? No matter what, thank you very much
My problem is overblending and not picking the correct brush when I need to use them when I'm oil painting. I'm lucky I have the time to take a painting class at community college, not everyone has the luxury of having like 500+ bucks for materials, and the time to show up and paint.
See I had this problem when using Water-Mixable Oils right out of the tube, no thinning or mediums added at all. It made me almost quit painting. It was absolutely infuriating how the paint would stick to the brush more than the canvas, and how colors would mix on the canvas with every brushstroke. I ended up switching to acrylic paints, and I haven't had the issue since. My tubes of WN Water Oils had a ton of extra oil that came out when I first opened them so maybe my batch was all bad, but as a new painter I didn't know better than to realize that was a red flag. Also, in my beginner's paint set from WN, almost all of the colors were transparent pigments, with only white and orange being full opaque. As it is I find it hard to find opaque hues sometimes but at least now I know what to do and how to compensate for it, as a beginner it was just frustrating torture.
LOVE this. you're absolutely correct. I am an amateur artist but I figured this out a few sessions ago. I am always just wiping now ( no solvent/medium) and then going into the next color in the past I would always dip into gam Saul or even a type of brush dip which is oil based and resulted in the delusion
Excellent video. Great advice. Just use different brushes while painting rather than keep dipping the same brush into a jar of cleaner. & weakening your pai to opacity. Absolutely no need for medium such as turps to make your paint less stiff - just use a small drop of artists linseed oil.
I know acrylic and oil are pretty different, but do most of these also apply to acrylic paints? Should I be stingy with the water for acrylic paints, like you would oil? Or is it too similar to a water-based medium.
It is similar indeed. Although the medium allows more dilution and doesn't need to follow the fat over lean rule but indeed, past a certain point, you need to add an acrylic medium because too much water can be counterproductive. Acrylic has so many cool texture mediums, plenty of things to experiment...
Thank you so much for talking about paint consistency!! I seriously needed this and it's definitely something I'd been struggling with. I'm just starting with oils after being exclusive with watercolors for years and yep, complete opposite new territory for me. This is a fantastic video, thank you 🖤🖤🖤
This was a BIG question on my mind. To me, I did NOT understand how to apply one layer of oil painting on top of another without mixing them. I thought it had something to do with Fat Over Lean, but then I realized that's long-term drying management, and not so much a "create multiple layers" method. Then I thought "Well what about Ala Prima?" which is a fine method, but it generally appeals more towards people creating defined brush strokes, like Van Gogh or other Impressionistic styles. I like Farge's tutorials, because he somehow manages to incorporate the best of both worlds: Smooth blending and realism, but with nice strokes that when up close are defined. I think the take-away from here is: Don't use so much solvent to clean brushes, and unless you're using Ala Prima where you mix each spot as a very thin layer, it's best to just clean your brush with a paper towel, and not be afraid to utilize more paint. I guess my next question is: What if I apply that second brush stroke of different color paint on top of a lower layer paint (both still wet), but I want to blend other colors in to the top most second brush stroke layer only? As in not pollute it? I think the answer is "Do it lightly so you only pick up the second brush stroke color," but if there's a better technique other than that, or waiting for it to touch dry, I'm all ears. Thank you!!!
It is mindblowing to me just how much paint is wasted when mixing colors and cleaning the brush. It' the number one thing that's turned me off from painting. I guess if tube sizes in general were in the 200ml zone I'd feel less stingy about it. Just can't get myself to wipe / swish off so much paint.
It's true. But with experience you waste just the bare minimum. It's like any kind of art, you use and waste stuff. Like guitar strings, dancing shoes, sculpture don't even think about the amount of matter wasted. 😅
@@FlorentFargesarts I agree, it was ingrained in me early in life to not let things go to waste. My father used to be an art teacher, but I'm seeing now why he stopped creating and teaching art.
You're by far the best teacher for oul painting on TH-cam. Thank you
Ah the penny has dropped. Solved my problem, I wondered why I was unable to put the paint down. Guilty of using too much medium and mixing with a brush. Thank you for the valuable lesson.
An “ah ha!” moment for me. I am going to change my process immediately! Love you Florent! Thank you for your generosity in sharing your talent and techniques!
Love your tip about leaving the lid on the mineral spirits. I sometimes forgot to do that. I primarily work in acrylic these days, because I don’t have proper ventilation 😫
Dear Farges, today I was about to paint and I worried about ‘consistency’. After watching this, I will not dip my brush into a solvent again! My dad is a watercolorist and he dipped into water with his brush all the time. I followed and the result was often ‘runny’ colors on my canvass. Please continue to teach us the nuances of oil painting. I wish u good health and safety!
Excellent information. I am so guilty of doing exactly what he states NOT to do. Great information. This is so easily overlooked but so important. Thank you.
Acrylic painter here doing research to see if I have a safe environment in an apartment as I have longed to try oils for the beautiful blending capacity. I am still chuckling about "Do not beat the devil out of your brushes." Thank you for this, I'm a tremendous fan of his, but some think this habit contributed to his early death as the rooms were poorly ventilated.
This is probably the best video I ever seen on Oil painting. I was ready to throw out all my oils because I felt I wasn't able to use them. Everything was a mess! Thank you so much :) Ciao Ciao.
This helped me so much! Was struggling for a while but you have the solution which I never heard from other youtube painters
A good way to accomplish very light colors, without darkening them with underlying layers, is to paint them with a knife. You butter them on, on the top, instead of dragging the brush.
I paint with acrylics but I really want to transition into oils and they're so different in approach. I feel like oils require a much more calculated technique, and more preparation, but in the long run are much faster in completing works of art. I need to get out of a physical labor job so I have more time to paint. The older I get the more I realize I have crazy raw talent that people have been telling me about my entire life, I don't want to waste it, and I don't want it to be just for hobby anymore either. I appreciate your drive, dedication to the craft, and your willingness to share what you've learned in your experience with people like me. Videos like yours are a huge help for when I do find the time to get behind a canvas. Keep creating, thank you!
Florent, you are the best, most concise instructor on the Tube. Much thanks and congratulations on being awesome!
Wow, thanks for the compliment 😊glad my work can be useful. 🎨👍
Sir... your content is EPIC! Thank you for your outstanding generosity to the Art community. God Bless!
This sounds very familiar but I wasn't observant enough to be aware of what was going wrong. It's a very tactile process and I get the impression it should remain as enjoyable as it starts out. It's so fun to watch someone who has their process well established!
This is the advice I needed. I'd hate my inconsistent strokes that would never be thick enough and for the longest time I couldn't understand why. Thank you for explaining it in this video!
I don’t use any mineral spirits 😅 just oil, soap and dish liquid and clean multiple brushes after session
How am I JUST NOW finding out about your channel?? These TH-cam tutorials are AMAZING!
As a watercolorist - I painted this way and did not understand how to control the oil paint. This was a very helpful instruction. Thank you.
Wow. This is the best technical advice ever! Just tried it. So simple. So easy to adjust to. Thank you. It answered so many questions I've had.
‘Disgusting soup of melted hues’ 😂❤️ Love it!!! As an alla prima painter, much appreciated this truth!
Haha 😊 unfortunately true...😅
@@FlorentFargesarts this is why I have a ridiculous number of brushes of the same kind. About five of each of my most used sizes/kinds. (When I get to the point I have to switch).
I can change out a brush I’m using since I have several of the same kind.
Even when pressing the mineral spirits/solvent out of the brush, there is STILL the slick solvent film on the brush.
Hello. What is that material that is sunk in your solvent jar on which you pass the brush to clean it?
The best advice. You explained the difference between oils and watercolor application so well. Thank you
Thank you so much, Florent. Nobody tells you these things and they are so important.
Yet so simple... and so often overlooked indeed. Thanks for your comment. 🙏😊
If you are worried about fumes I'd highly recommend buying non-toxic oil brush cleaners like Sennelier; it could be a bit difficult to find as it's only produced in France and it's a bit expensive (16€ for a 250cl bottle) but it's totally worth it, and it's infinitely reusable if you use a container with a filter/mesh that keeps the paint at the bottom. Also it practically doesn't smell at all.
I don't use solvents of any kind. Just linseed oil and a rag. Mixing with palette knives always. I use water mixable oils which are fantastic! Clean up at the end is just water. Much safer.
I like your point about light pressure to go overtop. I also like to play with maybe a little bit of linseed or walnut oil to help with the easy deposit of the top layer by lowering drag on the lower layer. (Clearly this is merely a play of fat on lean.) This is on the order of few drops and varies with the pigment and original preparation consistency (per your cream and butter analogy). Great content, comme toujours. Merci
At the end of a painting session I use cooking oil to clean my brushes. I then follow up with soap and water.
Great tips! No more muddy mess :)
This is golden! Knowing how your stuff works in all those circumstances.
Hello. Thank you for these tips!! I am a beginner in oil painting. I love it, but right now I have more stress than joy while painting.
I'm steuggling with this problem very much. Thank you very much.
Thanks, I'm learning.
Thank you so very much for your explanation and advice! I have been struggling with this and could not figure out what was causing it. What has made is even more frustrating is that you can't google it if you can't explain precisely the problem actually is. So, thank you.
Thank you, very much, exactly what I've been doing. A pastel and watercolorist habits, yes, know you are right, it will take time.
Great advice Florent - I have been oil painting for some 60 years. Only now have I had this sensible advice. Painting al a Prima & wet on wet have presented some problems - which I now see must in some part due to too much spirits. I tend to use an alkaloid ‘medium’ that is gel like (much the same consistency as paint out of the tube) partially to make for a good transparency & the sped up drying time, but do initially use a little spirit to get the consistency (I want/you talk about).
I have been guilty of washing brushes in a 4 stage wash to really clean them, but then leaving them in a clean solution between uses - which apparently is not recommended. I have also been guilty of mixing on the palette with brushes (as it gets better gradients & blends of colours) but does clog up the brushes somewhat. I will be remembering to do much more of my main mixing on the palette with a palette knife, as what you say makes sense.
I like the smell of oil paints & the smell of turps from an open jar excites me into action, so I won’t be sealing the jar of spirit, but I will splash around less.
To paraphrase - 1. I will do more mixing with the knife; 2. I will use less turps when mixing/painting; 3. I may thin a bit with a liquid medium when need rather than turps; 4. I will continue to you an alkaloid gel medium - but less so so as to keep my paint a little more opaque/creamy; 5. I will remember to use my rags/paper towel more for wiping paint off brushes (perhaps not so critical as I have many dozens of brushes & I often have 4-5 in my hands at any one time - one for each colour n value of colour) so usually less washing of brushes than you allude to.
Thank you & keep up the great work/lessons.
Gratefully yours
Owen Brown (from Oz).
Thanks for your coment Owen. Glad my video helped you figure out a few things. I also love the smell of turpentine and regular mineral spirits but I still try to limit it as much as possible but I see exactly what you mean haha 😄 all the best, my friend.
@@FlorentFargesarts do you have your posters for sale of the color mixing...or will they be available on the future? Thank you...
@@FlorentFargesarts thank you for this. I sent you an email regarding this- under Abby...
I hope you have the time to answer for me and maybe address in a video not sure. I think when you read about this, I never seen nor heard about it in the history of oil painting, cannot find anything online about it as well. Thank you for your time, looking forward to hearing from you via email, actually can't wait to hear your thoughts as it's been on my mind and search for almost a year. Thank you
opaque paint for opaque passages.
transparent/semi-transparent/semi-opaque paint for optical passages.
Please explain this in a visual way.
I remember when I was handling physical paints years back in college, I had this bad habit as well, one which was seemingly engrained into my teachers as well.
For an effect, I like to scrub my oil paint into the bottom layer at times, it has a different effect, but I am not working in a traditional way. I have been painting for more than 50 years, with an MFA in painting. I mix with my brush, unless I want a fairly solid color. I rarely use thinner. I used a variation of 1/3, 1/3, 1/3 medium. 1/3 stand oil, 1/3 Damar varnish, actually less than 1/3 of turpentine. It thickened to almost a gel, and I got a huge variety of effects, with lush, meaty strokes and thinned the mix on the palette to get some juicy washes. I love that combination. I also added a few drops of copal dryer to speed up the drying process so I could layer, and have the bottom layer poke through. In acrylic, I found I had to be careful with adding too much water, because it broke the texture of the paint, and it looked grainy, even though I use the best quality paint
Omg this is the best explanation I have listen to as a beginner. It now make so much sense. Thank you so so much.
Thank you, I'm new at painting with oil paints and the problem you described is literally what I've been questioning a lot, now I will know the basics of working with oil
I've been using the wet on wet technique since I started painting and it worked well for me and my paintings usually end up with thick layers of paint, but still I think this is a great tip and video and will be trying it. I think the technique you used is based on what you're painting
Thanks for that. I squirm at the sight of the runny paint because I know it so well.
I very rarely paint in oils but I love their glow. I have one painting that I painted using oil and collage on the backside of glass. I really like it. Perhaps I’ll try this. I appreciate the thoroughness of your video. Excellent.
Gracias maestro tu arte es muy honesta , agradezco todo lo que nos enseña desde Bogotá Colombia
Excellent video. Such an important concept.
Happy to see like-minded fellow painters.
Great explanation of the fat over lean principle. This is one of the reasons why I’m not a fan of alla prima/wet on wet painting. Give me liquin original and paint over a fry layer.
Great explanation!
Is it possible to remove the transcript on top of your painting because I am only seeing half of what you are doing because of the transcript. And I LOVE your videos!! Thank you very much.
Good one. I was starting to work that out naturally but that was really good. Thanks
Also, the thinner is super liquidy, a bit more than water. So when you use with colour as a wash, even if you're being careful, it can splatter all over the place. I found out when I saw my coffee near by had paint drops in it (saw it before I drank it), and there was drops all over my pc, too. I've seen artists use a wash with a burnt sienna acrylic paint as an alternative. Works just as well and a bit safer.
Your advice is very helpful to me, and the quality of your videos and demonstrations is excellent and inspiring. I never miss a video. Thank you.
thanks so much for sharing these valuable insights! much appreciated.
I had this problem in my last painting.. thank you for teaching these practical tips.. completely unrelated, but can you please tell me what paints those blue and orange ..they are so vibrant and beautiful 😍
When doing my landscapes I typically block it in with liquin original and then when that dries I typically always use just a little linseed oil for the remainder of the peace. I only use mineral spirits to clean my brushes when using liquin. I never clean my brushes other than that. I keep 95% of my brushes in a brush dip.
Thank you very much for putting subtitles on your videos! It helped me a lot. :)
These tips can also apply to gouache but without the toxcisity issues! Yes everyone please be careful with the toxcisity and danger of supplies.
Thank you so much I have been thinking of trying oils, your information is invaluable. Cheers from Perth WA
What was the thing inside the solvent jar that you brushed your brush against?
Thaaaaaaank youuuuuu !!!
No one explained the issue better than you
M thinking of trying oil paint, I start thinking that it is not going to be that easy... Is it what they call wet on wet? Is it also possible to paint on dry (with a "siccative" if m not mistaken) without loosing the specificity of oil? No matter what, thank you very much
There's a lot of options. I am somewhat new to oil painting but I do have a little bit of wax medium to mix in the paint for a matte sheen
My problem is overblending and not picking the correct brush when I need to use them when I'm oil painting. I'm lucky I have the time to take a painting class at community college, not everyone has the luxury of having like 500+ bucks for materials, and the time to show up and paint.
@Jeff M well that's for sure....have a wonderful time....
I'm gonna check it out for sure
what is the proper way to use the thinner?
See I had this problem when using Water-Mixable Oils right out of the tube, no thinning or mediums added at all. It made me almost quit painting. It was absolutely infuriating how the paint would stick to the brush more than the canvas, and how colors would mix on the canvas with every brushstroke. I ended up switching to acrylic paints, and I haven't had the issue since. My tubes of WN Water Oils had a ton of extra oil that came out when I first opened them so maybe my batch was all bad, but as a new painter I didn't know better than to realize that was a red flag. Also, in my beginner's paint set from WN, almost all of the colors were transparent pigments, with only white and orange being full opaque. As it is I find it hard to find opaque hues sometimes but at least now I know what to do and how to compensate for it, as a beginner it was just frustrating torture.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge, it is a very generous gift of your time. Be well, be happy, be safe.
By cleaning brush thoroughly, ie rag + solvent the mix turpentine +siccatif stays clean. Jetter la bouillasse marron.
LOVE this. you're absolutely correct. I am an amateur artist but I figured this out a few sessions ago. I am always just wiping now ( no solvent/medium) and then going into the next color in the past I would always dip into gam Saul or even a type of brush dip which is oil based and resulted in the delusion
Dilution delusion.
@@Acd-Efz Nice catch. Talking to text doesn't always translate effectively
A million thanks, I needed this!
omg i’ve been doing all of these 😅 thanks for the help!!
Excellent video. Great advice.
Just use different brushes while painting rather than keep dipping the same brush into a jar of cleaner. & weakening your pai to opacity.
Absolutely no need for medium such as turps to make your paint less stiff - just use a small drop of artists linseed oil.
I appreciate you and your videos so much Florent! Thank you
I know acrylic and oil are pretty different, but do most of these also apply to acrylic paints? Should I be stingy with the water for acrylic paints, like you would oil? Or is it too similar to a water-based medium.
It is similar indeed. Although the medium allows more dilution and doesn't need to follow the fat over lean rule but indeed, past a certain point, you need to add an acrylic medium because too much water can be counterproductive. Acrylic has so many cool texture mediums, plenty of things to experiment...
Great video and advice as always thank you for this!
Excellent work
Hi! With all respect I just wonder who doesn’t dry their brushes after cleanings.
Absolutely.
Thank you so much for talking about paint consistency!! I seriously needed this and it's definitely something I'd been struggling with. I'm just starting with oils after being exclusive with watercolors for years and yep, complete opposite new territory for me. This is a fantastic video, thank you 🖤🖤🖤
This was a BIG question on my mind. To me, I did NOT understand how to apply one layer of oil painting on top of another without mixing them. I thought it had something to do with Fat Over Lean, but then I realized that's long-term drying management, and not so much a "create multiple layers" method.
Then I thought "Well what about Ala Prima?" which is a fine method, but it generally appeals more towards people creating defined brush strokes, like Van Gogh or other Impressionistic styles. I like Farge's tutorials, because he somehow manages to incorporate the best of both worlds: Smooth blending and realism, but with nice strokes that when up close are defined.
I think the take-away from here is: Don't use so much solvent to clean brushes, and unless you're using Ala Prima where you mix each spot as a very thin layer, it's best to just clean your brush with a paper towel, and not be afraid to utilize more paint.
I guess my next question is: What if I apply that second brush stroke of different color paint on top of a lower layer paint (both still wet), but I want to blend other colors in to the top most second brush stroke layer only? As in not pollute it? I think the answer is "Do it lightly so you only pick up the second brush stroke color," but if there's a better technique other than that, or waiting for it to touch dry, I'm all ears.
Thank you!!!
Thank you!! This was very informative for me.
This was very helpful. Thank you!
Thank you, this is so helpful:)
Thank you so much 😊🙏🎨
Very practical tips, thanks!
I've stopped dipping my brush but I still can't seem to lay one colour over another. It's very frustrating 😢
Light bulb moment! Probably the most helpful information I've seen. Thank you.
Glad my video helped 😊🙏
Great video it just answered my questions cause I am new in oil and you explain so amazing and sympaticly👍🤩
Thank you so much, what great advice all within 14 min. Wow. Really appreciate you generously sharing this advice. Thank you!
Great class! thanks a lot!
It is mindblowing to me just how much paint is wasted when mixing colors and cleaning the brush. It' the number one thing that's turned me off from painting. I guess if tube sizes in general were in the 200ml zone I'd feel less stingy about it. Just can't get myself to wipe / swish off so much paint.
It's true. But with experience you waste just the bare minimum. It's like any kind of art, you use and waste stuff. Like guitar strings, dancing shoes, sculpture don't even think about the amount of matter wasted. 😅
@@FlorentFargesarts I agree, it was ingrained in me early in life to not let things go to waste. My father used to be an art teacher, but I'm seeing now why he stopped creating and teaching art.
Eureka! Thank you 🙂
So valuable. Thank you!
Once again great information and just what I needed to know. Thank you.
Glad it helped 😊🙏
Your video is soo helpful 🙌❤️
I also use several brushes at the same time and I wipe my brushes often when painting ala Prima.
Thank you for this helpful tips 🙂
Thank you sooooo much ❤️
Gosh darn it! Were you watching me the passion session I did?? I hadn’t been doing that ever but last time I did.
Thank u so much.... 👍👍👍👍👍God bless u
Thanks!
Thank you for this - never put thought into this before - makes so much sense. gonna change....:)
Thank you!
You're welcome!