Thank you so much @pinalpatel58645 I'm also super excited to share what I know about the Sfumato. I'm currently working on "how to paint silk like the old masters" demo video. But the sfumato will be coming soon! Thank you for your love and support !
Dear Victoria, quick question. For underlayer we can you acrylic? Second question: Then when we start within oil, we use thin layer of oils. Does it mean we use terpentine making oil less denser? Or what does it mean - "using thin layer"? Thx
Thank you for the great questions @einarjungmann273 ! Here are my thoughts to your questions. Question #1: For the underlayer, I recommend using oils, since most sfumato techniques would stick with the same medium/art material. Also because it will blend and smooth out more evenly by adding a bit of linseed oil to thin it down. But! if your idea of adding an underlayer using acrylic to make the working and drying process faster. You can do that, but I would stick with oils throughout the whole painting process and keep it pure and not do mixed mediums. Question #2 When I mean by "Using thin layers of oil paint." I would thin it down with linseed oil instead of turpentine. When you thin it down with turpentine, it can get a bit sticky and uneven since it makes the paint's drying process a bit faster. You can get a better result by thinning the oil paint down with linseed oil so it makes the paint less opaque and more translucent (Which we call glazing). With that, you can easily build up the layers and also still have some of the bottom layers seep through. I hope this helps you out and answers your questions. Thank you for asking and commenting! Love helping people out! 🥰🥰
My pleasure!@@einarjungmann273 I'm happy I can help you out! If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I'll do my best to help. Looking forward to sharing more art videos with you!🥰🥰❤
@@victoriayuart So.😇 When we don't want to start with white canvas we start within linseed oil and + for example a bit of raw umber to make canvas more "friendly"😅. But, tell me. If we use this 1 layer of linseed oil, won't that make the oil colours overblend over another oil? (Sorry my English). I saw some videos where painters use this first layer for grasaille technique - they put linseed oil on canvas and wipe it out with sponge, why? For Sfumato - do we start also within this technique ? - use 1 thin layer of linseed oil within a bit of oil colour. Then make this underlayer portrait within ivory black (Oil - you suggested). Let it dry - then start use oil colours, is this right? 🙏 Thanks
@@einarjungmann273 Great questions @einarjungmann273 ! I usually would mix the oil "paint" with the Linseed oil and then paint a "wash" (so like a base layer so that the canvas is not strikingly white!) This way it will thin down the raw umber and helps spread the paint a lot easier. Some artist would like to wipe the linseed oil on the canvas separately to help the paint flow and glide easier on the canvas. Since there are many ways to start and prep a canvas. So try out both ways and see what you like. In the end it's more of a preference thing. And the answer to you question, I'm not sure if I understood correctly. Do you mean that are you worried that the colors would blend together and get mixed up and become dirty? If yes, then do not worry! Because you have to wait for the wash to dry up completely before you add the grisaille. You don't do it right away. Not sure if the artist in the video you watched explained or not. But yes, you have to make sure it's completely dry before you start paint the grisaille. Or else it will be a hot mess!!! Question #2 Yes you can start with the same technique. That way you won't get distracted by the bright white canvas. Having a base tone helps balance out the values while you paint. Giving you a middle ground to start with. But, you can also not start with the same technique. Like what I mentioned before, it really depends on the artist and what feels comfortable with. I did not understand what you mean by "Then make this underlayer portrait within ivory black (Oil - you suggested)." What do you mean? Can you be a bit more clearer? Thank you! I hope this was helpful for you! Thank you again for asking fantastic questions. They are very important!
I would call Sfumato an effect rather than a technique. You can use different techniques to achieve the soft edges being talked about in the video. My preferred medium is graphite and my style leans heavily into this effect. It helps achieve a more realistic appearance because lines drawings tend to kill the realistic effect, soft transitions are much more believable.
Very well said @garyseabolt! Thank you for sharing what you think Sfumato is more like! I'll have to check out some of your artwork! Would love to see them! Do you have a website by chance? Please let me know. Thanks again! Thanks for commenting and sharing your knowledge about Sfumato!
@@victoriayuart No, I don't have a website, but I have been known to post images to Discord servers of people who are interested in my work. I have been serious about art for over 40 years, I don't consider myself a professional artist although I have done commissions from time to time. My professional background was in residential architecture and mechanical engineering. I have been retired for several years now. There is a separation between knowledge and understanding. You can have academic knowledge of a subject without having a working understanding of it, you can also have a working understanding of something without having any formal academic knowledge. People tend to think linearly, or in generalizations, in other words they think within a given box. Reality is much less structured and abstract than that. Don't confine yourself to a box, everyone is unique and have their own contributions to make. I apologize if this sounds strange but it's hard to summarize a lifetime of experiences in a short statement without sounding cryptic. I appreciate the acknowledgement and am always pleased to share my ideas and opinions. 😉
Hello Victoria, thank you for this video. Eagerly waiting for your sfumeto demo
Thank you so much @pinalpatel58645 I'm also super excited to share what I know about the Sfumato. I'm currently working on "how to paint silk like the old masters" demo video. But the sfumato will be coming soon! Thank you for your love and support !
Hi Victoria, thank you for sharing.
My pleasure! I'm happy you found it helpful! Have fun checking out the new one coming out this week!!😄😄🥰🥰
Dear Victoria, quick question. For underlayer we can you acrylic? Second question: Then when we start within oil, we use thin layer of oils. Does it mean we use terpentine making oil less denser? Or what does it mean - "using thin layer"? Thx
Thank you for the great questions @einarjungmann273 ! Here are my thoughts to your questions.
Question #1:
For the underlayer, I recommend using oils, since most sfumato techniques would stick with the same medium/art material. Also because it will blend and smooth out more evenly by adding a bit of linseed oil to thin it down.
But! if your idea of adding an underlayer using acrylic to make the working and drying process faster. You can do that, but I would stick with oils throughout the whole painting process and keep it pure and not do mixed mediums.
Question #2
When I mean by "Using thin layers of oil paint." I would thin it down with linseed oil instead of turpentine. When you thin it down with turpentine, it can get a bit sticky and uneven since it makes the paint's drying process a bit faster.
You can get a better result by thinning the oil paint down with linseed oil so it makes the paint less opaque and more translucent (Which we call glazing). With that, you can easily build up the layers and also still have some of the bottom layers seep through.
I hope this helps you out and answers your questions. Thank you for asking and commenting!
Love helping people out! 🥰🥰
@@victoriayuart I do thank you for prompt response. You are incredible 🙏❤️🌱 You helped me so much.
My pleasure!@@einarjungmann273
I'm happy I can help you out! If you have any other questions, please don't hesitate to ask. I'll do my best to help. Looking forward to sharing more art videos with you!🥰🥰❤
@@victoriayuart So.😇 When we don't want to start with white canvas we start within linseed oil and + for example a bit of raw umber to make canvas more "friendly"😅. But, tell me. If we use this 1 layer of linseed oil, won't that make the oil colours overblend over another oil? (Sorry my English). I saw some videos where painters use this first layer for grasaille technique - they put linseed oil on canvas and wipe it out with sponge, why?
For Sfumato - do we start also within this technique ? - use 1 thin layer of linseed oil within a bit of oil colour. Then make this underlayer portrait within ivory black (Oil - you suggested). Let it dry - then start use oil colours, is this right? 🙏 Thanks
@@einarjungmann273 Great questions @einarjungmann273 !
I usually would mix the oil "paint" with the Linseed oil and then paint a "wash" (so like a base layer so that the canvas is not strikingly white!)
This way it will thin down the raw umber and helps spread the paint a lot easier.
Some artist would like to wipe the linseed oil on the canvas separately to help the paint flow and glide easier on the canvas.
Since there are many ways to start and prep a canvas. So try out both ways and see what you like. In the end it's more of a preference thing.
And the answer to you question, I'm not sure if I understood correctly.
Do you mean that are you worried that the colors would blend together and get mixed up and become dirty? If yes,
then do not worry! Because you have to wait for the wash to dry up completely before you add the grisaille. You don't do it right away. Not sure if the artist in the video you watched explained or not. But yes, you have to make sure it's completely dry before you start paint the grisaille. Or else it will be a hot mess!!!
Question #2
Yes you can start with the same technique. That way you won't get distracted by the bright white canvas. Having a base tone helps balance out the values while you paint. Giving you a middle ground to start with.
But, you can also not start with the same technique. Like what I mentioned before, it really depends on the artist and what feels comfortable with.
I did not understand what you mean by "Then make this underlayer portrait within ivory black (Oil - you suggested)."
What do you mean? Can you be a bit more clearer? Thank you!
I hope this was helpful for you! Thank you again for asking fantastic questions. They are very important!
I would call Sfumato an effect rather than a technique. You can use different techniques to achieve the soft edges being talked about in the video. My preferred medium is graphite and my style leans heavily into this effect. It helps achieve a more realistic appearance because lines drawings tend to kill the realistic effect, soft transitions are much more believable.
Very well said @garyseabolt! Thank you for sharing what you think Sfumato is more like! I'll have to check out some of your artwork! Would love to see them! Do you have a website by chance? Please let me know. Thanks again! Thanks for commenting and sharing your knowledge about Sfumato!
@@victoriayuart No, I don't have a website, but I have been known to post images to Discord servers of people who are interested in my work. I have been serious about art for over 40 years, I don't consider myself a professional artist although I have done commissions from time to time. My professional background was in residential architecture and mechanical engineering. I have been retired for several years now. There is a separation between knowledge and understanding. You can have academic knowledge of a subject without having a working understanding of it, you can also have a working understanding of something without having any formal academic knowledge. People tend to think linearly, or in generalizations, in other words they think within a given box. Reality is much less structured and abstract than that. Don't confine yourself to a box, everyone is unique and have their own contributions to make. I apologize if this sounds strange but it's hard to summarize a lifetime of experiences in a short statement without sounding cryptic. I appreciate the acknowledgement and am always pleased to share my ideas and opinions. 😉