As a beginner I am rapidly appreciating exactly as you say: observe and recreate what you see, at least for realism. It takes a while to get used to the high level of detail you need to be aware off, and I'm still trying to get good at that. I am more into water colour and (forced in class!) acrylic. Thanks for helping prepare me for oils!
PineApple. People do not know how lucky they are to have youtube. I tried to learn Oil painting in 1965 - 1968. As a young teenager and really made a mess. Did not no what I was doing and gave up. Now just retiring and find all the resources available to learn how to paint. Hence very pleased to find you on youtube.
*Pineapples* This was probably one of my favorite videos. There was a lot to take away from your process. Also the fact of how you mentioned continuing to work on things that may have already been well enough only to mess them up and have to fix them again. Too many people see YT videos where art is done in one masterful stroke and its perfect. This brings home the point that art isnt at all like that. Thank you for an awesome demomstration.
Pine... apples... Can't thank you enough. I'm new to painting and your videos are the best that I've seen. They have become a reference for me. You nailed it with this one. Videography, editing, lighting are fantastic. But what makes it stand out is your commentary. It's amazing! It's incredibly helpful and encouraging not to only see you work, but actually hear what your thought process is at that moment. I love that I can see how you view and correct stuff and hear your thought process along with it! There are a million painting vids on TH-cam but I think that your attention to detail not just to the how-to but the why-and--the-reason I'm doing it is why your vids stand apart. You are a born teacher. It's obvious that you put your heart and soul into what you do. Please keep doing what you're doing, you're great at it.
Pineapples... I'm about to start oil painting again after about 20 years... OMG, I feel really old now... But I tried oil paints in High School and someone I care about a lot told me I had no talent for it, so I stopped. I should have kept going because I really enjoyed it, and I liked what I made. My hubby is amazing though and encourages me in my art, so I decided to give it another go now that I am older, lol. I love your art, I've been watching some of your videos and some from other oil painters for inspiration... I have everything I need now, just trying to get up the guts to start! Thank you for sharing your art with us!
Hi Heather :-) You're the only other person I see that commented "Pineapples" haha! Although, I only got this far down in the comments. When I was in grade 5 or 6, a kid told me I would never be an artist, after making fun of my painting. His painting was awesome, and I believed him. I avoided art for over 30 years...funny how people can affect us with their words, not funny haha. Interesting really, and sad. I'm so happy you have a husband who supports your arting! That's really cool! Have you started painting? I hope so
Your story sounds just like mine! Including the husband part hehe. I started last year with classes and I love them so bad! Besides I love art, I have found that it really helps a lot with my depression, I’ve been under medication for 9 years but this past year the doctor has been giving me lower doses and I’m about to finish with them! It’s incredible how much it has helped me!
Hi Lena, pineapples! You were born to do this! Not only oil painting but teaching people. I started a week ago, and so far (don’t want to be friend any others 😄) your videos were least condescending, most helpful, and inspiring! You get it !!! - meaning you realize many people’s urge to express themselves, not to create a perfect realistic painting. Thank you - without your videos - I’m serious - I probably would not get as dark to realistic painting as painting an apple ☺️. YOU made it look like possible and fun! Thank you..
Wow I really needed this long video ... I really want to sign up to Lena's patreon but I am a student and can't afford it right now ... So this long process videos helps sooooo much
Lena Danya thank you very helpful as the comment above. Great advice for beginners to do still life studies...think once master them can understand more and learn a lot from this.
Lena Danya would be great if you did a series of basic stills like this something like a year of study ..would get beginners to follow along ..motivation and master them as they paint along with you. Like an art quest...and end if year everyone would advance...one fruit a month or two...not sure if you have time...many students we'd love to support in one way...even if we can't on patreon.
Hi Lena, Greetings to your pineapples too. An excellent demonstration and narrative. You are extremely generous with your detailed information and reasons behind your strokes. This video would be of immense benefit to anyone starting out in oils and should have more prominence amongst TH-cam art videos. I hope to see much more of your work.
Awesome! I finally did my first oil painting following along to this video (with the reference printed out too). It was so helpful getting me started on mixing colors because I had no idea where to start with that. I was expecting a step by step tutorial (like paint nite) but it wasn't and now I'm so GLAD it wasn't! I learned so much more this way. Thank you Lena!
I'm in love with glass, and paper backing for the palette, and pineapples. You do make this look less intimidating, and I'm working through the beginner videos because I ADORE how you are showing oils blend. I think I enjoyed that with acrylics only to find I couldn't use any of it before it dried. So now I'm hyped. Thank you for the video and work put into producing this!
Fabulous detailed explanation of color choices, mixing colors, and applying. I'm a rank beginner, and the equipment explanation was very helpful. Amazing how you got the waxy look of the apple! Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for very much for taking the time to do this!
This was very intuitive ... don’t concern yourself with not being understood. You do a marvelous job of teaching as you go. Your choice of words explaining the techniques was especial. Thanks sooo much.
Hi Lena ! I started watching you a couple weeks ago and I’m totally hooked. I also just started painting (acrylic) but want to experience oil painting after I move. I love your work. I watch your videos when I have anxiety and it truly helps me. Thanks so much for what you do :)
Having never been an oil painter or really understood how the medium worked (acrylic was always my favourite) and not having painted for decades, I'm slowly working through your tutorials, which are great, before I dive into oils big-time. Thank you for your time and effort. Pineapples is the least I could do.
I signed my 9 year old up for an oil painting class for 10 and up. It starts in 2 weeks and we’re surprising her with her own paints and such. I’m just here to see what kind of mess we are in for 😂
This was very helpful as I have recently returned to oil painting after 30 years of watercolors! I needed a refresher on technique and it was very well worth it! Pineapples!
This is just a wonderful teaching session for beginners! I've gained so much more from this frank and open display of the ordinary mind engaged in creating a piece of art... You have revealed much more about the process of painting than those highly choreographed masters who never make a mistake in any brush stoke. Hooray for the human element in painting! Thank you for your naturalness and honesty.
Wow !! This was excellent and really very useful and being a creator , I can completely see the time and effort you have put into making of this tutorial ❤️❤️ Thankyou for sharing !! You are an inspiration 🙏❤️
My homework for the weekend...something simple..very detailed explenation and step by step, mixing..observing and okaying mistakes and inaccuracies...what more complete than this would anyone want..excellent...waiting for more. I've been following you since a long time...thank you.
Ohh man! My head is turning around i watched the whole video really late night and now i really want to paint it now!!! BTW great video for a starter really inspired😙😙😙😙
This is by far the best video for beginners on TH-cam . Thank you so much, Lena for sharing. You truly are an amazing teacher! You are very generous with all of your explanations. Will follow and like! Thank you again ❤
Thank you so much this helped alot. I have been wanting to start painting and I like the look and versitility of oils, but it seemed so daunting. But you Oil Painting Basics video nd this have helped me weave my way through it PS Pineapples
Okay so I’ve always loved the concept of painting, but I didn’t grow up doing it regularly and so when I started out I was just using acrylic, and it is very challenging to use, I think, because it dries so fast it’s hard to blend. So of course I started to do some research. I started following painters on Instagram and noticed how some paint this one guy used seemed to blend really well and my mind was blown, but I never found out what paint it was. I started watching Bob Ross, and he used oil paint, but his paintings looked complicated and beyond my level of ability because I didn’t understand what oil paint was or how it worked. So when I found your videos explaining the basics of oil paint/ing I was enthralled! I’m so happy I’m beginning to understand new things about painting! I always do lots of research before investing in something and your videos are really helping me understand things that will undoubtedly be helpful. Thank you so much!
Pineapples :) I don't oil paint, but I am intrigued by the process of it. I also love learning about the different mediums and techniques for oils. But what I found from watching your videos is a lot of transferable skills like brush techniques and the process of a painting. The biggest thing I have learned is colour theory, especially your explanations about the shadows and high lights. You are incredible and I love your spirit and perspective on painting. I look forward to your future videos and art works! :)
This is the perfect video. I have been so blocked in simply starting painting with oil. Step by step video with access to the same reference photo. Thank you, thank you, thank you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
I really got a lot out of this video! Thank you! The slower and more simple subjects that you do like this are a HUGE help to those of us not quite comfortable with oils, yet, so thank you so much!!!
This was just a lovely tutorial. Oh yes, pineapples! I don’t mind the parts you call “repetitive,” I feel beginners need to see those strokes and decisions.
You did an awesome job explaining this! My eight-year-old daughter and I are going to start painting and it looks like I picked the right video to start off with. There were some thumbs down on your video and I cannot understand what they had a problem with? You did great! After watching this I am so excited for us to get started. Thank you!
Watching the way you blended and added layers really help to figure out how not to make the colors muddy. Great tutorial I work in acrylic but want to get into oil painting thanks.
pineapples!!! I love your tutorials. they're really helpful to some who know nothing about painting with oil (aka me). however I find painting a great way to relax and refresh your mind. spending the time just looking at colors and combining colors and focusing on the details of the painting, it's just such a relief.
i got my first set of oil paints for christmas. i have been in love with your art for a while and have been wanting to see a more thorough video on your channel. thanks so much, on behalf of every beginner, for making this video!
Pineapples!!!! I love your tutorial! I watched it all the way through once before attempting it, I am just starting and have a lot to learn! I appreciate you making these videos!!!
Thanks for the great pineapple tutorial! Leaving in all those 'boring' bits is really good for me, as it helps show the useful bits that are often ignored such as going back and reworking areas.
I think it depends! Limited palettes are great for learning color theory and if on a budget or keeping their possessions minimalistic. But I also love having lots unique pigments that make it possible to paint with colors that would not otherwise not be achieved through basic limited palette simply because those pigments aren't there
I enjoy the details of your art...I am going to purchase an apple today and do my first oil piece. Just finished collecting oil paints....yes watched this video to the end.
Like most everyone else I'm trying oils for the first time coming from acrylics. I have to say I'm only an hour or 2 in and it is very rewarding and frustrating at the same time. It's biggest advantage, blending and long drying time, is also the most difficult part. I'm so used to being able to layer quickly with acrylics. I'm really slowing down. Probably not the worst thing to be honest lol. I've always felt I tend to rush through some of my paintings. Thank you for the careful instruction and demonstration!
Drea Sachse I’m not Lena (obviously) but thought I’d jump in here incase you’re still looking for an answer. I always let my galkyd mix, dry in the glass container if there’s any left over. After a couple of days it dries like a piece of plastic and you can just peel it off and throw it away.
i put it in a bowl so i always have some left over, and with the stuff i use to clean my brushes i just leave it out snd eventually the paint falls to the bottom and i can re use it.
I know with acrylic paint water people put the paint water in a container with cat litter in it and the cat litter absorbs the liquid. Then u can throw the clumps of cat litter away in the trash. So I think you can do the same with the gamsol mix. I think with any of the painting substances that should not go down the sink can be put in cat litter. Great question.
I'm pretty new at painting, when I paint the paint is so thin that its a little transparent, I can see the pencil marks of my outline through the paint very very clearly. What am I doing wrong? I'm using linseed stand oil as thinner so is that the problem? Am I not using enough paint?
I've been oil painting for months now and didn't even feel like I needed a tutorial but...can't miss a lena video! So soothing just to watch and listen to (I actually got inspired about 10 minutes in and starting painting something entirely different but let the video play all the way through) oh and also, pineapples
This helped me understand that oil painting starts very generic and abstract. The detail comes with light and shadow not necessarily hard lines. I see it as a painstaking process as well. I have a hard time grasping oil paints and prefer acrylic for the ease of use but want to expand to oils - this tutorial helps me understand how to graduate to oils, thank you.
Very helpful I think it really high lights that it's literally all about shading lol. I think anyone who has been drawing for awhile knows that but I just switched to painting and I think this video really leveled me up from where I was before I watched it.
PINEAPPLES. Thank you Lena. That was very encouraging. What a refreshingly down to earth and relaxing tutorial to watch. I’ve only ever used acrylic paint but want to branch out to oils. Some of the other videos I watched made it seem like quite an intimidating process but yours has made me excited and eager to get my first oil kit. Can’t wait to experiment. Your stuff is awe inspiring but again, how wonderful to see an artist so approachable and talented in the one package. Can’t wait for more. Love from Scotland x
Pineapples! Thank you for sharing these videos. There's nothing like watching someone with experience, and getting an explanation while they're at it. I was always intimidated by the very thought of oil painting, but watching you do it, it really seems very enjoyable. Who knows, I might try it myself. =) I am in complete awe of your work!
Pineapple! Loved it! I actually drew and colored the apple using pencil/crayons and some very thin markers as I followed your video! I didn’t have my paints on hand! Turned out pretty good!
Pineapples, and I really enjoyed watching your apple. Don't worry about having to talk throughout, but what you say is great. We don't mind a little silence as the painting process itself is mesmerizing! Thank you.
Lena, thank you for this video for beginners! I haven't really had a lot of time to paint, but I always find myself watching your painting tutorials when I can. Thank you again! Pineapples!
Great editing...commentary..tips...advice...if beginners followed this and just did still life's and get to where it's become second nature...will learn so much...form...shapes...values..brushwork...and ....thanks for this post...hope you'll do more...
Good painting tutorial. Loved the commentary and the brush strokes. Would like to watch more like this before I dare to take the brush in my hand again.
Excellent video and easy to follow instructions on getting started with oils. I currently paint with acrylics and have been intimated to start with oils. Your video made it look manageable. Thank you~
Thank you so much for making these excessable for people who can't afford to pay for learning to paint. I never would have even tried to learn if it wasn't for your channel. I've found a joy I never new I was missing . I hope great things for your future.. 😂😊
Thank you so much for spending the time, to share your knowledge and amazing skils. I am about to try oil paint for the first time after struggling with acryics drying so fast, so thanks again, your a brilliant artist x
Pineapples! My friend encouraged me to delve into oil painting. Your videos has been very understandable. I can't wait to apply it during my own painting time!
I like that you show the reference. Too many painting tutorials show it only once at the beginning. I appreciate the length and detail -- dont apologize for it! Pineapples
Amazing! I want to try oil paints now. I've been using acrylics and I can't stand how fast they dry 😠 thank you for this in depth tutorial. Your teaching method is exactly what I need to learn you are so good at teaching.
Pineapples !!! Thanks so much Lena. I have been following your videos since a very long time. And I would like more such real time tutorials. You really inspire and help me learn a lot. Thank you for everything !
I loved painting with oils in high school, but that was years ago and I’ve lost my touch. I’ve been wanting to get back into. This video helped me a ton! I’d forgotten how to properly use the turpentine and mediums together, so thank you for this video!!
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As a beginner I am rapidly appreciating exactly as you say: observe and recreate what you see, at least for realism. It takes a while to get used to the high level of detail you need to be aware off, and I'm still trying to get good at that. I am more into water colour and (forced in class!) acrylic. Thanks for helping prepare me for oils!
PineApple. People do not know how lucky they are to have youtube. I tried to learn Oil painting in 1965 - 1968. As a young teenager and really made a mess. Did not no what I was doing and gave up. Now just retiring and find all the resources available to learn how to paint. Hence very pleased to find you on youtube.
*Pineapples*
This was probably one of my favorite videos. There was a lot to take away from your process. Also the fact of how you mentioned continuing to work on things that may have already been well enough only to mess them up and have to fix them again. Too many people see YT videos where art is done in one masterful stroke and its perfect. This brings home the point that art isnt at all like that. Thank you for an awesome demomstration.
I always wanted to paint and you made it seem much less intimidating. I painted my first landscape right after subscribing :)
Cat J That's awesome. 👍
Girl I was just looking up how to paint stuff easy with oils and then you upload this 😂😂😂 THANK YOU ILY
aw yay!! I hope it's helpful ♥♥♥
Lena Danya Of course it was!!!!!! Thank you so much! I absolutely love your paintings and the way you explain your easier oil painting videos ❤❤❤❤
Pine... apples... Can't thank you enough. I'm new to painting and your videos are the best that I've seen. They have become a reference for me.
You nailed it with this one. Videography, editing, lighting are fantastic. But what makes it stand out is your commentary. It's amazing! It's incredibly helpful and encouraging not to only see you work, but actually hear what your thought process is at that moment. I love that I can see how you view and correct stuff and hear your thought process along with it! There are a million painting vids on TH-cam but I think that your attention to detail not just to the how-to but the why-and--the-reason I'm doing it is why your vids stand apart. You are a born teacher. It's obvious that you put your heart and soul into what you do. Please keep doing what you're doing, you're great at it.
Pineapples... I'm about to start oil painting again after about 20 years... OMG, I feel really old now... But I tried oil paints in High School and someone I care about a lot told me I had no talent for it, so I stopped. I should have kept going because I really enjoyed it, and I liked what I made. My hubby is amazing though and encourages me in my art, so I decided to give it another go now that I am older, lol. I love your art, I've been watching some of your videos and some from other oil painters for inspiration... I have everything I need now, just trying to get up the guts to start! Thank you for sharing your art with us!
Hi Heather :-) You're the only other person I see that commented "Pineapples" haha! Although, I only got this far down in the comments. When I was in grade 5 or 6, a kid told me I would never be an artist, after making fun of my painting. His painting was awesome, and I believed him. I avoided art for over 30 years...funny how people can affect us with their words, not funny haha. Interesting really, and sad. I'm so happy you have a husband who supports your arting! That's really cool! Have you started painting? I hope so
Your story sounds just like mine! Including the husband part hehe. I started last year with classes and I love them so bad! Besides I love art, I have found that it really helps a lot with my depression, I’ve been under medication for 9 years but this past year the doctor has been giving me lower doses and I’m about to finish with them! It’s incredible how much it has helped me!
Hi Lena, pineapples! You were born to do this! Not only oil painting but teaching people. I started a week ago, and so far (don’t want to be friend any others 😄) your videos were least condescending, most helpful, and inspiring! You get it !!! - meaning you realize many people’s urge to express themselves, not to create a perfect realistic painting. Thank you - without your videos - I’m serious - I probably would not get as dark to realistic painting as painting an apple ☺️. YOU made it look like possible and fun! Thank you..
Wow I really needed this long video ... I really want to sign up to Lena's patreon but I am a student and can't afford it right now ... So this long process videos helps sooooo much
I hope this one helps!! I'll try to make more longer in-depth free tutorials ♥♥♥ thank you for watching ^_^
Lena Danya thank you very helpful as the comment above. Great advice for beginners to do still life studies...think once master them can understand more and learn a lot from this.
Lena Danya would be great if you did a series of basic stills like this something like a year of study ..would get beginners to follow along ..motivation and master them as they paint along with you. Like an art quest...and end if year everyone would advance...one fruit a month or two...not sure if you have time...many students we'd love to support in one way...even if we can't on patreon.
Hi Lena, Greetings to your pineapples too. An excellent demonstration and narrative. You are extremely generous with your detailed information and reasons behind your strokes. This video would be of immense benefit to anyone starting out in oils and should have more prominence amongst TH-cam art videos. I hope to see much more of your work.
Awesome! I finally did my first oil painting following along to this video (with the reference printed out too). It was so helpful getting me started on mixing colors because I had no idea where to start with that. I was expecting a step by step tutorial (like paint nite) but it wasn't and now I'm so GLAD it wasn't! I learned so much more this way. Thank you Lena!
I'm in love with glass, and paper backing for the palette, and pineapples. You do make this look less intimidating, and I'm working through the beginner videos because I ADORE how you are showing oils blend. I think I enjoyed that with acrylics only to find I couldn't use any of it before it dried. So now I'm hyped. Thank you for the video and work put into producing this!
Fabulous detailed explanation of color choices, mixing colors, and applying. I'm a rank beginner, and the equipment explanation was very helpful. Amazing how you got the waxy look of the apple! Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for very much for taking the time to do this!
This was very intuitive ... don’t concern yourself with not being understood. You do a marvelous job of teaching as you go. Your choice of words explaining the techniques was especial. Thanks sooo much.
Hi Lena ! I started watching you a couple weeks ago and I’m totally hooked. I also just started painting (acrylic) but want to experience oil painting after I move. I love your work. I watch your videos when I have anxiety and it truly helps me. Thanks so much for what you do :)
I'm so happy to hear that! :] I hope you get a chance to try oils soon ♥ ^_^ happy painting!
Having never been an oil painter or really understood how the medium worked (acrylic was always my favourite) and not having painted for decades, I'm slowly working through your tutorials, which are great, before I dive into oils big-time. Thank you for your time and effort. Pineapples is the least I could do.
Amazing work, i'm also an artist but stop doing paintings for about 2 decades, now i have to start all over again.
I'm a true beginner and have been afraid to try painting in oil. You have encouraged me to try. Thank you and your video is wonderful.
I signed my 9 year old up for an oil painting class for 10 and up. It starts in 2 weeks and we’re surprising her with her own paints and such. I’m just here to see what kind of mess we are in for 😂
This was very helpful as I have recently returned to oil painting after 30 years of watercolors! I needed a refresher on technique and it was very well worth it! Pineapples!
I should add that I really admire Realism - the detail is incredible.
This is just a wonderful teaching session for beginners! I've gained so much more from this frank and open display of the ordinary mind engaged in creating a piece of art... You have revealed much more about the process of painting than those highly choreographed masters who never make a mistake in any brush stoke. Hooray for the human element in painting! Thank you for your naturalness and honesty.
Wow !! This was excellent and really very useful and being a creator , I can completely see the time and effort you have put into making of this tutorial ❤️❤️
Thankyou for sharing !!
You are an inspiration 🙏❤️
Thank you so much. It was very well done and extremely helpful.
My homework for the weekend...something simple..very detailed explenation and step by step, mixing..observing and okaying mistakes and inaccuracies...what more complete than this would anyone want..excellent...waiting for more.
I've been following you since a long time...thank you.
Ohh man! My head is turning around i watched the whole video really late night and now i really want to paint it now!!! BTW great video for a starter really inspired😙😙😙😙
This is by far the best video for beginners on TH-cam . Thank you so much, Lena for sharing. You truly are an amazing teacher! You are very generous with all of your explanations. Will follow and like! Thank you again ❤
Thank you so much this helped alot. I have been wanting to start painting and I like the look and versitility of oils, but it seemed so daunting. But you Oil Painting Basics video nd this have helped me weave my way through it
PS Pineapples
Okay so I’ve always loved the concept of painting, but I didn’t grow up doing it regularly and so when I started out I was just using acrylic, and it is very challenging to use, I think, because it dries so fast it’s hard to blend. So of course I started to do some research. I started following painters on Instagram and noticed how some paint this one guy used seemed to blend really well and my mind was blown, but I never found out what paint it was. I started watching Bob Ross, and he used oil paint, but his paintings looked complicated and beyond my level of ability because I didn’t understand what oil paint was or how it worked. So when I found your videos explaining the basics of oil paint/ing I was enthralled! I’m so happy I’m beginning to understand new things about painting! I always do lots of research before investing in something and your videos are really helping me understand things that will undoubtedly be helpful. Thank you so much!
Pineapples :)
I don't oil paint, but I am intrigued by the process of it. I also love learning about the different mediums and techniques for oils.
But what I found from watching your videos is a lot of transferable skills like brush techniques and the process of a painting. The biggest thing I have learned is colour theory, especially your explanations about the shadows and high lights.
You are incredible and I love your spirit and perspective on painting. I look forward to your future videos and art works! :)
This is the perfect video. I have been so blocked in simply starting painting with oil. Step by step video with access to the same reference photo. Thank you, thank you, thank you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Pineapples!!!
I'm inspired to try this out. I'm terrified of oils, they've sat in my art drawer for years unopened. I need the skillz!
bettybobo99 aw don't be afraid of them! It's ok to make mistakes and oils are pretty forgiving 💕
Lena Danya I'm going to give it a go. Thanks for the tutorial! 🖌️
sounds like me...
I really got a lot out of this video! Thank you! The slower and more simple subjects that you do like this are a HUGE help to those of us not quite comfortable with oils, yet, so thank you so much!!!
PS - pineapples. Lol
I so glad you made it. Thank you so much, I really appreciate your dedication to your work and channel S2
pineapples btw
thank you! YAS PINEAPPLES!!
You are very good teacher for beginners👍👍👏👏👏👏 please keep more videos on TH-cam for beginners🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
This was just a lovely tutorial. Oh yes, pineapples! I don’t mind the parts you call “repetitive,” I feel beginners need to see those strokes and decisions.
You did an awesome job explaining this! My eight-year-old daughter and I are going to start painting and it looks like I picked the right video to start off with. There were some thumbs down on your video and I cannot understand what they had a problem with? You did great! After watching this I am so excited for us to get started. Thank you!
hi, Lena! thank you for your AMAZING tutorial! I tried to draw with a pencil on a canvas and it shows through paint... any idea how to fix it?
Watching the way you blended and added layers really help to figure out how not to make the colors muddy. Great tutorial I work in acrylic but want to get into oil painting thanks.
The one dislike is an acrylic painter (lol jk)
🙂This could be another reason: za.pinterest.com/pin/450782243934606852/
Lol, what is there not to like?!! (pineapple)
Mary Anne Clifton oh I'm just being silly on the internet :P
apology89 the other watercolour Painters acrylic Painters and people who don’t agree
😂🤣
pineapples!!! I love your tutorials. they're really helpful to some who know nothing about painting with oil (aka me). however I find painting a great way to relax and refresh your mind. spending the time just looking at colors and combining colors and focusing on the details of the painting, it's just such a relief.
Great video ... thanks pineapples 🍍
♥♥♥ ^_^
i got my first set of oil paints for christmas. i have been in love with your art for a while and have been wanting to see a more thorough video on your channel. thanks so much, on behalf of every beginner, for making this video!
I like realism and that apple is edible!
Terry McGeary
what
Pretty much a ripe apple that I'd love to eat! Ahh xD
Terrific video. I love watching every stroke. It's never boring!
Pinapples! hahaha Thank you very much! Amazing video!
I made an apple and I have never been more proud of myself :)
Thanks so much!
Pineapples x2 and cute kitties!!
Great video quality as usual. THANKS
Pineapples!!!! I love your tutorial! I watched it all the way through once before attempting it, I am just starting and have a lot to learn! I appreciate you making these videos!!!
Thank you for this awesome video ❤❤❤️
thank you for watching!
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I think my favorite thing about painting is seeing the paint blend; it's so calming and beautiful.
I was waiting for the tape peeling the entire video 0^0... Pineapples... Love you Lena ❤️
pineapples!! ^_^ YASSS tape peeling is so fun ♥♥♥
Thanks for the great pineapple tutorial! Leaving in all those 'boring' bits is really good for me, as it helps show the useful bits that are often ignored such as going back and reworking areas.
VERY helpful and amazing!! Thank you. 😊😊
Btw, is having a limited pallette better than having a pallette full of different colours?
I think it depends! Limited palettes are great for learning color theory and if on a budget or keeping their possessions minimalistic. But I also love having lots unique pigments that make it possible to paint with colors that would not otherwise not be achieved through basic limited palette simply because those pigments aren't there
I enjoy the details of your art...I am going to purchase an apple today and do my first oil piece. Just finished collecting oil paints....yes watched this video to the end.
Love you! You're amazing!👏❤
Like most everyone else I'm trying oils for the first time coming from acrylics. I have to say I'm only an hour or 2 in and it is very rewarding and frustrating at the same time. It's biggest advantage, blending and long drying time, is also the most difficult part. I'm so used to being able to layer quickly with acrylics. I'm really slowing down. Probably not the worst thing to be honest lol. I've always felt I tend to rush through some of my paintings. Thank you for the careful instruction and demonstration!
What student brand of oil paints do you recomend?! Btw I love your art!!!!!
Andie O'Brien blick has an awesome starter pack! It’s all the great basic colors in smaller tubes for like $60
I linked a Gamblin introductory set in the description + some mediums, it's like $32 on sale at Jerry's Artarama right now :D
Ok thank you!
^ Woah things are pretty expensive in west I guess. I get a $8 set of 24 oils and it's the best quality of student grade oils in my country.
Complimenti! one of my favourite videos! I'm a beginner and you helped me so much with this video! GRAZIE!
So how do you dispose of the galkyd gamsol mix? As far as I know that can't go down the drain
Drea Sachse I've always wondered the same thing.
Drea Sachse I’m not Lena (obviously) but thought I’d jump in here incase you’re still looking for an answer. I always let my galkyd mix, dry in the glass container if there’s any left over. After a couple of days it dries like a piece of plastic and you can just peel it off and throw it away.
i put it in a bowl so i always have some left over, and with the stuff i use to clean my brushes i just leave it out snd eventually the paint falls to the bottom and i can re use it.
I know with acrylic paint water people put the paint water in a container with cat litter in it and the cat litter absorbs the liquid. Then u can throw the clumps of cat litter away in the trash. So I think you can do the same with the gamsol mix. I think with any of the painting substances that should not go down the sink can be put in cat litter.
Great question.
Hi Lena, This tutorial is Just what I have been looking for, step by step. So glad I found you!
I'm pretty new at painting, when I paint the paint is so thin that its a little transparent, I can see the pencil marks of my outline through the paint very very clearly. What am I doing wrong? I'm using linseed stand oil as thinner so is that the problem? Am I not using enough paint?
use very light hand while drawing outlines as they look seemles if not erase them a bit
Oil paintings somtimes require recoating /glazing..
I've been oil painting for months now and didn't even feel like I needed a tutorial but...can't miss a lena video! So soothing just to watch and listen to (I actually got inspired about 10 minutes in and starting painting something entirely different but let the video play all the way through) oh and also, pineapples
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This helped me understand that oil painting starts very generic and abstract. The detail comes with light and shadow not necessarily hard lines. I see it as a painstaking process as well. I have a hard time grasping oil paints and prefer acrylic for the ease of use but want to expand to oils - this tutorial helps me understand how to graduate to oils, thank you.
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Good demo. It’s always helpful to see how someone else tackles fabric so thanks for not cutting that out.
No ha hecho bien la sombra. Ha escogido una fotografía complicada
Very helpful I think it really high lights that it's literally all about shading lol. I think anyone who has been drawing for awhile knows that but I just switched to painting and I think this video really leveled me up from where I was before I watched it.
PINEAPPLES. Thank you Lena. That was very encouraging. What a refreshingly down to earth and relaxing tutorial to watch. I’ve only ever used acrylic paint but want to branch out to oils. Some of the other videos I watched made it seem like quite an intimidating process but yours has made me excited and eager to get my first oil kit. Can’t wait to experiment. Your stuff is awe inspiring but again, how wonderful to see an artist so approachable and talented in the one package. Can’t wait for more. Love from Scotland x
Thank you SO much, Lena! Not only are you an magnificent artist but you are a wonderful teacher! Thanks again!
Pineapples!
Thank you for sharing these videos. There's nothing like watching someone with experience, and getting an explanation while they're at it. I was always intimidated by the very thought of oil painting, but watching you do it, it really seems very enjoyable. Who knows, I might try it myself. =) I am in complete awe of your work!
Pineapple! Loved it! I actually drew and colored the apple using pencil/crayons and some very thin markers as I followed your video! I didn’t have my paints on hand! Turned out pretty good!
Pineapples, and I really enjoyed watching your apple. Don't worry about having to talk throughout, but what you say is great. We don't mind a little silence as the painting process itself is mesmerizing! Thank you.
Lena, thank you for this video for beginners! I haven't really had a lot of time to paint, but I always find myself watching your painting tutorials when I can. Thank you again! Pineapples!
Great editing...commentary..tips...advice...if beginners followed this and just did still life's and get to where it's become second nature...will learn so much...form...shapes...values..brushwork...and ....thanks for this post...hope you'll do more...
I really appreciate the way you explain what you’re doing as you paint. Especially for beginners! Thank
You 🤗
Wow I just watched the whole video without skipping and fully entertained and satisfied 😩
Good painting tutorial. Loved the commentary and the brush strokes. Would like to watch more like this before I dare to take the brush in my hand again.
Excellent video and easy to follow instructions on getting started with oils. I currently paint with acrylics and have been intimated to start with oils. Your video made it look manageable. Thank you~
Pineapples!
Thanks for this tutorial, I discovered you a few days ago and feel inspired by your art and encouragement! Love your art!!!
Thank you so much for making these excessable for people who can't afford to pay for learning to paint. I never would have even tried to learn if it wasn't for your channel. I've found a joy I never new I was missing . I hope great things for your future.. 😂😊
Beautiful apple painting and description of technique. Can’t wait to see more. Thank you.
Thank you so much for spending the time, to share your knowledge and amazing skils. I am about to try oil paint for the first time after struggling with acryics drying so fast, so thanks again, your a brilliant artist x
Now I want to paint an apple. The final product looks so satisfying.
do ett!! ^_^
you have the same name as me
Pineapples! My friend encouraged me to delve into oil painting. Your videos has been very understandable. I can't wait to apply it during my own painting time!
I am just learning to use oil paint. Your tutorials have helped me less intimidated! Thank you for you approach and encouragement! Pineapple!
A good exercise in colour mixing applicable to almost anything we choose to paint!
Excellent video! I have been using acrylics and just started with oils. I'm surprised at how different they are! Your video is a big help. Thanks!
Pineapple!!! Thank you so much for taking the time to explain and demonstrate this for us!
I like that you show the reference. Too many painting tutorials show it only once at the beginning. I appreciate the length and detail -- dont apologize for it! Pineapples
Pineapple! This video is very helpful to me as I make a switch from acrylic to oil. Thank you! Beautifully done.
Pineapples my kitty is the same colors! Her name is Patches.
Love this! Can't wait to try oils again. So realistic it looks like a painting!
Amazing! I want to try oil paints now. I've been using acrylics and I can't stand how fast they dry 😠 thank you for this in depth tutorial. Your teaching method is exactly what I need to learn you are so good at teaching.
Pineapples !!! Thanks so much Lena. I have been following your videos since a very long time. And I would like more such real time tutorials. You really inspire and help me learn a lot. Thank you for everything !
Not only was the pineapple fun but your video was pure oxygen.
Thank you for teaching so patiently
with all the details about color and medium ☺️ can’t wait to try out .
I'm always drawing with pencils and this time I decided to try oil painting..so this video is very helpful..thank you very much:D
Pineapple! Love watching your videos for beginners as I’m just about to jump in.
you are such a good teacher. I would give your videos an A++
I loved painting with oils in high school, but that was years ago and I’ve lost my touch. I’ve been wanting to get back into. This video helped me a ton! I’d forgotten how to properly use the turpentine and mediums together, so thank you for this video!!