About disposing of paint rags/paper towels...these are highly flammable when saturated with turps! I dispose by having a separate container to throw them in near my easel and after a session it's out to the fire pit behind the house where they are burned......stand back when doing so because there will be a flash! The reason I don't put them in the house trash or in the trash can to be picked up later is that they can self combust given the proper closer and temperature. Enjoy your videos...much to learn here.
Hi! I got 'oil painting with light and color' book today! Very interesting and detail. Hope i can paint like you when im done. Oh nice tip on the thinner.👍🏼
The only art classes I ever took were in oil painting. That was all that was offered in my small town. I have tried other mediums, but there is nothing like feel of oil paint. Plus I am a slow painter and I like the long trying time so I can fix stuff
I’m fairly new to your tutorials and really want to say how much I enjoy them. They’re short (so much more accessible) and you always seem to touch on the subjects I’m currently interested/struggling with. Could you do one on glazes please? When to glaze, how much of the painting to glaze, can it only be done with transparent colours?
As someone who has painted with both acrylics and oils, (oil for my fine art, while using acrylics for my illustration) I will tell you acrylics do not "teach bad habits" but you are correct in saying many people try to carry over the techniques with acrylic to oil and it absolutely won't work. You can do the same with either oils or acrylics, the difference is time it take to achieve it. With oils, you can achieve something totally different in far less time than what you can do with acrylic for the learning curve involved. If I had to say, many oil painters won't know how to perfectly glaze until they learn to master acrylic, BUT, an alla prima oil painter will be thwarted by trying to use acrylic techniques.
I’ve got an idea for a video, if you haven’t already done one and I just haven’t seen it yet... brushes: hair vs. synthetic, longer vs. shorter brushes, reasons for choosing this one over that one for specific tasks and why. Maybe could show each brush with different thicknesses of paint or what they’re best suited with etc. A lot of youtubers mention what brush they’re using but don’t explain why that is their choice for the specific task at hand.
Hi Chris! Thanks for answering my question :) You had me in stitches when you were working out on the bike, so unexpected and the bit at the end. Very funny! So the bike scene was my favourite followed by the first take with Nicholas Cage painting in the background. Alas, I have something to confess before I saw this I went and bought oils and acrylics because so I was so confused but I like what you said earlier I will just go all-in with Oils and give it a shot!
Rags with paint thiner/solvents in them, lay them out flat, let them dry up in a cool place, then dispose of them in a metal can. The problem with paint thinners and solvents is they are combustable VOC's. They will spontaneously combust if you crumple them up and or put them in a hot place. Lay them out flat with lots of ventilation.
Love your clear answers to questions and seeing some of your medium sized works! I started with acrylics and moved onto oils recently because of wanting to portraits, I LOVE OIL PAINTS, the texture, the slower dry time, rich pigment and a little oil paint goes a long way, whereas acrylic I used a lot of it because it dries too quickly. Thanks Chris, for sharing your time and knowledge! Will sign up on Patreon. Do you happen to know how to know how to mount canvas paper? I painted something frame worthy on the canvas paper 😜
Hi Chris, enjoying every one of your videos! I can't get the brush dip in my country, and wonder if there's anything similar in the market that's more widely available? Something to allow for my brushes not to dry out throughout the week would be good!
@@sandradelvecchio6894 I use Utrecht Safflower oil 16oz bottle and pour into small glass jar with lid I think I got at the dollar store. NOW Clove oil from Amazon or a Health store. 4 oz. Pour Safflower oil into the small glass jar 3/4 full and add 6 or so drops of clove oil. Don't bother measuring anything, it doesn't have to be exact. Wipe brushes of excess paint and dip into mixture. Lay brushes flat of best slightly handle elevated so the mixture doesn't settle in ferrule. Just add more oil ratio mix as it gets low in the jar (like approx 100/1) Wipe off oil mix on brushes before using again. I almost never clean my brushes and they stay soft for over a week. I hate cleaning brushes and this works for me. Good luck.
Love the painting behind bike, but tough choice, i heard an artist on youtube talk about paper towels with linseed being potetnially flammable so need to dampen before binning though think she was in a hot country and I'm in Scotland so......probably not as much an issue here lol?
Hey want to say thanks for keeping it simple. I made some head way in painting, that line seed oil helped Idk I just pick up the brush and kinda just went with it helps when you dont over complicated. Now I kinda just see its mixing and matching colors. Anyways, felt like you helped make it click for me. Now I just have to get faster. I'm working on a portrait going really slow, It's been like two weeks almost done though. It's looking good actually, but I'll admit that's really slow. But hey that's kinda why I like oils paintings tough with the quick dry times. I want to get faster speed Is important right haha 😝 Welp, have a good one. I'm still check out your channel. But gotta just paint sometimes and be with that madness lol
Hi Chris! I forgot to ask to mention before- What are your thoughts on eco solvents and oil paints? Are there pros and cons of using them? I've seen them here in NZ
Could you demonstrate how to paint thin thin lines like eyelashes, eyebrows and stray hairs? Because I've used my thinnest brush and the hairs still come out thick ☹️
Linseed oil is combustible and can catch on fire burning your whole house to the ground. I recommend cleaning your solvent rags with water before disposing them. Or you can do what I do and just burn em outside in a can or barrel
Paint Coach I have seen it happen to a carpenter. His garage caught fire. He used more than what a painter would use. But I thought it was worth mentioning because accidents happen and if you clean up a spill and dispose of those rags there is a possibility of a combustible fire. Pretty much everyone knows solvents are flammable but most wouldn’t think linseed oil is too
You seem to have managed to sell out "fill your paintings.." in the UK for the last couple of months single handedly, dude! Also any recommendations for substitute brush dip as matey won't export to Europe?
Thanks for answering my previous question! I have another one about the fat over lean rule, which says that you should add more oil into your most recent layers of paint, but you say that you use linseed oil to thin your paint and at some point for your last layer you just use straight paint out of the tube? Doesn't that contradict the fat over lean rule since you don't add more oil into your paint? Cheers.
My question is what are your thoughts on lead white paint/cremnitz white/flake white I know it was the standard before titanium white and many famous painters used it such as lucian freud, have you tried it? I honestly think the toxicity has been greatly over exaggerated.
transparent and opaque, in painting , there are areas need to be transparent and other need to be opaque, Lead white will allow other colors underneath to show. to me, Titanium white is a bully, a little extra and it will ruin the colors then you will end up with chalkiness! for the toxicity, you are good unless you eat it lol . Try not to get it on hands and wash them after you finish!
Fat over lean rule, Under painting layers can use some thinner, 1st painting or 2nd painting layer can use some oil medium , remember the paint comes in tube has oil medium already so you may need a little bit to make the paint workable, 2nd layer you can oil out the painting to judge values.
Paint Coach I had just started using baby oil to do the same thing but quickly realized the ba y oil was disintegrating my oil paint. Good thing I’m not that good yet or I’d be mad 🤣
A Question: I'm currently practicing portraits but they always turn out looking cartoonish or a little bit one dimensional, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. do you have any advice?
question for next week (and I'm sorry if you've already answered): How to make it on social media? I just started my youtube channel and the videos obviously only get a couple of 100 views if that. What tips do you have to increase engagement, also instagram if you will :)
😂You cracked me up on that exercise bike. I do appreciate the variety but still love what you normally better. Your studio just looks so cool. The very last shot of the video was my favorite.
About disposing of paint rags/paper towels...these are highly flammable when saturated with turps! I dispose by having a separate container to throw them in near my easel and after a session it's out to the fire pit behind the house where they are burned......stand back when doing so because there will be a flash! The reason I don't put them in the house trash or in the trash can to be picked up later is that they can self combust given the proper closer and temperature. Enjoy your videos...much to learn here.
I want a whole video on the bike!! Haha
That's too much cardio
Thank you for answering my question! Also, my favorite scene or area your in is when your outside.
No problem!
The seven shades of Cage are a must have background!
Hi! I got 'oil painting with light and color' book today! Very interesting and detail. Hope i can paint like you when im done. Oh nice tip on the thinner.👍🏼
Have fun!
That Kobe painting is amazing!!
Thanks!
The only art classes I ever took were in oil painting. That was all that was offered in my small town. I have tried other mediums, but there is nothing like feel of oil paint. Plus I am a slow painter and I like the long trying time so I can fix stuff
I agree!
I’m fairly new to your tutorials and really want to say how much I enjoy them. They’re short (so much more accessible) and you always seem to touch on the subjects I’m currently interested/struggling with. Could you do one on glazes please? When to glaze, how much of the painting to glaze, can it only be done with transparent colours?
Loved how you kept changing the background in the video!
As someone who has painted with both acrylics and oils, (oil for my fine art, while using acrylics for my illustration) I will tell you acrylics do not "teach bad habits" but you are correct in saying many people try to carry over the techniques with acrylic to oil and it absolutely won't work. You can do the same with either oils or acrylics, the difference is time it take to achieve it. With oils, you can achieve something totally different in far less time than what you can do with acrylic for the learning curve involved. If I had to say, many oil painters won't know how to perfectly glaze until they learn to master acrylic, BUT, an alla prima oil painter will be thwarted by trying to use acrylic techniques.
I’ve got an idea for a video, if you haven’t already done one and I just haven’t seen it yet... brushes: hair vs. synthetic, longer vs. shorter brushes, reasons for choosing this one over that one for specific tasks and why. Maybe could show each brush with different thicknesses of paint or what they’re best suited with etc. A lot of youtubers mention what brush they’re using but don’t explain why that is their choice for the specific task at hand.
Not the outside, but really liked paint talk while painting
Hi Chris! Thanks for answering my question :) You had me in stitches when you were working out on the bike, so unexpected and the bit at the end. Very funny! So the bike scene was my favourite followed by the first take with Nicholas Cage painting in the background. Alas, I have something to confess before I saw this I went and bought oils and acrylics because so I was so confused but I like what you said earlier I will just go all-in with Oils and give it a shot!
Good luck!
I want to see Kensie in the background!!❤️🐶❤️
The painting of Kobe is great!
Rags with paint thiner/solvents in them, lay them out flat, let them dry up in a cool place, then dispose of them in a metal can. The problem with paint thinners and solvents is they are combustable VOC's. They will spontaneously combust if you crumple them up and or put them in a hot place. Lay them out flat with lots of ventilation.
Love your clear answers to questions and seeing some of your medium sized works! I started with acrylics and moved onto oils recently because of wanting to portraits, I LOVE OIL PAINTS, the texture, the slower dry time, rich pigment and a little oil paint goes a long way, whereas acrylic I used a lot of it because it dries too quickly. Thanks Chris, for sharing your time and knowledge! Will sign up on Patreon. Do you happen to know how to know how to mount canvas paper? I painted something frame worthy on the canvas paper 😜
Brush dip was explained by him (DrawMixPaint guy) to be a few drops of clove oil and pure safflower oil.
Nick Cage background is def the best background by far.
I was on watercolors first then acrylics then oils over acrylic. 🤷
Hi Chris, enjoying every one of your videos! I can't get the brush dip in my country, and wonder if there's anything similar in the market that's more widely available? Something to allow for my brushes not to dry out throughout the week would be good!
I also highly recommend Macpherson’s latest book Conversations With Nature.
I'll for sure check that out!!!!!!!!
You can make brush dip with Safflower oil and clove oil.
What’s the proportion on that? Any idea? I bought it from draw mix paint once. But would like to make some
@@sandradelvecchio6894 I use Utrecht Safflower oil 16oz bottle and pour into small glass jar with lid I think I got at the dollar store. NOW Clove oil from Amazon or a Health store. 4 oz. Pour Safflower oil into the small glass jar 3/4 full and add 6 or so drops of clove oil. Don't bother measuring anything, it doesn't have to be exact. Wipe brushes of excess paint and dip into mixture. Lay brushes flat of best slightly handle elevated so the mixture doesn't settle in ferrule. Just add more oil ratio mix as it gets low in the jar (like approx 100/1) Wipe off oil mix on brushes before using again. I almost never clean my brushes and they stay soft for over a week. I hate cleaning brushes and this works for me. Good luck.
Love the painting behind bike, but tough choice, i heard an artist on youtube talk about paper towels with linseed being potetnially flammable so need to dampen before binning though think she was in a hot country and I'm in Scotland so......probably not as much an issue here lol?
Thanks for the video :) and yes I can’t find some materials most probably because of pandemic
I bought Rosemary brushes but they did not hold their shape. Rosemary Co. suggested it’s because I used Gamsol. What paint thinner do you use?
Hey want to say thanks for keeping it simple. I made some head way in painting, that line seed oil helped Idk I just pick up the brush and kinda just went with it helps when you dont over complicated. Now I kinda just see its mixing and matching colors. Anyways, felt like you helped make it click for me. Now I just have to get faster. I'm working on a portrait going really slow, It's been like two weeks almost done though. It's looking good actually, but I'll admit that's really slow. But hey that's kinda why I like oils paintings tough with the quick dry times. I want to get faster speed Is important right haha 😝 Welp, have a good one. I'm still check out your channel. But gotta just paint sometimes and be with that madness lol
Hi Chris! I forgot to ask to mention before- What are your thoughts on eco solvents and oil paints? Are there pros and cons of using them? I've seen them here in NZ
Could you demonstrate how to paint thin thin lines like eyelashes, eyebrows and stray hairs? Because I've used my thinnest brush and the hairs still come out thick ☹️
you got it
@@paintcoach Thanks so much! 🙈
Thank you!!!
Welcome!
Linseed oil is combustible and can catch on fire burning your whole house to the ground. I recommend cleaning your solvent rags with water before disposing them. Or you can do what I do and just burn em outside in a can or barrel
john Foster have you ever known of someone that has happened to?
Solvent rags or linseed oil rags ? who uses that much Linseed oil on rags?
I have known of a garage fire caused by linseed oil rags. He was a woodworker not a painter
Paint Coach I have seen it happen to a carpenter. His garage caught fire. He used more than what a painter would use. But I thought it was worth mentioning because accidents happen and if you clean up a spill and dispose of those rags there is a possibility of a combustible fire. Pretty much everyone knows solvents are flammable but most wouldn’t think linseed oil is too
You seem to have managed to sell out "fill your paintings.." in the UK for the last couple of months single handedly, dude!
Also any recommendations for substitute brush dip as matey won't export to Europe?
Thanks for answering my previous question! I have another one about the fat over lean rule, which says that you should add more oil into your most recent layers of paint, but you say that you use linseed oil to thin your paint and at some point for your last layer you just use straight paint out of the tube? Doesn't that contradict the fat over lean rule since you don't add more oil into your paint? Cheers.
1:00 you are a good rapper 😂💙
Hi Chris - can you tell us what type of varnish you use? I’ve been using Gamvar Gloss varnish and think it might be too luminous. Thanks!
Hey Chris can you recommend an oil painting book specifically for portraits?
Do you make your own canvases?
My question is what are your thoughts on lead white paint/cremnitz white/flake white I know it was the standard before titanium white and many famous painters used it such as lucian freud, have you tried it? I honestly think the toxicity has been greatly over exaggerated.
transparent and opaque, in painting , there are areas need to be transparent and other need to be opaque, Lead white will allow other colors underneath to show. to me, Titanium white is a bully, a little extra and it will ruin the colors then you will end up with chalkiness! for the toxicity, you are good unless you eat it lol . Try not to get it on hands and wash them after you finish!
Question when are you supposed use medium or paint thinner
Fat over lean rule, Under painting layers can use some thinner, 1st painting or 2nd painting layer can use some oil medium , remember the paint comes in tube has oil medium already so you may need a little bit to make the paint workable, 2nd layer you can oil out the painting to judge values.
I love this guy.... Not like that ..but i do
How long does brush dip last? I figure 16oz for someone like me who paints once or twice a week will last a bit...?
It lasts a long time. I got the 16oz and it lasted 6 months
Paint Coach I had just started using baby oil to do the same thing but quickly realized the ba y oil was disintegrating my oil paint. Good thing I’m not that good yet or I’d be mad 🤣
Paint Coach this brush dip has simplified the process soooooo much!!! Thanks!! Now cleaning brushes for hours is a thing of the past :)
I believe it's pronounced Devereux.
It's like my life began when I started oil painting! acrylics were awful! i hated the smell even!
A Question: I'm currently practicing portraits but they always turn out looking cartoonish or a little bit one dimensional, I don't know what I'm doing wrong. do you have any advice?
I would have to see them first. My IG is Forza43
they aint cost nothing for me mannn
*doesn't see Pittsburgh Penguins mug.....
STEELERS!
I appreciate the advice but spending the first five minutes in this video and not talking about the books feels like click bait.
question for next week (and I'm sorry if you've already answered): How to make it on social media? I just started my youtube channel and the videos obviously only get a couple of 100 views if that. What tips do you have to increase engagement, also instagram if you will :)
😂You cracked me up on that exercise bike. I do appreciate the variety but still love what you normally better. Your studio just looks so cool. The very last shot of the video was my favorite.