Kevin ...good technic tip chat. But i got a suggestion; could there Be less showing of your neck & More of the close-ups? I paint and use combined technics. But for the young and novice the close-ups would help them alot...thank you again 🏁👍🌏🌎🌍☝🙏😁🏁
Apologies if I've commented on this thread before: I'm old, and I forget! But I like painting in oil, and acrylic - and the techniques are different; and with practice, you learn them, and can swap easily between the two. All you really need to do is - do it! Keep separate sets of brushes, learn how to apply the colour in each medium. watch young Kevin, but just keep using the different media and learn for yourself - as I've done for the last 50 + years. You'll learn if you really want to, and if you're prepared to THINK about what you're doing. Don't look for shortcuts - there really aren't any; although - there are some quicker ways to learn, and this young man teaches them: I've been painting for over 50 years, but am still more than happy to learn from him.
You won't ever be able to if you don't keep trying. So - keep trying. I've been doing this for nearly 60 years now = success isn't guaranteed,but you're much more likely to achieve it if you keep plugging away at it. And anyway - it's fun!
The trick is to keep trying! I did my first painting today and yea it was ok but ive learned to always look at it and think "hmm what can i do to make things look more real" and before long u will be painting great! U just have ti keep going!
I tried oil paints for the first time last week and I found it significantly better then painting with acrylics. I only paint people really and oils are amazing for painting skin
@@Ondra_rx7 what?!?!? What do you mean with toxity. I just bought some colours without the cleaning water tho. I wanted to clean the brushes by myself with soap
@@Ondra_rx7 wait one question. Is the oil paint itself toxic or the cleaning water you need to buy. I thought its just the water cuz of some chemical stuff
The fact that oil doesn't dry right away really helps out novices like me that need more time. One of the most difficult things about painting for me is control. Holding your hand in the air with nothing to rest your arm is hard!
Long time acrylic painter, so it was certainly awkward first time I tried oils especially as I work them differently than Kevin showed. Acrylic is great because it dries fast allowing for more transparent glazing techniques which can achieve much more depth than wet on wet which is where oil shines as a medium. Glazing is kind of like varnishing a table. The more layers, the more depth. It's harder to do with oil because it dries way too slow. I think it really comes down to dry time, and how you work that makes for a ones preference. Either wet on wet (oil) or wet on dry (acrylic). I say try them both but understand to try to work toward the mediums strong points for best results.
i love the convenience of acrylic, only reason i might try oils is that with acrylic sometimes its hard to get smooth blending, it just gets kinda streaky with more transparent colors, maybe more opaques blend better....i mean if the end result of oil is not really much superior than why would one not keep using acrylics....
yes but if someone master arcylic it will look like oil. but still oil is KING. but depending on the style or whatever yo're trying to do, Acrylic is very versatile too. thank you.
@@gardenglory6624 it sucks to work with acrylic,it dries so fast.however with oil it blends very well but on the other hand i takes time to dry,you can also use a solvent to make the dring process go more quickly
You can never truly understand the difference between oils and acrylics until you actually FEEL what it's like to paint with each of them. They're like night and day. I tried so hard to like acrylics but I always had problems with "paint crumbs" (from a clogged brush and from overworking the paint while it was drying) because I'm just not quick enough. I envy you. You make it look way easy but it's not!
I prefered oil paints when painting , until a building at my children's school burned down due to turpentine cloths . They were painting some window sills . I moved to a much smaller place to live and felt that acrylics were safer as they use soap and water to clean up. . The one thing I had to get used to was how the paints changed as they dried . However , I loved how quickly they dried ,especially when you used a hair dryer .Oils can give great texture,but so can acrylics with added mediums. Still some say an oil painting is worth more.I do not sell my paintings they are just for me and my family and I prefer safety and peace of mind over all .
@@halodp9161 You're correct. However, we can reduce the amount of paint that gets washed off brushes by using a paper towel to remove as much as possible first. Once acrylic paint is dry it becomes inert in a landfill. Water in a container that you've used to rinse brushes does present a problem. All this said, it's still safer than the chemicals in oil paints and cleaners. Between inhaling the fumes and the old rags used for cleaning, which are flammable, I have chosen not to paint with oils. Acrylic paint is also more economical to buy. As well, younger children with a penchant for painting can use acrylics safely. My grandson is 5 and loves to paint with both acrylics and watercolors.
This is amazing! I always paint with acrylics and never tried oil. I’ve never taken an art class so this video alone was very helpful! You’re so talented!
Hi Kevin, this demonstration is extremely helpful. I am wondering whether to change from acrylics to oils. But you have shown that both have their upside. Also the attention to the details and highlighting is very informative. I have enjoyed your video tremendously. Thank you
If there was only one good thing out of this lockdown , I wonder how many people young , and old have started art ? I have at 74, doing it, and looking at art from the past is an inspiration , I particularly like the impressionist style , but, everyone to there own, there's lots of very talented artists on you tube, Kevin is a talented teacher. Very inspiring!
It's hard to beat the look of oil paint... Especially since oil paintings have the look of depth from the heavy layers of oil actually making a texture.
It´s not necessarily using turpentine, there are odorless thinner, but the important thing is to paint a real good painting, not how long it takes to dry- in climate weather, in 2 weeks you have your painting really dry. The first time I used acrylic it disappointed me, and in this year 2019 I come back to acrylic pushed by the advertisements saying it has developed in texture and color, but it is the same thing than when I painted in the past (around 1987 I guess). The acrylic have a lot of downsides, such as you cannot amend colors after it gets dry, and man, it gets dried in a couple of hours, so imagine from one day to the other! Also it have less capacity of mixing colors, and once it´s dry you cannot blend a thing: you must create other colors and apply on top. Oils its king. So good bye, in my case, to acrylics.
Great experiment Kevin, very informative! I started with acrylics and loved them. Moved to oils and really loved them. Went back to acrylics sometimes and was frustrated until I mixed a retarder medium with impasto medium and use this as my faux 'oil' medium to mix with colours and make acrylics behave more like oils for the upper layers. Now I love them again because the bottom layers dry fast and the upper layers have more work time. Use both types of paint now for different subjects. Love all you do! TFS!!!!
To me the difference is that acrylic dries darker and oil doesn’t . Also, oil is good for plein air and you don’t have to continuously mix to get your color. But when a painting is finished it is hard to tell the difference. I think it’s nice to have choice.
I started with oils too- then moved on to pastels- I've done a few watercolors, and just a little bit of acrylic- I haven't painted for many, many years though- I've been ill- but this is inspiring- very beautiful paintings! thank you for posting this- I subscribed :)
Thank you, Kevin. I just love the way that you chat while you paint and explain. You have such a nice way about you. Thanks for the video. It was really interesting to watch.
I'm watching all I can on oil painting through your videos. I started painting in acrylic and your tips and perspective on the differences helped immensely. Thank you for taking time to make these videos.
My argument for oil: When agents of the evil Dr. Fu Manchu creep on you while you paint, in an attempt to ambush you, you can splash linseed oil medium on the floor, causing them to slip and fall while you escape through the window. Acrylic paint sadly does not give you this often overlooked option.
I am new to this, so I am very glad you included new artists! I've done some acrylic for 2 months and I start oil next tuesday when my delivery of oil paint arrives. Thank you, I'll be watching more of your video's.
I've always used acrylics ever since I took painting as a hobby. Partly due to the ease of cleaning but also because of how their fast drying allows me to precisely control every little detail. I also tend to work fast, so the faster drying time doesn't get in the way of doing in-canvas blending, and I also like to plan and layer the colors, rather than letting the paints decide for me. I do admit I haven't tried oil paints, so I can't give an opinion on which of the two I prefer.
I had been using acrylics for most of my life and I recently switched to oil, It is a medium I had been terrified of for most of my time painting but recently I found to enjoy it. Though I'm an impatient person oil paintings help me with that- I found some very BRIGHT and lively oil paints and I enjoy that.
Kevin have you watched Chuck Black's videos? He paints the whole thing in acrylics then enhances it with oils, which absolutely brings it to life! He also puts "life" in with people, wildlife, farm animals, etc. I go back and forth watching the two of you. Both of you are wonderful artists!
Very interesting doing the difference of Acrylics and Oil's! They both turned out very nice, I paint with acrylics but learning oil's and you are so right on the dry time of oil's. What I like on oil's is you have so much time to be able to blend compared to acrylics. Thank you for a great lesson!
Wow Kevin that was incredibly interesting. You seem to really know a lot about both oil and acrylics, I learned a lot. By the way, somehow I think that oils look more on the realistic side and acrylics more on the fantasy side. The strong light colors from acrylics really give it a nice look. I started oils but might try acrylics soon.
TRied acrylics for a while, but will never go back to their dullness of color & unforgiving hard edges. Oils are juicy and predictable and mixable on the canvas and no, toxic solvents are not necessary.... That is no longer true at all. Oils help me too, because I like painting slowly. If I weren't , maybe I'd be less against acrylics, but.... Whatever you enjoy most, go for it, I say. As long as you're having fun and you like what you're producing with your chosen medium. Oh yeah ... if you mix your oil paints with lots of linseed oil it dries overnight. See Stuart Davies's YT videos to see that technique.
If you are having dullness of color with your acrylics there are a host of mediums that you can add to your paint, or for placement dip your brush in. Also, never use water as a thinner because that will dull acrylics. There also are gels and mediums to slowdown drying time.
But is it ok to just paint oils straight out of the tube? I think the mediums is what scares people away from oils. You said solvents are not necessary, but most people still end up having to thin down their paints. Not only that, but there is the fat over lean and other issues. I prefer oils myself, but I admit, its rather challenging when it comes to mixing the perfect amount of mediums. Not too thick, not too thin
That dullness to acrylics is one of the most frustrating things ever! I love painting dramatic pastel clouds and I started by trying to mix basic reds, yellows, and blues with white to get pastel pinks and yellow and purples and such, but they always looked so bland. Now I use colors like vermillion or hot pink or bright yellow to make sure I really get that vibrant luminosity and really pack a punch with my colors.
Mix gloss medium into your blend. when the ptg is finished, use a light glaze of gloss medium over it. Let it dry completely before varnishing. Your basic color blends will pop. And never thim you basic colors with water.
That happens because you are not using the primary colors. The primary colors are magenta, yellow and cyan. If you mix red with blue you get mud, not purples. Another thing to keep in mind is that you can make any color with the primary colors, but these mixed colors have a limit of how strong they. Because we don't have the perfect magenta, yellow and cyan. For example, the red that comes straight out of the tube is a stronger red than what you get by mixing magenta and yellow.
I use both Acrylics and Oils. Every year manufacturers are improving the paint making process and associated materials so there is no rule to say Oil is better than Acrylic paint or vice versa. It depends what you want to paint and what works best for you as an Artist. As a general rule I like the fluidity of Oils but benefit from the faster drying times of Acrylics and easier clean up.
I use acrylic for painting. I just started learning. Blending on the canvas becomes tough if you are not fast enough while with acrilic whereas in oil you have much freedom in between to sip a cup of tea. You are explaining well with the details thanks a lot kevin waiting for more tips
For the acrylic paint, have you tried using an extending medium? Known as Retarders and Extenders. Like Acrylic glazing liquid by Golden. Or DecoArt Traditions acrylic extender and blending medium. These mediums can extend the drying time. You can add a drop of the liquid to your paint pile on your palette. Or have a separate blob of the liquid on your palette and then dip brush in the liquid before dipping in the paint. Also you can use a very fine mister spray bottle and put water in it and you can periodically spray very lightly your canvas and over your paint to keep them from drying out. These are tips that I've learned from online sources. I really want to try oils because they look like they may suit me better but I have been learning in acrylic for the past couple of years and have spent money on tubes of paint and so I don't want to be buying more paint. The mediums that I mentioned can definitely help though to stop the Acrylic paint drying out so quickly and can help with blending too, makes it a little smoother.
@@Iloveflowers2024 thanks kevin. You are an inspiration to me. To find enough time to scribble for me its a great thing. Thanks for the useful information provided. God bless you kevin. Keep going
You're a natural Kevin. Very helpful video. I usually enjoy painting with oil because the drying time is longer whereas the acrylic is shorter which makes the blending much harder for me.. thanks again for this demonstration
Both are beautiful, I remember when I first saw you paint it was in oils, they were so beautiful too. You seem very more open, talk more, which I really like, wish I was as smart as all you artist are. I use to love watching Bob Ross, you remind me of him, so very good, how y’all have so many thoughts in your brains. I love painting with acrylic because they dry faster. Seems your were 18 when I saw you the first time, it just amazed me,so young and painted so beautiful. So good to see, still painting. Thanks so much for sharing.
Great video. I was always reluctant to get into oils because of the solvent issue. I love water soluble oil paints, besides the cleanup they are exactly like oils, because they are. If you want oils to dry fast just use an alkyd medium. They’ll be dry the next day.
@@joyg8999 hello Joy, I am .....befuddled..... here in South Africa, what is this Gel he used, I asked in art shops, they don't have clear gel, is there a substitute ??
I like Oil painting much better. The smoothness and the vibrancy of the colours is just more agreeable in my mind. Acrylics are nice as well, but Oil painting came out looking better for me.
This was very instructive. I am a pastel painter for many years, and I am interested in trying paint, but unsure about acrylics vs. oils, so I got a lot out of watching you do this exercise in each medium. I'm also impatient, so working in acrylic would probably suit me better, now that I know that certain mediums and techniques would allow me to get some similar results but with faster overall drying.
I love the way you paint! amazing hands! both acrylic and oil are amazing ...it depends on the artist's magic hand on how he could make it appear as real and wonderful ☺👍
I'm avid fan of you from the Philippines mr. Kevin...after my work here in South Korea I just want to create my own painting to make my home beautiful...everyday I see your paintings in your channel that get me some ideas to learn and how to create it so much fun!!❤
This was super helpful. I like acrylic better because I hate the smell of the oil solvents but I would love to get into oil painting more as I’ve discovered there’s ways to paint without the solvents. I also thought about using open acrylics instead but they are so expensive.
I am new here and I decided not to buy oil at the moment because it could be too messy. I prefer to learn an practice more basic skills with other mediums first. Thanks for Ur channel
It's always amazed me how traditional painting looks very neat. The cloud looks easy to be drawn with that brush unlike in digital paint with default brush, like in PS.
I started in oils so im partial to oils. I like the blending ability and there are no mistakes in oil because of the slow drying time. U walk away and come back to it and say..i dont like that tree or mountain, its easy to change it. The colors are more mat and give a more life like appearance. Acrylics are brighter and more of a quick painting process. Acrylics dry so fast u got to work fast and keep a water bottle handy to make changes or if the paint drys to fast. They have a realism but not as much as oils.
I've always enjoyed painting with acrylics. I think about getting some oils once in awhile, but then I think of how long they take to dry. That turns me off.
What a great demo - I am a very slow painter so oils are great for me but I like acrylics because it forces me to paint faster. These paintings are fabulous! You explain everything so well.
I can't decide which one I like more. Both seem way too complicated for me to even dare to try them, but I love seeing what other people do with acrylics and oils.
grab a canvas. grab some paint (start with acryllics as its easier on the beginner.) put laptop or tablet next to you and play pause paint pla pause paint along with him. it will give you joy and confidense and the feeling of how to do it
Very informative comparison of two mediums: Acrylic v.s. Oil. Love it. I enjoyed your video. My experience : With Oil-slow dry; Acrylic- quick dry. With oil& using turpentine, not so safe( one might not like the smell); Acrylic with water is safer. Oil has more vibrant color than Acrylic. Oil painting is more expensive than Acrylic, in my opinion. Thanks for your awesome video. Kudos!
I love acrylics .Here both looks the same , but taking the time into consideration ,I'll prefer acrylics and the other reason is ...am..acrylics are smooth to use😅
The oils for me always leave a softer effect and i just love it but dont have a studio 😢 so can only use oils in the summer months and outside, so acrylics are my other months medium
Kevins oil paints and medium are all "toxic," free, no smell, ...the solvent free gel is non toxic, no need for ventilation, oils are pigments mixed with plain old linseed, walnut or safflower oil. The gel also is non flammable. No worries ,I paint in my apt studio all the time.
Joy G we live in a rented place so i cant do anything else apart from paint in a conservatory on the back of the bungalow we live in with plastic all over the floors and its so frustrating i would love a studio in the back garden but until i sell more of my paintings the conservatory will have to do
Interesting. This video reminded me of why I might not go back to oils. I kept seeing opportunities for layering that could not occur because of the medium. I probably would have wiped half that dark paint off and started again and ended up with oil paint everywhere. Very nice save, though. You have a lot of confidence and skill.
I don't know, I'll not say that was a biased comparison, but it really seems he's put more effort on the oils than acrylics, like he started in acrylics and fixed things he didn't liked in acrylics in the oils moments. I know that oils blends better and stuff but you can came very close to oils with some effort. That will compensate and save time when you get the drying stage of your paintings.
this was really cool to see, i'd love to see a portrait painter do a side by side as well. I've never used oil -- can you explain what the gel is, and why you put it on and then wipe it off? thanks for the video, really nice work here.
More nuance and subtlety with the oils that I prefer. Also, easier, in the long run to work with. I prefer oils, water soluble ones to acrylics, hands down. Even my abstractions have been mostly done in oils. Thanks for all the good work you do in educating us.
From where I'm sitting they look about the same to me 😁 but then I've never painted with oils.... No, I lie....painting by numbers 😀 Those 2 pictures are wonderful and you're very relaxing to listen to. Thanks for sharing 👏👏👍
Gouache is matt and can't really be blended like oil and acrylics. They're mainly used for illustrative purposes and look alot brighter than any other paints do. Won't work in this case.
@@gur262 Why use retarder for acrylics when you can use oilpaint that doesn't need retarder ?! That's a complicated workaround for someting that already exists, isn't it ?
Both mediums have their pros and cons. Acrylic is cheaper because you don’t need things like painting mediums or paint thinner. Also, it isn’t as toxic as oil paint. It also doesn’t take as long to dry as oil (drying time is also the con for acrylic). Oil, however, is more vibrant. Oil takes ALOT longer to dry and because of that, you’re able to go back and continue working on it without worrying about it drying.
nice video, right with acrylic paint we can't accomplish a seamless transition, the colors also quickly become dull and look cheap. But acrylics can be used to start a painting. At the end they need to be painted over. This also creates depth, an oil painting looks richer when we build it up with tempera or acrylics
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when is the oil set is coming back in stock????
There are no acrylic in your website
Great work Kevin, do you have Instagram?
Kevin ...good technic tip chat.
But i got a suggestion; could there
Be less showing of your neck &
More of the close-ups? I paint
and use combined technics.
But for the young and novice
the close-ups would help them
alot...thank you again
🏁👍🌏🌎🌍☝🙏😁🏁
@@quetzalflight5790 - Yes, angling the camera from the right more would help. :)
Apologies if I've commented on this thread before: I'm old, and I forget! But I like painting in oil, and acrylic - and the techniques are different; and with practice, you learn them, and can swap easily between the two. All you really need to do is - do it! Keep separate sets of brushes, learn how to apply the colour in each medium. watch young Kevin, but just keep using the different media and learn for yourself - as I've done for the last 50 + years. You'll learn if you really want to, and if you're prepared to THINK about what you're doing. Don't look for shortcuts - there really aren't any; although - there are some quicker ways to learn, and this young man teaches them: I've been painting for over 50 years, but am still more than happy to learn from him.
thank you for the advice! it's always so good to see people that truly love doing art. i feel inspired
Thank you for the advices sir
Awesome advice for a beginner like myself!
Bless you
Hi Robert, why do you need to keep separate sets of brushes?
They both look exactly like something I would never be able to paint.
You won't ever be able to if you don't keep trying. So - keep trying. I've been doing this for nearly 60 years now = success isn't guaranteed,but you're much more likely to achieve it if you keep plugging away at it. And anyway - it's fun!
LOL!!! You will be amazed what you can do when you try, I know I was. :)
Stan, I bet you can!
The trick is to keep trying! I did my first painting today and yea it was ok but ive learned to always look at it and think "hmm what can i do to make things look more real" and before long u will be painting great! U just have ti keep going!
Hahaahhaha
Let’s just take a moment to appreciate his handwriting for the “acrylic” and “oil” on the canvas.
Its ugly
I appreciated it
@@crustykrab1990 You ugly
those are printed labels, as he stated at the beginning
I thought that was edited.
I tried oil paints for the first time last week and I found it significantly better then painting with acrylics. I only paint people really and oils are amazing for painting skin
I wanna be painting with portraits oils but I'm scared of the toxicity so I'll buy acrylics :/
@@Ondra_rx7 what?!?!? What do you mean with toxity. I just bought some colours without the cleaning water tho. I wanted to clean the brushes by myself with soap
@@Ondra_rx7 wait one question. Is the oil paint itself toxic or the cleaning water you need to buy. I thought its just the water cuz of some chemical stuff
@@_eyedex_3563 both apparently, but the water is more toxic so I reccomend you to paint somewhere with a good ventilation
@R. Ahern oh ok, I knew that the mediums are toxic I just thought that the oil paint too but a less toxic
The fact that oil doesn't dry right away really helps out novices like me that need more time.
One of the most difficult things about painting for me is control. Holding your hand in the air with nothing to rest your arm is hard!
Only know did I realize that yeah, the lack of an armrest while painting does add a challenge!
@@tjjavier😂🤣 I get a shaky hand so that’s what I need too thanks
Acrylic looks more soft focused and oil looks more HD.
you will see that soft focus glow on oils after few years. just like the old paintings in the museums.
Oil is realy beautifull 👌🎨
My eye keeps going to the acrylic. Crisper and less “congested” maybe.
@@yuvtube1 or spray the acryllics with finisher and you get same glow
Thank you for your suggestion❤❤
Never seen anyone painting with so much confidence. I am feeling like I am watching magic.
Long time acrylic painter, so it was certainly awkward first time I tried oils especially as I work them differently than Kevin showed. Acrylic is great because it dries fast allowing for more transparent glazing techniques which can achieve much more depth than wet on wet which is where oil shines as a medium. Glazing is kind of like varnishing a table. The more layers, the more depth. It's harder to do with oil because it dries way too slow. I think it really comes down to dry time, and how you work that makes for a ones preference. Either wet on wet (oil) or wet on dry (acrylic). I say try them both but understand to try to work toward the mediums strong points for best results.
i love the convenience of acrylic, only reason i might try oils is that with acrylic sometimes its hard to get smooth blending, it just gets kinda streaky with more transparent colors, maybe more opaques blend better....i mean if the end result of oil is not really much superior than why would one not keep using acrylics....
Acrylic looks like painting........ Oil looks like life
yes but if someone master arcylic it will look like oil. but still oil is KING. but depending on the style or whatever yo're trying to do, Acrylic is very versatile too. thank you.
He put more time in the oil one
@@gardenglory6624 I think acrylic and oil can be indistinguishable, but oil lends it's self to smoother texture and acrylic to harder texture.
@@gardenglory6624 it sucks to work with acrylic,it dries so fast.however with oil it blends very well but on the other hand i takes time to dry,you can also use a solvent to make the dring process go more quickly
I use acrylic and I think there’s a way to get rid of the harsh edges by blending them with water , acrylic can turn into water colors some times 🤗
You can never truly understand the difference between oils and acrylics until you actually FEEL what it's like to paint with each of them. They're like night and day. I tried so hard to like acrylics but I always had problems with "paint crumbs" (from a clogged brush and from overworking the paint while it was drying) because I'm just not quick enough. I envy you. You make it look way easy but it's not!
I prefered oil paints when painting , until a building at my children's school burned down due to turpentine cloths . They were painting some window sills . I moved to a much smaller place to live and felt that acrylics were safer as they use soap and water to clean up. . The one thing I had to get used to was how the paints changed as they dried . However , I loved how quickly they dried ,especially when you used a hair dryer .Oils can give great texture,but so can acrylics with added mediums. Still some say an oil painting is worth more.I do not sell my paintings they are just for me and my family and I prefer safety and peace of mind over all .
its not worth the trouble using chemicals to clean brushes and thd thought that its all too commercial selling oils.
@@eduardochavacano tbf acrylic paint does contribute to microplastics in water so all mediums will have one disadvantage
@@eduardochavacano Oil, dishwasher or artists’ soap should dilute or clean them decently if the usual option is not safe.
@@halodp9161 You're correct. However, we can reduce the amount of paint that gets washed off brushes by using a paper towel to remove as much as possible first. Once acrylic paint is dry it becomes inert in a landfill. Water in a container that you've used to rinse brushes does present a problem. All this said, it's still safer than the chemicals in oil paints and cleaners. Between inhaling the fumes and the old rags used for cleaning, which are flammable, I have chosen not to paint with oils. Acrylic paint is also more economical to buy. As well, younger children with a penchant for painting can use acrylics safely. My grandson is 5 and loves to paint with both acrylics and watercolors.
Omg you are so adorable. I love your voice and manner and your very pleasant teaching style, and of course your awesome paintings. You're the cutest.
This is amazing! I always paint with acrylics and never tried oil. I’ve never taken an art class so this video alone was very helpful! You’re so talented!
Hi Kevin, this demonstration is extremely helpful. I am wondering whether to change from acrylics to oils. But you have shown that both have their upside. Also the attention to the details and highlighting is very informative. I have enjoyed your video tremendously. Thank you
I dont know, but your voice and apttitude give me many peace!!!
Congratulations !!¡ Good videos and paintings. Please more people like you
I agree,,,,he sounds so much like the late great mr.rogers..they both have that calm rich deep soothing voice..
If there was only one good thing out of this lockdown , I wonder how many people young , and old have started art ? I have at 74, doing it, and looking at art from the past is an inspiration , I particularly like the impressionist style , but, everyone to there own, there's lots of very talented artists on you tube, Kevin is a talented teacher. Very inspiring!
It's hard to beat the look of oil paint... Especially since oil paintings have the look of depth from the heavy layers of oil actually making a texture.
Definitely OILs for me, it pops out and has a nicer feel than acrylic. Very soothing to watch, nice...I really enjoyed it.
I agree definetly oil much bette for painting and also for a hyperrealistic approach?
It´s not necessarily using turpentine, there are odorless thinner, but the important thing is to paint a real good painting, not how long it takes to dry- in climate weather, in 2 weeks you have your painting really dry. The first time I used acrylic it disappointed me, and in this year 2019 I come back to acrylic pushed by the advertisements saying it has developed in texture and color, but it is the same thing than when I painted in the past (around 1987 I guess). The acrylic have a lot of downsides, such as you cannot amend colors after it gets dry, and man, it gets dried in a couple of hours, so imagine from one day to the other! Also it have less capacity of mixing colors, and once it´s dry you cannot blend a thing: you must create other colors and apply on top. Oils its king. So good bye, in my case, to acrylics.
And looks more realistic
It's like Christmas morning whenever you upload! Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us constantly, lots of love!
Klaudia M 🎉
Great experiment Kevin, very informative! I started with acrylics and loved them. Moved to oils and really loved them. Went back to acrylics sometimes and was frustrated until I mixed a retarder medium with impasto medium and use this as my faux 'oil' medium to mix with colours and make acrylics behave more like oils for the upper layers. Now I love them again because the bottom layers dry fast and the upper layers have more work time. Use both types of paint now for different subjects. Love all you do! TFS!!!!
To me the difference is that acrylic dries darker and oil doesn’t . Also, oil is good for plein air and you don’t have to continuously mix to get your color. But when a painting is finished it is hard to tell the difference. I think it’s nice to have choice.
I love painting in both oil and acrylic... and sometimes I combine the two together. I really enjoyed watching this video.
I started with oils too- then moved on to pastels- I've done a few watercolors, and just a little bit of acrylic- I haven't painted for many, many years though- I've been ill- but this is inspiring- very beautiful paintings! thank you for posting this- I subscribed :)
I hope you get better m8. Get well soon♥️💕
Thank you, Kevin. I just love the way that you chat while you paint and explain. You have such a nice way about you. Thanks for the video. It was really interesting to watch.
I'm watching all I can on oil painting through your videos. I started painting in acrylic and your tips and perspective on the differences helped immensely. Thank you for taking time to make these videos.
I started with acrylic, but once I tried oil that was it! I fell in love! Great idea on this video! I always enjoy! Thank You!
My argument for oil: When agents of the evil Dr. Fu Manchu creep on you while you paint, in an attempt to ambush you, you can splash linseed oil medium on the floor, causing them to slip and fall while you escape through the window. Acrylic paint sadly does not give you this often overlooked option.
*snort* good point! 😆👍🏻
HA HA HA one point of course to be looked at I suppose...
Now I'm going to be looking over my shoulder!😂
Wow that's poetic and some cool wordsmithery. I like it.
I am new to this, so I am very glad you included new artists! I've done some acrylic for 2 months and I start oil next tuesday when my delivery of oil paint arrives. Thank you, I'll be watching more of your video's.
I've always used acrylics ever since I took painting as a hobby. Partly due to the ease of cleaning but also because of how their fast drying allows me to precisely control every little detail. I also tend to work fast, so the faster drying time doesn't get in the way of doing in-canvas blending, and I also like to plan and layer the colors, rather than letting the paints decide for me. I do admit I haven't tried oil paints, so I can't give an opinion on which of the two I prefer.
I had been using acrylics for most of my life and I recently switched to oil, It is a medium I had been terrified of for most of my time painting but recently I found to enjoy it. Though I'm an impatient person oil paintings help me with that- I found some very BRIGHT and lively oil paints and I enjoy that.
Kevin have you watched Chuck Black's videos? He paints the whole thing in acrylics then enhances it with oils, which absolutely brings it to life! He also puts "life" in with people, wildlife, farm animals, etc. I go back and forth watching the two of you. Both of you are wonderful artists!
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What sets you apart from so many other RUclips art teachers is your awesome demeanor
Oil, seems more brilliant , and sparkly. Good work ! Thank you.
Very interesting doing the difference of Acrylics and Oil's! They both turned out very nice, I paint with acrylics but learning oil's and you are so right on the dry time of oil's. What I like on oil's is you have so much time to be able to blend compared to acrylics. Thank you for a great lesson!
Wow Kevin that was incredibly interesting. You seem to really know a lot about both oil and acrylics, I learned a lot. By the way, somehow I think that oils look more on the realistic side and acrylics more on the fantasy side. The strong light colors from acrylics really give it a nice look. I started oils but might try acrylics soon.
Wow, look how everything just came together, lovely 😊.....both the acrylic and oil look fantastic ‼️
TRied acrylics for a while, but will never go back to their dullness of color & unforgiving hard edges. Oils are juicy and predictable and mixable on the canvas and no, toxic solvents are not necessary.... That is no longer true at all. Oils help me too, because I like painting slowly. If I weren't , maybe I'd be less against acrylics, but.... Whatever you enjoy most, go for it, I say. As long as you're having fun and you like what you're producing with your chosen medium.
Oh yeah ... if you mix your oil paints with lots of linseed oil it dries overnight. See Stuart Davies's YT videos to see that technique.
What solvent do you use?
Detail more about the solvents. Thanks in advance!
PS: it isn't just the solvents that are bad. Oils are toxic as well.
If you are having dullness of color with your acrylics there are a host of mediums that you can add to your paint, or for placement dip your brush in. Also, never use water as a thinner because that will dull acrylics. There also are gels and mediums to slowdown drying time.
" lots of linseed oil " stuart is always saying it has an additive though, its not just linseed on its own.
But is it ok to just paint oils straight out of the tube? I think the mediums is what scares people away from oils. You said solvents are not necessary, but most people still end up having to thin down their paints. Not only that, but there is the fat over lean and other issues.
I prefer oils myself, but I admit, its rather challenging when it comes to mixing the perfect amount of mediums. Not too thick, not too thin
Man! I’ve been waiting for this presentation for ever. Thank you so much Kevin for taking the time and illustrating the differences between those two.
That dullness to acrylics is one of the most frustrating things ever! I love painting dramatic pastel clouds and I started by trying to mix basic reds, yellows, and blues with white to get pastel pinks and yellow and purples and such, but they always looked so bland. Now I use colors like vermillion or hot pink or bright yellow to make sure I really get that vibrant luminosity and really pack a punch with my colors.
Mix gloss medium into your blend. when the ptg is finished, use a light glaze of gloss medium over it. Let it dry completely before varnishing. Your basic color blends will pop. And never thim you basic colors with water.
That happens because you are not using the primary colors. The primary colors are magenta, yellow and cyan. If you mix red with blue you get mud, not purples. Another thing to keep in mind is that you can make any color with the primary colors, but these mixed colors have a limit of how strong they. Because we don't have the perfect magenta, yellow and cyan. For example, the red that comes straight out of the tube is a stronger red than what you get by mixing magenta and yellow.
I use both Acrylics and Oils. Every year manufacturers are improving the paint making process and associated materials so there is no rule to say Oil is better than Acrylic paint or vice versa. It depends what you want to paint and what works best for you as an Artist. As a general rule I like the fluidity of Oils but benefit from the faster drying times of Acrylics and easier clean up.
Both acrylic & oil are good, also good artist, but the oil seems to have more depth than the acrylic.
Good vid. Ty. Liked and shared.
that is cuz in the oil painting the rocks cover more space on the bottom/front so the background is pushed farther back due to illusion of space.
Which first to apply acrylic or oil on canvas?
I use acrylic for painting. I just started learning. Blending on the canvas becomes tough if you are not fast enough while with acrilic whereas in oil you have much freedom in between to sip a cup of tea. You are explaining well with the details thanks a lot kevin waiting for more tips
For the acrylic paint, have you tried using an extending medium? Known as Retarders and Extenders.
Like Acrylic glazing liquid by Golden. Or DecoArt Traditions acrylic extender and blending medium.
These mediums can extend the drying time.
You can add a drop of the liquid to your paint pile on your palette.
Or have a separate blob of the liquid on your palette and then dip brush in the liquid before dipping in the paint.
Also you can use a very fine mister spray bottle and put water in it and you can periodically spray very lightly your canvas and over your paint to keep them from drying out. These are tips that I've learned from online sources.
I really want to try oils because they look like they may suit me better but I have been learning in acrylic for the past couple of years and have spent money on tubes of paint and so I don't want to be buying more paint.
The mediums that I mentioned can definitely help though to stop the Acrylic paint drying out so quickly and can help with blending too, makes it a little smoother.
@@Iloveflowers2024 thanks kevin. You are an inspiration to me. To find enough time to scribble for me its a great thing. Thanks for the useful information provided. God bless you kevin. Keep going
Amazing. It never occurred to me about the "thousand colors" with oil. I like them both about the same. Thank you, Kevin!! A wonderful experiment.
You're a natural Kevin. Very helpful video. I usually enjoy painting with oil because the drying time is longer whereas the acrylic is shorter which makes the blending much harder for me.. thanks again for this demonstration
Great demonstration! And the studio is still looking very good.
Both are beautiful, I remember when I first saw you paint it was in oils, they were so beautiful too. You seem very more open, talk more, which I really like, wish I was as smart as all you artist are. I use to love watching Bob Ross, you remind me of him, so very good, how y’all have so many thoughts in your brains. I love painting with acrylic because they dry faster. Seems your were 18 when I saw you the first time, it just amazed me,so young and painted so beautiful. So good to see, still painting. Thanks so much for sharing.
I like the way you present this video in a friendly slow teaching and the idea to put both in one canvas. Thank you so much as I learnt a lot.
Thank you, Kevin. I truly enjoy watching you paint and think you're a sweetheart! You have a pleasant voice ...happy painting and God bless! 🎨🖌🏞💙
Great video. I was always reluctant to get into oils because of the solvent issue. I love water soluble oil paints, besides the cleanup they are exactly like oils, because they are. If you want oils to dry fast just use an alkyd medium. They’ll be dry the next day.
jeffhreid if you oil paint the way kevin does. ..there's no "solvents," he's a solvent free...toxic free oil painter. The gel he uses is solvent free.
@@joyg8999 hello Joy, I am .....befuddled..... here in South Africa, what is this Gel he used, I asked in art shops, they don't have clear gel, is there a substitute ??
Odlicna lekcija ,tvoji saveti su znacajni ja slikam uceci iz ovih emisija ,hvala puno,predivne slike.Pozdrav iz Srbije.
I like Oil painting much better. The smoothness and the vibrancy of the colours is just more agreeable in my mind. Acrylics are nice as well, but Oil painting came out looking better for me.
Indeed !
this is brilliant... I really enjoyed. I Paint with oils... not exactly a newbie but still struggle. I will be viewing many more...
I've always wondered about the difference between the two mediums. This is so helpful!
This was very instructive. I am a pastel painter for many years, and I am interested in trying paint, but unsure about acrylics vs. oils, so I got a lot out of watching you do this exercise in each medium. I'm also impatient, so working in acrylic would probably suit me better, now that I know that certain mediums and techniques would allow me to get some similar results but with faster overall drying.
I love the way you paint! amazing hands! both acrylic and oil are amazing ...it depends on the artist's magic hand on how he could make it appear as real and wonderful ☺👍
I'm avid fan of you from the Philippines mr. Kevin...after my work here in South Korea I just want to create my own painting to make my home beautiful...everyday I see your paintings in your channel that get me some ideas to learn and how to create it so much fun!!❤
Have a wonderful time painting, and fill those walls.
Acrylics have jumped up in price in the last couple of years! Don't know why! But I will try oils from now on!!
This was super helpful. I like acrylic better because I hate the smell of the oil solvents but I would love to get into oil painting more as I’ve discovered there’s ways to paint without the solvents. I also thought about using open acrylics instead but they are so expensive.
I am new here and I decided not to buy oil at the moment because it could be too messy. I prefer to learn an practice more basic skills with other mediums first.
Thanks for Ur channel
Fantastic artist. I enjoyed seeing the comparisons!
Doesn’t matter oil or acrylic, magic in your hands but I love oils !!!
Thanks for such a honest teachings,!,,!!Such side by side acrylics and oils paintings really help so much for a beginner like me!,,,!!!Thanks a ton!
I like your lesson here Sir Kevin. Thank you for sharing it. God bless you..
Great technique; loved the results of the skies. Thanks.
I really like them both, but I prefer the depth of the oil paining which is quite richer in my opinion.
I'm just starting to get use to acrylic but will definetely try oil paint in summer thanks for the demo...
It's always amazed me how traditional painting looks very neat. The cloud looks easy to be drawn with that brush unlike in digital paint with default brush, like in PS.
I agree with you but I mean if you're using photoshop you can download custom textured brushes or scan your own textures and making them into brushes.
Thank you for sharing this! I've been painting with acrylic and have just started with oils. This explanation is really useful!
it seems strange but... I do prefer acrylic here :/
clearly hes not experience in oil and the Technic he used in oil is wrong if you not careful it turn muddy in oil paint.
@@sniperfox5329 He knows more than me and at least he tried and yes, I will be sticking to acrylic. 😊
@@sniperfox5329 yeah. a river of mud
I love acrylics.
@@sniperfox5329 technique
Both of them looks great...:)(: I love nature painting so much...Im fall in love with mother nature...
I started in oils so im partial to oils. I like the blending ability and there are no mistakes in oil because of the slow drying time. U walk away and come back to it and say..i dont like that tree or mountain, its easy to change it. The colors are more mat and give a more life like appearance. Acrylics are brighter and more of a quick painting process. Acrylics dry so fast u got to work fast and keep a water bottle handy to make changes or if the paint drys to fast. They have a realism but not as much as oils.
Fantastic demonstration! I watch your tutorials all the time and learn so much! Thank you, Kevin!
I've always enjoyed painting with acrylics. I think about getting some oils once in awhile, but then I think of how long they take to dry. That turns me off.
Julie Nielsen same here
Nd..thn.. they can CHANGE COLOR. whn they do dry!.. 😣
What a great demo - I am a very slow painter so oils are great for me but I like acrylics because it forces me to paint faster. These paintings are fabulous! You explain everything so well.
You've got that B.R. vibe to you. This was very helpful. What is the difference between water soluable oils and regular oils?
I have always wondered the difference between the two mediums. Now, I need to jump in and try painting! Wish me luck!
I can't decide which one I like more. Both seem way too complicated for me to even dare to try them, but I love seeing what other people do with acrylics and oils.
grab a canvas. grab some paint (start with acryllics as its easier on the beginner.) put laptop or tablet next to you and play pause paint pla pause paint along with him.
it will give you joy and confidense and the feeling of how to do it
Very informative comparison of two mediums: Acrylic v.s. Oil. Love it. I enjoyed your video. My experience : With Oil-slow dry; Acrylic- quick dry. With oil& using turpentine, not so safe( one might not like the smell); Acrylic with water is safer. Oil has more vibrant color than Acrylic. Oil painting is more expensive than Acrylic, in my opinion. Thanks for your awesome video. Kudos!
I love acrylics .Here both looks the same , but taking the time into consideration ,I'll prefer acrylics and the other reason is ...am..acrylics are smooth to use😅
I love your enthusiasm !!! It’s awesome !!!
Lovely work! Thank you for the video, I believe I will stick with my acrylics. I cannot stand when a medium won't dry fast, like acrylic does. ☺
This was a super cool video. I love oil techniques but I work with acrylics. Thanks so much.
The oils for me always leave a softer effect and i just love it but dont have a studio 😢 so can only use oils in the summer months and outside, so acrylics are my other months medium
Kevins oil paints and medium are all "toxic," free, no smell, ...the solvent free gel is non toxic, no need for ventilation, oils are pigments mixed with plain old linseed, walnut or safflower oil. The gel also is non flammable. No worries ,I paint in my apt studio all the time.
Joy G we live in a rented place so i cant do anything else apart from paint in a conservatory on the back of the bungalow we live in with plastic all over the floors and its so frustrating i would love a studio in the back garden but until i sell more of my paintings the conservatory will have to do
Interesting. This video reminded me of why I might not go back to oils. I kept seeing opportunities for layering that could not occur because of the medium. I probably would have wiped half that dark paint off and started again and ended up with oil paint everywhere. Very nice save, though. You have a lot of confidence and skill.
I don't know, I'll not say that was a biased comparison, but it really seems he's put more effort on the oils than acrylics, like he started in acrylics and fixed things he didn't liked in acrylics in the oils moments. I know that oils blends better and stuff but you can came very close to oils with some effort. That will compensate and save time when you get the drying stage of your paintings.
This is so helpful. I can't believe I've never seen anybody do this before. Thank you!
this was really cool to see, i'd love to see a portrait painter do a side by side as well. I've never used oil -- can you explain what the gel is, and why you put it on and then wipe it off? thanks for the video, really nice work here.
Hey Kevin I saw ur video it's really helpful for me to understand difference between oil and acrylic painting. Thanks
More nuance and subtlety with the oils that I prefer. Also, easier, in the long run to work with. I prefer oils, water soluble ones to acrylics, hands down. Even my abstractions have been mostly done in oils. Thanks for all the good work you do in educating us.
From where I'm sitting they look about the same to me 😁 but then I've never painted with oils.... No, I lie....painting by numbers 😀 Those 2 pictures are wonderful and you're very relaxing to listen to. Thanks for sharing 👏👏👍
For me its about funktion and time, I like the speed with acrylics, but if I need really smooth blending/taking my time I use oil.
I think they both look beautiful!!
Yeah the basic difference: Oils take years to dry and acrylics dry too quickly, just use gouache
True 😂
Gouache is matt and can't really be blended like oil and acrylics. They're mainly used for illustrative purposes and look alot brighter than any other paints do. Won't work in this case.
Just use retarder or literally glycerin. Or paint wet on wood.
Use spray
@@gur262 Why use retarder for acrylics when you can use oilpaint that doesn't need retarder ?! That's a complicated workaround for someting that already exists, isn't it ?
Wow! Kevin fantastic tutorial, your a really good artist. I loved your video. Thank you.
Both mediums have their pros and cons. Acrylic is cheaper because you don’t need things like painting mediums or paint thinner. Also, it isn’t as toxic as oil paint. It also doesn’t take as long to dry as oil (drying time is also the con for acrylic).
Oil, however, is more vibrant. Oil takes ALOT longer to dry and because of that, you’re able to go back and continue working on it without worrying about it drying.
You are so talented, I won't ever be able to do anything close to what you did so very quickly. :)
Thank you, Kevin! This is exactly what I asked for, a side by side lesson. 😊 Very helpful as I learn oil. Much appreciated!
Please can you tell me Kevins surname? Im trying to get him on pinterest..
This was very interesting. You are a great instructor. Thanks!
nice video, right with acrylic paint we can't accomplish a seamless transition, the colors also quickly become dull and look cheap. But acrylics can be used to start a painting. At the end they need to be painted over. This also creates depth, an oil painting looks richer when we build it up with tempera or acrylics