Francis, your knowledge, and your art skills never cease to amaze me! Art Nouveau followed by Art Deco are, and have always been, my favourite eras. Many years ago it was the household items and jewellery I would notice, but these days, the art as shown by you has also piqued my interest, but also overwhelmed me with the sheer amount of detail. You broke everything down so well and that helped with this feeling of being overwhelmed, that back then was meticulously hand drawn and coloured. Just imagine making an obvious error with the final stroke of your pen! Arghhhh!!! It doesn’t bear thinking about. Your sketching skills are another area I admire so much. I understand that years of practice and hard work go into these skills, but honestly, you were gifted a huge amount of natural skill through your family as I know both Mother and Grandmother were/are extremely talented. You must have been brought up within a riot of colour! What an interesting series to make. I will watch and enjoy, but alas not join in. My hand tremors and sudden jerks are just not conducive to such accuracy. However, being able to watch, listen and learn from you will be lovely. Are you currently still at original address? Thank you for taking the time to make such wonderful, and very unique videos. 🎨🖌️👩🏻🎨😊❤️
Aww thank you Anita 🤗🌻 Your comments always make me smile and mean a lot to me! I felt the same as you described with Art Nouveau for a long time and decided to battle this head on by analyzing and dismantling some paintings step by step. It is the one style I keep coming back to and wish I could emulate with less effort. As with so many things in life, practice makes perfect (or at least better) and that's what I'll do! In my new flat I will also make some Art Nouveau inspired ceramics (or air dry clay sculptures), I'm already very excited for that :) In fact for the longest time I thought it was normal to have linocut materials, 10 pounds of clay and all these different materials at home 😂 I was very fortunate to have access to those so early.
i’ve been self-studying art nouveau for a while as i work on a current project inspired by the movement. this video is really comprehensive and practical. i really love the tip on creating depth by overlapping the subject with the frames and using different line weights. thank you!!
I'm very enamoured by William Morris wallpaper and Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife. I'd love to see demonstrations of one of those artworks! Thanks!
I also would love to do a study of the simplified facial lines chosen in Art Nouveau and how to narrow in on what elements you keep and which ones you don’t when drawing a portrait in this style. Thank you again!!☺️🫶🏻
Awesome idea, Diana! I find the faces very difficult as well. I am too heavy handed with watercolors and would need another medium for the finer details, but an analysis would be helpful either way 🤓 I'll write it on my lengthy video-to-dos 💪
I just discovered your video while looking for some art nouveau painting tips and I really liked it! And I appreciate so much that you shared all these valuable resources
I am glad you liked it! I'll have a watercolor version of my sketch in the next video and I'll do my best to give some insight into the painting and thought process :)
I thank you for the video there are so little instruction on this style I’m so overwhelmed but you have helped me so very much I’ll have to watch your video a few times to understand better thank you again
Thank you, this was very timely as I'm in the middle of designing an art nouveau lino print. Normally I paint still lives in oil, but wanted to do something else for a bit and needed to brush up in the fundamentals. I'm going to watch your other videos as well now : )
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I’ve always loved the style, and recently I started doing a lot of copying/studying of drawing in this style. However, I was struggling a little to put the stuff I learned to use until I came across your video!! The exercises are really helpful!! I’ll definitely be using them to practice the style 🥰
That's awesome, thank you for the feedback 🥰 It clicked for me when I saw unfinished Mucha sketches and just how many assisting geometric lines he used. It takes a lot of preparation and practice, but it'll pay off in the end 💪
Thanks for your feedback, Andres! Art Nouveau really achieved its goal of creating a holistic art style that encompasses all those different artistic disciplines. I am still looking for a book that covers only glass and metalware in this time. If I ever find one about iron, I'll let you know 👍
What a huge amount of information, Francis! Thank you so much for posting this. I’ve recently become besotted with the paintings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and am attempting a watercolour painting in his style. I understand that CRM’s pictures were outlined in pencil rather than pen. Was that something specific to him, do you know? I’ve also been trying to find out what paper he used. Either it was white paper that has discoloured with time, or he put a wash down first. The more I research, the more questions I have. I can find lots of information about CRM and the Glasgow style, but very little about his painting methods. Any tips gratefully received.
Hi Genny! Thank you for reaching out, and with such an intriguing request as well :) I went to archive.org (as I so often do) and looked through some books about Mackintosh. Somehow I thought he was a glass artist first and foremost, because I mostly encountered those works so far. I am very enarmoured with the austrian art nouveau period and don't know as much about the movement off-continent as I do about the secession movements in central Europe. But I always love to learn! From my understanding Mackintosh's approach with pencil is so prevalent, because he came from an architectural background and kept some habits throughout his life. He only slowly made his way into painting and other arts and crafts and I found a lovely extract about it from Pamela Robertson in this book, which you can borrow and access with a free account: archive.org/details/charlesrenniemac0000unse/ It starts at the book page 291 and is called "The Making of a Painter". It's a very interesting read and I hope it gives you a good starting point for further research. I would love to know which paper he used as well! Sometimes when I use Hahnemühle paper I can't quite believe how many great artists painted on those as well. Or who else might have used DaVinci brushes. It gives me a sense of connection to other artists throughout time. Best wishes Francis 🌻
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Francis, your knowledge, and your art skills never cease to amaze me! Art Nouveau followed by Art Deco are, and have always been, my favourite eras. Many years ago it was the household items and jewellery I would notice, but these days, the art as shown by you has also piqued my interest, but also overwhelmed me with the sheer amount of detail. You broke everything down so well and that helped with this feeling of being overwhelmed, that back then was meticulously hand drawn and coloured. Just imagine making an obvious error with the final stroke of your pen! Arghhhh!!! It doesn’t bear thinking about. Your sketching skills are another area I admire so much. I understand that years of practice and hard work go into these skills, but honestly, you were gifted a huge amount of natural skill through your family as I know both Mother and Grandmother were/are extremely talented. You must have been brought up within a riot of colour! What an interesting series to make. I will watch and enjoy, but alas not join in. My hand tremors and sudden jerks are just not conducive to such accuracy. However, being able to watch, listen and learn from you will be lovely. Are you currently still at original address? Thank you for taking the time to make such wonderful, and very unique videos. 🎨🖌️👩🏻🎨😊❤️
Aww thank you Anita 🤗🌻
Your comments always make me smile and mean a lot to me!
I felt the same as you described with Art Nouveau for a long time and decided to battle this head on by analyzing and dismantling some paintings step by step. It is the one style I keep coming back to and wish I could emulate with less effort. As with so many things in life, practice makes perfect (or at least better) and that's what I'll do!
In my new flat I will also make some Art Nouveau inspired ceramics (or air dry clay sculptures), I'm already very excited for that :)
In fact for the longest time I thought it was normal to have linocut materials, 10 pounds of clay and all these different materials at home 😂 I was very fortunate to have access to those so early.
i feel so inspired by art nouvou. it have everything that i love.
💯
i’ve been self-studying art nouveau for a while as i work on a current project inspired by the movement. this video is really comprehensive and practical. i really love the tip on creating depth by overlapping the subject with the frames and using different line weights. thank you!!
Thank you for your feedback and best wishes for your project! Sounds exciting ☀️
Very approachable start to drawing the Mucha style.
Just watched four videos about art noveau. Yours definitely the best. Thank you. You just won a new follower here.
This was wonderful, thank you so much for this thoughtful tutorial on a style I adore! Very educational 💖
I'm very enamoured by William Morris wallpaper and Charles Rennie Mackintosh and his wife. I'd love to see demonstrations of one of those artworks! Thanks!
I also would love to do a study of the simplified facial lines chosen in Art Nouveau and how to narrow in on what elements you keep and which ones you don’t when drawing a portrait in this style. Thank you again!!☺️🫶🏻
Awesome idea, Diana! I find the faces very difficult as well. I am too heavy handed with watercolors and would need another medium for the finer details, but an analysis would be helpful either way 🤓 I'll write it on my lengthy video-to-dos 💪
This is by far the most comprehensive video I've watched on Art Nouveau. Thank you!
This was awesome! I'm on a constant search for good information on Art Nouveau techniques. I think this is the best video I've found so far. Thanks!!
Thank you :)
I just discovered your video while looking for some art nouveau painting tips and I really liked it! And I appreciate so much that you shared all these valuable resources
I am glad you liked it! I'll have a watercolor version of my sketch in the next video and I'll do my best to give some insight into the painting and thought process :)
so many amazing tips, I love it ☺☺☺
Thanks, Chantelle! Lovely new profile picture you have there :)
This was an amazing intro to this style. Thank you.
Very informative and exactly what I needed.. thank you so much 🥰👍
I'm inspired to try this myself! Thank you thank you for the tips!
Would love to see the art movements like deco or bauhous in this format if you haven't done it yet. Very insightful and informative.
You’re very pretty and I appreciate the information. Thank you.
I thank you for the video there are so little instruction on this style I’m so overwhelmed but you have helped me so very much I’ll have to watch your video a few times to understand better
thank you again
That makes me very happy to hear, Santa :) Thank you for your feedback and happy painting
Francis 🌻 ☀️
This is an excellent tutorial.
Thanks, Rob!
Thank you, this was very timely as I'm in the middle of designing an art nouveau lino print. Normally I paint still lives in oil, but wanted to do something else for a bit and needed to brush up in the fundamentals. I'm going to watch your other videos as well now : )
I'm happy to hear it, Thanks, Flybat! Are you painting the art nouveau style in oil as well? I imagine that looks incredible
This is one of the best simplistic art nouveau videos...excellent!
Thank you! 🌻
I love art nouveau! This was a great video. Practical art tips and resources.
Very informative and analytical video - much thanks for encapsulating so much valuable information in a crisply edited video!
Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it ☀
You are super underrated, i cant tell how much i appreaciate this video it was absolutely great. I learned a lot, thanks for the tips and resources 💕
Thank you for your feedback, İlayda! I appreciate it :)
Absolutely learned new things about the resources and indeed the individual design elements. Many thanks 😊
Happy to hear that, thanks :)
Amazing video! You’ve explained it so well without making it overwhelming!
Thank you 🌻
This was a fantastic video with some really awesome exercises included. Brilliant and to the point :) Thank you!!
I appreciate your feedback, Thanks Ariel 🥰
Loved these tips! You really broke down the art style, and made it so easy to understand. Thanks so much girlie! :D
Hiii, somehow your comment slipped my radar. Thanks so much for your feedback 🙂 i'm glad it's helpful
Thank you so much for this tutorial!! I’ve always loved the style, and recently I started doing a lot of copying/studying of drawing in this style. However, I was struggling a little to put the stuff I learned to use until I came across your video!! The exercises are really helpful!! I’ll definitely be using them to practice the style 🥰
Also!! You’re extremely resourceful as well!! I’ll definitely be checking out google art and culture
That's awesome, thank you for the feedback 🥰
It clicked for me when I saw unfinished Mucha sketches and just how many assisting geometric lines he used. It takes a lot of preparation and practice, but it'll pay off in the end 💪
Thank you for this! I learnt a lot! I will use this for my school art project! Once again, many thanks! By the way, you’re really pretty :)
a good video as it is
really usefull , i would love one about gustav klimt
or the use in iron in art nuveau !
much love Andres
Thanks for your feedback, Andres!
Art Nouveau really achieved its goal of creating a holistic art style that encompasses all those different artistic disciplines. I am still looking for a book that covers only glass and metalware in this time. If I ever find one about iron, I'll let you know 👍
you did a very nice job on this video.
Thanks for your feedback!
AMAZING video!! Also as a big FATM fan I audibly gasped when I saw your print of the dance fever cover. Im in awe
Thank you!! Her Dance Fever Photoshoot was just made for an art nouveau interpretation.
What a huge amount of information, Francis! Thank you so much for posting this. I’ve recently become besotted with the paintings of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and am attempting a watercolour painting in his style. I understand that CRM’s pictures were outlined in pencil rather than pen. Was that something specific to him, do you know? I’ve also been trying to find out what paper he used. Either it was white paper that has discoloured with time, or he put a wash down first. The more I research, the more questions I have. I can find lots of information about CRM and the Glasgow style, but very little about his painting methods. Any tips gratefully received.
Hi Genny! Thank you for reaching out, and with such an intriguing request as well :) I went to archive.org (as I so often do) and looked through some books about Mackintosh. Somehow I thought he was a glass artist first and foremost, because I mostly encountered those works so far. I am very enarmoured with the austrian art nouveau period and don't know as much about the movement off-continent as I do about the secession movements in central Europe. But I always love to learn!
From my understanding Mackintosh's approach with pencil is so prevalent, because he came from an architectural background and kept some habits throughout his life. He only slowly made his way into painting and other arts and crafts and I found a lovely extract about it from Pamela Robertson in this book, which you can borrow and access with a free account: archive.org/details/charlesrenniemac0000unse/
It starts at the book page 291 and is called "The Making of a Painter". It's a very interesting read and I hope it gives you a good starting point for further research.
I would love to know which paper he used as well! Sometimes when I use Hahnemühle paper I can't quite believe how many great artists painted on those as well. Or who else might have used DaVinci brushes. It gives me a sense of connection to other artists throughout time.
Best wishes
Francis 🌻
@@FrancisArtStudio Thank you for that. I’ll follow the link.
Hey, I really enjoyed the video! I clicked on the link to the Art Nouveau Watercolor channel and it's not working.
Thanks for telling me 👍 it should work now
I want to make a desert theme😼
Thanks so much! Brilliant tips!
Thank you ☀️