Portrait painting demonstration - Ewan McClure and Michael Samson
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- This video gives an overview of various professional portrait painting practices in Oils and Acrylics. We hope you enjoy following the creation of the two artworks! Thanks for watching...
That painting on the bottom right peaking through the bars of the easel is throwing me off. lmao Wonderful video, I really enjoyed it! Both of you are really talented.
This is great! I particularly admire the patience of the wee chap at the bottom right. He's transfixed!
Alan McClure loool
Lol. The peeper
Thank you Ewan and Michael, I enjoyed watching you work while I sat by the fire this dark evening and Storm Henry passed by. I liked that you go to the lengths of posting your work, and the comments going back and forth, and observing how the portraits acquire form and depth. The cat looked pleased to be included.
I'm guessing she will take the right one home... Capturing the best parts of a face and not emphasizing the not so nice is a true gift! Beautiful model!
great video enjoyed it very much thank you !!! not forgetting the cat !
Really enjoyed this. Mike I'm glad you rescued your painting by fixing the eye. They are both a pleasure to look at.
Smashing video, very helpful and interesting, love this way of painting guys and great lady model, GOD bless!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
wow amazing both of them.
The one on the right looks more painterly but I can see the likeness in both (perhaps more so in the left one). Well done. I can only dream of doing this. It was fascinating to watch. Thank you. The cat was funny though.
Fascinating watching the build up to the end result!
Experience speaks for itself. Thank you both for sharing this.
Thank you both for a great video and agree with 'Virtual Brian's comments, I also feel the artist on the left had two distinct disadvantages, first and foremost, painting with the model on the Wrong Side i.e. A valuable golden rule is:- Right handed, keep subject on left and if you are left handed, keep subject on right. This may seem trivial, but experience has taught me (and hundreds of artists) is is not! The other is, acrylic verses oil and for the blending process alone, they are a world apart. Oil, by far is the easiest medium to work with, like watercolour, you can wait and watch it work itself, which does not happen in acrylic and as wonderful as acrylic is, without the artist attention, the painting will remain static.
A bit too much talking, but I really like the sped-up parts where you can see the magic of brushstrokes eventually putting together a cohesive image! Also, I really like that there are two different approaches to check out, and the positioning of the model and the 2 canvasses was really ideal! Thank you for sharing! More, please!
thank you so kind beautiful work
both are talented , good stuff
Great video, thanks for sharing. You can really tell the difference in painting styles. The artist on the right really has made many more strokes on his painting making it look a bit muddy. Also the proportions are a bit off. The artist on the right has focused more on proper proportions and has made many fewer brush strokes. The result is a better/more accurate painting on the right. Again, thanks for sharing. So many things to think about and learn from.
Oops, the artist on the LEFT used more brush strokes resulting in an overworked, muddy and inaccurate painting. Artist on the RIGHT used fewer strokes that were more thoughtful resulting in a more accurate and better painting. In my opinion. Great video though.
@@virtualbrian maybe you should do a demo and we can criticize
@@robingagan6288 Feel free to criticize my artwork here: www.artstation.com/bmccarrie
Did anybody notice that weird lady looking at the camera through a small window in the bottom right corner?
What kind of brush is the guy on the left using for the block in? that huge soft looking one
You should look up measuring techniques there are many. Comparative measurement for scaling up is one that's well known and part of the academic process from the old atelier method.....
If you have these kind of lighting conditions you have to use what you know instead of what you see
I'm gratefully surprised that artists do this ....setting themselves up to be criticized by all these experts
Por lo visto no conocen a John Singer Sargent, una leve recorrida por un libro que tiene imagenes de sus retratos, les daria al menos, respeto por la modelo.
i think it comes down to whether your sitter is a model or a client.. if it's a model being paid to sit then it's really up to the artist to do whatever they want. however, i'd imagine the vast majority of traditional portraits are commissions, where the "flatter" rule should be taken seriously.. obviously men can't be expected to climb inside the mind of a woman, but seems like it should go without saying that a woman doesn't want to look tired, older, sadder, etc. probably the easiest way to think of it: is this something a woman, or her husband, parents, children, etc, (whoever is paying), going to want to look at and feel good about, day in, day out, for the rest of their lives? of course a subject should be instantly recognizable to their loved ones, but i think the goal should be to "idealize" them as they would appear on their BEST day, (well rested, perfect angle, perfect lighting, etc). ewan's portrait reasonably checks every box.. michael's on the other hand...not so much.
"blurring the eyes” I was thinking they should do that then he suggested it..ha. BTW How long did this lady have to sit there¿ She looked ticked off at the end!
I like the cat 😀
Do we all blink that often or is it her
Black is blue really
Nice Work
ARE this guys beginners
I think this painting could've looked a lot better if your lighting conditions would have been right but the flesh tones look very dirty
Mike certainly did not try to flatter the model.. she looks tired and sick.. the one on the right looks very natural and softer.. Not beautiful at all though.. that poor model is lovely!!!
Yeah, I agree with the comment below. Acrylic man was way too fussy. If you've ever studied Sargent he uses a brush stroke to make a crease, a collar, or an eye lid. The acrylic artist took way too long fussing over detail and he still got the proportions wrong. His painting of the model ended up looking like a tired hag whereas the guy doing the oil used fewer strokes, a loser style and she ended up with a dignity and the beauty she really possesses. It has nothing to do with acrylic vs oil, it has to do with technique and proportion. Over a year ago so I doubt anyone will read this anyway. Fun to watch. Thanks for the art.
I was going to comment on the person peeking in on us but several comments have already been made...oops I guess I just commented..xD
Both made her older, artists should always make women prettier and younger 😉 just like Sargent did
Ewans painting is better in my opinion. More acurate...less strokes....better skintones and value. But both are very nice
Both painting looks a lot older than the model
MIKES WAS AN UNFLATTERING VERSION OF A CARTOON, AND EWAN MADE A PORTRAIT OF LIKENESS
The one on the left does not resemble her...........too much gray around the eyes.......
These chaps do a lot of talking and not much painting....! Lmao
Tremendamente pobres los dos retratos. ... Muchas palabras pero envejecieron a la modelo, dos aprendices...
Hasta el gato se queja de ver lo hacen...
you both captured a likeness but not the natural beauty of this woman .
the one on the right looks to chiseled and the other on the left looks to old
Mud !
That kitty-cat should of been imposed some way.
on left looks like old indian. Sorry, i'll stick with my technique.
Why don't you do a demo then
ALL TALK AND NO ACTION