I don't know about format, but two subjects that would be interesting are, starting from a client brief, or just starting a painting. Decision making and things like that. And, the other thing is matching colors from a reference without color picking. I still tend to use that as a crutch. I recently purchased Rebelle 6 Pro and was thinking of possibly mixing colors as you would in real traditional painting, but that would take some getting used to. When RUclipsrs do live videos, they never seem to be when I'm around, so I usually just watch them later, so live or not, in my situation, doesn't really make a difference.
Took me a little why to get to this. Missed you man. Some thoughts in two parts: 1. Listening to you, your thick brush style is your pure art "voice" if you will. Your more highly rendered work is your commercial art "voice". What you are discussing when you talk about how your art is better returning to your original style, if I'm hearing you correctly, is akin to Bruce Lee's "Absorb what is useful and disregard the rest" in terms of your pure art "voice." So you have learned what it takes through reps what is involved in producing highly rendered works and unconsciously taken back some of those processes and techniques in your textured work and disregarded what you don't need. Which is pure progression in my book. Don't know of I'm getting that message right but its what I get. 2. I think these types of videos are your golden ones. Because (and you mention it in your video) is that these thoughts can be taken and used across all the disciplines in the arts ... and beyond. If click and subscribes are what you're after, it's probably not the pathway to pursue. But for a posterity point of view these ones are invaluable. I'm a geek so I've trawled your video history and what these videos do is display your progression as a visual artist... and gamer if you go really far back. If you wanted to show your kids in years to come what your art meant to you, these are the ones I would show them. I'll watch the crap out of anything you produce so only my five cents worth. Peace.
Brent, you absolute legend, brother! I do feel like I've improved, and I think your analogy to Bruce Lee is spot-on. I guess the aim of these videos is to be as "timeless" as possible, as things like memes/trends/challenges can be very "flavor of the week" and not age super-well if not produced well. With the more navel-gazing approach, hopefully it's stuff that can apply for years (maybe decades!) to come. Always appreciate your awesome insights, brother!
And when the art community needed him most, he has returned to bless us with another video! Both formats are appealing, though I cannot deny your I am greatly interested in seeing you live-stream provided you are able to set a schedule going. If there is one topic though that I would really like to see you cover, it's the technical side of brush creation. I feel like it is every artist's experience that once they get comfortable with a software's default brushes, they look into creating their own to find that one or set of brushes most suitably tailored to their needs. Unfortunately, my experiments have not yielded ideal results. So I am really curious to hear from you, the underlying technical side that helps one achieve a traditional look with digital tools. And by that I mean: What kind of custom brush shapes are ideal, what general settings should be tweaked, how to set differences between dry and wet brushes, etc. I have never worked in the traditional field so I am lacking this information. One user said something that I found greatly amusing so I will steal it while acknowledging him. "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to make his own brushes and he'll paint fishes everyday." - Hurricane047 So please, I beseech you. Teach us how to tailor digital brushes to achieve traditional effects so that we may paint fishes every day.
You got it! Mainly thick brushes, with pure white as the color, set as a "Multiply" layer. This makes only the impasto's "shadow" visible, and doesn't mess with the colors or values underneath.
I like these types of videos and tutorials. I love seeing how other artists work and I love your style. The livestream idea sounds great too ☺️
Thank you, Phillipa, you rock!
I don't know about format, but two subjects that would be interesting are, starting from a client brief, or just starting a painting. Decision making and things like that. And, the other thing is matching colors from a reference without color picking. I still tend to use that as a crutch. I recently purchased Rebelle 6 Pro and was thinking of possibly mixing colors as you would in real traditional painting, but that would take some getting used to. When RUclipsrs do live videos, they never seem to be when I'm around, so I usually just watch them later, so live or not, in my situation, doesn't really make a difference.
Took me a little why to get to this. Missed you man. Some thoughts in two parts: 1. Listening to you, your thick brush style is your pure art "voice" if you will. Your more highly rendered work is your commercial art "voice". What you are discussing when you talk about how your art is better returning to your original style, if I'm hearing you correctly, is akin to Bruce Lee's "Absorb what is useful and disregard the rest" in terms of your pure art "voice." So you have learned what it takes through reps what is involved in producing highly rendered works and unconsciously taken back some of those processes and techniques in your textured work and disregarded what you don't need. Which is pure progression in my book. Don't know of I'm getting that message right but its what I get. 2. I think these types of videos are your golden ones. Because (and you mention it in your video) is that these thoughts can be taken and used across all the disciplines in the arts ... and beyond. If click and subscribes are what you're after, it's probably not the pathway to pursue. But for a posterity point of view these ones are invaluable. I'm a geek so I've trawled your video history and what these videos do is display your progression as a visual artist... and gamer if you go really far back. If you wanted to show your kids in years to come what your art meant to you, these are the ones I would show them. I'll watch the crap out of anything you produce so only my five cents worth. Peace.
Brent, you absolute legend, brother! I do feel like I've improved, and I think your analogy to Bruce Lee is spot-on. I guess the aim of these videos is to be as "timeless" as possible, as things like memes/trends/challenges can be very "flavor of the week" and not age super-well if not produced well. With the more navel-gazing approach, hopefully it's stuff that can apply for years (maybe decades!) to come. Always appreciate your awesome insights, brother!
And when the art community needed him most, he has returned to bless us with another video! Both formats are appealing, though I cannot deny your I am greatly interested in seeing you live-stream provided you are able to set a schedule going. If there is one topic though that I would really like to see you cover, it's the technical side of brush creation. I feel like it is every artist's experience that once they get comfortable with a software's default brushes, they look into creating their own to find that one or set of brushes most suitably tailored to their needs.
Unfortunately, my experiments have not yielded ideal results. So I am really curious to hear from you, the underlying technical side that helps one achieve a traditional look with digital tools. And by that I mean: What kind of custom brush shapes are ideal, what general settings should be tweaked, how to set differences between dry and wet brushes, etc. I have never worked in the traditional field so I am lacking this information.
One user said something that I found greatly amusing so I will steal it while acknowledging him. "Give a man a fish and he'll eat for a day. Teach a man how to make his own brushes and he'll paint fishes everyday." - Hurricane047
So please, I beseech you. Teach us how to tailor digital brushes to achieve traditional effects so that we may paint fishes every day.
Ohh, that's a fantastic idea for a video! I'm currently in the process of building up the 2024 brush pack, so this comes at a perfect time!
I shall be awaiting it with keen anticipation. My fish will only last so long.
How did you get that impasto underpainting? Paintstorm?
You got it! Mainly thick brushes, with pure white as the color, set as a "Multiply" layer. This makes only the impasto's "shadow" visible, and doesn't mess with the colors or values underneath.