There's so much information here it's incredible! I'll have to go through it a few times and take notes! The people complaining that they can't follow along... just ignore those people. You're smart, you know what you're talkin about, and you're sharing the knowledge... so thank you! 👍
Thank you for the great explanation of the different viscosities. All my current paints are heavy body and they are hard to blend. As I use up paint I'll start buying soft!
Blending can certainly be tricky, but you don't necessarily have to change viscosity to do it. I've got a video demo on blending with HB acrylics: ruclips.net/video/PwpXQtLeRfc/видео.html
Cool video. Funny and lots of info. I think my first paint order will be Golden heavy bodied paint along with a few of their mediums. I too old for student paints , I never know when my current painting might be my last lol I love color. Color selection I am still debating but it won't be the last time I buy paint so it not matter so much. I have a big glass pallete already made , I was going to use it for oils but will do acrylic paint first, I see you prefer glass pallete , what do you think of wet palletes, the ones you can cover up. Thanks again. Love your videos. Winks Lisa
Stay wet palettes can be good for experienced painters, but not for beginners. It's important to learn to mix your colors again and again rather than relying on the same paint forever.
Thank you for making and sharing this video. After 2 years of drawing, i bought my paints 4 days ago, and damn i been reading for weeks just to understand this much (that i saw in this video). Thank god, i had father with me, who is dooing it for some time now, trough he is barely any better then me:P (sorry dad) . So yes, i would love to see many more videos like this! I kind of love your studio (and the pictures on the walls), your style is excellent :) I love people who love to teach, it motivates so strong! Not to mention its extremely usefull. I personally have these "Ferrario - acrilic master " not sure in the quality, it was in the "student" zone, trough the tube says its professional-_- .Pesonally didnt had problem with it...feels like a bit pain to make transparent layers, and stuff like that...but thats me...with 0 experiance with paints. Anyway. Keep it up! Thank you again.
Kilyén Balázs Thanks for your thoughtful response! I did a search for the paints you mentioned and it seems there are two main types from that brand. The clear plastic tubes appear to be student grade paint while the metal tubes are more of an artist's grade. Not sure which you have, but I'm sure they'll work fine for your first few paintings.
Hello Ben! Thank you for this video. I am not in art school, never have been, and I dont know anything about acrylic painting. Can you please recommend a book or a sorce where I can sistematically learn basics... I am so confused, you tube is full of videos and I dont know where to start!😊 I made a few paintings on my own and they look really nice but I used super cheap craft canvas brushes and paint, and I feel like I cant learn while using cheap stuff. Because painting with cheap and expensive stuff is very different and requires different skill... Please give me an advice where to start 😊
The core of drawing and painting sit within the elements and principles of design. I've got a free ebook on my website to help you with the basics of drawing. Those skills will translate over to painting once you've got a good grasp on them. As far as acrylics go some basic color theory exercises are a great place to start. I've got a whole playlist for color theory to help get you started: ruclips.net/p/PLXlCu9yh8xJnJPturKDWugC8YEJbPPDiJ Lastly you don't need to get fancy paints to learn. Cheaper acrylics are designed just for that reason alone, to learn. Expensive/high end paints simply take the skills you would already have with cheaper paint and make things a little easier (IMO). As far as brushes go I use a mixed range myself. Some are very high end, others I got for 2 bucks at the hardware store. Use what you have, and make the best art that you can...that's all that any of us artists do as well.
I highly recommend either making captions or removing most of the video portion altogether, and just making it a voiceover to a slideshow. Many people, myself included, are incredibly distracted by the constantly changing background. And I'm super interested in the content, and normally I'd just flip the captions on, but there aren't any that aren't auto-generated, so I was unable to absorb a lot of the information. I know many people are the same way. What i did absorb was very helpful, though. I'm here because I'm trying to figure out what level of artist's loft I want to use. I probably don't want level one students, because I need predictability in things like this. So I'm thinking level two artist, bc there's more consistently. I definitely don't have the budget for level three professionals. It would help if I knew what I used tbh. Michael's was having their after Christmas sale so I got the little twelve pack of tiny acrylics for $2. But I just looked and they're normally only $5 so they should only be level one, but they were quite thick? Honestly though my biggest problem is that I live in a literal desert, so... even when I just did a colour wheel, I had to remake the colours three or four times each because they kept drying out before I could mix the range I wanted, and i would really like to only get the basics and blend most of my own colours. Bah. If you have any advice, I'd welcome it. Anyway, thank you for your video!
...Not sure how I'd be a video creator if I remove "most of the video." Sounds like you'd rather have the info in a blog post to me. Also auto captions are working for me so it might be an issue with your browser/device. I have honestly wanted to do more to accommodate for the deaf and hard of hearing, but the amount of work involved in doing so would limit my uploads to maybe once a month. Anyhow, the only of the artist loft paints I'm familiar with are the super cheap student grade ones, but honestly I can't really recommend any of the lines. Even if you only remember one thing, remember that if all the colors are the same price don't buy them. Outside of that if you're just starting out get whatever you want, I just can't honestly recommend brands outside of the list in the video. So since making this video I've moved into a new studio where my paints do try a bit faster. Keeping a spray bottle on hand to mist your palette can really improve your working time. Also a big thing that can save paint is by only mixing brush fulls of paint at a time. For certain sections I'll mix up a big batch on a palette, but for the most part it's just a "some of this some of that" mix that I do on the fly. If you're trying to premix a massive palette of colors before you even start then that's likely part of the issue.
Not sure that its the changing background because I was concentrating on Ben but he talks so fast (especially the intro stuff) that itts difficult to concentrate and there's nothing wrong with my hearing..happy painting 🎨
In terms of palettes, what's your thoughts on the stay-wet palettes? Using glass, paint seems to dry out too quickly. But, the stay-wet palletes, the paint gets very runny after a day or a few hours.
I'm not a fan of the stay wet palettes as it doesn't compel you to mix colors and learn to do so effectively. The drying of paint though has a lot of environmental factors so your specific painting environment may differ. Though not putting a ton of paint out to start with can help with that
I have the daler rowney ‘simply acrylic paint’ it says on the back theyre water based colours. Im not sure if they are good or bad? They seem to be very thick!
Hi Ben greetings from Western Australia, thanks for your videos I find them interesting and full of hints. I initially looked at your dry brush tutorials which were far better than any others which came up when I googled 'dry brushing', but man you talk too fast (you sound like my grand daughter when I say "talk slower so that I understand you"!!). I was into your 3rd or 4th vid before I caught your name...🤭🤭 Personally I would rather watch a longer video and be able to absorb what you are saying than have to watch it twice. That said, this was very informative thanks so much and I look forward tochecking out more. Have a great day🙂 and stay safe...😷🤧👍
Well the "Everything you need to know" series is based around shorter/condensed videos. I'd recommend any of my longer tutorials if you're looking for the slower pace.
lmao im starting with two 12 packs that were $5 each. oil and acrylic.. i mean i already knew paint woild definitely make a major difference, as well as brush quality.. but ive never laid a brush to a piece if paper before. i had to start somewhere.. i spent about $300 getting started soaping, then didnt like it lol. i plan to get better quality everything for painting, once i get the hang of it.
What's important to note about cheap verses quality paint is that cheap paint doesn't give an accurate representation of what the medium is really like. I have a longer video comparing craft paint with student and professional acrylics to better show that difference.
there is nothing wrong with the craft paints, Applebarrel from Walmart is a decent enough starter paint, Ive painted with it and its a good medium between watercolors and acrylics.
There's so much information here it's incredible! I'll have to go through it a few times and take notes! The people complaining that they can't follow along... just ignore those people. You're smart, you know what you're talkin about, and you're sharing the knowledge... so thank you! 👍
You are a great teacher. Love your energy!
Thanks for sharing all of your knowledge. Good stuff.
Thank you for the great explanation of the different viscosities. All my current paints are heavy body and they are hard to blend. As I use up paint I'll start buying soft!
Blending can certainly be tricky, but you don't necessarily have to change viscosity to do it. I've got a video demo on blending with HB acrylics: ruclips.net/video/PwpXQtLeRfc/видео.html
You are a fun guy! thank you for sharing! I am kinda a softy for the geeky type, fun, artistic, cute and imaginative. Cheers.
Cool video. Funny and lots of info.
I think my first paint order will be Golden heavy bodied paint along with a few of their mediums. I too old for student paints , I never know when my current painting might be my last lol
I love color.
Color selection I am still debating but it won't be the last time I buy paint so it not matter so much.
I have a big glass pallete already made , I was going to use it for oils but will do acrylic paint first, I see you prefer glass pallete , what do you think of wet palletes, the ones you can cover up.
Thanks again.
Love your videos.
Winks
Lisa
Stay wet palettes can be good for experienced painters, but not for beginners. It's important to learn to mix your colors again and again rather than relying on the same paint forever.
Oh, and... Mmmm... Raspberry!!
Thank you for making and sharing this video. After 2 years of drawing, i bought my paints 4 days ago, and damn i been reading for weeks just to understand this much (that i saw in this video). Thank god, i had father with me, who is dooing it for some time now, trough he is barely any better then me:P (sorry dad) . So yes, i would love to see many more videos like this! I kind of love your studio (and the pictures on the walls), your style is excellent :) I love people who love to teach, it motivates so strong! Not to mention its extremely usefull. I personally have these "Ferrario - acrilic master " not sure in the quality, it was in the "student" zone, trough the tube says its professional-_- .Pesonally didnt had problem with it...feels like a bit pain to make transparent layers, and stuff like that...but thats me...with 0 experiance with paints.
Anyway. Keep it up! Thank you again.
Kilyén Balázs Thanks for your thoughtful response! I did a search for the paints you mentioned and it seems there are two main types from that brand. The clear plastic tubes appear to be student grade paint while the metal tubes are more of an artist's grade. Not sure which you have, but I'm sure they'll work fine for your first few paintings.
Hello Ben! Thank you for this video.
I am not in art school, never have been, and I dont know anything about acrylic painting. Can you please recommend a book or a sorce where I can sistematically learn basics...
I am so confused, you tube is full of videos and I dont know where to start!😊
I made a few paintings on my own and they look really nice but I used super cheap craft canvas brushes and paint, and I feel like I cant learn while using cheap stuff.
Because painting with cheap and expensive stuff is very different and requires different skill...
Please give me an advice where to start 😊
The core of drawing and painting sit within the elements and principles of design. I've got a free ebook on my website to help you with the basics of drawing. Those skills will translate over to painting once you've got a good grasp on them.
As far as acrylics go some basic color theory exercises are a great place to start. I've got a whole playlist for color theory to help get you started: ruclips.net/p/PLXlCu9yh8xJnJPturKDWugC8YEJbPPDiJ
Lastly you don't need to get fancy paints to learn. Cheaper acrylics are designed just for that reason alone, to learn. Expensive/high end paints simply take the skills you would already have with cheaper paint and make things a little easier (IMO). As far as brushes go I use a mixed range myself. Some are very high end, others I got for 2 bucks at the hardware store. Use what you have, and make the best art that you can...that's all that any of us artists do as well.
@@cinderblockstudios ♡ thank you Bob
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@@cinderblockstudios haha joking with a bob ross reference Ben 😊
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I highly recommend either making captions or removing most of the video portion altogether, and just making it a voiceover to a slideshow. Many people, myself included, are incredibly distracted by the constantly changing background. And I'm super interested in the content, and normally I'd just flip the captions on, but there aren't any that aren't auto-generated, so I was unable to absorb a lot of the information. I know many people are the same way.
What i did absorb was very helpful, though. I'm here because I'm trying to figure out what level of artist's loft I want to use. I probably don't want level one students, because I need predictability in things like this. So I'm thinking level two artist, bc there's more consistently. I definitely don't have the budget for level three professionals. It would help if I knew what I used tbh. Michael's was having their after Christmas sale so I got the little twelve pack of tiny acrylics for $2. But I just looked and they're normally only $5 so they should only be level one, but they were quite thick?
Honestly though my biggest problem is that I live in a literal desert, so... even when I just did a colour wheel, I had to remake the colours three or four times each because they kept drying out before I could mix the range I wanted, and i would really like to only get the basics and blend most of my own colours. Bah. If you have any advice, I'd welcome it.
Anyway, thank you for your video!
...Not sure how I'd be a video creator if I remove "most of the video." Sounds like you'd rather have the info in a blog post to me. Also auto captions are working for me so it might be an issue with your browser/device. I have honestly wanted to do more to accommodate for the deaf and hard of hearing, but the amount of work involved in doing so would limit my uploads to maybe once a month.
Anyhow, the only of the artist loft paints I'm familiar with are the super cheap student grade ones, but honestly I can't really recommend any of the lines. Even if you only remember one thing, remember that if all the colors are the same price don't buy them. Outside of that if you're just starting out get whatever you want, I just can't honestly recommend brands outside of the list in the video.
So since making this video I've moved into a new studio where my paints do try a bit faster. Keeping a spray bottle on hand to mist your palette can really improve your working time. Also a big thing that can save paint is by only mixing brush fulls of paint at a time. For certain sections I'll mix up a big batch on a palette, but for the most part it's just a "some of this some of that" mix that I do on the fly. If you're trying to premix a massive palette of colors before you even start then that's likely part of the issue.
Not sure that its the changing background because I was concentrating on Ben but he talks so fast (especially the intro stuff) that itts difficult to concentrate and there's nothing wrong with my hearing..happy painting 🎨
In terms of palettes, what's your thoughts on the stay-wet palettes? Using glass, paint seems to dry out too quickly. But, the stay-wet palletes, the paint gets very runny after a day or a few hours.
I'm not a fan of the stay wet palettes as it doesn't compel you to mix colors and learn to do so effectively. The drying of paint though has a lot of environmental factors so your specific painting environment may differ. Though not putting a ton of paint out to start with can help with that
I have the daler rowney ‘simply acrylic paint’ it says on the back theyre water based colours. Im not sure if they are good or bad? They seem to be very thick!
Had to look up that particular sub brand, but it appears that they are on the lower end of student grade acrylics
Hi Ben greetings from Western Australia, thanks for your videos I find them interesting and full of hints. I initially looked at your dry brush tutorials which were far better than any others which came up when I googled 'dry brushing', but man you talk too fast (you sound like my grand daughter when I say "talk slower so that I understand you"!!). I was into your 3rd or 4th vid before I caught your name...🤭🤭 Personally I would rather watch a longer video and be able to absorb what you are saying than have to watch it twice. That said, this was very informative thanks so much and I look forward tochecking out more. Have a great day🙂 and stay safe...😷🤧👍
Well the "Everything you need to know" series is based around shorter/condensed videos. I'd recommend any of my longer tutorials if you're looking for the slower pace.
lmao im starting with two 12 packs that were $5 each. oil and acrylic.. i mean i already knew paint woild definitely make a major difference, as well as brush quality.. but ive never laid a brush to a piece if paper before. i had to start somewhere.. i spent about $300 getting started soaping, then didnt like it lol. i plan to get better quality everything for painting, once i get the hang of it.
What's important to note about cheap verses quality paint is that cheap paint doesn't give an accurate representation of what the medium is really like. I have a longer video comparing craft paint with student and professional acrylics to better show that difference.
Haha peanut butter thick!
there is nothing wrong with the craft paints, Applebarrel from Walmart is a decent enough starter paint, Ive painted with it and its a good medium between watercolors and acrylics.
juriaan13 clearly you've never experienced the difference. I have, and craft paint is garbage.
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