Oil Painting Tutorial - How to Paint Edges
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- Опубликовано: 15 дек 2018
- In this oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras talks about how to paint edges.
Edges are one of the fundamental principals of painting from life. Painters create 3D form using light or dark tones, or values. The term edges, refers to the transitions between the areas of light or dark in a painting. For example, a hard outline of a light object silhouetted against a dark background, or the gradual transition from light to shadow on a round object. Understanding how edges work, is essential for achieving a really lifelike representation of what we see.
In this alla prima oil painting tutorial, Alex shares some simple rules for identifying different kinds of edges and the techniques he uses to paint them.
To learn more about light and dark tonal values, here’s a link to another of Alex’s videos:
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Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.
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"Simply" the best painting tutorials online. Way to go Alex!
Thank you very much Douglas! Glad you think so.
the knowledge you give away for free is almost criminal ;) thank you so much - you're a wonderful teacher!
Haha. Thanks. I ended up editing this down and leaving quite a lot out. I wasn't how long people could stand watching me paint a cup.
konanoobiemaster we can stand watching a lot....we need to see real life deem as and the mistakes real artists over on and how they do it...i can give you names of artists that have realized that and the subscription count has gone way up. The least interesting artist are the ones that basically show off there finished product as though [no problem man I'm good and you'll never get there].
Thanks for you efforts and I do hope to see the longer honest approach. And trust me I'm not alone in this wish!
Brush on!
I second that comment. Brilliant teacher abe I could watch an hour of this no problem.
@@randym1317 You might be interested that I've started a new Patreon channel where I'll be showing longer demos in real-time:
www.patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpainting
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Thanks a lot! You're a wonderful teacher! Every lesson is a treasure especially for self-taught artists.
Thank you Roxana!
Brilliant. This made miles of sense - each of your videos delivers the equivalent to twenty years worth of practice. Thank you.
Thank you very much Jeffrey!
Thank you so much for this lesson! You had managed to explain the subject to me that other art teachers couldn't. It's a rare case when an artist bothers to transform their intuitive painting process into a technology on such a deep level. Many blessings to you!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.
Great video again!
I'm so grateful for the content you put out to help all of us out. Your video about opaque and transparent colors was such an eye-opener for me and really lifted my whole painting process to another level! Thanks for your work! Keep it up!
You have an extraordinary way of clearly explaining basic techniques that others seem to gloss-over. Your skill in realising this information is absorbing to watch. Thanks for all your work.
Thanks Alex. Great teaching style.
Super helpful! The tip about paint a dark colour into light and vice-versa really turned on a lightbulb in my cob-webby brain. Great videos!
Thanks Angus!
I've struggled with the concept of soft and hard edges for many years, and your video really helped in breaking it down for me. You are an absolutely brilliant teacher, thank you so much for making this video!
Thank you!
He.makes it look really easy, doesn't he!?
Thank you so much! A lot of important make or break elements packed into a short space.
Thanks so much for the video. It was a great demonstration when dealing with edges. Great jo!
Really enjoying how thorough these videos are. Thanks man!
I appreciate the recap at the end. For me, one of the most important concepts was the last one: don't leave too many hard edges.Not only will they distract the viewer, but also lose the painterly feeling and become a graphic. Love that. Thanks again and cheers.
Fantastic - absolutely love your tutorials, thank you.
Absolute gold! Thank you
Thank you very much, I absolutely love your paintings and you are a great inspiration
Great video 👌
Thank you for the helpful info
Keep up the awesome work 💜
This is an excellent teaching video, simple, direct, and important.
Hello.
It is important to understand what Tzavaras mentions in the video that the way the edges are handled defines the style. This video shows how to do it for a more impressionistic, atmospheric and gestural style. Excellent demonstration. Thank you
I can't explain how much im grateful for your videos. This is the best channel with true knowledge and techniques in painting. You're doing a very wonderful job sir!
Thank you very much!
Thank you for charing your knowledge with us :-) Thanks!
Your content is mind blowing, really refreshing painting philosophy. Thank you for doing this.
This is the most useful vid for my current level. Thank you sooo much for making such quality vids. Sargent and schmid are the type of painters I currently admire and you seem to have their style.
Brilliant Alex, so glad i found your channel..
This is amazing
I feel like I understand still life’s a bit better now, more than that in fact
Thank u Thank u!
Brilliant and invaluable advice - as always. Thank you so much 🙏🔥
Simply the best❤
I was scared that this would be another over complicated instructional video but I was pleasantly surprised- what a great teacher you are!
Thank you!
Really nice demo and explanations. Thank you.
This is excellent. Thank you.
Again, one of the very best art instruction videos in all of Artdom!! Thank you 🙏 maestro Alex. Wow that painting of Anders Zorn! Amazing!
Thank you Joann! Glad it was helpful.
Thank you this video has solved a sticking point for me dark into light edge particularly
Thank you Pauline! Glad it was helpful.
Lovely!
Love your videos, thank you for sharing your knowledge!
Mind blown. Soooooh incredibly helpful. Thank you !
Thank you sooo much! I have always had problems with blendig the edges in my paintings, and your video helped a lot!
so appreciate your incredible generosity and knowledge...stunning painting! I look forward to listening very carefully to what you are saying, and trying for myself! Thanks so very much!
Thanks Vanessa!
What separates a good teacher from a great one is they're talent for explaining complex concepts and choosing what will improve theyre work the most based on what gives an artist more choices and control over the work. I for one will never stop learning , and I also like to review and revisit techniques like this one , and also the fact that shadow edges or boundaries should appear softer , and where the light hits an object that edge should appear a bit sharper. As well as keeping some shadows transparent Thx 4 another 👍 video .
Very useful teaching. Thanks a lot.
Brilliant. I paint in acrylics, but am using the same principles. Thanks so much!
...and the crowd goes wild!!!.... EXACTLY what I needed to hear on value/ edges that I've been missing in some of my work. (Been drawing since I was 6, but just started oil painting 6 months ago.) THANK YOU!
Thanks Kevin, glad you've found this helpful.
Thanks for this video!!!
This was most helpful because you first demonstrated and then summarized at the end. This kind of organized teaching is how I learn best. Thank you.
Thank you Katharine, glad you've found this helpful.
Yes this video is so helpful to me. Thanks for your demonstration
This is real content, thank you
Great tips! Thank you
so simple but so effective,dark on light giving softer esdges is illuminating
Good lord this is glorious! Thank you!
You are perhaps the best TEACHER & Undisputably the best OIL PAINTER. Your presentation & the quality & crispness is amazing. God bless you.
Thank you very much!
Wonderful! Very grateful 💕
You rock master! Thanks a lot for your wonderful job! You’re a great teacher ❤️
Thank you Maxime!
What a great, succinct lesson. Thankyou!
Thank you. Glad it was helpful.
Thank you all of your lessons are so helpful
Thank you very much! Glad you like them.
I have to say this is the most subtle and simple tutorial i have ever watched, Mr Tzavaras thank you so much, I've spent a lot of long times trying to get to those important conceptions and understanding, in only ten minutes, you have just summarized ART.. Thank you
This is best simple art channel on youtube ... Just go ahead 👍
Thank you very much! So glad you find it useful. This one took me a while to make. The painting, filming and editing is quite straightforward, but actually writing them takes time. Trying to figure out what I think are the most import concepts and how best to explain them in a short space of time.
Really good video, thanks so much!
Love how you did this video of explaining this process.
Thank you!
Thank you for the video 🙏 So much useful information in one video!
Hi! Short, to the point and very helpful!
Thank you very much! Σε ευχαριστώ πολύ, οι συμβουλές σου είναι πολύ χρήσιμες!
Very helpful! Thanks!
Love your video, inspired me to do the monochromatic lesson.Thankyou
Brilliant. Quick and to the point. Clear and informative - without any blending! 😉
Thanks David!
Excellent explanation and demonstration. Thanks!
Thanks you Heleen! Glad it was helpful.
Good video. That's one way to tackle edges. I think you may be being a little dogmatic saying don't blend edges though. Painting into edges with more paint is certainly one way. You can also make a single sweep of a soft brush to blend edges and this is exactly what you see in works by Zorn and Sargent as well modern masters like Schmid. This is blending edges optically because at a distance it creates the illusion of intermediate values. Depending on the direction of the brush stroke and how sensitively the stoke is made the edge can be varied from soft to hard and the edges can have a vibrancy and energy too.
another great lesson
Very helpful, thank you
this is by far the most brilliant and clear video about edges, thanks a million !!
Thank you very much!
Wow! Even on my phone leaning back took me from lines of colour to a beautifully realistic porcelain cup.
An absolutely excellent video! You are an exceptional teacher. Thank you.
Thank you Dorian!
Thank you so much!
Very helpful, tyvm!
Excellent video, thank you. Very clear explanation. I appreciated the recap too.
Thanks, Chris
Very good lesson thank you.
very helpful. Thank you
Brilliant !
Thank you!
This is very well explained and delivered with a clear narrative and visual demonstration. thank you!
Thanks Howard! Glad it was helpful.
Your videos are amazing, thanks so much for them :)
I'm a beginner to oil painting, struggling with my edge control - I'll try to apply your tips to my work! It's fascinating that dark will blend more smoothly into light than light into dark, I have never heard of that. I think working on more deliberate brushstrokes will also help me, rather than overblending. Thank you for the very helpful video, I think it will save me some frustration!
Glad you found this helpful. Simple still lives like this and also working on monochrome are a great way to focus your practice on paint handling. And yes, try your best to be deliberate, try to touch the canvas with as few brushstrokes as possible. Which is really hard. When I watch back these videos, I still always catch myself fiddling around too much.
Agree, never hears about the tip on how lighter and darker color interacts
Excellent demonstration and lessons. I imagine that the same lessons can be utilized in landscape as well. Thanks so much!
There aren't as many soft edges in landscape painting (apart from clouds) and you normally see more edge variety, say around the edges of trees, the nearer they are to you.
Brilliantly presented, simply elegant, thank you for your sincere share your wealth of knowledge. May all blessings be yours.
Thanks Kim!
You know even if you are not a painter, you are showing how anyone can look at a painting and enjoy it.
More vids like this one. Very useful.
Extremely helpful video, Thank you
Thank you Julia! Glad you liked it.
Excellent tutorial, thank you
Thank you nadia!
Excellent!!!!
This is BRILLIANT! Thank you so much!
Thanks Rioni, glad it was helpful.
Thank you for your tutorial of how to paint light shadows. I have been having issues with creating shadows on faces. 👍🏼
So easy to understand! Thanks for posting, you explained this so clearly
Thank you. Glad it was helpful.
This is incredibly useful!! Thank you!
Thank you. Glad it was helpful.
My favorite online teacher
Thank you very much Emilia!
The best.❤
always wondered about that !! thanks for sharing
You are sharing very useful informations which an amateur painter looking for, like me. You are a dedicated teacher, who knows the heart of a real devoted artist. Thanks a lot. God bless.
Thank you
Great tips - thanks
Great video! Thanks so much! Value transitions is my weakest area. Many blessings.
Great stuff...thanks for doing these.
Awesome, thank you for charing that knowledge whith us ,the art is amazing and you're a pretty good artisr
Thank you Hector!
Your videos are so helpful. Thank you so much. You explain things so well, I've finally found my teacher. 👍
Thank you very much Keith!