Hey guys! Just released part 2, in which I explain a tool I regularly use that I didn't mention in this first video. Hope you find it useful! ruclips.net/video/gnejgPzul9I/видео.html
What a very interesting thechnique. I'd never heard of it before. Your portraits are so beautiful! Thank you for sharing with everyone, I'm going to have to give it a try, it looks like fun.
I have a playlist on my channel with a few more dry-brush videos, one of which is another tutorial. Part 2 to this one. It's about using masks/stencils with the dry-brush technique. :)
This is the best dry brush tutorial I've seen on youtube. Excellent! .... QUESTION: I do graphite portraits and often the following day after sketching, I find some area that needs to be lightened or darkened just a little. That's easy in graphite. And darkening would be easy in dry brush I suppose. But do you have a tutorial that goes into great details regarding making corrections in dry brush? Specially in lightening after the paint is dry? I assume the oil paint dries overnight.
@@MUSIC-JoyceHansonAnderson-d4m If the layer is light, I've found corrections even in "dried" layers easy. If the layer is darker, corrections are very tricky or impossible no matter how fresh the paint is. Hope that helps a little?
Thank you for your reply. Your work is amazing, too bad I can't share mine with you. I have never done dry brush work before, so it will be my first time once I get around to it.
Hi! It's oil paint. I've used both traditional and water-soluble oil paint for this technique, and both work great. Acrylics, I assume, would dry too fast to get the same smooth effect. Hope this helps! Happy dry-brushing! :)
@@thespearodiver If you don't already happen to have oil paint and need to buy it, I'd suggest water-mixable oil paint as it makes the cleaning process just this tiny bit easier. Since you only use very thin layers and never get a really oily brush, you only need water and soap to clean it (which for oilier brushes still works for water-mixable oil paint, but for the traditional oil paint, you'd then need a solvent to clean).
@@oilonpaper Wow, thank you very much Steffi, this was not only quite a pleasant surprise yet extremely helpful. People are so mixed up within themselves and their own little worlds that they forget about others. Speaking of which, late last night I assisted three young ladies stuck behind a Locked fence. At dusk the park ranger locks the fence and they couldn't find a way out so I gave them directions on where to go to, but as they left I just sat there in my Jeep pondering over the situation with a heavy heart to be more helpful. So I drove down the hill along the fence line where I told them to go, got out w/ a blanket has a bear of protection while climbing over the fence, but fortunately we didn't need it. I did, however, help them as they climbed over and I took their hand and kindly guided each one of them down. One of the women was sweet, she prayed for me. I got back to my Jeep and wouldn't you know it, my door was locked and my keys were in the ignition, talk about bad luck or was it God playing his jokes with me. I found a stranger's house across the street two doors down and explained my plight. The woman assisted me with a flimsy hanger stretched out and unraveled. As I waited I noticed a rod and her garden about the diameter of the standard pencil. I figured that would be a nice tool to tape the hanger to as to keep it rigid instead of wobbly. With her flashlight in hand as well, I was able to go back over to the car and with Gods Grace and mercy, I hooked my keys after the third try and it worked perfectly. There are still many kind people in the world aside for myself and now I must gratefully acknowledge your kindness too. Thank you once again and God bless you!
@@thespearodiver It was very kind of you to help the best way you could. And very kind of the lady to help with the locked door. I do believe the little things make a difference. Thank you for the reminder that kindness matters. :)
I do portraits in graphite mostly because many times when I come back later with fresh eyes even the next day, I can easily repair any mistakes I find in my drawing. How much time do you have to do any repairs in a portrait before the paint is too dry to erase a section or lighten or darken a shade?
Actually, I found that I was still able to erase light layers weeks later. Maybe there could be problems if the layer is too oily ...? Hope this helps a little. :)
BIG QUESTION: I do graphite portraits and sometimes a day or two later after I think my drawing is finished, I'll suddenly see a mistake that needs fixing and that is easy to do. Question: In dry brushing .... after the paint is dry, can I still erase and/or darken an area that needs it? Is there any way to fix an error after the paint is dry? Thanks for any help.
Ah yes, very good question! I tested it on drawings that were already several years old and could erase the light areas. The dark areas are tricky even when the paint is fresh though, there's not much to be done other than scraping with a scalpel or so. Going darker is always possible. Erasability might depend on the type of paint and paper used and whether additional oil was added, so you might want to do a test before jumping in with a detailed artwork, but from my experience this should work. Hope this helps. Happy dry brush painting!
I'm not sure how the opacity of the layer underneath affects glazing(?), but as you can see in this example, the layers can get pretty opaque even though only little paint is used. I'm not sure which mediums are most often used for traditional glazing, but keep in mind that the surface may not be suitable for too much oil (like the unprimed watercolor paper I used here). Hope this helps!
Great !!!! One question, i d like to paint portraits but not in black and grey i d like in sepia for to arrival very dark zone with this sepia effect for to give another style, what brown could i use for this effect ?
I think that's really a matter of taste! Most browns will be very dark when used in concentrated form, so you can choose one based on the pale color it shows when used in dry-brush layers. I mean if you want it more reddish, maybe a burnt sienna would work? If you don't want it too red, then maybe burnt umber? If you google oil colors of different brands, they usually show you a gradient of that specific color, that's very helpful. Just go with your gut, I'd say! :)
Pretty sure that should work! You can use different colors for dry brushing, so I see no reason why white paint shouldn't work on toned paper. 😊 The only advice I would give is to test the effect on a scrap piece first if you haven't worked with that paint before, just so you know if it's more of a warm or cold white (it's more apparent when in thin layers) . Lots of success to you! 🍀
@@oilonpaper Ah thank you very much. If you don't mind there would be something I'm also curious about (Sorry ^^): Could I make a Dry-brush underpainting and subsequently glaze over it and do you mix (when working in colour) different shades before applying or straigt the original colours?
No need to apologize for asking questions. ^^ I have one too: How would you want to glaze? I mean what medium would you use? I'm thinking about the paper, if it can handle the glaze. Water-based medium on top of oil won't really work. Oily glaze isn't good for the paper unless you prime it first. I only premix "important" colors for large areas, otherwise it's kinda like layering in watercolor where the color is changed by adding layers of a different hue. Hope this helps!
I don't think so as it would dry too fast. I'm not sure if adding a slow drying medium would help at all, but my guess is that the effect is still different to oil. That being said I've never actually tried it with acrylic paint. Maybe an idea for a future video... Hope this helps!
@@johnconstantine2639 Interesting! So you're adding highlights by adding white/light colors on top? Is the overall effect of the painting similar to oil or do you see distinct brush strokes? (similar to when you use dry brushing for effects in traditional painting with acrylics, I mean)
Of course over time it will collect paint and oil, but kneaded erasers collect graphite or charcoal the same way... I don't see dry brush being any more damaging than if the eraser is used for other media. Hope this helps!
@@oilonpaper thnk u for ur reply but im concerned about erasers durability/lifespan since oil color is thicker in consistency than graphite n charcoal.
@@jimmitaiju9945 All I can say is that I haven't noticed a difference in use as far as durability goes. Again, the dry brush layers are very thin, so your eraser won't get visibly oily. That being said, using a kneaded eraser is optional, not required. :)
Considering the much faster drying time of acrylics, my guess is that the effect will be different, not as smooth. But someone commented before that they use acrylics for this, so... I don't know for sure.
Hello Jay Dee! You don't have to wait at all. You can just add layer over layer; the brush doesn't pick up what's already on the paper, so there's no smudging, UNLESS it's a relatively "thick" layer. Thick in this case meaning there is a slight texture. In the example from the video, I didn't have any texture at all, not even in the darker parts, so no smudging expected. Your goal is to never have build-up/texture on the paper. That really only happens if you're impatient and loaded the brush too much and didn't wipe it out on your paper towel or cloth before. Funnily the answer to your question is actually on my "advantage list" for dry-brushing for a future video. 😊 Probably should hurry up to make that one. 😉
For this demonstration I didn't use any extra oil, just what's already in the oil paint. You could add a drop of oil, for example linseed oil, but it's not necessary, and I usually don't do it.
The thin layers are pretty much dry to the touch immediately. The somewhat thicker lines probably the next day. Of course it depends on whether you add extra oil or not. Street artists use this technique, and obviously their customers need to roll up and take home their piece immediately, so... seems to work! 😊 Hope that helps! Are you going to give it a try? 🙂
@@oilonpaper I appreciate you feedback very helpful thank you! And I have done a dry brush painting on paper before, so this time I plan on painting on canvas.
@@jeriahemanart8284 I haven't tried that yet! I heard the experience on canvas is different because the oil obviously doesn't seep into the canvas like it does into the paper. That, and the rougher texture. 😊 Awesome you're giving it a try! Have you seen Stefan Pabst's channel (it's called PortraitPainter Pabst), he sometimes uses dry brush on canvas and has some time-lapse videos on his channel!
Hey guys! Just released part 2, in which I explain a tool I regularly use that I didn't mention in this first video. Hope you find it useful!
ruclips.net/video/gnejgPzul9I/видео.html
EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!
Thank you for your feedback!
Thank you for explaining this so well. Truly appreciated.
I'm glad you found it helpful!
Thank you for your Video. It is simple but fantastic. God bless you & you talent
Love this!
Glad that you do! :)
This is.amazing! I didn't realize how.close.it was to graphite with this.method! Love it!
That's what first intrigued me about this technique too. :)
Great video! Thanks 😊
Thank you for the comment! 😊
Wonderful. This is extremely helpful. Thanks for sharing.
So glad you found it helpful! Happy dry brushing! 😊
great video!
Thank you! :)
What a very interesting thechnique. I'd never heard of it before. Your portraits are so beautiful!
Thank you for sharing with everyone, I'm going to have to give it a try, it looks like fun.
Oh, I think you should give it a shot! Your art is beautiful. :)
Great video, will definitely try it out
You should! It's a great technique!
Thank you I have learnt a lot from you xx
Thank you for the nice comment! 😊
Magnificent!
Thank you! I hope the video helped!
@@oilonpaper It has helped me a lot thank you!
do you have more dry brush videos.this was great.
I have a playlist on my channel with a few more dry-brush videos, one of which is another tutorial. Part 2 to this one. It's about using masks/stencils with the dry-brush technique. :)
This is the best dry brush tutorial I've seen on youtube. Excellent! .... QUESTION: I do graphite portraits and often the following day after sketching, I find some area that needs to be lightened or darkened just a little. That's easy in graphite. And darkening would be easy in dry brush I suppose. But do you have a tutorial that goes into great details regarding making corrections in dry brush? Specially in lightening after the paint is dry? I assume the oil paint dries overnight.
@@MUSIC-JoyceHansonAnderson-d4m If the layer is light, I've found corrections even in "dried" layers easy. If the layer is darker, corrections are very tricky or impossible no matter how fresh the paint is. Hope that helps a little?
@@oilonpaper That's a huge help. Thanks so much!
Amazing and beautiful. Ty for sharing your secrets!
Thank YOU for coming back! 😅
It's really a beautiful technique, which deserves more recognition, so I'm trying to do my part. 😊
Your videos are so well done -- keep at it and the subscribers will come!
@@30AndAWakeUp Aw, thanks! I'm having a lot of fun with it all right now. 😃😊
Love this, great tutorial!! I'm a portrait artist & am about to try this tech so this will b a great help :)
Oh, I completely missed your comment. I really hope my video helped with some basic instructions. Best of luck with your portraits! 🌼
Lovely ! Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for stopping by! 😊
Great work!
Thank you! 🤗
Most welcome ❣️
Beautiful ❤️
Thank you! 🙂💙
Thank you very helpful
I'm glad you found it helpful! If you have any follow-up questions, let me know. I'm collecting ideas for future videos too. 😊
Gracias por la información ☺️ eres genial
de nada :)
Thank you for your reply. Your work is amazing, too bad I can't share mine with you. I have never done dry brush work before, so it will be my first time once I get around to it.
Hi! It's oil paint. I've used both traditional and water-soluble oil paint for this technique, and both work great. Acrylics, I assume, would dry too fast to get the same smooth effect. Hope this helps! Happy dry-brushing! :)
@@oilonpaper
Which would you prefer I start with as a beginner for dry brushing. Water or oil?
@@thespearodiver If you don't already happen to have oil paint and need to buy it, I'd suggest water-mixable oil paint as it makes the cleaning process just this tiny bit easier. Since you only use very thin layers and never get a really oily brush, you only need water and soap to clean it (which for oilier brushes still works for water-mixable oil paint, but for the traditional oil paint, you'd then need a solvent to clean).
@@oilonpaper
Wow, thank you very much Steffi, this was not only quite a pleasant surprise yet extremely helpful.
People are so mixed up within themselves and their own little worlds that they forget about others.
Speaking of which, late last night I assisted three young ladies stuck behind a Locked fence. At dusk the park ranger locks the fence and they couldn't find a way out so I gave them directions on where to go to, but as they left I just sat there in my Jeep pondering over the situation with a heavy heart to be more helpful. So I drove down the hill along the fence line where I told them to go, got out w/ a blanket has a bear of protection while climbing over the fence, but fortunately we didn't need it. I did, however, help them as they climbed over and I took their hand and kindly guided each one of them down. One of the women was sweet, she prayed for me. I got back to my Jeep and wouldn't you know it, my door was locked and my keys were in the ignition, talk about bad luck or was it God playing his jokes with me. I found a stranger's house across the street two doors down and explained my plight. The woman assisted me with a flimsy hanger stretched out and unraveled. As I waited I noticed a rod and her garden about the diameter of the standard pencil. I figured that would be a nice tool to tape the hanger to as to keep it rigid instead of wobbly. With her flashlight in hand as well, I was able to go back over to the car and with Gods Grace and mercy, I hooked my keys after the third try and it worked perfectly.
There are still many kind people in the world aside for myself and now I must gratefully acknowledge your kindness too. Thank you once again and God bless you!
@@thespearodiver It was very kind of you to help the best way you could. And very kind of the lady to help with the locked door. I do believe the little things make a difference. Thank you for the reminder that kindness matters. :)
I do portraits in graphite mostly because many times when I come back later with fresh eyes even the next day, I can easily repair any mistakes I find in my drawing. How much time do you have to do any repairs in a portrait before the paint is too dry to erase a section or lighten or darken a shade?
Actually, I found that I was still able to erase light layers weeks later. Maybe there could be problems if the layer is too oily ...? Hope this helps a little. :)
@@oilonpaper Thank you so much! I look forward to trying this out. :)
BIG QUESTION: I do graphite portraits and sometimes a day or two later after I think my drawing is finished, I'll suddenly see a mistake that needs fixing and that is easy to do. Question: In dry brushing .... after the paint is dry, can I still erase and/or darken an area that needs it? Is there any way to fix an error after the paint is dry? Thanks for any help.
Ah yes, very good question! I tested it on drawings that were already several years old and could erase the light areas. The dark areas are tricky even when the paint is fresh though, there's not much to be done other than scraping with a scalpel or so. Going darker is always possible. Erasability might depend on the type of paint and paper used and whether additional oil was added, so you might want to do a test before jumping in with a detailed artwork, but from my experience this should work. Hope this helps. Happy dry brush painting!
Can an opaque enough layer be built up to use traditional glazing?
I'm not sure how the opacity of the layer underneath affects glazing(?), but as you can see in this example, the layers can get pretty opaque even though only little paint is used. I'm not sure which mediums are most often used for traditional glazing, but keep in mind that the surface may not be suitable for too much oil (like the unprimed watercolor paper I used here). Hope this helps!
Great !!!! One question, i d like to paint portraits but not in black and grey i d like in sepia for to arrival very dark zone with this sepia effect for to give another style, what brown could i use for this effect ?
I think that's really a matter of taste! Most browns will be very dark when used in concentrated form, so you can choose one based on the pale color it shows when used in dry-brush layers. I mean if you want it more reddish, maybe a burnt sienna would work? If you don't want it too red, then maybe burnt umber? If you google oil colors of different brands, they usually show you a gradient of that specific color, that's very helpful. Just go with your gut, I'd say! :)
If I were to do that, I might try burnt seinna with a little ivory black in the mix or raw seinna for the darker tones
Could I theoratically paint higlights with the same technique with white?
Pretty sure that should work! You can use different colors for dry brushing, so I see no reason why white paint shouldn't work on toned paper. 😊 The only advice I would give is to test the effect on a scrap piece first if you haven't worked with that paint before, just so you know if it's more of a warm or cold white (it's more apparent when in thin layers) . Lots of success to you! 🍀
@@oilonpaper Ah thank you very much.
If you don't mind there would be something I'm also curious about (Sorry ^^): Could I make a Dry-brush underpainting and subsequently glaze over it and do you mix (when working in colour) different shades before applying or straigt the original colours?
No need to apologize for asking questions. ^^ I have one too: How would you want to glaze? I mean what medium would you use? I'm thinking about the paper, if it can handle the glaze. Water-based medium on top of oil won't really work. Oily glaze isn't good for the paper unless you prime it first.
I only premix "important" colors for large areas, otherwise it's kinda like layering in watercolor where the color is changed by adding layers of a different hue. Hope this helps!
Would it work
as well with acrylic paint?
I don't think so as it would dry too fast. I'm not sure if adding a slow drying medium would help at all, but my guess is that the effect is still different to oil. That being said I've never actually tried it with acrylic paint. Maybe an idea for a future video... Hope this helps!
@@johnconstantine2639 Interesting! So you're adding highlights by adding white/light colors on top? Is the overall effect of the painting similar to oil or do you see distinct brush strokes? (similar to when you use dry brushing for effects in traditional painting with acrylics, I mean)
When we use kneaded erasers, wont it damage the erasers bcos the oil colors will start cumulating on the erasers??
Of course over time it will collect paint and oil, but kneaded erasers collect graphite or charcoal the same way... I don't see dry brush being any more damaging than if the eraser is used for other media. Hope this helps!
@@oilonpaper thnk u for ur reply but im concerned about erasers durability/lifespan since oil color is thicker in consistency than graphite n charcoal.
@@jimmitaiju9945 All I can say is that I haven't noticed a difference in use as far as durability goes. Again, the dry brush layers are very thin, so your eraser won't get visibly oily. That being said, using a kneaded eraser is optional, not required. :)
@@oilonpaper thnk u for reply. 👍👍
Would acrylic be usable for this technique?
Considering the much faster drying time of acrylics, my guess is that the effect will be different, not as smooth. But someone commented before that they use acrylics for this, so... I don't know for sure.
@@oilonpaper thank you for answering my question, and for creating these videos.
@@GnaReffotsirk You're welcome! I hope they help. :)
@@oilonpaper they are very helpful. And your detailed explanations are also excellent for learning.
Thanks again.
How long do you typically have to wait after you dry brush a layer to add another layer without picking up paint from the previous layer?
Hello Jay Dee! You don't have to wait at all. You can just add layer over layer; the brush doesn't pick up what's already on the paper, so there's no smudging, UNLESS it's a relatively "thick" layer. Thick in this case meaning there is a slight texture. In the example from the video, I didn't have any texture at all, not even in the darker parts, so no smudging expected. Your goal is to never have build-up/texture on the paper. That really only happens if you're impatient and loaded the brush too much and didn't wipe it out on your paper towel or cloth before.
Funnily the answer to your question is actually on my "advantage list" for dry-brushing for a future video. 😊 Probably should hurry up to make that one. 😉
oil on paper Steffi - thank you... 🙏
@@jaydee177 No problem, I'm glad I could help. 🙂🌼
which oil did you use ?Lincid oil ?
For this demonstration I didn't use any extra oil, just what's already in the oil paint. You could add a drop of oil, for example linseed oil, but it's not necessary, and I usually don't do it.
Beautiful how long does it take to dry?
The thin layers are pretty much dry to the touch immediately. The somewhat thicker lines probably the next day. Of course it depends on whether you add extra oil or not. Street artists use this technique, and obviously their customers need to roll up and take home their piece immediately, so... seems to work! 😊
Hope that helps! Are you going to give it a try? 🙂
@@oilonpaper I appreciate you feedback very helpful thank you! And I have done a dry brush painting on paper before, so this time I plan on painting on canvas.
@@jeriahemanart8284 I haven't tried that yet! I heard the experience on canvas is different because the oil obviously doesn't seep into the canvas like it does into the paper. That, and the rougher texture. 😊 Awesome you're giving it a try! Have you seen Stefan Pabst's channel (it's called PortraitPainter Pabst), he sometimes uses dry brush on canvas and has some time-lapse videos on his channel!
@@oilonpaper Yes I have his work is beautiful as well!