I think what I love most about your channel is the introduction of artist I never knew about. Thank you for opening my eyes to the endless possibilities.
Yes its truly fun to experiement - I love that and experience it as a kind of dancing, vibrating rhythms of color and light. And I just adore your installation of light in your painting place - my inspiration comes from meditative walking in Nature - often at sunrise, sunsetting, and always listening to the sounds 🎶💜🎵🦄🎨🙏
Thanks Lis, inspiration can come from anything, like the light playing through the leaves, or creating a shadow in a city. Actually anything can inspire, just open up to it. Not aging in your mind also helps 😉 Albert
Thanks TJ, black can be amazing. Look Soulages up on internet and combine his name with 1 color, like blue or red, it will show you an abundance of options. Or use 'outrenoir' to get all the magical black ones enjoy, Albert
This artist appeared on my art world feeds recently. Maybe he is being promoted at the moment or it's just another interesting internet coincidence. Anyway, I am happy to be part of this thread and thanks Albert for being a ' connector' like a true artist! Have a splendid day!
Hi Rawdon, thanks. Internet follows you around, so you create your own thread, like it or not. I just like to showcase different artists, preferably abstract and who knows, you or others find new friends in that way. Have a great day. Albert
This is such a wonderful video. Really opened my eyes to what I would otherwise dismiss as ‘just a black square’. Your open approach and creativity is always inspiring! Thank you so much
Greetings Albert. What a great lesson on Pierre Soulage. I can't have enough of his art. I myself occasionally paint black inspired by his work and that of Franz Klein. Besides brush work and thick oil paint, I learnt (from a documentary) that Soulage sometimes mixed resin with the oil paint that he used (resin is oil-based). The resin provided better reflectance and in some of his paintings you could see resin made light prominent to the extent that when you lay your eye on one of his pieces (that incorporated resin with oil) for the first time, you find yourself fixated on light as opposed to black. Regardless of the truth, I tried resin with acrylic. It worked to a certain extent (maybe because unlike resin, acrylic is water-based). I tried oil with resin, i got better results. Another documentary claimed that Soulage used way too many different blacks. I use different blacks on same all-black painting and was pleasantly surprised that Soulage could have used the same technique. An example of a blackhole black is that that was developed by the artist sculptor Anish Kapoor. His black reflects no light whatsoever. Its got a weird appeal, yet attractive. I saw some of his work in a museum in Napoli and was stunned by the effect. The trouble for me among others he owns the patent and refuses to avail the product to anybody else! go figure. I am sorry that I missed this episode. I discovered it today. Thanks again for the effort and time you put into these inspiring lessons Albert. Have a good night!
Thanks Salim, always interesting to read about technical or 'secret' methods. Personally I'm not sure what to think of it as well. In a way it sucks me into my head thinking about techniques, or chemicals where I'm more interested in the why of art. What did they learn from it why make it in the first place. And that's also the beauty of art, a multifaceted process. Lots to discover and learn or ponder and wonder about. Albert
@@cherylerome-beatty4677 I got the paint. I love it. It’s no where near Amish Kapoor’s black. On a visit to a gallery in Napoli, I saw a demo in which Anish had half of a rugged surface was painted using his black, and the other half using a different yet matt black. Looking at his-half his you couldn’t tell that the surface was a rugged 3d surface. Not so with the other half. Magic!
@@sdouba so Kapoor's is still blacker? It would be interesting to see. Stuart promotes his a just as black but as it turns out I don't know that it is important after all to me for what I am doing. God luck to you, tho.
Hello Albert, i have recently discovered your youtube channel,im so glad as i love what you share and of course your work. Its so very interesting and have learnt much, so thankyou. 👍
I watched a documentary on Soulages just last night. He did use a lot of various mediums to create his artwork. I like that they are minimal, but interesting all the same. It's amazing that he could create so many artworks using just that technique. I discovered another artist that uses color but with a similar technique, Sally Gabori.
Hi Culture Fan, I didn't watch any documentaries for the opposite reason, I wanted to find my own way. Ii didn't exactly arrive where I wanted but the journey was interesting. Sally Gabori is interesting, just looked around. I'll put him on my list. I saw a pink one with a little black, marvelous. Albert
Thank you Mr Albert van der Zwart for the interesting video about how to paint like Pierre Soulages. Could you please make a video about how to paint like Nicolas de Staël ?
Good to see you have gotten heavy into the black paintings. I only make these types of minimalist abstract works, I work in all black or all white. Might I suggest wearing gloves (or just bare hands if you don't mind the cleanup) and fingerpainting in all black for some truly unique effects. Also try using two or more blacks, as in Mars, Ivory, Carbon, Lamp, Bone, etc.
Thanks Ryan, yes it's really interesting, all this black. But every time a different angle. This time Soulages. Next time something else. Thanks for the suggestions, finger-painting is great, love it and please without gloves, otherwise you would miss out on a tactile sensation. Albert
@@ImperfectPaintings I have been in the market to make (mull) my own oil paint from pigment and linseed. I have many other suggestions for where to get started on that (sites, brands, list of supplies, etc.), but for the pure, old-school Rembrandt-level experience of the Old Masters, it is a fantastic way to save in the long run in bulk. I highly recommend it. It would also give you a reason to play with bulk pigment powder in various ways, like mixed media.
@@RealRyanSecord thanks Ryan, i'm more playing with ideas. I'm for sure not planning on making my own paint. But it's fun thinking about it. I'm always overflowing with ideas but lack the time to execute them all.
Did that thick paint in the last experiment crack when it dried Albert? I've experimented with thick paint and that did happen. Maybe the gloss medium kept it a bit more flexible?
Hi Pat, to be honest this experiment too didn't bring what I expected. But also didn't crack. Perhaps not enough medium added.. it's fun his mysterious way of working. But perhaps there's a video out there, where he shows how he works. Anyway it was fun to play like this. Albert
Soulages didnt let anyone even his wife watch him work so finding a video of him working would be unlikely - but i would like to see one, too! I love his Outre Noir work!.
Thanks Cheryle, the are stories going around he used all sort of chemicals to get his results. What is okay but also makes it harder for others to work in a similar way. Albert
Thank you, very nicely done, Albert! BTW, I've been watching the HBO series "Painting with John" (John Lurie) and wondering if you've been watching too, and if you will do a video on his work. I'd love to see your ideas and experiments on his unique style.
Thanks My3Babies, sorry to say I don't have HBO. I watched a trailer of the series just now and I would love to see it. Looks like fun or to be interesting. But the guy has a tv-show, so just enjoy his art making process. Just as you watch mine. And after watching, enjoy your own process. Do, do doing! Albert
Hi Nat, I checked and indeed I say 'American artist' but at that moment I'm talking about the artist of the next video I suggest to watch, Peter Halley. Thanks for keeping me sharp, Albert
@@ImperfectPaintings I was saying that easy paintings are the most difficult! You are a great minimalist expressionist painter. I meant it as a compliment! Thank you. You understand colour or non colour. Excellent.
You are a Gift. You easily deconstruct work of Masters with such grace and ease and share your findings with the world. Thank you.
Thanks Daniel, it is such an interesting artist to look into. Albert
I think what I love most about your channel is the introduction of artist I never knew about. Thank you for opening my eyes to the endless possibilities.
Thanks Darkman, I also like to introduce them, they all amaze me. Albert
Another fun video from Mr Albert! It is inspiring ! :) Thank you for sharing !
Good to hear, lolli. Enjoy making shiny black paintings. Albert
That was great Albert! I was half expecting you to melt all that chocolate and ice a cake with it at the end. 😀
Thanks Jane, sorry, the chocolate didn't even make it to the end of the evening. Loved it. Albert
Thank you very much, I've been looking for this in weeks. The subtitles in portuguese helped a lot.
Thanks fivedriedgramsinsilence, enjoy painting. Albert
Yes its truly fun to experiement - I love that and experience it as a kind of dancing, vibrating rhythms of color and light. And I just adore your installation of light in your painting place - my inspiration comes from meditative walking in Nature - often at sunrise, sunsetting, and always listening to the sounds 🎶💜🎵🦄🎨🙏
Thanks Lis, inspiration can come from anything, like the light playing through the leaves, or creating a shadow in a city. Actually anything can inspire, just open up to it. Not aging in your mind also helps 😉
Albert
A really interesting video thanks . Who’d have thought black paintings had so many possibilities . I look forward to playing with black
Thanks TJ, black can be amazing. Look Soulages up on internet and combine his name with 1 color, like blue or red, it will show you an abundance of options. Or use 'outrenoir' to get all the magical black ones enjoy, Albert
This artist appeared on my art world feeds recently. Maybe he is being promoted at the moment or it's just another interesting internet coincidence.
Anyway, I am happy to be part of this thread and thanks Albert for being a ' connector' like a true artist!
Have a splendid day!
I should add , if I want to disappear down a rabbit hole for an hour or two , I just type in [abstract art] . It never fails to motivate me. 🙂✌️🎨✍️🤸
Hi Rawdon, thanks. Internet follows you around, so you create your own thread, like it or not. I just like to showcase different artists, preferably abstract and who knows, you or others find new friends in that way. Have a great day. Albert
I totally agree, recently I found some new amazing examples. You'll see them in the coming months. Enjoy, Albert
I love you work I love your ideas you make me such a better artist continue with your great ideas
Thanks Debra, happy painting Albert
This is such a wonderful video. Really opened my eyes to what I would otherwise dismiss as ‘just a black square’. Your open approach and creativity is always inspiring! Thank you so much
Thanks Bruce, always nice to hear about 'opened eyes' , there's always so much more to see, try and discover in art. Enjoy making yours, Albert
Greetings Albert. What a great lesson on Pierre Soulage. I can't have enough of his art. I myself occasionally paint black inspired by his work and that of Franz Klein. Besides brush work and thick oil paint, I learnt (from a documentary) that Soulage sometimes mixed resin with the oil paint that he used (resin is oil-based). The resin provided better reflectance and in some of his paintings you could see resin made light prominent to the extent that when you lay your eye on one of his pieces (that incorporated resin with oil) for the first time, you find yourself fixated on light as opposed to black. Regardless of the truth, I tried resin with acrylic. It worked to a certain extent (maybe because unlike resin, acrylic is water-based). I tried oil with resin, i got better results. Another documentary claimed that Soulage used way too many different blacks. I use different blacks on same all-black painting and was pleasantly surprised that Soulage could have used the same technique. An example of a blackhole black is that that was developed by the artist sculptor Anish Kapoor. His black reflects no light whatsoever. Its got a weird appeal, yet attractive. I saw some of his work in a museum in Napoli and was stunned by the effect. The trouble for me among others he owns the patent and refuses to avail the product to anybody else! go figure. I am sorry that I missed this episode. I discovered it today. Thanks again for the effort and time you put into these inspiring lessons Albert. Have a good night!
Thanks Salim, always interesting to read about technical or 'secret' methods. Personally I'm not sure what to think of it as well. In a way it sucks me into my head thinking about techniques, or chemicals where I'm more interested in the why of art. What did they learn from it why make it in the first place.
And that's also the beauty of art, a multifaceted process. Lots to discover and learn or ponder and wonder about. Albert
There is an ultra flat black acrylic by Stuart Semple in the UK.
Thanks Cheryle for the tip
@@cherylerome-beatty4677 I got the paint. I love it. It’s no where near Amish Kapoor’s black. On a visit to a gallery in Napoli, I saw a demo in which Anish had half of a rugged surface was painted using his black, and the other half using a different yet matt black. Looking at his-half his you couldn’t tell that the surface was a rugged 3d surface. Not so with the other half. Magic!
@@sdouba so Kapoor's is still blacker? It would be interesting to see. Stuart promotes his a just as black but as it turns out I don't know that it is important after all to me for what I am doing. God luck to you, tho.
I love this video. Thank you.
Thanks Diana
Hello Albert, i have recently discovered your youtube channel,im so glad as i love what you share and of course your work. Its so very interesting and have learnt much, so thankyou. 👍
Thanks Andrea, always nice to hear. Enjoy playing with the shiny black. Albert
Thank you for another great video!
Thanks Konstantinos, always a pleasure. Albert
You are my inspiration, Thank you so much. It’s so Amazing 😊
Thanks Dewi, happy painting, Albert
@@ImperfectPaintings
I wish you give me inspiration more and more 😊😁🙏
Just hang in, every other week you get some. :)))
I watched a documentary on Soulages just last night. He did use a lot of various mediums to create his artwork. I like that they are minimal, but interesting all the same. It's amazing that he could create so many artworks using just that technique. I discovered another artist that uses color but with a similar technique, Sally Gabori.
Hi Culture Fan, I didn't watch any documentaries for the opposite reason, I wanted to find my own way. Ii didn't exactly arrive where I wanted but the journey was interesting.
Sally Gabori is interesting, just looked around. I'll put him on my list. I saw a pink one with a little black, marvelous. Albert
link? please
Thank you Mr Albert van der Zwart for the interesting video about how to paint like Pierre Soulages. Could you please make a video about how to paint like Nicolas de Staël ?
Thanks, stam. Nicolas de Staël is already suggested by others as well. I guess I have to find a way to make a video about him. Albert
Hey Albert, ik leer altijd and again zo veel van jou. That's wonderful! 😊 Lieve groetjes uit Alkmaar, Susy
Bedankt Susy, veel plezier met schilderen. Albert
Love your class Albert, as always. I wonder if I could do my self portrait all in black. 😃
Thanks Franca, oh nice idea, just in mat and gloss could be marvelous. Enjoy making it, Albert
Good to see you have gotten heavy into the black paintings. I only make these types of minimalist abstract works, I work in all black or all white.
Might I suggest wearing gloves (or just bare hands if you don't mind the cleanup) and fingerpainting in all black for some truly unique effects.
Also try using two or more blacks, as in Mars, Ivory, Carbon, Lamp, Bone, etc.
Thanks Ryan, yes it's really interesting, all this black. But every time a different angle. This time Soulages. Next time something else. Thanks for the suggestions, finger-painting is great, love it and please without gloves, otherwise you would miss out on a tactile sensation. Albert
@@ImperfectPaintings And fortunately for the black aficionados, black is among the cheapest pigments to buy in bulk.
@@RealRyanSecord that could also be interesting, to work directly with pigments...
@@ImperfectPaintings I have been in the market to make (mull) my own oil paint from pigment and linseed. I have many other suggestions for where to get started on that (sites, brands, list of supplies, etc.), but for the pure, old-school Rembrandt-level experience of the Old Masters, it is a fantastic way to save in the long run in bulk. I highly recommend it. It would also give you a reason to play with bulk pigment powder in various ways, like mixed media.
@@RealRyanSecord thanks Ryan, i'm more playing with ideas. I'm for sure not planning on making my own paint. But it's fun thinking about it. I'm always overflowing with ideas but lack the time to execute them all.
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Thanks, Nurani.
Did that thick paint in the last experiment crack when it dried Albert? I've experimented with thick paint and that did happen. Maybe the gloss medium kept it a bit more flexible?
Hi Pat, to be honest this experiment too didn't bring what I expected. But also didn't crack. Perhaps not enough medium added.. it's fun his mysterious way of working. But perhaps there's a video out there, where he shows how he works. Anyway it was fun to play like this. Albert
Soulages didnt let anyone even his wife watch him work so finding a video of him working would be unlikely - but i would like to see one, too! I love his Outre Noir work!.
Thanks Cheryle, the are stories going around he used all sort of chemicals to get his results. What is okay but also makes it harder for others to work in a similar way. Albert
Can you please do a video on Benoit Sjoholm technique?
Thanks mabboy for your suggestion. I'll put him on my list Albert
@@ImperfectPaintings Thank you
Thank you, very nicely done, Albert! BTW, I've been watching the HBO series "Painting with John" (John Lurie) and wondering if you've been watching too, and if you will do a video on his work. I'd love to see your ideas and experiments on his unique style.
Thanks My3Babies, sorry to say I don't have HBO. I watched a trailer of the series just now and I would love to see it. Looks like fun or to be interesting. But the guy has a tv-show, so just enjoy his art making process. Just as you watch mine. And after watching, enjoy your own process. Do, do doing! Albert
And i was wrong - here is a link to a video of Soulages process. ruclips.net/video/TfinJkJltiI/видео.html
Thanks for sharing Cheryle
Your surname means from the black.Cool vid.
Thanks Van Dolmatzis, you're right. It's a kind of insider joke. Albert
Pierre Soulages est un artiste français. :)
Oui, your right Nat. I hope I didn't tell otherwise in the video. Albert
@@ImperfectPaintings Oui, vous avez dit: "cet artiste américain" à la fin de la vidéo. Ceci dit, il y a peut-être eu une erreur de traduction.
Hi Nat, I checked and indeed I say 'American artist' but at that moment I'm talking about the artist of the next video I suggest to watch, Peter Halley. Thanks for keeping me sharp, Albert
@@ImperfectPaintings Ah d'accord! Désolée! :/
It's alright. Have a good day. Albert
People think that this is simple to do. Not at all!
You're completely right. But it also is fun to try. Just go and see where you end up. Albert
@@ImperfectPaintings I was saying that easy paintings are the most difficult! You are a great minimalist expressionist painter. I meant it as a compliment! Thank you. You understand colour or non colour. Excellent.
Thanks Jonathan, I just love simple paintings, they often show the essence. Marvelous. Albert
love these videos :) !!!
Thanks Peter