The quality and amount of information provided in this and all of Chelsea’s video’s continues to blow away any other channel. Thank you for your generosity by freely giving such educational information.
Honestly dont know why this has come up as recommended 😂, I'm probably the worst person I know at any form of art but i could watch these painting videos all day, unbelievably talented 🙌
Well sometimes that is the objective, other times it is not. For example.. you are creating an illustration of a monster from a book you read.. you paint only things you do not see. Even portrait, you want to draw a portrait of Cleopatra? Well you can only get som much from references...
you are really good! Wow! I find it really difficult to start for nothing, I am used to pencil draw before but I wish I could have your talent. You make it look so easy
I can't wait for the webinar, though you use oils I'm sure I can translate it into gouache, and hopfully keep it in mind when i end up starting with oils. I'm entering an art competition soon from one of my favorite art stores with the chance for my paintings to be displayed in LONDON! (on the south bank, they hold a little exibition there.) so i'm trying to improve my sills before i start one of the paintings im going to submit, it's an alla prima painting of a ballet dancer, it's very cool toned and somewhere inbetween sad and wistful, like she's just about to continue her variation :)
I like the format where the talk is accompanied all along with the actual work in process with all the struggle being obvious - from the humble start to final product pulled off remarkably. Nice! Sparkle in model's eyes may be bit to intense for my taste but that's minor.
Drawing style ultimately has a lot to do with how one finally develops their painting style. A study of Sargent's portrait drawings show how similar they are to his paintings. One might even say Sargent was using charcoal much the same way he used oil paints. Blocking form in with lines, focusing on the big shapes, striving for a pleasing arrangement, preserving a look of spontaneity. If one can master all that with charcoal it will begin to show in ones painting as well.
Well i saw your video n i finetime to lessen up the step were to start and put on Colors and its Shades.tone value.hoping to be watching on your videos again. GODBLESS iam from Philippines.thanks
A little question: does an artist need a niche? According to many artists, you do need. Personally, I see it as a very limited thing to do, because you don’t know what are you gonna paint tomorrow; it could be a landscape, a still life, an animal, etc. I mean, I understand how finding a niche can be helpful, but is it true that you need it to succeed as an artist? Could you make a video about it? Thank you!
Just found your channel and I have to say you have given me new motivation in improving my art. What brushes do you use in this video? Brand and size:) i need some bigger brushes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and showing your beautiful artwork.
Just to mythbust something you said, I would call myself an Illustrator and Concept Artist in waiting and I love your videos, so perhaps you have further reach than you thought =) I myself spend a decent amount of time collecting reference whenever I can (or more often than not getting my partner to take pictures of me being my own reference haha!) This is another great video and another incredible painting. Can I ask where you got that beautiful reference image from?
Very nice. Just to say the main problem you had with the drawing here was down to setting a center line on the face that was pointing the wrong direction (to the right) at the beginning of your process. All the features then ended up too far right and angled the wrong way. You then spent the rest of the painting fighting to move them all left. If you look at the reference, even after radically moving eyes, nose, mouth and eyebrows they are still not quite far enough to the left and the features (particularly nose and mouth) are squished into the middle of the face. The rendering is beautiful though and Color harmony totally sells it.
I just think if you’re going to make a video imploring people to not make mistakes, you should start with the mistakes you made in the very video you posted.
Even concept artists use references. They set up the scene with broad shapes to see if the composition is working. Then after the color and shapes are working, they just go in with references they collected over the years or an online site to create the details of the type of trees/buildings/etc. For example, when designing clothes, they'll draw the basic robe on the character. It will be a rough idea of what they want it to look like. Then they'll look at probably 100+ different real references and paint in certain features to make it look more realistic and believable. Over time, they'll probably look at less references, but they'll still use references. The experience gives them an idea of what they exactly want. That skill was hard for me to get. When I moved from portraits to landscapes and cityscapes in 2021, I found it hard to simply look at a reference and paint it. I could do it but it was mentally taxing and time consuming to do so. So I started looking around and I found out about perspective. I learned about it and it gave me enough knowledge to learn how to simplify the scene and make the perspectives sale without having to worry about certain details. It was so taxing before because I didn't know what was selling the perspective. So I would waste time painting in everything. Now that I could do portraits, people, landscapes and cityscapes, I thought I could jump right in to making art from fantasy. This is when I hit a brick wall for months. I kept coming to YT to look for perspective and how to make a scene in it. The problem is everytime I set up the perspective the scene was boring and felt lifeless to me. I couldn't figure out the reason why. So I just started watching multiple art YT videos and looking at random art. I saw this rough sketch of a scene by somebody starting out in story boarding. Their perspective was horrible. Their anatomy was horrible. There was no color. However there was something else that made me sit there and admire it. I realized that it was the COMPOSITION!!! That's when I realized why my art was boring. I did not learn composition. So then I started to do so and realized it was far easier and quicker to build a composition first then build the perspective once the composition is known. This way I am not building a concrete perspective and trying to fit a composition into it. I am free to experiment with all sorts of compositions and then I build the perspective around the composition I end up with. It's all because of that one storyboarder who had an interesting scene but at the time was lacking at the rest of the stuff that I realized I was lacking horribly in composition. Knowing how to Isolate the problem and work on it meaningfully is an important skill to have. If I knew the fundamentals of art before trying to jump into it, I probably could have saved some time finding out what I was deficient in. I wouldn't have to rely on random chance. Also admittedly a teacher probably could have pointed me in the right direction. However, I am still just kicking the can around with art. I am not serious yet.
I appreciate all of your views about the art of painting. You show us how you make a painting, but you really never go about telling us how to make the painting. The practical aspects of painting, like colors used, mixing of colors. brushes, brush work, mediums. nothing.
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I’m loving how everything is coming together and how you’re able to work on many things at a time!
The quality and amount of information provided in this and all of Chelsea’s video’s continues to blow away any other channel. Thank you for your generosity by freely giving such educational information.
Honestly dont know why this has come up as recommended 😂, I'm probably the worst person I know at any form of art but i could watch these painting videos all day, unbelievably talented 🙌
Excellent work. Sargent once said, “I paint what I see, I do not invent anything that is not there.”
All abstract artists : :0
Sargent painted the Quintessential. That was Durans method. A half tone, then accents not to the point.
Well sometimes that is the objective, other times it is not. For example.. you are creating an illustration of a monster from a book you read.. you paint only things you do not see. Even portrait, you want to draw a portrait of Cleopatra? Well you can only get som much from references...
Thoroughly entertaining video….the suspense of the “push and pull”, culiminating in a VERY happy ending
Beautiful . This is all about ...
"accuracy in color really come down doing discoveries in value".....that is really ans awesome statement, thanks!
the reference is so beautiful!! could you link it?
love the advice and masterful painting you created:)
you are really good! Wow! I find it really difficult to start for nothing, I am used to pencil draw before but I wish I could have your talent. You make it look so easy
I really appreciate how you captured the expression of the model from your photograph.
Pięknie! Lekko i precyzyjnie!
Pozdrawiam
Nice , the lighting in your painting is very nice. ❤
I can't wait for the webinar, though you use oils I'm sure I can translate it into gouache, and hopfully keep it in mind when i end up starting with oils. I'm entering an art competition soon from one of my favorite art stores with the chance for my paintings to be displayed in LONDON! (on the south bank, they hold a little exibition there.) so i'm trying to improve my sills before i start one of the paintings im going to submit, it's an alla prima painting of a ballet dancer, it's very cool toned and somewhere inbetween sad and wistful, like she's just about to continue her variation :)
I like the format where the talk is accompanied all along with the actual work in process with all the struggle being obvious - from the humble start to final product pulled off remarkably.
Nice!
Sparkle in model's eyes may be bit to intense for my taste but that's minor.
Cool video and great advice. Thank you
What a lovely painting and video. Thank you. Everything you said was helpful. Looking forward to the masterclass.
Beautifully painted
Drawing style ultimately has a lot to do with how one finally develops their painting style. A study of Sargent's portrait drawings show how similar they are to his paintings. One might even say Sargent was using charcoal much the same way he used oil paints. Blocking form in with lines, focusing on the big shapes, striving for a pleasing arrangement, preserving a look of spontaneity. If one can master all that with charcoal it will begin to show in ones painting as well.
Well i saw your video n i finetime to lessen up the step were to start and put on Colors and its Shades.tone value.hoping to be watching on your videos again. GODBLESS iam from Philippines.thanks
You are fantastic
I fell in love with this portrait 😱🤩🥰 wonderful
we need a whole video of painting with u 😣
You captured the eyes perfectly!
Brilliant painter.
I love your portrait style. I want to be better at portraits
في عملك اجد المتعة والبهجة والفائدة والخبره شكرا لك
You should have no should be no goals ! Zero expectations is the only way.
Thank you Chelsea ❤
A little question: does an artist need a niche? According to many artists, you do need. Personally, I see it as a very limited thing to do, because you don’t know what are you gonna paint tomorrow; it could be a landscape, a still life, an animal, etc. I mean, I understand how finding a niche can be helpful, but is it true that you need it to succeed as an artist? Could you make a video about it? Thank you!
The most difficult is the color saturation. Inexperienced artists often over saturation.. and painting looks too bright and shallow
Wow excelent art painting..
Just found your channel and I have to say you have given me new motivation in improving my art. What brushes do you use in this video? Brand and size:) i need some bigger brushes. Thank you for sharing your knowledge and showing your beautiful artwork.
was fascinating watching this develop😀
Nice still time in 2022 to make these mistakes 🎉
Your so amazing
Bravo!!!!
Just to mythbust something you said, I would call myself an Illustrator and Concept Artist in waiting and I love your videos, so perhaps you have further reach than you thought =) I myself spend a decent amount of time collecting reference whenever I can (or more often than not getting my partner to take pictures of me being my own reference haha!)
This is another great video and another incredible painting. Can I ask where you got that beautiful reference image from?
thank you !
Fantastic tips and demo, as usual. Love this piece!
Very nice. Just to say the main problem you had with the drawing here was down to setting a center line on the face that was pointing the wrong direction (to the right) at the beginning of your process. All the features then ended up too far right and angled the wrong way. You then spent the rest of the painting fighting to move them all left. If you look at the reference, even after radically moving eyes, nose, mouth and eyebrows they are still not quite far enough to the left and the features (particularly nose and mouth) are squished into the middle of the face. The rendering is beautiful though and Color harmony totally sells it.
I agree with you and I noticed that in the reference photo the face is slightly more round.
I just think if you’re going to make a video imploring people to not make mistakes, you should start with the mistakes you made in the very video you posted.
@@cindijennings2285 Nose is different too. I love the style of painting though.
Is the master class recorded for those of us who cannot attend?
Even concept artists use references. They set up the scene with broad shapes to see if the composition is working. Then after the color and shapes are working, they just go in with references they collected over the years or an online site to create the details of the type of trees/buildings/etc. For example, when designing clothes, they'll draw the basic robe on the character. It will be a rough idea of what they want it to look like. Then they'll look at probably 100+ different real references and paint in certain features to make it look more realistic and believable. Over time, they'll probably look at less references, but they'll still use references. The experience gives them an idea of what they exactly want.
That skill was hard for me to get. When I moved from portraits to landscapes and cityscapes in 2021, I found it hard to simply look at a reference and paint it. I could do it but it was mentally taxing and time consuming to do so. So I started looking around and I found out about perspective. I learned about it and it gave me enough knowledge to learn how to simplify the scene and make the perspectives sale without having to worry about certain details. It was so taxing before because I didn't know what was selling the perspective. So I would waste time painting in everything.
Now that I could do portraits, people, landscapes and cityscapes, I thought I could jump right in to making art from fantasy. This is when I hit a brick wall for months. I kept coming to YT to look for perspective and how to make a scene in it. The problem is everytime I set up the perspective the scene was boring and felt lifeless to me. I couldn't figure out the reason why. So I just started watching multiple art YT videos and looking at random art. I saw this rough sketch of a scene by somebody starting out in story boarding. Their perspective was horrible. Their anatomy was horrible. There was no color. However there was something else that made me sit there and admire it. I realized that it was the COMPOSITION!!! That's when I realized why my art was boring. I did not learn composition. So then I started to do so and realized it was far easier and quicker to build a composition first then build the perspective once the composition is known. This way I am not building a concrete perspective and trying to fit a composition into it. I am free to experiment with all sorts of compositions and then I build the perspective around the composition I end up with.
It's all because of that one storyboarder who had an interesting scene but at the time was lacking at the rest of the stuff that I realized I was lacking horribly in composition. Knowing how to Isolate the problem and work on it meaningfully is an important skill to have. If I knew the fundamentals of art before trying to jump into it, I probably could have saved some time finding out what I was deficient in. I wouldn't have to rely on random chance. Also admittedly a teacher probably could have pointed me in the right direction. However, I am still just kicking the can around with art. I am not serious yet.
Good pointers
I appreciate all of your views about the art of painting. You show us how you make a painting, but you really never go about telling us how to make the painting. The practical aspects of painting, like colors used, mixing of colors. brushes, brush work, mediums. nothing.
Hello Chelsea . If I may ask ,”what do you use to ‘wet and thin your paint whilst doing this first part of the painting ?” Thankyou from UK & France .
you mean the medium.I guess its lindseed myself.
Id like to know if its a prepared canvas!
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You found an actual elf to pose for you !!?
don't make these painting mistakes at 3am 😦
Irgendwas stimmt mit dem Mund nicht.
the face is sooo long