Thank you so much for your kind words. Erasing, rebuilding and accumulating again is, at least for me, one of the most fascinating things about painting. This work certainly isn't the best example, both in process and result, but maybe it can give some idea of it.

I would like to point out to you that no one used the word “artist” in the video, in its title or in its description. you did it all by yourself.

Hi and thanks for your comment. I would actually love to film the whole making of a painting, cutting out only pauses and keep most of it in real time, even if this would bring to a very long video. Yet there are mainly two problems in doing that (trying to simplify as possible): first of all, I would like to film the making of a good painting, but this is a judgment that comes only at the end of the painting. And I would certainly keep modifying the painting until it becomes a good painting. It is a loop that can last for months. Secondly, having to put my hands on the video while painting a little bit will be distracting and affecting me. I can tolerate it for a while, but keeping it for the whole painting becomes an unpleasant presence. And yet I don't rule out it might happen at some point.

@lettera_79 wow, thank you so much for responding. That makes total sense. There really are a lot of pauses when painting but sometimes we can't even tell what kind of brush is being used. Will keep watching and keep trying to find the buttons in youtube to slow down the video. Happy painting in the studio in the coming months.

Thanks a lot

Tom, it's always a true pleasure to read your comments, thank you

Omg such detailed comment, and yes, agree with all of it!

Thanks for watching!

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Thanks Tom!

I'm sorry David, it was recorded this way, and I agree with you that it can give problems in visualization. You can try slowing down the playback and see if it is more enjoyable.

Yes it went very well. It was still a small event, though very curated, very close to my studio

Thanks Tom! And for me it would have been great to talk about it together in person. I hope this simple video can be some kind of middle ground.

Ehi! Sorry for the late reply. Oil is always a mix of trouble and pleasure, and perhaps that is also one of its strengths, and part of its beauty. And as much as I use everything in the studio, I always end up coming back to oil, for a depth and complexity that I cannot find in other mediums. It must be said, however, that I personally have drastically reduced the use of solvents for some time now, and many of the colors I grind with walnut oil instead of linseed. In part, therefore, the painting environment has definitely “reclaimed” itself. Drying times become even longer, however, and the only solution is to work on many paintings at once. Thanks for your kind words!

ehy, thanks for watching. This video was not intended as a tutorial, but as a "diary" of the making of a specific painting. Very likely it was not the right painting for something like this... Coming to what you ask anyway it is not difficult to identify what is used and how: past the first stages the painting goes on all in oil, largely with colors made on the spot (the pigments you see in powder form). Various mediums and various types of oil ( linseed, walnut, poppy) are used.

Did you not read the description above? It doesn't need any narration at all to enjoy, appreciate or follow the fact that dude is making art in his studio. Plus we don't narrate or talk about our processes while we're in our studios creating. We just create... Just watch... Also narration would take away from the ASMR effect. The powder is paint pigment. No one is bringing back abstract art (of any genre) because it's never left or became unpopular. Because you're unfamiliar or underexposed, doesn't mean it isn't being created, popular or out there.

Thanks Tom!

grazie!