The idea is to interpret ideas is to improve and naked better than what's there

Who cares its amazing to me

So fascinating and inspiring. Listening to the voice of the man he is breaking through with authority and reassurance leaves me hopeful we will be blessed with this voice of inspiration for many years to come!!

...there are tons of pretty horrible stuff on YT hailed in an obscene manner... This demo, in my view, is fairly decent. There is license taken, but, overall, the figure is convincing. The most difficult part here is, in my opinion, the knee, which was rendered with a remarkable economy of means. I would criticize two things: the premature insistence on line quality instead of structure (the pose became static compared to the real thing), and the uneven approach of the drawing: detailed areas next to virgin paper surface...

Looks like your using hog filbert? Or something else? Love the economy of strokes and paint applied.

Excellent work, seemingly effortless

She didn’t need the model? She always painter her idea. It is not what in front of her. No comparison at all.

You make me glad I started this. Thank you.

Sherill is amazing artist, real "profi"! Great work and insights, thank you!

Outstanding.

❤

Nearly all the people commenting here dont know, or understand, artist materials. This is the most traditional preparation of linen painting canvas on all of KZbin. Before all the modern art supply companies & factories, this is exactly how it was done.

Great artist , How is he (:Jan 2024) ?

Likeness vs painterly ?

That poor deformed woman.

It's a fantastic start. Thank you!

oh so good, what an eye

Queste americanate che non portano a nulla,sono inconcludenti,la pittura è una cosa seria,😢che tristezza

If you're a beginner painter, LEAVE because you'll be so confused you'll never want to paint again.

Great artist! He can paint and explain at the same time!Master of our time!

Very good explanation of paint application, carving and light :)

Thank you sir david,its a masterpiece painting.GOD BLESS

Use to see his art at Grand Central Art Gallery

Is he aware of his style . I know his style.

Classic

The hardest part of learning from Leffel is translating what he says to something useful,

It ,s orignal art please give lesson in hindi

So we blur the nipples in the photo but show them in the painting. Does that mean we relegate the painting as unimportant and non representational? Have we become that idiotic about the human body? Sorry, but it just distracted from the whole lesson and I'm an artist.

This really have nothing to do with nicolai fechin

A few things I wished he had said in his 1st book

It is difficult to watch this type of demonstration video. I say that because, despite what typical audience members think they see happening, I as a seasoned painter just see one amateurish technique and result after another. We can stipulate that is is not a simple matter to achieve a good painting in just 20 or 30 minutes. But I notice that in practically all such demonstrations the artist likes to be sure to plaster on those shiny white highlights early on! Immediate gratification. (I would probably avoid such bright highlights altogether, even in the finished work.) But to me, this and many other practices such as jumping into some areas of impasto early on, are hallmarks of producing a crowd-pleasing but actually not very good painting.

Her remember me while we met from exiting the Frick Museum in NYC. Had not met Sherry , thought she was the lady mentioned on his book

Seeing his work at Grand Central Art Gallery was amazing. Buy his videos ,studied/observed and sold my first of his style .

Amazing artist and teacher!!!Thank your David to taking me to the great world of art and teaching me to be a better human being!!!

Mrs. McGraw, I am fascinație by your drawing skill! I love artistic, "real" drawing, but unfortunately KZbin is full of amatorial draftsmen tutorials! Please, can I have more tutorials of you drawing? I would be delighted to see you more drawing! Thank you and God bless you!

Master painter!

Many of his still life paintings are among the best I've ever seen; his painting of people, however...not the best.

All these trailers but no finished videos?

Apparently several trailers but no actual final or finished videos.

I suppose there is not a full length video of this demo? The link provided does not go anywhere.

Aww David you are such a giver. So compassionate. Kind and most wonderful teacher. ❤

I use to visit his Grand Central Gallery art shows ,but meanwhile got none of his instructions or lessins. I finslly got his book and video. Sold all my painting done from studying him. And always will..

If anyone’s deserves this award it’s you David Leffel. Love you to the moon and back. You are a true master and an amazing human being. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

Amazing artist great teacher

I almost love drawing as much if not more than painting. Less supplies easy to do on the fly, also make you better at painting and vise versa

i have one hoffman paint

Why are the models always naked? Bizarre

Watching how he steadies his painting hand with his left. I have problems with essential tremors that I usually rely on a mahlstick to overcome when they present my own steadieness issues. Found this very helpful . . . not to mention simply watching him paint. Wonderful.

I can see as it was live the photographer was limited with the light conditions they had to film this live BUT surely they must have watched it and seen it was totally useless for putting on here as you can't see anything that will allow you to copy or learn from doing so.

No likeness at all.