Caravaggio Technique - Oil Painting

This is a painting lesson on Caravaggio's technique, using of course oil colors and chiaroscuro. I hope this will be helpful to all of you wanting to improve your painting skills and learn this exciting way of painting.
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Thank you so much,
Antonis Kosmadakis

[@reference2592]

This feels like I'm watching a slow motion miracle, an act of creation. The artistry and output is enchanting.

[@bodeaalex1142]

When painting chiaroscuro in oils it is smart to use a darker ground. But because the oil colors are transparent by nature, every layer we put on top of this dark ground will become more and more transparent in time, thus the painting in itself will become more darker than intended. For this reason it is actually advisable to paint first a pure white underpainting of the light areas as this will act as a an opaque as it gets isolation layer and the colors layd on top of it will stay bright and visible for a long time. We can go a step further and paint the white underpainting in tempera or tempera grassa. This type of color becomes more opaque as time goes by (the opposite of oil) so any color on top of that will stay fresh. Some artists after Caravaggio abandoned the white underpainting (for time conusming reasons) and their paintings unfortunately hang now darker and darker in the museums.

[@josyvan7680]

thank you for the info thats amazing

[@user-gf4mi7kw4x]

Caravaggio's technique actually helped me alot in understanding the basics of painting. Truly a master! Great video!!

[@alex24mamba]

I can't wait to try this today. I'm listilening to this while I'm sketching/ prepping my canvas

[@NathainArdoin]

Antonios, sir, thank you for your contributions to the art world and to this KZbin channel being one of the best for learning the classics as your initial journey into painting. Reason I commented was to share some things I learned over the years both from taking art history( a few different ones) and online reading( Google Arts and Culture, Smithsonian Channel TV, KZbin Documentaries on Paints and other Chemicals) about the paints available, discovered along the way had a lot of lead for sure especially the white but added a vibrancy we still admire today on some paintings and others after restoration. Anyways, I went and got you various answers:

[@NathainArdoin]

Medieval Age Painting techniques Egg tempera painting, in which the pigment was mixed with water and egg before application, was well established by the 13th century. The dried protein remaining after the water evaporated bound the pigment to the substrate. The tendency of a thick layer of such paint to crack meant that it was essential to apply the paint in thin layers or glazes, and is the reason for the highly finished appearance of medieval paintings. Palette Mineral pigments (red ochre, yellow ochre, umber, lime white) continued to be used by painters throughout the Middle Ages. Dug right out of the earth and shaped into sticks with knives, painters made chalks ready for drawing. Natural red chalks, with their rich, warm color, were popular from about 1500 to 1900. Such artists as Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Antoine Watteau used this medium to produce some of the most revered drawings in the world today. Available since antiquity, medieval Italian painters used green earth for under painting flesh tones. Its commonly used synonym is Verona green, from Verona, a city in the north part of Italy. Malachite and verdigris were also used as greens. Orpiment continued to be used for yellow together with yellow ochre. In addition to azurite, which had been used as a blue since the time of the ancient Egyptians, by far the most important blue in the Middle Ages was ultramarine. During the Renaissance, the color blue was associated with purity, and ultramarine was used to striking effect in paintings of the Virgin Mary, where she was almost invariably depicted wearing ultramarine blue garments. The high price of the pigment, sourced in Afghanistan, also meant that its use was appropriate in the case of a noble subject such as the mother of Christ.

[@NathainArdoin]

Palette Although painting techniques improved immeasurably during the Renaissance, the Renaissance palette mirrored that of the Medieval Age but for three pigments: Naples yellow, smalt and carmine lake (cochineal). Other reds were vermilion and madder lake, which brought to Europe by crusaders in the 12th century. The Renaissance color palette also featured realgar and among the blues azurite, ultramarine and indigo. The greens were verdigris, green earth and malachite; the yellows were Naples yellow, orpiment, and lead-tin yellow. Renaissance browns were obtained from umber. Whites were lead white, gypsum and lime white, and blacks were carbon black and bone black.

[@NathainArdoin]

Bosh's Pallete consisted of Yellow Ochre, Lead Tin Yellow, Azurite, Vermillion, Carmine Lake, Malachite, Copper Resinate, Lead White, and Ivory Black,

[@Lunatee-i9q]

Your channel is very informative. Thank you for your generosity.

[@janetmatthews5564]

Wow i can’t wait to try this technique

[@minafouad78]

God bless u Mr Antonios .. what a fine art 🤩

[@Loiez]

This is one of my best moment on youtube. As a photographer i am vey interested by your work on light and shadow. And by chance because i have just a broken english i understand your words. Merci beaucoup pour ce partage.

[@MariaVasilescu-d5b]

Mulțumesc, super video

[@zylcjusz2344]

Fantastic video. Both your painting skill and of what you say or explain while painting. I like a lot (and agree) what you said about Caravaggio that despite his turbulent life he had a great love for painting and there is much soulfulness in his work. Rare example of unique set of opposites which compliment each other. Greetings from Poland and keep up :)

[@SepulvedaBoulevard]

I learned the grid method long ago and have always used it with great success. Versatile, effective, and good exercise in patience.

[@liatomaselli6650]

Hi Antonis, it's always a pleasure to follow your lessons!

[@dinal806]

bravo⭐️ i just love the old masters , they are like old friends , love Caravaggio , his work & he was a bit of a bad boy in his time , you’ve got a really nice channel here , great work ! thank u 4 sharing

[@JurgenDoldde]

Ein Meister der Kunst gesegnet Dank dem Herrn 🙏

[@dc56789]

I hope im as talented as this one day

[@helmutdanninger1510]

All the best for you ❤️❤️🙏🙏🍀🍀🍀

[@intothedarknessYT]

Love your tutorials! I was wondering since you work on these big sized canvases, what kind of canvas do you buy or do you stretch them yourself?

[@ravenshadowz2343]

Oil paint is the easiest to master, compared to watercolour, acrylics. You have amazing skills. I see you do not have any videos on Artemisia Gentileschi, she and Caravaggio are my favorite artist of the past.

[@Nininininininininin]

Thank you!

[@AM-sw9di]

I would love if you could do one of these videos for Holbein the Younger, he has an amazing technique and I'd love to paint my partner in that style.

[@mcmusic6450]

so cool

[@lathonland]

ive always wanted to learn his style from someone good--this is very informative thank you!!

[@Lara-ym2py]

Amazing! Can you please share to us how you transfer image to canvas? ❤❤❤thank you

[@rosamariadodaro5957]

Vorrei sapere come si fanno le linee sottili ad olio please!!! Thanks very much

[@NathainArdoin]

Rembrandt had Carmine Lake and Smalt, Bone Black, and Ultramarine along with Bosch and Carravaggio's colors.

[@filippamarotta8798]

Molto interessante e affascinante conoscere queste tecniche antiche..fai dei corsi online in cui ci siano le traduzioni? Hai usato quali colori in questo dipinto? Grazie buona serata

[@sissykapa]

❤

[@dominikku7090]

I tried Caravaggio's Technique on a portrait of my friend, it isn't very good a lot of mistakes but the light effect is stunning

[@Fasaiemaryam]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@ΕΛΕΝΗΠΥΡΓΙΑΝΑΚΗ]

Με το στόμα ανοιχτό. . .δεν είναι λόγια,συναίσθημα/τα είναι. Θα λέω ότι ζωγραφίζω κι εγώ, ταπεινά , σαν παιδί μήπως κι ακουμπήσω κι εγώ μια μέρα ❤

[@yeikoramosflores7493]

What color used in this painting? Tanks

[@EggsvsgVsvvsvsv]

❤جميل

[@juliearvaniti7336]

μπράβο !!

[@normanmerrill1241]

Thanks….

[@artyvipul984]

38:30

[@marcoscr1]

mmh..

[@ElcioFerreiradeMelo-mj8dm]

O corpo ficou horrível. Desproporcional. Observe bem o original de caravaggio. Não tem nada haver