Painting Demo: Maintaining the Abstraction

Learn more about the paints I used in this demo at genevafineart.c... and for free oil painting instruction visit drawmixpaint.com

[@arty8703]

Can't believe I went to art high school for 5 years and they haven't even once mentioned why our paintings looked flat and "plastic". We didn't have any understanding of why our paintings looked too bright and here I can actually see why and what mistakes we were doing. What a collective waste of money, paint and canvas... Thank you so much for this video!

[@diablo2freakgirl]

By far my most favorite artist. You are talented. You are extremely helpful and informative and straight to the point! I love your videos!

[@gonzalesart150]

indeed

[@ronschlorff7089]

Right, concise, precise, no B.S. And thanks to the gods, no "not my cup of tea" background music to add nothing to the information conveyed!

[@royalecrafts6252]

Hmmm talented in the way he painted hes own subjects

[@AbleCarpetDyeing]

i hope people will realize that you have given us the most precious gift of your TIME. thank you!

[@internet_best]

Mike Voulo so true!

[@TheSilverEnthusiast]

Yay! I'm so happy you've posted a new video Mark!

[@karenpiukkula2582]

Very good information....I can see how I have made mistakes right from the start....thank you for sharing your experience with us

[@kamlikachandlafineart]

Gorgeous painting. Made my day! Loved the video. Thank you

[@tarmavaughan7578]

I appreciate your instruction. Thank you for sharing your knowledge from experience.

[@anitadavis5430]

Thanks Mark. I just watched this for the second time and I'm really surprised at how much you taught in this video. I think the voice over explanation is an excellent teaching method. I am always hungry to know what is going on in a painter's mind, or what his rationale is or what principle he has learned from experience. Very valuable to me. Thanks again.

[@PaintingandExercise]

You are an amazing painter and instructor. There are thousands of people out there in the world who could become high quality painters but fail to become so because of shoddy instruction. I have learned so much in the last week thanks to you.

[@ruthmarshall1879]

Love it !! I love the “abstraction”. I didn’t know what that style was called but have wanted to learn. Thank you, thank you thank you !!

[@maldoori238]

This is a magnificent piece I so much enjoyed watching you paint and learnt from you comments. What would you do with the rich palate after you finished?you have so much paint there.

[@nompoo3115]

Thanks so much for these demonstrations. Real time, not sped up. Very much appreciated.

[@melissakeller3628]

I love the way the background is now and at 37:25 in the video. You are amazing!!! Thank you so much, I appreciate what you do and how you explain everything. Thank you.

[@Dr10Jeeps]

Your style is different than mine, but, man, do I ever love to watch you paint! You are one heck of a talented artist.

[@Bethabara9]

Love this painting. The range of greens, umber. Very calming but eye catching. I like how you can see the softness of the seed heads and see the coolness of the hard glass. Awesome, as always. Nice to hear you critique yourself like I do myself! If I actually created a vase of flowers into reality, I would still find a fault, lol.

[@peterallwright778]

An accomplished artist makes the hard look easy - your artwork is truly an indication that you know what you are doing.

[@julissimo1]

Bravo, Mark! I love this painting. Thank you for sharing your experience and expertise with us. I so enjoyed watching your process, and hearing your thoughts as you painted it.

[@cheriejardine8610]

I found you whilst on furlough in Scotland. I've been Painting for 5 year's, trying to develop a style. I cannot thank you enough for inspiring me. I have learnt so much from the way you teach Mark. I'm struggling but I'll get there 👍😁

[@natashahernandez9056]

I really appreciate this, very helpful. I’ve been doubting my instincts, but I guess I’m on the right track! Thanks so much!

[@petercope6474]

Oh boy for me this , its like I could just live here watching your paintings come together . and I can say from experience over many years that your making this look way too easy , sadly it isn't or not in my case anyways. however you have picked me up of the deck and me going to go and find all my paints and brushes , and follow your teaching method cus I feel like I might just be able to improve some with your approach thanks for all your brilliant instruction.

[@danfe9064]

Thank you so much for taking the time to make these videos, for sharing your knowledge and experience, it really helps. I have started to paint with oils thanks to all your advice and I am really looking forward to trying your paints. Thank you for everything and I look forward to watching more of your content.

[@ahmedrafed3011]

Will you do more painting demonstrations ? I watched them all, It's so satisfying !!

[@23stylie]

I'm a professed Liquin addict and have struggled with wet-in-wet for years, but after seeing all your videos (and purchasing two) I'm going to have to go all in. Love the tip about using your brush tip to do your signature. Now I can stop using detail brushes that hold their point for 10 minutes.

[@permit40]

I love the teaching of this guy. So valuable! I think he deserves many more subscribers.

[@jcepri]

Wow, what an excellent lesson. I really like the final background a lot. The colors are rich and the lighting looks amazing.

[@fbraakman]

Very beautiful work, Mark. Maybe the reason you were unhappy with the background may be the almost horizontal line in the fabric about half way up the painting, just above the grass on the left hand side. I know my eye goes to it right away.

[@MrWolf761]

So good! 37:00 mins is the awesome articulation of ever painters anxiety... love your work and your natural clear delivery. I am always recommending you to students. Keep up the great work!

[@vivienleigh4640]

Thank you for another great, informative lesson! This put words to what I experienced when I took an art course that lasted for a couple of months and just a few weeks before it ended I fell and broke my right arm and I'm right handed. I'm stubborn and decided to use my left hand instead - and the self portrait I draw was the best I've ever drawn.

[@lindaburton1633]

Watching you paint very slowly, and listening to you describe what your doing and thinking is like a meditation! So soothing. Especially in this hard time of Covid 19. Thank you Mark!

[@burak5601]

I discovered that you always use silver-greenish mud colors for the background. Is there any special reason of it or are those your favorite colors?

[@wellingtoncarneiro8008]

Your lessons, and seeing you painting slow like this, seeing the way that you hold the brush really helped to improve a lot my digital paintings. Thank you, keep it up with the good work.

[@tedjeffries1668]

I could watch and listen to your descriptions all day. The ideas you offer remind me of the book, "The art Spirit." Great videos.

[@michaelparry1383]

Mark, you are so amazing. I always wanted to view the masters work on their canvas. I do believe that watching you carefully mixing the colors, drawing the image, and building the painting using each careful stroke, demonstrates how the work was done then. Great demo, great video. Thanks

[@theadventuresofedlucille]

i love how humble you sound about being not sure of yourself. when i draw and paint, i also feel the same way. then suddenly everything seems to come together and end up beautiful but as you said, as an artist there are times that i am not sure or lost and change it then end up with something else.

[@StratoArt]

Fantastic! I love watching your work, you've been inspiring.

[@The-Secret-Dragon]

I love watching your painting processes... fascinating to watch!

[@conniegeorghiou8755]

Mark, thank you again for sharing so much valuable information. This was excellent, as are all your demos and videos. So wonderful and educational to watch a Master at work. Thx again

[@MrListen2meplez]

Great technical demonstration Mark. The verbal nuggets are very helpful. The challenge of painting well something borderline ugly.

[@chesterbloom]

You give unbelievably useful guidance

[@woodsstuffmx]

It is not often that i come across something or someone that seems very honest. On your KZbin site you have this quote ¨ My name is Mark Carder. My goal is to eventually cover all essential instruction for painting realism in oil so that anyone can learn to paint for free. ¨ I have now seen a few videos or explanation of your artwork and style, you share so much information and don t ask in return, you have high values, thank you i will keep listen and learn from your experience. I am totally new at learning the basics of painting.

[@leslielevan2947]

Mark, would you use a proportional divider when trying to get a likeness in a portrait? If not, how do you get started in replicating facial features? Les from England.

[@allenvoss7977]

The Background…. Maybe the image should have been something….. to relate in some way with the subject matter at hand.

[@leanacecelia9201]

That's a hard pill to swallow hearing that I cannot paint a transparent layer because I'm horrible at color matching lol. Thank you for breaking it to me, though. Someone had to.

[@garygencarelle9534]

Thank you again Mark what a fantastic year of learning for me.

[@louannbranz8758]

the information is good but why boast about yourself? i was learning until you started that crap! turned you off quick because it was very annoying, not worth getting the good info. having to listen to your bragging!

[@MrKongatthegates]

pushing around dark brown and black for hours. Welcome to being a painter! lol Thank you so much for this

[@noiseintheoffice]

People sometimes ask how I painted a glass vase. I tell them I used transparent glass-coloured paint.

[@Kerrsartisticgifts]

Mark, whenever I see an artist painting in a video they always seem to have ten times more paint on their palet than they end up using, are those saved somehow or wasted? I can't even find decent art supplies around here and I want to buy some from you, I am dying to try good materials but when I do get some, unless and until things get easier financialy, I can't imagine me having all that paint on my palet without some way to recover or store it for later use....in the meantime, is it true that you can use housepaint to paint pictures and if so. what type? I don't want to do that but someone told me its possible when I mentioned that some artists paint with house painting brushes and must have five gallon buckets of paint, so even if I can do some magic in half an hour with oils and a four inch brush....I couldn't afford the amount of paint it would take just to load that brush once...again, I have no wish to, I'm dying to try good paint and brushes and a good canvas.....but how do you afford the paint? I looked at your paints and the $180 set is now my hope but it looks like you have about three times that much paint on your palet all at once....what do you do with that after you finish the painting? if you say its excess and goes in the trash, I'll be the old guy with the Scottish accent going through your trash cans, no need to worry or call a cop. :)

[@goilo888]

Admittedly house paint has changed since Pollack's day, but he used it and I have read many times that paint chips are literally falling off his paintings in galleries. I suppose it depends on the type of painting you wish to do, but for realism style intended for longevity I would stay away from it.

[@Kerrsartisticgifts]

Third Dimension Jewellery , hi, thanks for the response to my question about house paint, but I'm still wondering about all that paint on the palet. I imagine if you are a professional artist and selling your paintings you can charge for materials and write off on taxes, any waste....or is it not waste?

[@thiagodumont719]

Thank's for the amazing class!

[@jlusk999]

Interesting this painting method seems completely different from what almost every other painter does.

[@shana3968]

28:08s and 10:45s What brand of brush is this? Is it mink hair? Please tell me thank you very much!

[@geoffreydawson5430]

So your a Notan artist who just fills in the middle values after the black and then shed some light on the subject at the end?

[@Rhiannoncout]

Very, beautiful painting.

[@artplussk_222]

Thank you sir for sharing the beautiful demo.

[@christinevoelker9260]

I love this one. I think it’s a good lesson for shaggy dog fur too.

[@glendastafford8965]

I looooooove it! The background is perfect. First time I've watched you....won't be the last....amazing artist!

[@MilliePat]

What color is the background? I can not tell if it is black or burnt umber

[@stebuklas.g]

At some point when he was painting the highlights on the vase I almost forgot to breathe :)

[@patrickcharles7190]

I think that overpainting is a problem everybody has. (Along with losing focus of the importance of values, which you emphasis effectively.) There has been several occasions when I had wished I had left a part of the painting alone - on my level. I try to remind myself to step back and take some time before changing something. Great lesson. Thanks.

[@elviraschneltser5689]

Hi Mark! I have been missing your videos, Great jobb, thanks! Hope that I can order your from yousoon! ...shipping too Sweden/ Europe? pls. Had a lot of problem finding some ingrediens in Europe. It´s never the same ...

[@uhhdudeuhhwhatsup]

When you were talking about painting transparency, actually, many artists do successfully get accurate colors and values by combining transparent brushstrokes over opaque ones, as many artists use a thinning medium over their blank canvas, creating a lighter color than it would be otherwise. So actually, not everything on an oil painting ends up being completely opaque all the time.

[@louannbranz8758]

you are full of yourself...stop bragging!!

[@markjinswong]

I like Vermmers camera obscura method. good way too get photographic quality and just fill in the colours... well kinda

[@oscarmarulanda9021]

Amazing! Have been missing your videos really bad. Looking forward for the new products in 2016

[@waxwax8781]

I think you're quite humble in the fact that you never mention your "painterly" aspect, which is gloriously present.

[@tube8854]

I loved this video by the very natural way you speak about what you’re doing you’ve trigger my desire to paint again you reminded me of the satisfaction I get when the image starts to manifest, when a stroke becomes a suggestion But when you finish is all a whole concert of Color and paint strokes executed to create the artist view THANK YOU!

[@MrMeooowie]

do i have to use medium or it a optional to oil painting. I have gamsol in my house i don't want any more dangerous chemical inside of my house. So is medium a optional choice. I'm a beginner just so you know :) I love how you paint with brush stroke that what i'm planning to do instead of blending it smooth.

[@GIJCChS]

Hi Mark, do you prepare your canvases and bord by yourself and if yes then I hope you show us how to do it and I want to ask you about the color on them..I have noticed that you don't paint on while canvas , bord.. Can you please explain to us why and what to do to have the same color on our canvases.. Thank you so much!!

[@aaronkuzma1309]

How many different brushes were used?

[@rennieclaraluttrull4543]

I challenge you to do a painting with absolutely No abstractions. Then paint the exact same thing with abstractions. And let it be seen so that we may compare the depth of both forms. Please!

[@sedratoor2908]

Wow, I thought that was very difficult grass to paint, i said to myself ( he put himself in a big trouble, how he will get out of that trouble, i was never going to choose such grass), but you could paint it so easily and beautifully, wonderful really, you gave me courage to choose difficult stuff to try to paint, i will never fear again never. i guess you were advising not to blend , when shall we blend colors !, and is sharp edges always not good !

[@etm567]

Why do you use dark grays and blacks as backgrounds? I haven't seen any colors in your backgrounds. Is this for beginners?

[@TheOnlineJournalism]

I really love this type of video. I love seeing how things are built-up and how they develop. Its really nice to hear your thoughts and see the little choices you make. I can recognize so many instances where I would have approached it differently or made a different stroke; being a complete novice, this insight into your process has helped me trmendously!

[@shraddhakataria4539]

Do you have videos where you share mixing colors along with the painting you are doing? Thanks..

[@MrAbumohd]

Thank you mr.Mark for sharing this excellent video demonstration

[@candacetroystudios]

Lush and magical. Love your honest approach and comments. Best ever!

[@Rinuswag]

great video, but I saw doing something, which you say that you should never do, you pushed your brush :)

[@sarahbaer88]

I love watching/listening to your videos! I am truley appreciative.

[@CanadianMang]

Dude your a great teacher, and I love your description of maintaining abstraction.

[@lisengel2498]

I liked the painting even more in the very early stages with just a raw feeling of light and shape - as a kind of in-between pure abstraction and a transformation process halv way into the still life - and just wonderfully demonstrated wet in wet style that I love

[@jimspatz9211]

great job. your word choice in describing your process etc. is great for me. Thank you.

[@87rtlandry]

Also, the way you paint reminds me a lot of the way David Hockney paints.

[@星海音乐]

What a kind of pencil do you use for sketching before painting?

[@gasperettiarts]

Hi Mark, the pencil you use: what kind of pencil is it?

[@DrawMixPaint]

+Tyrrhenus d'Etruria I have it listed here: drawmixpaint.com/supplylist

[@lisengel2498]

I really enjoyed to look at your way of painting and here it was very obvious how you maintained a certain abstraction - the way you made the brushstrokes

[@mariannedickson3840]

What medium do you use in your paint?

[@RudyLouieTayong]

Hi Mark, What pencil is that?

[@eu210495]

Why don't you use a projector for the drowing part if you are going so technical?

[@urflofit2010]

That background ended up perfect. This is georgous

[@stevenewbank]

Fantastic, forty three minutes of pure visual joy.

[@sandrajohnson2489]

Beautiful, beautiful piece. I love the background you ended up with.

[@Fasaiemaryam]

Thanks for sharing.❤️

[@paintkoziej6812]

Can you tell how long it take to paint that whole painting? Love your videos thanks for sharing that all

[@annmarieberner4288]

I saw your video right after waking up ... thanks for that :)

[@anikavladimirova3730]

I have been waiting for this for sooo long! Thanks, you are amazing :)

[@tomcuff9971]

Thank you for the awesome video and all the hard work you put into them Mark!

[@shadowartist8892]

Nice painting! Iearned a lot. Thank you!

[@mariojulien001]

Amazing!Great demo!Thank you so much

[@alexis5350]

Fantastic demo.....thank you so much. I learned a lot.

[@hadeelabdullah220]

wow ! so helpful thank you so much Mark for sharing this