The Biggest PROBLEM Beginners have with their PAINT HANDLING and BRUSHWORK

[@droneracer]

This week I have drawn my first picture looking at the values rather than trying to draw what I think it should look like, and it looks far better than anything I've drawn before.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Awesome, keep it up ! 👍

[@yarnpower]

There is an excellent classic book on that topic, ‘Drawing On The Right Side Of The Brain’.

[@emmettolson3499]

I wish KZbin had a picture feature cause I’m curious to see it. It’s wonderful when artists recognize their growth

[@sarius24]

@@yarnpower I read that book as a young teen many many years ago and it still stays in my mind today

[@adhdhamster]

I wish I could love react to this for you ❤

[@blygalaar3952]

I've been painting for several years now and although most of this seems like common sense, it made me realize that I've been overlooking some of the obvious powers my brush has. Sometimes I get caught up in exercising what skills I know I have, that I forget about some others.

[@ianbrowne8871]

I think you are the most analytical of all the artists I follow on YT. It is refreshing to find an artist and teacher, who takes a problem topic and pulls it apart and then puts it back together. By going through this process, you can identify the constituent parts and then see how they relate to each other. We can then see the grammar of painting and this armed, we can practise with more confidence. All too often artist start to talk about the emotion which is of little practical help when you need to develop the skills first before you can express emotion.

[@chiricuttcomepapt5100]

Nice comment. You analyzed the analyzer. Thanks!

[@alexandrawinsor881]

Problematic topic!? What is this politics? No it’s painting. It’s not a problematic topic. It’s people holding brushes the way they feel comfortable holding them.

[@ianbrowne8871]

I am happy to people to hold brushes any way they like if it makes them happy. What Florent is discussing is the process of acquiring skills and we can consider the advice of a teacher or find out the hard way and get very frustrated. All too often when people buy a self assembly item, the last thing look at is the instructions provided. They only do this when they have made a mess of things. Painting can be good therapy but he addressing people who wish to master a skill. @@alexandrawinsor881

[@jsvenier]

The glass is perfect because the texture doesn’t interfere. Brilliant choice

[@alejandraalvarez5217]

A marvelous study of a brushwork!!! I’ve done this for years, but I never paid to much attention to the detail, now I’m aware of all this possibilities... 78,732 thanks!!! I love it...

[@citadelofwinds1564]

In discovered this channel recently, and it's hands down the best, most informative and useful art channel I've come across. I did some art classes over the years, and not one of the teachers ever taught us anything useful. There was no instruction - unless you asked about something specific - it was mostly just supervision, with the teachers pottering about their own thing while the classes were largely left to fend for themselves. There were even teachers who seemed annoyed by students asking "too many" questions. Even art books rarely touch upon things like what a difference it makes where you hold the brush. So it's really refreshing to have finally found a source that provides proper instruction and detailed advice on the fundamentals of painting. So thank you for providing these truly helpful, high-quality videos.

[@williamwinn948]

The biggest problem with beginners is they're trying to paint like masters, Just paint and enjoy the process, it will come with time And you will find your own style

[@s.larsensam8692]

Thanks. So true.? The curve is steep but as Einstein pointed out that’s why TIME exists because we can’t do everything in a moment.

[@alexandrawinsor881]

No we don’t try to paint like “the masters” we try to paint. It doesn’t matter how.

[@alexandrawinsor881]

@@s.larsensam8692um. So NOT true.

[@beatrixtracy]

But some advice is essential too. Like putting a base coat/ gesso on canvasses, don't waste good paint on cheap canvasses, paint fat over lean, the usefulness of liquin etc etc. Art equipment is too expensive to not have some basic tips. Some colour mixing advice or experimentation goes a long way. Or the advice of painting what you see, not what you think you see.

[@Timoteusmusik]

How would you know?🤡

[@MickAngelhere]

Sometimes when I’m working on a painting and it feels like it’s not working I go wild with the brush and then somehow the painting comes together

[@manicangel7796]

I believe many artist who allow themselves to finally just "let go" will agree with you. Sometimes it's not about the detail. I think the illusion of detail is way better than 97thousand tiny little blades of grass. (although the latter is quite impressive

[@MickAngelhere]

@@manicangel7796 true 👍

[@adhdhamster]

​@@manicangel7796the hardest but best lesson I've learned. I'm still trying to practice it but it made a world of difference

[@DJarry394]

I like to lay the paint in at times. I hold the brush nearly at the end and balance on thumb and forefinger, and use my arm in swoops. When I was in grad school figure painting, one professor was aghast at how I put the paint on, because i didn’t carefully layer and figure everything out in the underpainting, and I scrubbed, layered, laid strokes, scraped and scribbled with the brush. He told me he thought I was going to make a mess, but always pulled it through. I may not have given the impression I knew what I was doing, but I always did. I gesture like crazy

[@kathystrasters1828]

You are brilliant at explaining. Thank you. And for not wasting... Glass option, wonderful.

[@thestarspark2288]

Thank you for this! It's hard for experienced artists to explain because most of us were not explicitly taught this, we learnt through practice. Super useful for beginners!

[@nadineneg]

As soon as I saw your video, I jumped to your course and wanted to thank you for your course! I have been painting for three months and didn't know what to make of it. It seemed as if I had dared to enter a magnificent encoded universe, but I happened to have left the keys behind, so I got entangled at the doorway! Thank you for providing the first key and a vital map so that one would never get lost during the trip. Thank you again! 🙏🏻♥

[@Tawadeb]

@@nadineneg he has a course???

[@martincrawford5173]

I didn’t know there were different ways to move your arms when paintings. I use my elbows and wrists. Never thought of painting with shoulders and entire self. Thank you for these videos.

[@liv0003]

it also applies to drawing, if you draw with your shoulder instead of just your wrist you have a much wider variety of gestures which allows you to draw any shape much more easily

[@Chocaluvr]

A mahl stick is very useful to keep your hand steady while painting above the canvas. More-so when painting in oil so that your palm doesn’t rest on the wet paint underneath.

[@ptur12345]

Why have I not heard of this before?! I've always struggled with accuracy in the latter stages of painting due to having no supports. Gonna have to get myself one of these.

[@claires9100]

"Paint loose when you paint the context, then tighter for the points of focus".

[@theophiluschristopher2088]

They are no rules to holding a brush.. Just flow with it... So long you get what you desire.

[@tonivergara5725]

Thank you! You've wonderfully explained so much! I sketched in my youth and later painted a bit with Acrylic. Sadly, I took about a 20 year break. Though I've recently started watercolor, I know there's is a lot of information here that will be very useful!! A new Subscriber! 🎨

[@andrewsart23]

Its almost like he's talking about watercolor... I know its suggested that you paint standing up sometimes so that you can get better use of the elbow and shoulder movement in order to have more smoother strokes and gestures...

[@manicangel7796]

RE: you note section. No, I don't mind. As a matter of fact I love you for it. I can barely afford canvasses let alone waste them when I want to practice technique and this to me is brilliant.

[@duckingtonedits2369]

Floren is absolutely amazing both as an artist as well as an educator. A true master of a complex discipline is able to explain it in simple terms that anyone can understand.

[@DavidConnerCodeaholic]

I try to think of everything in these terms. For the first few levels, it actually helps to study robotics a bit, since they have good methods for defining degrees of freedom for motion. There are some videos from Northwest University on robotics that illustrate what I’m referring to. To me, these ways of thinking are mostly useful for enumerating the categories of possibilities so you can ensure you try a wide set of variants more quickly. There are many difficult to learn factors which more strongly affect the outcome than the variables you have conscious control over. Like solvents, dryness of surface or paint on brush, bristle flexibility, etc. these are hard to control, but also hard to notice if you aren’t trying to notice the variables you discuss.

[@DavidConnerCodeaholic]

Thinking in terms of machine learning also gives you the valuable insight that you should approach things with the right amount of randomness, while being aware of how each variable added value or caused problems. Over time, you should develop an understanding of how these variables combine for effect.

[@pantherpaw9]

As an engineer, I’m very appreciative of your explanation using statistical analysis 😊 I love it.

[@mohrkatja8923]

Thank you again.... For your generous sharing. You give importance yo the detail of so many variations which I underated and now it gives me a kick to put much more importance to my work... Gratitude🙏🏽🦋🖌

[@anthonypc1]

Lol I love how you track alllll these permutations of painterly choices we have. Quantitatively inspiring.

[@bumblebee9912]

A BIG THANK YOU from Pakistan for sharing your knowledge and experience and that too in such soft and kind voice..... your videos are the best as whatever I learn from here I don't forget... I think it's cause of the way you explain or maybe your voice... hmmm anyways.. thank you once again. I waited 20 years to pursue oil painting.. instead of choosing fine arts in college I went to become a chartered accountant and now I want to do only those things that are food for my soul and oil painting is one of them. Stay blessed, Anna

[@ladyethyme]

Medium additions are huge variables too!

[@hectorherrera8316]

Thanks a lot, Master!

[@navalakshman5970]

Thanks a lot, I learned a lot from this video. These endless possibilities of brush work attract me in painting. Thanks again

[@FirstNameLastName-hahaha]

Brilliant - i had more fun/satisfaction in the last ten minutes doing everything different than countless hours prior. Onwards amd upwards.

[@robertaneuhauser1418]

Thank you so much for your wonderful way of teaching! Very helpful!😊

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Excellent....also ..I salute you for not wasting materials 🙏

[@terryhorowitz7076]

This was so interesting & terrific to watch. Brilliant! You've given me a lot to think about & try out. Thank you!

[@someones_daughter_]

Thank you

[@kaizze8777]

I’m a digital painter and this is so useful and makes me want to go back to acrylic and sprays

[@PursuingHeaven]

I am always overwhelmed when I watch your videos.

[@FariKanwal]

Yes at start my painting is loose i prefer loose hand directional strokes but for end precise detailing its pencil approach

[@enderjacket6384]

My favorite brush stroke: light touch, full body involved, end, obtuse angle, so slow its basically yoga, wet on wet, HEAVY texture, opaque, creamy, slightly springy, cackling.

[@DJarry394]

If you take a look at Richard Diebenkorn’s paintings, especially his earlier figurative pieces, you can see how he scrubbed and blended on the canvas, and even picked up part of the bottom layer, AND IT WORKED! His work is breathtaking

[@k.r.5722]

Thanks so much for the video, it’s exactly what I needed and it’s broken down in such an easy way to understand as a student! ❤

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thank you so much, glad my work can be helpful ❤️😊🎨

[@ulaswierczynska4502]

Very interesting and valuable material. I was waiting for something like this, thank you ♡

[@sambarboo4701]

I find myself coming back to this most useful video.

[@KB-ty2gc]

Yeah this makes sense, this is why beginners, while they can do wonderful paintings, they will feel and fall in the beginner style, because they tend to take the same path... Even experience artists will repeat a path, but it will be an interesting one, that will form their style. I learn a lot about effect of pressure by painting with palette knives. I love knives, because you can with the angle apply pressure and make a hard edge and softly deposit a fresh layer.

[@giovannisiano574]

Well, it also depends what you are painting. I see people doing photo-realistic paintings in 8" x 6" canvas. For sure they have no chance to use and elbow or, leave alone, a shoulder movement. Most is a pen-like usage with small brushes. Even for large photo-realistic works the application is very precise and using minimum amount of color.

[@ANIMExXTY]

I make more and more acute angle in painting from start to finish because it provides me the thickness with each layer ❤

[@kerrisabine-wolf4818]

OMG!!!!! I love this!!!!!! Thank you!!!! It is near impossible to get my students to understand this.

[@saritaupadhyay5594]

Wow nice tips😮

[@Paramocinema]

Thank you for your videos. I bought your oil painting videos and I learned a quite amount. I always like painting but I didn’t have the appropriate information. I’m glad I found your channel. Not only helped me to grow as and individual but also helped me to appreciate art from another perspective. I visited MOMA again after some time and I had a complete different experience. . I’m looking forward for the color videos next. Thanks again.

[@ronpaulick8395]

An Native American artist friend suggested letting the brush dance according to the desired feel of the painting.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Love it ✨️🎨🖌🙂

[@manonbrmt909]

You are amazing at explaining, thank you for your work, it’s really inspiring

[@stevenallan6515]

Thank you. Well-spoken and presented

[@Blondk100]

Thank you for this explanation I am a new painter and a pencil holder. lol room to improve

[@jeffh8840]

Well explained. Great information.

[@lantanalanta1709]

Great lesson, thank you!

[@roussmade7360]

to sum up the clip- possibility's are endless given color, angle, speed, brush, pressure, viscosity, .....the list goes on. so best thing to do is go practice. and feel the paint in your hand and how it moves on the canvas. stay in tune with what you are doing while you paint and practice new possibility's.

[@theartisthands]

Thank you so much for the information. Your information helps me to reflect on my own painting style.

[@alviegieghtejoso7942]

I miss your narrative painting 💯

[@FlorentFargesarts]

I'll be posting a new painting video soon 😊👍🎨

[@alviegieghtejoso7942]

@@FlorentFargesarts much appreciated, i'll wait😊🇵🇭

[@lunaticplantlover]

Your voice is so cute, charming, kinda childish and playful sometimes, also very classy like high French bourgeois and at the same time a little bit Chinese-British-Italian and much more. Wow. Love you

[@fionabromby4546]

With respect all this is of use. But. The way you see your subject governs all the movement of your brush I’ve been a professional artist and art lecturer for more years than I could say! When I paint i only see the whole of the space I’m filling. No idea how I use the brush. It seems to be an extension of my brain. Hope this makes sense.

[@claires9100]

Je n'y avais jamais considéré. Merci de cette manière de voir les combinaisons.

[@Tawadeb]

Thank you this looks to be soooo helpful.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

You are so welcome!

[@Name-ot3xw]

I have access to a 2nd hand art store, it's been nice being able to try out new (old) brushes for a dollar each.

[@Tawadeb]

What a great idea!!

[@KS-xz2rq]

Professor Florent , wonderful content!

[@chiricuttcomepapt5100]

Thank you. May I add other factors: illumination or your work (color, intensity, DIRECTION). Air quality of your shop. Position of the work (floor, wall, overhead or in between). Flying insects.

[@manancia8520]

Thank you for having this chanel. I reallly enjoy it.

[@gillesmarietta6576]

Je vous suis depuis au moins deux ans et j’ai également acheté votre formation qui est très instructive et très complète. Mais depuis un moment, étant abonné, je m’aperçois que toutes les vidéos sont en anglais ( ce que je peux comprendre compte tenu du nombre plus important de visionnage) mais ne serait-il pas possible de mettre au moins des sous titres en français ? Est-ce techniquement très compliqué ? Encore merci pour tous vos conseils. Bon courage.

[@holamissmusica]

This was so informative as well as entertaining, thank you 🙌🏾

[@108bhavani]

Excellent tutorial many many thanks

[@jumanas4012]

thank you so much for your tips , i use this mistake one brush per color so my colors stays clean .

[@tumblingrosesstudio]

Thank you, getting back into painting is like learning to use chopsticks again

[@Curtislow2]

Thank you. Excellent explanation. What are your thoughts using a Mahl stick ?

[@FlorentFargesarts]

I'm a pretty tight painter so I'm a big advocate. For a more loose alla prima approach, you can do without it but I personally couldn't, I use it a lot !

[@mammi3577]

Thank you 🩵

[@fatemaalbalooshi1980]

Excellent points , learning so much from you. Thank you 🙏🏻

[@studiosandi]

Well laid out!

[@Rbkamel]

Love the new video series you uploaded in last weeks If would please make tips for reuse old caves

[@maletu]

Different grips! Not just where the brush is gripped, but how fingers are arranged in the grip!

[@williamlovemo8596]

you are so very eloquent :)

[@sadiaawanartist]

Thank you, thank you 💕... Informative video....

[@ringtong99]

thank you for sharing!

[@bryanmartin9420]

Thanks again!

[@jamieburton5524]

so helpful, thank you so much!

[@ghoshashok5811]

Fantastic suggestion thanks

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Most welcome 😊

[@chiquitafeldberg8512]

Your so good at instruction

[@PanerramikVon]

Very good information!

[@annasolovienko9588]

Thank you ❤️

[@ritaparker478]

Thank you, very helpful.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Glad it was helpful!

[@friendlypiranha774]

I like you glass palette. Where can I get one please?

[@keariewashburn4680]

Thank you for your video 😊💗

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

Infact... palette could be used for practice..true

[@Kliffot]

Carefull with super powerfull organic pigment like phtalos and dioxazine, wiping the brush won't be enough at all.

[@shuvoDhar.5537]

Great information 👍🏻👍🏻❤❤❤

[@sibbzteunissen3393]

'Past a certain point it doesn't make much sense anymore'.. Laurant i love your videos but that quote is right. No one needs this video

[@RorianTube]

Super!

[@Tililiish]

J'adore! Tu as fait un bac S? haha, merci pour ces cours!

[@PaintingandExercise]

I love the glass palette! Why waste supplies in order to demonstrate something that does not involve our use of a palette? The glass is very crisp and easy to see.

[@great-garden-watch]

Having math anxiety😂. Seriously this is great.

[@tawnyanielson9741]

If I do acrylic painting, will it still be beneficial for me to take your courses?

[@commandernoodles2367]

So since I'm a beginner and I don't want to waste canvass I should practice painting on a glass palette instead of canvass?

[@adhdhamster]

Question.... is this applicable to all (paint) mediums. I realize at least to some degrees it is... but some details felt more directed towards oil paints specifically? Probably a dumb question... and probably shouldn't matter and I should just try everything anyway. But I i couldn't resist at least asking

[@kentjensen4504]

Clever!

[@Handles-R-Lame]

when you were switching thru the brushes i expected to see a broom eventually. Lol

[@DarkSnailPhotography]

Yay ☺️