Francesco D'Adamo - Oil painting time-lapse (Abstract Expressionism, Lyrical Abstraction)

The video shows the making of "Metamorphosis (Portrait of Gregor Samsa)", with a time-lapse covering several painting sessions over a period of two weeks. Only canvas priming and preparatory underpainting are not shown, as for final painting fixing, varnishing and restretching.
The work has a final size of 130x200 cm and it's made using oils, acrylics, charcoal and some light touch of oil pastels. Almost all the colours used are self-made. The sessions took place between March and April 2020.
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Music: A. Schnittke - Cello Sonata, performed by Alexey Stadler and Karina Sposobina
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[@josianeprat2885]

J'adore vos créations, quelle maîtrise.. c'est MAGNIFIQUE..merci de vos visions, ça c'est vraiment très gentil..!!!...

[@lettera_79]

thank you very much for your wonderful words!

[@sheabee8406]

I've never seen an artist have so many finished, possibly, pieces in one painting. You mute, define, mute, define, and it comes out so perfectly balanced. I so appreciate your style. Thank you for making these videos.

[@lettera_79]

wow, thank you so much for your beautiful comment, it was such a pleasure to read your words.

[@sheabee8406]

@@lettera_79 You're welcome. I learn a lot from your work.

[@NevardArt]

Seriously fearless brushwork going on there. I don't do much abstract but I'm slowly leaning towards its appeal.

[@romareece5908]

I liked it at 1:16 to 1;23 the best. I like that you had a center painting with the bigger patches around it. Had to mute the music but really enjoyed watching you work. I better get a move on!

[@deborahferguson1163]

Really nice work!

[@josephtermeer4595]

Great painting! I just found your channel. I want to see more, and excellent choice of music on this video.

[@lettera_79]

Thank you Joseph! More will come for sure, meanwhile you'll find another couple of them already online on the channel.

[@pacorivera5817]

I like the end result. It's like a painting wthin a painting !! If I were an Artist- that is the style I would pursue !

[@lettera_79]

Thank you. That was the idea behind the making of the video, bein able to watch again (and maybe share) all the "other" paintings apparently hidden.

[@SatSukhArt]

Love your artwork! absolutely amazing... 😍🌟🌟🙂

[@michaelburdett9851]

This is my absolute favorite!

[@TheAndorferGroup]

Gorgeous! Thank you for sharing it with us!!

[@hana111kristen]

Gorgeous!

[@Gender.free.93]

Very nice

[@ishowyouwithrut3160]

Just beautiful!

[@ohvnaq]

both the art and the music are superb! love it! this is the first video i see from your channel and i immediately subscribed ^_^

[@victoriaroadstudio9464]

thats amazing!!

[@PastorErickDMarquez]

Dope yooooo

[@moonstrikethedragon8656]

This is really cool!

[@dumbbhakt7473]

i liked it in the first 2 min more than the end reult

[@lettera_79]

I understand what you mean, and it is legitimate. The initial stages are very similar to what I used to paint many years ago, more structured and regular, to put it very shortly. Whereas for this painting it would have been only an intermediate stage to go in another direction. And in the end the video, differently from the final image, keeps all of them together in a temporal path, and this is what I was curious to record.

[@joywong23]

Thanks, what a enjoyment, performing art moments.

[@anaelsagamez5007]

Bravisimo hermoso

[@martineakbayrak8033]

Magnifique 👍 👍 👍

[@lebronjames7041]

Wow this was cool

[@JanisGagliardi]

How long does something like this take to dry?

[@lettera_79]

Hi Janis, the drying times depend on the used binder and medium. For this specific painting all used water-based paints have very fast drying times. For areas painted with oil, the range goes from one day to one week to be touch dry, a few months for a deeper drying. This can be influenced by many factors.

[@Rozz1234567]

Mind sharing the specific details of the supplies used to make this?

[@lettera_79]

Hi, it's made using oils, acrylics, charcoal and some light touch of oil pastels

[@madewirayasa6821]

Wau karya Super👍🏻❤

[@sadanguverte7536]

❤

[@dannistor7294]

...the piece was definitely much stronger at 0:15...

[@lettera_79]

Hi and thanks for watching. The painting at the beginning is very simple, and it is very reminiscent of what I used to do many years ago. But I can understand what you mean by saying it was stronger. The point however (in my opinion) is that the video in its simplicity tries to show (and to remind me) that all those "moments" are still part of the whole painting, even when progressively "hidden."

[@zappd5366]

Cool

[@MrTelemikey]

Can someone help me look at this/ understand this? I don't mean to bring it down, not at all but I just don't understand how to look at it to start appreciating art like this in general.

[@ohvnaq]

i think you just experience it like you would experience tasting food, hearing sounds, drinking drinks, taking a shower, etc.. there's nothing to try to understand, just enjoy the experience.. at least that's how i see it. colors and shapes and strokes and movements invoke feelings the same way tastes, sounds, sensations do

[@MrTelemikey]

@@ohvnaq thanks! True, I guess. Although for example with wine tasting... by trying to describes the flavours and noticing the length of the aftertaste etc, one gets 'tools' to appreciate the wine. Of course, in the end it's a question of(acquired... who enjoyed their very first wine?) taste. For me, I find such work strange, I feel like I don't have the tools and thus also 'the taste' does not work for me,cwhilebi would like to appreciate it.

[@ohvnaq]

@@MrTelemikey maybe you can think of it as watching a very strange and colorful and interesting landscape ;)

[@baofranschannel2253]

Ok job art

[@ziondanny7081]

Too fast. Impossible to see what he's doing.

[@lettera_79]

Did you try slowing down the video from the KZbin player? It becomes a bit jumpy, but perhaps more distinguishable.

[@achimborn5850]

Schon verrückt, oder? Früher war Kunst etwas ganz Besonderes, etwas Herausragendes. Hatte eine Bedeutung. Nur ganz herausragende Menschen mit einer enormer Begabung, langjähriger Ausbildung und einem Durchhaltevermögen konnten es zum "Künstler" schaffen. Heute braucht man nicht viel um "Kunst", oder wie man das nennen soll, zu machen. Die billigsten Farben und irgendeine billige Leinwand genügt schon. Auch kann jeder, jeder der sich mal kreativ ausdrücken will, "Kunst" machen. Das Besondere, das Herausragende ist heute nicht erwünscht, da das "andere" dann diskriminiert wäre. So sind Genies heute in der Kusnt nicht mehr gewollt und werden sogar absichtlich negiert um das kollektive Leitbild, jeder ist ein Künstler nicht zu zerstören. Diese Gleichmacherei gibt es zwar in der Musik auch, aber nur in der populären Musik. Nicht in der zeitgenösisichen Musik und auch nicht bei den Interpreten Ernster Musik. Da kann man sich nicht einfach eine billige Violine kaufen und sich hinstellen und eine Komposition spielen und sagen, das soll so klingen. Das geht nur in der zeitgenöisschen Kunst.

[@lettera_79]

I don't agree at all, or at least that what you say has nothing to do with this content. This is simply a video about making a painting at a particular time. Not only does the word "art" never appear, neither in the video nor in the description, but no one in this video says what is art and what is not. It is simply a video made to keep me busy in the studio at a particular time in histor (march/april 2020). Neither the colors nor the canvas are "cheap" as you say. And, I forgot again, in contemporary music, which I follow, there are people like those you describe. Those people are there in every sphere. And basically, if you think about it, that's what you're doing right now, too. In any case, I thank you for watching and for being here to discuss it, it's always enjoyable, even when we have very different ideas.