Friday Night Workshop - May 16, 2014

Join us on May 16th from 7-10pm Pacific Time for a 3 hour workshop. Jeff will be drawing from a live model. During the workshop Jeff will share many of the lessons and techniques taught at the Watts Atelier and the Watts Online school.
This workshop is part of an ongoing series. You can watch it live for free. Members of the Online school can access the full archive on demand.
For more information, visit our website: www.wattsatelier.com. Free Trial of Watts Atelier Online:
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[@khuonghuynh792]

These kind of teachings aren't free all the time, Thank you so much for the amazing free advice and tutorials. These tutorials has helped me greatly in becoming a better artist. Thanks Jeff.

[@khuonghuynh792]

36 Chambers baby

[@Lavo68]

I have a BFA degree and this is the type of instruction I was looking for and never received at my university. True master artist like Jeff are as rare as a unicorn!

[@escapingfromoz5643]

I don t know who can dislike this video .Such a gift to watch Jeff work.

[@blackcat138]

The way his brush dances across the canvas. It's a pleasure to see Jeff at work.

[@jimmyplym]

As a beginner, I'm in awe of your work and intend to watch as many of your tutorials as possible. I'm about to do my first portrait since elementary school, some 40+ years ago. Thank you.

[@TyreeTV]

Thank you, Jeff. This says alot about you as a person to share this so for free. I am not bothered in the least that I can't see the model as I'm more interested in your interpretation and application of paint. This is literally ART INSTRUCTION GOLD. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

[@nacotete]

It's great that you talk so much and let us see inside your mind while painting... very reassuring to know that even great painters have their ups and downs....many thanks !

[@PintoBlades]

He amazes me how he can talk and paint at the same time. I find doing that is very difficult as it usually requires using both sides of the brain. His experience probably helps a ton.

[@sandracarroll486]

Thank you so much for teaching in a simplistic manner, and for validating acceptance of artist who paint through their own eyes verses exactly what they see. Your gifts are appreciated.

[@johnroach3092]

I am learning so much from watching your work that I am daily becoming glued to your videos.

[@TerenceVisagie]

Hi Jeffrey Watts. Thnx you so much for sharing the seemingly esoteric art of drawing/ painting with us. You embody the Joseph Campbell notion of artists that inspires culture and other artists. I am forever thankful for u sharing your knowledge. Thnx from South Africa.

[@justinewardle1862]

Got to watch today did realise it was there. Was fantastic. I am still working on the first online lessons with head drawing progessing slowly - so was great to see how the structure works loud and clear in paint. Thankyou very much

[@duantorruellas716]

great work , i remember the gypsy you did about 5 years ago , the colors you end up with at the end of your paintings are fantastic.

[@minorblu]

Thank you Jeff for the great demo, the portrait is beautiful. It was a pleasure watching a master at work. Your a very generous teacher and I can't thank you enough for these great workshops.

[@archangel1045]

Thank you Jeff for sharing your knowledge. You truly are an American Master. Very articulate in your explanation of color theory. Nothing can take the place of the the sure footedness of drawing! I love your work.

[@itguymc8552]

Thank you Jeff! You are the best and love your instructions. I plan to sign up soon for your courses!!

[@ericsnowsucks]

This is such an informative demo and has helped me a lot. I've probably watched it 5 times now.

[@LisaRSArt]

Thank you, Jeffrey for these sessions. I watched your video of "At The Opera" and it was amazing seeing your painting process.

[@doresbentesguerreiro9547]

uauhh! what a wonderful way of teaching!!! I've learned a lot with this video and I look forward to more of this... Thank you !

[@nj40100]

So Glad that I can see it after the fact. As here in England the "Live stream" is 3am to 6am, and I am not at my best at those times lol. Thanks so much for these great videos.:)

[@rillzter4361]

Thanks Jeff, love you're work!

[@maibanez]

I was going nowhere with my portraits, but i find this video, and seeing how you resolve the problems helped me, now maybe i know how to move on........ :) (Y)

[@GiantArtProductions]

the first 15 minutes and i can already see a really good likeness, a suggestion of a woman's face in the under painting/drawing in oxide red, almost reminds me of Chinese sumi-e painting, using negative space (or Ma as it is called in Japan) to achieve a seamless likeness by laying down very few strokes, that's a sign of a great artist who naturally knows the contours of the human face!

[@hannomazzurana9809]

Awesome Work and very helpful Informations. Thank you.

[@TheMallymoos]

This is Fab! I always learn so much! Thankyou :)

[@johnthursday8321]

2:10:50 he begins talking about Frank Frezetta vs. Sergeant. Super interesting.

[@allenko7892]

I am locked out of the online school account , so I just keep watching this!!!!!!

[@kristawatts6805]

Hi Allen, I don't see an account in the online program under your name. I'd love to help you get back in. Is your account under another name?

[@vasavanpayyattamvasavankad542]

great work from a great master very nice tutorial for art students never expected like thiswork and words

[@davidmason1203]

Its very interesting to watch you paint, although I think it would be nice if you could let those of us who are only able to watch you paint on video, see the model from time to time during the demonstration session to allow us to see you colour matches, likeness etc., etc., Thanks for doing the Video.

[@RNPister]

Thank you for these!!

[@jmmacb03]

Excellent!! Subscribed and going to look into online course. [For replay: brush to canvas starts approx. 8:09 mins. (do not skip it altogether.)].

[@douglastorres5526]

Es una lastima no poder tener estos videos con el subtitulado en español ya que pienso al igual que otros practicantes en este extenso mundo del arte no se debería pasar por alto. no obstante disfruto cada trazo y el como fulle el proceso en sus obras me alegra saber que existen artistas como usted que brindan su experiencia y deleite en su saber en hora buena soy un seguidor mas

[@HighValueBum]

Es una buena razón de aprender inglés

[@hulksmash075]

This is very helpful! Thank you!

[@foxfire1345]

dang i missed it ! different timezones is such a ffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu appreciate these though i hope to attend next time

[@cynthiahickson9594]

Amazing .....love it

[@miguelcruz9812]

That is a new method I have never heard of! Thank you! Just goes to show I can keep on learning new things.

[@theincrediblehitkid]

thank you for this video !!!

[@AnastasiaR]

I can hear Pavel’s distinctive voice in the background hahaha

[@MarshalSheyth]

Its in 1:21:00

[@Rantttt87]

Brilliant! I had this open while doing an artist study, and it helped me immensely. It's so easy to get into the details too early, but having a pro paint along with you makes you double check. Am I getting ahead of myself? Where is Jeff at in his painting? Still adding in shadows? Damn... time to back up. Haha thanks a ton for this upload!

[@Archi5160]

Fantastic..

[@nj40100]

Someone mentioned not finding Conte pencils here in Great Britain you can get them online from "Pencils4Artists" in bothe singles and sets including the 1710. Hope it helps.

[@BossLaydee1]

You can also get them from ebay from various sellers.

[@renzo6490]

For an online tutorial, this is among the better ones. The artist is generous with his information. How much better it would be, though, if we could see what he is looking at as he paints. If he had taken a photo of his subject from his vantage point, and placed it as an inset down in the left bottom corner, we could understand better why he does what he does with the paint. I would like to see the image he is working from to see, as he works, how he interprets the shapes and colors and values of the model's face with color, mass and line.

[@ChiannaNycole]

All of that is in the online course. these are teaser videos

[@nacotete]

as much as I like and appreciate this video...one has got to show the subject !! or we are getting only a fraction of the information to be learned...one has got to see just what the artist is reacting to.

[@profchitra3084]

😃😄😀..wow wow ..using brush not easy ...am using pencil ... great artist

[@pumkin54]

Thank you for sharing this. Maybe one day could try a picture-in-picture so that we could watch the action on your palette simultaneous to you painting. Not sure how difficult that is to do since I have no idea about KZbin live streaming or the software you use. Just an idea. Was fun to watch. The painting ended up beautiful.

[@kurtXhecticXpl]

This one from 19:40 looked almost as good as final one.

[@artistabigailmarie]

really good info at that time too.

[@nickfanzo]

great video

[@xgraphicsxgfx856]

asombroso !! alaprima..

[@ianbullphoto1]

Where can one find lead primed board? I'm finding it impossible to find online.

[@dannycruz5446]

if you're complaining about not seeing the model, you're focusing on the wrong things..

[@Yatukih_001]

+Danny Cruz Exactly. The artist must FEEL the model, the viewer of his art will then feel what he felt.

[@zepps88]

+Danny Cruz yes. they just want to look at her because she sounds attractive lol

[@megindog6484]

I would like to know what the painting is based on.

[@_trismegistus]

I think people just want to see the pretty face.

[@wetyewruyrtsutrdhjfg]

@@megindog6484 Yeah. I get why people are asking. Jeff's simplifying some things, adding others and removing some stuff to make it look better. If we don't see the reference, it's hard to know what he's doing to make the painting look better. I mean, as he said....artists don't draw an exact copy of the face, they do it so that people can see the face and feel something. Without any idea of the original, we won't know what's done to make the original better.

[@khunthate]

do you guys ever feel like as if you have no idea what are you doing?

[@das1054]

Break it down, simplify

[@sketchartist1964]

Most creative people will experience that!

[@crimorf]

All the time!

[@riccia888]

Yes because watts online have limited proportion lessons. Its not enough im sorry they did not teach u. I suggest take Will Weston class. He share what most instructor dont share.

[@nickmpogiatziou2133]

great art work ...is this wet on wet technique or layered painting?

[@_trismegistus]

Damnit this is good.

[@sunilnarine6313]

Hi jeff, when you said "take a picture using camera and scrub them" what do you mean.............take all the oil painting from and canvas? reuse the canvas several times? Please respond me, thanks in advance :)

[@NadzSamson]

what medium is Jeff using in this painting?TIA

[@SyukurSetyoBudi79]

❤️

[@coralfishnt7663]

She reminded me of bugs the bunny at the start! I was more amazed of the lines but it was funny.

[@anthonyross6167]

Does anyone know what the stick he is holding with his left hand at 2:10 is for? My guesses are it holds down the easel with some weight (makes it less shaky) or it's just another way to keep both your hands involved, which is sometimes what I like to do. Personally, it gets me more into the art, instead of having one hand dangling down. Anyone know?

[@demogodreturns]

Its called a mahl stick. Used to steady the hand by anchoring the wrist and also prevents you from smudging paint

[@anthonyross6167]

demogodreturns Great, thanks.

[@penelopegallardo5386]

Nice painting.

[@patriciozazzini3182]

what is the name of the canvas?

[@megindog6484]

Proko does not have any issues showing his models

[@pw6titanium]

at 1 : 17 : 44 break she looks like she has a 5 o'clock shadow !

[@luigiri]

I wish you could see him mixing the paint and using the turpentine :(

[@elviramarino1837]

Colori ad olio o acrilici. Grazie

[@khunthate]

anyone know what brand is that brush at 2:00:14 ... looks SO sexy

[@Pentimenti]

Look, its free and I'm not complaining, but it would be nice to see the model.

[@megindog6484]

Another demo which does not show the model

[@-3-5-7-]

I wish you could see the model :/

[@mellamoarts]

The model is sitting there. Not much going on there. If you want to see a pretty face you can find tons on google.

[@khunthate]

I still would like to get into the mindset of an artist that produces clean, professional looking pieces..... its like, they 'arrived' .... if you know what I mean? Would love to know if I will ever be able to 'have my act together'...

[@khunthate]

or they are really smart about their approach and/or actually know what they are doing :D

[@khunthate]

Like that Luciano (Fabiano?) guy? Man, how does he do it so fast?

[@khunthate]

its so crazy, here I am working on a painting for MONTHS, these guys down it in a sitting! So disproportional! I really need a mentor. I'd be ashamed to show my skills though, or lack of them, really. I love my work and the process, but obviously need to change things, I guess.... no idea how/what, though.... Peace guys and good luck

[@Dubb1000]

I can't wait 'til I get this good, females love an artist :-P

[@bleda7612]

What is wrong with you?

[@emy1111]

+Bleda its mating season.

[@nickfanzo]

Bleda nothings wrong with him...hes right.

[@itsmeagain7246]

better make music for that

[@theamazingomega8067]

May 16th was my birthday

[@Joccum]

You know..

[@123starikov]

the lips look like they'r offset and not in perspective in relation to the direction of the face unless ofcorse thats how the model looks.

[@user-cq5ou8fz1g]

вооооот нашел, лучшее видео о том как писать портрет

[@picboxstudio]

That lip was torturing me

[@Lytton333]

Unfortunately, although the painting is good, as is much of the advice, the intermittent stream-of-consciousness commentary is often exchanged for the real nitty gritty that beginners and improvers are looking to hear.. ie -what colours are you using for various passages, what mixtures at what strengths and combinations, what medium, if any, etc. This is a tad disappointing if one is giving valuable time to watch. For example, 'Just moving the paint around' is too nebulous a statement to help.

[@stephengreico2810]

Agreed

[@charlesclopton521]

What;s all that talking going on in the brack gound? It's distracting.

[@777-Phil]

Great demo, but I doubt the sitter's hairline is so recessed nor the lips so enormous (like a child's). The lip septum appears 'off' as a result ... and the eye's cross-eyed. One way the art teacher could have 'caught' the errors would be to stand back a bit ... judging proportions, etc. ... OTOH, such anatomical errors oft make for excellent portraits with busy backgrounds ... where eyes and lips 'dance' asymmetrically a bit. Utmost blessings and thanks!

[@ezDwm]

So are we just supposed to pretend like that nose isn't sitting on an entirely different plane?

[@paldocument7720]

My head do pain he is so much talk, he mouth is more than hand work.

[@nickfanzo]

Pal Document try to not sound completely ignorant. it is a lecture.