How This SIMPLE Rule Can Help You Stop Overworking and Improve Your Paintings

[@FlorentFargesarts]

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[@justinalexander7512]

Very nice video! The killer thing about this channel that no one else has is that you have the close up shots of the paint being worked in high definition. It looks so beautiful.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks, glad you like these shots, they're not always easy to make.

[@ritavaselli2279]

I don't paint with oil but your videos are very full of advices that could be inspiring for painting in watermedia yet. Avoid overworking is very important with watercolors yet. Thank you for your great videos about painting, not strictly for oil painters but helpful to focuse the painting action itself.

[@giancarlozavattinart9898]

Florentine you need to open your atelier for students . Your way of teaching and explaining , gives such a serenity and positive vibes! You’re the ideal teacher everybody wants !!

[@timblighton6216]

After hearing about over working for a year, this video offers a clean explanation with a beginner’s solution to aid in our development in learning our mediums. Thank you kindly!

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Glad you like my work, thanks for watching.

[@avradeepsamanta1567]

Thankyou sir, for making informative conents for us

[@FlorentFargesarts]

So welcome !

[@dagoelius]

Spending some sessions just using a palette knife also helps in this area. Not only teaches the discipline of economizing your brush strokes but also helps loosen up your brushwork as well.

[@SimplicityForGood]

Is art just an abstract chaos of trying to sort out our mind and the process goes on and on as long as we suffer from not finding peace in the dull life and the stillness of our minds?

[@VetsrisAuguste]

3 is the ideal number for so many things. Delicate footwork in ballet is almost always based in units of three. Triplets and triple meter in music facilitate flow, while triads establish the tonal structure. Division and of three and groupings of three are everywhere in the geometry of our architecture. There are three primary colors and three dimensions. It only makes sense that the visual arts in practice would also rely heavily on the rhythmic pattern of 3.

[@reneecailloux2573]

Always wonderful to listen to your advices. You simplify everything. Thanks!

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thank you so much, Renée 🙏😊✨

[@stephaniebelenets2666]

When learning to paint it is also valuable to learn what not to do and what to leave out. I can only describe it as a feeling I learned to recognize through experience. When/if I find myself overworking something in a painting it usually means I have lost my clear vision or focus and should probably step away before I mess it up worse. That's a good time to do something else for a while, like clean the studio, and come back to it fresh. Good guidelines and sometimes you just can't "fix" it and have to try again which is not necessarily a bad thing.

[@nikkiswenson54]

I always respect your advise, Florent! Such a good video and helping so many of us advance a little at a time!

[@lcarolc03]

Thank you So Much!!! I’m going to try your Rule of 3 - strokes , blending , layers. I hope i can transfer this plan to oil pastel. It’s very easy to get things muddy or flat - especially with Sennelier oil pastel - very oily 😮

[@michelgintrac7572]

Merci beaucoup tu rappelle le temp ou j'apprenais à peindre il y a très longtemps de celà. Michel Brisbane Australie.

[@jetsonjoe]

thank you for taking the time to clearly explain and guide best practices...and showing examples...Helpful to keep process fresh and efficient...I have a tendency to succumb to perfection and never fully finish...I am working on the preliminary layers, drawing to resolve these issues and then on to the painting. I am not sure the benefits of pattern but will check it out. Thanks

[@huntsail3727]

Enjoyed this, great job!

[@johnpalgrave9331]

What a great teacher.

[@brendadevlin5588]

Very helpful advice. I write down the bullet points from your videos and stick them up on my “studio” wall to help me remember! 🙂

[@FreedomEscapismASMR]

❤️🎨🖌️ really useful advice. Thank you ✍️

[@debruneau01]

Lacking art confidence, yes.. that is my problem (& I know where it comes from.. 1 art teacher decades ago) I wish I had an art teacher like YOU back in my early days, thank you!

[@lindsayjonkers8159]

Good video as always! I'm working on a painting right now that's taken 10 layers lol. I'm going to try the 3 layer rule next :)

[@andrewbraun6749]

Marvelous video as always Florent, you always have something insightful to offer. I wonder if you would ever consider exploring how you produce models for original compositions; your original paintings are fascinating and highly dynamic. I’d love to know how you manage that. Regardless, thank you for sharing your knowledge. All the best. 🙏

[@tumblingrosesstudio]

Oscar - level video! Great advice, too!Thx!

[@thepracticingartist]

Thank you for this. I’ve done this in watercolor and have stopped. But oil is a challenge for me to stop. Discipline needed lol

[@wolfgangtoeglhofer1710]

excellent tutorial again

[@gunnarg8074]

u are a genius! thank you for all your videos

[@ArtByHazel]

Oh, thank you. I do notice myself overworking my artwork.

[@yaredgetachew6427]

Thanks bro what u did for us,let me ask u 1:3 ratio or 25% middle tone how can we use it

[@Richardwright-we6rv]

I've learned over the years that over working comes from not planning enough, "use your brain more than your brush"

[@erraticeve777]

What if the layers are extremely thin and I used gesso before applying two more layers and I have another over worked area? I’m doing a portrait and I’m so used to blending makeup, where I met my artistic drive. On this portrait, I mistakenly used water to make the acrylic paint like watercolor to fall in the canvas teeth better. Until I discovered paint retarder and gesso! So do you have any advice on how to save this? Like another layer of gesso or something?

[@RonSwansonIsMyGod]

It's not that more is better. It's not that less is better. The key is that PRECISE is BEST.

[@AbdulAziz-cj4hg]

Hi, im trying to get a big part of my painting flat cobalt blue, im using liquitex acrylic cobalt blue which i think is a scam because it is not opaque and it uses toomany PB29 pigment (ultramarine), idk what will happen if i keep adding up layer on semi transparent paint. How do i fix this, bcs i might overwork the color and the border between the darker side and light side would probably become even darker. Does the paint will eventually stop going darker if its already thick layered?

[@fishypaw]

"No more than 30-ish layers" ... Leonardo painting the Mona Lisa. 3 is good advice, generally, but there are always exceptions, of course.

[@trahapace150]

My oil painting teacher use to call it licking the canvas

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Nice one, never heard this one but it makes sense !

[@RapidBlindfolds]

god, I've overpainted one section about 10 times 😅

[@FlorentFargesarts]

It’s not always bad... as long as each new paint stroke doesn’t make the thing worse. Otherwise, think of my simple rule next time

[@RapidBlindfolds]

@@FlorentFargesarts yes will do, glad you uploaded this video at the same time as I ran into this problem! thanks for sharing your wisdom once again

[@SimplicityForGood]

Why is your hair turquoise and silver in this video?

[@Ane_artdesigns]

Would like to know if would work to try your course even my medium is acrylic? I have no oil mediums whatsoever at the moment. Will I get the same learning experience? Please advise @florent Farges

[@WHEREVER-I-ROAM]

YOU have a TWIN on KZbin TEACHING GUITAR , ALMOST SAME VOICE ACCENT ALMOST SAME FACE