How to Correct your OIL PAINTINGS!

When things go wrong in an oil painting, it's easy to want to give up so you can avoid that mistake next time. But, every painting has those moments and it's important to learn how to push through that so you can finish paintings and learn from the whole process. I hope this video helps you with that!
This is a good video for new artists, painters, and beginners.
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[@bethzaidasanabria8280]

“ Painting can be painful. That’s why we call it PAIN-TING.” Wow! This resonated in me. I definitely relate to it.

[@giovannisiano574]

For a professional painter doing a painting and showing it on KZbin is probably not a big deal. But what you really learn from that? It's a 50/50 answer. What instead you have been doing in some of your latest movies, has been extremely humble and useful to the viewers. Correcting mistakes without getting assaulted by panic is a fundamental in anything, including painting.

[@stephenspiteri_zunkus]

I would also suggest the use of light grit sandpaper to give back some tooth for the new paint to grip to and leveling things out as you said.

[@marymikel9193]

This dude like literally describe my entire process of creating what's supposed to be a master piece but then hating every bit of it in another moment. because you're a perfectionist.

[@JhonyLeft]

I’m not brave enough to do this to my work, even if it is horrible, but after seeing you correcting something that seemed to me a perfect piece of art, i thing I’m going to start correcting my work. Honestly your pieces of advice are the best! Thank you!

[@andrewlm5677]

I agree - there was nothing wrong there. Reminds me of Portia de Rossi thinking she needed to “improve” her already beautiful face.

[@osvaldomacedoneto9592]

I could almost feel you were describing me! Thank you for the encouragement video, and I love your sense of humor too.

[@user-oh9uv8oo3k]

I hope you will enable the subtitle feature for the videos, so that I can understand you well

[@the_endling]

Pain-ting indeed.. Nearly threw myself out of the window this weekend.. Been commissioned to paint a portrait from a black and white, super photo shopped, flat (barely 3 values in there) picture.. I can't make it work on oil painting.. But I'm not giving up! This video was great and brought me back from the brink haha!

[@tmo6517]

Omg!😂 The feeling you’re describing is me to a tee!😆😆😆 Always had a love of art. My mom was a great watercolor artist... my bro amazing at cartooning, but I gave up my gift to do things I hate- like work for others for a living. Welp, after 2020 I said NO MORE! Well sort of. I picked up a brush and have been working relentlessly but I don’t have the gift I once had. I mean it comes and goes, but I’m glad I’m not alone. Can’t wait to see more of your technique because your work is fabulous! SUBSCRIBED!

[@okaydoek]

Thank you for articulating wonderfully the stages of "pain"-ting. Valuable words and I'm glad I'm not alone in those thoughts.

[@billhammond1003]

Excellent video, you have just described my every drawing (I haven't reached the painting stage yet but I'm sure I will be the same when I do).

[@thomasrainbow]

Wow this really is a fantastic technique and advice and guide to pulling oneself out of despair from a painting that feels like it just doesn't work. What a great tool to have as an artist. Thank you!

[@frederickletterblair]

Your technique is simply transcendent.

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

Excellent!!!! Bravo, maestro! I always recommend to our students at the Angel Academy, Florence, that they watch your great videos.

[@nikkiswenson54]

Good info...I am in the process of going back into a few portraits and found your advise very helpful!

[@yay-cat]

Holy shit that painting that you hated and scribbled all over was like perfect 🙀

[@biancalocsin7571]

Thank you so much for your incredible lessons. Is getting me through some rough patches and get back on a path back to my painting. You are amazing.

[@toddsnyder3318]

Going through that right now. Thanks for your informative videos, especially this one.

[@destructiveeyeofdemi]

I love your work SIr. Thank you for sharing your experience with us. So valuable. X

[@michaelmcewan432]

Thanks for that just what I needed today, great help

[@stevekobb3850]

So helpful! Many thanks for this great video.

[@SnkobArts]

Your definition of an uneven painting surface and mine are night and day 😂. I tend to age my subjects by 15-20 years with my unintentional impastos; Wrinkles and pockmarks abound. Currently Im trying to make my underpainting's a little more little more detailed to help me save some paint (and sanity).

[@donniepatrick9564]

Thank you, I needed this!

[@lauramarie7122]

Thank you. This is such helpful information.

[@carolspoors8057]

Great!!!!! Thank you so much!! Relate totally to mindset! Artists minds are connected! Yay! Love your humor delivery! Best teacher! From Chch NZ.

[@tomhighsmith]

Thanks, Very striking how we all feel. Your humor is worth a second career :)

[@sketchartist1964]

It's precisely in those gloomy moments of doubt when I remember Henry Winkler as Scrooge telling that kid towards the end of the film, "Give it a chance boy. Give it a chance."

[@crystallynndavisart8309]

Very good advice! Drone one perfectionist to another!☺️

[@lindastevenson6642]

thank you you information is so helpful thank you for being so kind

[@paintaway2349]

very important tip, really thank you!!!! it's like you are preparing your subject for plastic surgeon 😋

[@Jkw211]

I would be thrilled to get good enough to reach his “bad painting “ level 😅 😭

[@valgamba351]

Great Work!

[@GONZALEZ1974]

Só pelos olhos já tinha reconhecido o grande Ayrton senna 👏👏 Thank you for help

[@mathieuvart]

I understand that pain(ting) frustation and live it.

[@NanciFranceVaz_artist]

Forgot this one…PAIN TING 😅 that was too good and true to not say 💯 percent correct . Thanks for all your valuable information ❤

[@BG-it5ol]

Lol yep you are describing me right before I rip the painting up .😊

[@harshadk4264]

you're like the Jackie Chan of Fine Art! A Genius who makes us smile!

[@jetsonjoe]

I find I have come to the point that if I come to an ugly stage...I can fix this and move forward...this is when you have to be brave and no that this painting will be something that what was originally planned...sometimes you have to accept that to make it a worthwhile painting...but earlier preparation is always valuable

[@skoruno1]

Damnnn you described my own perception and struggles literally perfectly

[@mariuspictorulcarealucratc286]

It would be amazing for beginers if you would paint a full grisaille. Amazing skills.

[@spartan3460]

Translation it would be good for you for him to do a Grisaille.

[@harshadk4264]

Maybe it's there on his patreon

[@shimathesheep9676]

Ah yes, *pain*

[@digi_edits]

Drawing over a painting, very interesting I learned a lot

[@sandilejourdan5959]

Are you sure you're not Michael Angelo reincarnated. Wow I'm blown away by your expertise. 😮

[@antoninotripoli5129]

sei un grande pittore, complimenti

[@lefthandstory1280]

Great work friend 👍😃beautiful😃😃

[@tesstess2107]

Your work is provoking me to Someday I will give time a portrait of realism.

[@joseantoniorobles9566]

More videos please

[@Blobby192]

a good drawing on the canvas before painting solves many of the problems artist face at the beggining that can ruin a painting further along the line thats why i use grid on my drawings to transfer to my canvas then thats one less problem.

[@ingridcorbridge6571]

You are hilariously funny besides your brilliant advice. Thank you

[@cherrydowns7745]

I call it the ugly phase of my painting and know I can get through it.

[@apurbachowdhury7035]

Sir i, m your big fan❤

[@Name-ot3xw]

I've heard it called "The Artist's Curse". As the creator, you're stuck trying to put an image to paper from your mind and it's just never quite going to work out. That's just the way it works.

[@OnlyBekok]

Thanks

[@jorgenio11]

wow!

[@mikelezhnin8601]

I haven't seen the video yet, but holly smokes those paintings you show at the beginning look like photos 💀

[@ArtbyJoeH]

Brilliant intro 😆

[@ruicruz8641]

I wish I could "screw up" so well as you! :D

[@10zarita]

Man! I love your palette what is the pale rose and the light green you have to each side of you yellow ochre? ( 2nd and 4th in order from left to right )

[@k.k8791]

"So when i start to feel that bowaaa " _SCOTT WADDELL

[@sdwhitesox8039]

Learning to paint with oils alla prima and what I'm dealing with early on is 'patchiness' - the paint is too thin in certain areas and the dimples of the linen canvas are actually showing through. I guess the solution to this is to 'oil out' the canvas and then to apply another layer? Or should I apply another layer first and then oil out the canvas afterwords?

[@marilenadalberto5204]

Grande artista, grande professionalità, c è la possibilità di avere queste " lezioni formative" in italiano??

[@anonymousanonymous5327]

what paint brush are you using in the montages? brand type and size? many thanks

[@RapidBlindfolds]

if you genuinely do need to redo a section can you just paint over in white oil paint?

[@induraja9542]

Sir how can apply colour by colour speed dry on oil colours

[@shellyszuch7144]

what kind of paint do you use?

[@NanciFranceVaz_artist]

Hey Scott, I have a problem with paint build up in one area of face in the lights. I never use anything with damar but in this second pass I used a well known fat medium that had damar in it . The paint built up very quickly. Not sure why but maybe it’s the sticky damar? I waited a week and sanded down the area as the palette knife not good on this one. It worked but there is an area on crest of zygomatic on oblique plane of head that is thicker still. It also is shinier and smoother. Someone told me to use oms very carefully in that spot to take it down? Im scared lol Shoukd I just wait a few days and paint over the sanded area without medium. I’ve done this on shadow side. This stuff doesn’t usually happen but I’ve been working so hard to have 9 paintings in 7 months thst my brain and eyes are not working 😢

[@mariannedickson3840]

This is me 💯

[@stanislavknezi3736]

👍👍👍

[@chrisf.1301]

Is that one painting of Aryron Senna?

[@Priloomis]

HAHHAHAHHAHHAh pain ting! HAHHAHAHAHHA

[@sharonjeanettemelonorona3270]

Hello Scott thanks for your videos, could you put them with subtitles in Spanish maybe? Thank you very much and greetings from Ecuador

[@stanislavknezi3736]

Medium?

[@drewgarcia9823]

The intro hahaaaa

[@NicolasConnault]

You are completely out of touch with the reality of beginner/novice painting if you think these are good examples of flawed paintings that need correcting! Take that both as a compliment of your technique and as an invitation to empathise a bit more with the pain we are going through :)

[@jorgenio11]

I think it's better with a perpendicular razor blade

[@hmarillejla7]

Why no captions????

[@aydakoprulu1404]

🙏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏………….

[@annechesley8565]

The artist's curse.

[@crystalleach4785]

😂😂😂 & 💯💯💯

[@Ammon6]

Is Ayrton Senna?

[@drawinaminutewithdr.rajasa8861]

Mamamia

[@saintcaprinus5658]

This one bit me hard

[@cliffj33]

you are way , way , way too tough on yourself . I thought the painting was perfect to begin with and I am also a painter