How To Find Your Oil Painting Style (And Actually MASTER It!)

[@anjapinkau3737]

"Make the painting you can make today and then keep painting." Excellent advice! Because that is exactly it: If you put too much pressure on yourself, you suffocate your motivation. You look at the pictures of advanced painters and you want to be as good as them, but you know you are not there yet and many think: "I'll never get there. I'll never be that good." Maybe that is right, maybe not. But with that attitude you'll never know. So: Do it! Practise! And you'll improve! That's what I keep telling myself, too.

[@mato3383]

yeah, and to keep going you have to enjoy something about painting, either a part of the process, detailing, feeling of finished work.

[@annameier5000]

Я влюблена именно в такую живопись. .для меня важно соединить реальность с Абстракцией...Это невероятно красиво ..это воздушно...легко ..это глубоко.....это движение и жизнь...Вы замечательный художник...вы талантливы..Такую сложную живопись мало кто сможет написать. .да ещё и портреты. Я в восторге ..Спасибо !!! ..

[@WitchofCrowSummit]

Excellent advice on just starting and making the mistakes anyway. We learn far more that way. AND when people think they're saving time by getting it perfect the first time, it's not necessarily the case. What you learn from being willing to make mistakes will carry you farther and if you try the same painting again, it will actually go faster since you are familiar with it already.

[@stormcorrosion176]

Nicole you are so beautiful

[@Toqueville2023]

The major points you make are very simple , iterative nature of painting everyday, I enjoy that you make great progress on very small panels..thats what tells me how painting everyday is so valuable

[@alexis5350]

I would love to see a master studies/copies video from you. I think I need to do that myself - I get defeated before I even start because I over-think and worry that my composition isn't right, I can't find a subject I like, etc. I think a master study would help me just get started so I can develop the skills. This is so helpful to think about. Your videos are so helpful. It realllllly resonates with me as do all your videos. Thank you again, Chelsea! You inspire me.

[@lisengel2498]

Celebrate the painting itself through abstraction and texture - that vibrates exactly with what I have in my heartmind 🙃🌷💗

[@rchambers1993]

Hi. Beautiful work. A retired art teacher..the understanding of going further is so important. It's a life skill that creates endurance. Thank you for sharing. The warmth and subject matter reminds me of Mary Cassatt.

[@jonroads8281]

I'd certainly be interested in a video on master copies. I often sit down to paint and hours later realise I've spent the entire time combing through my photos looking for a subject and just not feeling inspired. I've decided that at times when I don't know what I want to paint I should copy a piece by an artist I love and who's style I would like to incorporate.

[@user-pe2lw1ze8i]

I’m loving your videos. I’m at that stage of “ I have a bunch of unfinished and finished canvases and a studio finally, but my work needs consistency and I need to keep focused. I am researched the marketing but with your wisdom, will produce 1st and foremost. I was too far ahead of myself. Need to pin down my style

[@theresaaaron299]

Your commentary is so informative and thought provoking. It’s exactly what I was thinking but didn’t know that’s what I was thinking, and you articulated it perfectly. Thank you.

[@leemitchell1587]

Love you work, videos and teaching. I Don't paint in oil but rather acrylic and gouache, but so many of your lessons can be applied to those mediums. Thank you ♡

[@RevJoan]

Yes, PLEASE do the "Master Copy" video!!!!

[@Toqueville2023]

Finding a personal style is a strange experience. It's like finding something before you get there...Since in your mind or muscle memory you aren't aware of what you will be when you get there...So if if I ask myself what will I be like before getting there..the fails you have to "push" through..A total unknown which you will discover..Our brains can learn, our muscles will learn..So enjoying you "pushing through"..discovery!

[@lucyyanagida]

Chelsea your paintings are amazing. So obvious the study and brush mileage. Your instruction is just wonderful!

[@carlosreira413]

Lovely neo-Renoirist(?) technique. Look at that dry ochre and ultramarine on white, very cool. Gotta let that brush skate.

[@pauloasafe25]

I am rewatching a bunch of your videos! Thank you so much for sharing!

[@kimbenson2920]

Great to see you back on your boat, lovely. 👍🤓

[@Toqueville2023]

That is golden. Distinguishing the paintings you like from the style ... Perhaps the difference between the two isn't great?

[@colleenwhite7466]

Thank you, Chelsea! With regard to a master painting copy, how does one go about analyzing the colors, strokes, values, edges, etc before beginning a copy?

[@XtinaArtNerd]

This would make a great video idea, would love to know as well.

[@paintingswithkay6151]

Beautiful painting to see the start to finish and how this painting came to life!

[@scotthendersonart]

Yes, a master copy approach video would be great - thanks!

[@aparnashenoy2306]

How did I never come across your channel before ! Absolutely amazing and inspiring, plus so many helpful tips 😀✨

[@WitchofCrowSummit]

AGH - so cool! I loved your hotter temp value discovery! NOTED.

[@MrAddison79]

Yes please do a master study demo, I could really use some pointers and tips. Thank you!

[@youtubesteph]

I adore this painting! You verbalized so many things I have been thinking about/struggling with lately.

[@artsygirll2010]

Yes please! A master study tutorial would be great! Thank you Chelsea!

[@ryanoconnor7957]

Hmm to be honest I like your older work more from before you discovered Carolyn was was hoping you would just keep churning work out in that style, but, it's good to experiment!

[@lauriehellewell4539]

Thank you for another insightful video. Yes, please do a video on master copies.

[@larisaskripnikova1695]

Love all your paintings, thank you for sharing!💖

[@toeresa]

I would loooove a video on master copies, i’ve really been trying to focus on doing them lately

[@philipcoleman8184]

Chelsea, what are your colours for specialising in portraits, thanks?

[@phillange166]

Such clear and helpful analysis, thank you.

[@JustineWiniker]

You're amazing!

[@tedfarmer8510]

Love your work

[@daytonagreg8765]

Is this considered some “dry technique” that leverages the canvas & brush textures themselves? I’m a noob so it’s just an amateur observation. Thanks.

[@КсюшаАмира]

Beautiful!💕🦋

[@sebastiaantheartartist]

Nice video. The artist who really mastered the drybrush teqniek is Nikolai Fetchin.

[@LynnePriceStudio]

I think you mean Nicolai Fechin?

[@Srossartist]

Would 💖 to see you do a master study

[@theresaaaron299]

Yes, yes, yes. Please do a Bouguereau.

[@amandapeete7907]

Would love to see a master study video.

[@francescobarbaro499]

fantastic

[@PAKDETONDO]

very nice art... this is so cool..👍👍..

[@mohammadhunaiti8982]

Lovely… I wish I can learn drawing to this level… It’s like a dream to me 😢

[@eduardosuarez4239]

El arte de pintar hermoso Tema , excelente maestra 👌👌👌.....

[@gregoriopuro]

Hey,, just wanted to say that I love listening to your commentary, in all your videos,,, great tips not only about painting, but also about being successful in life in general .. if you ever decide to change carreers to being a psycotherapist ... I'll glady recline on the couch in your office,, lol

[@alexdannys]

amazing painting nice sharing

[@amandapeete7907]

Great video!

[@lefthandstory1280]

Awesome friend,great sharing beautiful😃❤️ .....

[@sammylhpate9382]

Proportion is so difficult to achieve.hrest job

[@candihogan6636]

Lovely!

[@KAFRO12]

Einfach großartig!

[@rodmanjohnson9593]

I noticed in this demonstration that you started with lighter colors instead of washes to sketch in the composition, then followed with darker and darker values. This appears to be a contradiction of the thick over lean used in other videos. Correcting on canvas when you lay down dark(thin) values first can be very difficult, so that soft edges become essential to the start process. Is the thicker paint(dry brush) method a reverse of the "darks first" approach?

[@MicheleMei1]

The thick over thin and fat over lean principles have nothing to do with color or value. And the beauty of oil paint is you just wait for the layer to dry if you want to change the color.

[@glumsulk]

Thick over thin is more for alla prima. Fat over lean is specific to mediums and is so a painting doesnt crack essentially, and is for indirect painting techniques (where you wait for layers to dry in between instead of all in one sitting which is what alla prima means. Thickness of paint has nothing to do with the color of paint either. Its a personal preference whether you start with lighter or darker or mid values. Watercolor you have to work from light to dark out of necessity. Oil painting is an opaque medium relatively speaking and so you can go from dark to light (or light OVER dark if that makes more sense) if you wish.

[@LILY-ic8pe]

How much is ur class

[@angelguerron6687]

Hola muy lindo

[@waltersalazarchang4452]

Hola le pediría Q por favor si podría poner sub título en español, ya q somos muchos en el mundo, el video me parece interesante pero muy rápido. Un saludo.

[@JustineWiniker]

What's your degree?

[@kanchangupta2038]

Sunder

[@coopart1]

I try to paint an unspeakable language . Using many words and accents from others that have spoken to me.

[@artsiecrafty4164]

Watching you paint does nothing for me if I can’t see what your reference is.

[@glumsulk]

There are quite a few other painters who do that on youchube. These vids are more about the commentary it seems.

[@melissadooley9731]

You are much too good of a painter to paint this "sweet" stuff. Beware!