How to paint like Ad Reinhardt - with Corey D'Augustine | IN THE STUDIO

Learn the techniques behind Ad Reinhardt’s black paintings-and why there is no pure black paint on the canvas-with IN THE STUDIO instructor Corey D’Augustine.
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[@themuseumofmodernart]

Hey everyone, tune in this Wednesday, May 17 at 3:30 p.m. EDT for a *LIVE* Q&A with IN THE STUDIO instructor Corey D'Augustine. Corey will answer questions from previous videos, as well as from the live comments section. Watch live: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aYKVeHd_a5xmotE

[@annhaydenpainter]

Where oh where is Corey, the best painting teacher I've ever come across. More. More.

[@emilyb7867]

Some time ago, I used to dislike Modern Art. When I saw this video I wouldn't think that my whole perception of MA was about to change for good. Ad Reinhardt with his brilliant work showed me the true meaning behind modern Art. Until that day when I first saw this video I have been very intrested on MA. 3 days ago actually I just finished painting a work of my own! Thank you so much for uploading this life-changing video!

[@Nu1ax]

The technique is more interesting than the composition i say but I'm glad it exist for those how want to take color to the next level.

[@krisking2]

This is great. Just a shame that this painting is exhibited at Tate Liverpool with a pane of glass in front of it reflecting all the light and images from around the gallery.

[@n8cre8srogers43]

This was so fascinating understand the preparation and thought that went into making this. very cool. I just find these series fantastic.

[@orkidbox]

I am enjoying watching all these painting videos from MoMA.

[@CatarinaGutierrez]

I've never known the detail in which matte paint is made and why that matters so much in abstract art. Great video!

[@helloward9759]

I love having a matte look to my paint. I'll have to try this technique. Thanks for the video.

[@learnerlearns]

THANK YOU for enlightening the populace about this often misunderstood artist. This entire "terms" series is excellent!

[@tomhavoc]

Corey, you do one hulluva great job in these videos!

[@chasedorton6586]

Drawing lines on a canvas? What a madman! Wonderful video though! I love getting a glimpse into the mind of the masters.

[@cheesycircumcision]

so i tried to make this painting at home and it turned out alright but if youre going to aswell either wait more than 2 weeks and or dont use paint thinner, USE TURPENTINE. idk which one caused mine to not work right but my paint was extremely runny and it was nearly impossible to get no brush marks. also its better to make the colour too dark than too light so dont be afraid to add that extra bit of black. ill definitely try it again, waiting a month and using turpentine and more black for green and red but kinda disapointed with mine tbh

[@johnhead3431]

Thank you for putting forward the process so plainly. In a footnote to a Rothko exhibition in London this process is mentioned too. Something worth mentioning perhaps is that the more oil is decanted, the more saturated is which remains but of course the more susceptible the surface. So, decant more oil, more intense colour, more fragile surface

[@tomhavoc]

Top notch job and explanation! Thank you!

[@janiemachiz5756]

Amazing class. Thank you!

[@ImperiousImages]

Great explanation and presentation.

[@tsanyubaidillah5854]

Great explanation, you gave me more idea to make any colour with some technique, especially that beautiful matte colour...

[@ginavepa]

Very interesting, I loved to know more about the technique......

[@thlee3]

that was amazingly educational. loved it.

[@TheTargetedScapegoat]

THANK YOU THANK YOU for posting this. I had Art since 1940's history from Charles Gaines and he made sure to cover Ad and mention certain things (like being more of an artist the AEs looked up to, or that he taught, but he was NOT an AE). I remember being inspired by the neutrality of his grey paintings

[@DennyPetronio]

Respect to the artist! But was I the only one to chuckle when he said, "There is no black in this painting." Then proceeds to add black to the paint...

[@TheTerminalExpress]

I saw one of these at the University of Iowa Museum of Art...in the same room as Pollocks Mural.

[@eyesea948]

Very intelligent work 👌🏾

[@fraktalv]

Hyper inspiring, thank you!

[@yefekerhawala8611]

WONDERFUL!!

[@Snewton12]

This is really interesting. It looked like you started on a commercially stretched and primed canvas. I"m interested in the mat / no brush stroke finish and am wondering if there is more to the prep of the canvas than shown here. Can you tell me?

[@demonherz]

so cool!!!

[@leslies7898]

This is fascinating

[@kafa82]

Great video! What is the proportion of black and red (green, blue)?

[@rodsavage4790]

Thankyou. That was superb. I love the subtleness of the painting. I can't afford one but I can certainly do one now. Thankyou. For longevity, what do you deal the finished product with please?

[@jguo52]

Now that drake's explained it, the black square's infinitely more romantic

[@MsGnor]

Deep :) love hearing thought process behind these works

[@iaindrennan3552]

great video!

[@HomemadeMagic]

This is the greatest thing ever

[@rafiqhaq]

The painting was covered with glass at the Tate Liverpool exhibition a few years ago - so you could contemplate multiple reflections as well. It was just about opposite the partition wall to the next part of the gallery so you could obstruct visitors going through whilst you contemplated. Luckily the attendant was a fan and waxed lyrical about it and pointed out the subliminal colours.

[@pronounceword]

I like your video very much. It's really great. I'll keep an eye on your channel. I am your fan and I will support you.

[@1Ma9iN8tive]

Reinhardt ... Matte master - incredible

[@Doppe1ganger]

beautiful

[@sqosh12]

I could of swore I heard that there was no black in the original painting (0:16) but didn't the narrator just squeeze an entire tube of Mars BLACK into the container (2:31)when demonstraiting how Reinhardt made his mystical pigment? Am I missing something?

[@Acquavallo]

wow, so nice :)

[@dannytran173]

does anyone know an adequate ratio for all three parts? How much mars black to turpentine do you need to use?

[@neoangie]

as a complete noob I tried this just to see if this is really one of the "my 5 yrs old could do it" art piece ... but it is harder than it looks, the effect of no brush is almost imposible to achieve ... the end result is weird and inconsistent. but a fun project anyways, tnx for great content!

[@marcuspetterson2954]

What is the music? Who is the saxophone player?

[@alchemistoxford]

Would like to see a How to paint like Howard Hodgkin.

[@marcatkinson5187]

could you do this with white?

[@hdryah__]

my soul is dark as Ad reinhardt's Art

[@iaindrennan3552]

Reinhardt was a master.

[@ureyesrbleeding1]

In art the first project we did was using colored pencils and make this picture. I didn't finish it..

[@leewill5436]

Can you do a video on Yves Klein please?

[@Acquavallo]

wo cool. I never knew this guy. I like him though

[@artist_aquar]

Can you set the subtitles for translation to all world countries languages, please?

[@cheesycircumcision]

at first i was like yeah its just black then you start to kinda see colour and its like woahhh

[@Deronoth]

Has anyone ever painted an actual picture with this technique? That would be cool

[@thehaystack9969]

He must have hated colorblind people...

[@laurelsheridan3817]

Interesting. Puts me in mind of The Emperor's New Clothes.

[@Tremori_A]

soooo its black paint with slight color

[@parthsavyasachi9348]

I thought you said there was no black when lot of black was used??

[@ADewiM]

Lots of large-format paintings or intensely coloured paintings don't come across well on screens. But god damn does KZbin's video compression ruin these blacks.

[@jakubmartiska4832]

wow, ive never known that drake is so much into fine art...

[@daniesza]

:19 no black in the painting? Uh, he mixed with black and then those primary colors....

[@MrStevie57]

Reminds me of the question Why is it art? answer. Because an artist painted it. lol.

[@999bmxbandit]

Imgur?

[@KpxUrz5745]

Can't say much good about Ad Reinhardt, and never considered him a seminal artist. Someone had to be an early minimalist. So I consider him lucky to have been surrounded by the better artists of the New York School. While several artists of this period are important to me, I never placed much importance on this artist. As for this video calling him a subtle colorist, I almost spit coffee out my nose on that one.

[@youngzheng8408]

I don't think this is as much art as a cool science experiment

[@lilamjazeefa9466]

The video is compressed, making the subtleties of color get washed out a bit and even HARDER to see. I can see them... a bit, but not easily or at all times.

[@filadelfiatadjibaeva2811]

I’d impressed only if the painting was done without adding mars black. Clever idea but adding black for darkening colours hurt my feelings...

[@rainybeet]

I am very glad that I saw this video. I have tried and tried to understand what makes these painters "artists," and what makes them special. I thought maybe there were some techniques or fine details that I was missing. It turns out that there really is nothing special about these "color field" paintings. It is a black painting with some slightly different blacks to pretend that this is not just a black painting. Using slightly different blacks convinces art analysts that what we are looking at color that was so "subtle in fact that it was on the very threshold of perception." There is no texture either, which is supposedly special, but the technique described is essentially making a dye out of paint. Apparently the idea is that it is similar to "waking up in the morning," in that your eyes have to adjust to even detect the differences in color. OK, but what makes that special? Every piece of art looks different when your eyes adjust, and subtleties will come out the longer you look at something and the longer that your eyes and mind adjust to the conditions. That Reinhardt did this with a black painting is no different that if I just painted something black and threw it on the wall to call it art. The longer you look at it the more your eyes will pick up subtleties and differences in the colors due to the application process. You can get the same experience by staring at any painted wall in a home. These are just excuses for people that have convinced themselves that this is good art to allow themselves to maintain their illusion that this could not have been done by any person on the street. Do we have the nerve to put it up on a wall and call it art? No. But that does not mean that the people that do have that nerve actually possess talent in addition to that nerve.

[@K1ngNoctisXIII]

He learned from ´Paint´.

[@liannayoantan4630]

but I think the proses make black not like that, but use red mix with green than put in the jar with turpentine, or using blue mix with red..... not use black all..... I think not like this video way mix the color if not use black at all.....

[@forouzandeh1]

please do your painting so we see and also talk. beginning of video we see black canvas.

[@christopherfarrell-artist3557]

Interesting......must be a nightmare for the art conservators, as with most paintings in that era.

[@abesnorkel1986]

hilarious: "quite a bit of mars black...."

[@ya0urt]

And I disvover this 8 years late....

[@abstractbybrian]

you say that there was no black in them.. yet you add black to your paint.. wouldn't you make your own "black" first then add the strongest color you want to come through?

[@ThePIPdesign]

Rods don't detect color my man,only Cones

[@HirachieOfSociety]

The idea behind is cool, but the fact that this will sell for the same price as the Mona Lisa is kinda stupid.

[@ThePIPdesign]

Rods don't detect color my man,only Cones,very interesting though

[@GavinFitzsimonsArt]

its a black square, end of story

[@rd264]

alot 'o bs - just enjoy the art, dont try to write about it- if its good it will do the talking...

[@JerseyDave616]

Even at 1080p, the video still has artifacts and sucks. Way to go.