How to Paint Silk and Satin in Oils - with Artist James Sulkowski

[@LizGridleyArtist]

Oooh very helpful - will definitely look at using the black to neutralize the intensity (painting Red Satin and using 3 different red pigments for the values wasn't doing it! )

[@JerrysartaramaArtSupply]

Thanks Liz, I am glad we sparked an interest! Keep Creating!

[@e.shiflett5908]

Very informative!!!

[@froggo7215]

Well done 👍👍

[@emilianahenriquez4947]

very easy to do, thank you! great job

[@JerrysartaramaArtSupply]

Glad you liked it Emiliana. Keep Creating!

[@susanzooz]

very useful! thanks!

[@JerrysartaramaArtSupply]

Glad it was helpful Minerva! Keep Creating

[@hudanazir58]

thanks king

[@jacquese.t.9113]

I'm working to understand the reflections, shadows, and high light's of these fabrics.

[@JerrysartaramaArtSupply]

Sorry we are replying so late. Here's some helpful hints: For the highest lights, you should blend the shaded color wet into wet. Most importantly, when painting silk, you should try to forget that it's satin or silk and paint what you see. Look at the folds, highlights, and shadows of the silk abstractly as different shapes that you can paint individually and then put together as a whole. For me, the key isn't so much the highlights, but in the reflective quality of the middle values; that what's really "sells" it as silk. It's also important to show the slight folds and creases that the thin surface often has.

[@jacquese.t.9113]

Now is this a wet on wet painting?

[@kozy15x]

not quite, wet on wet requires the use of more medium

[@JerrysartaramaArtSupply]

Thanks Glum

[@NickPenlee]

Dreadful!

[@JerrysartaramaArtSupply]

Sorry you feel that way Nick, but thanks for your opinion.

[@NickPenlee]

@@JerrysartaramaArtSupply It was too limited in detail and required a more comprehensive approach. This, to me, was marginally better. kzbin.info/www/bejne/e4rdnH6vpsiditU