Goldfinch | Acrylic Painting

[@connorisenberg2037]

So glad I found this channel

[@paulachristopher9451]

Beautiful painting ❤

[@megg7558]

Love the background, beautiful painting.

[@lennyjackson9508]

Absolutely inspiring work, beautiful style great brush work! Keep pumping out the uploads I'm eager to see more of your content! MAKE YOUR TALENT KNOWN 😂😊😊👍👍👍

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much!! Glad you enjoyed it!

[@ltlove63]

Your technique is incredible ❤️ Your work is so lifelike 🤔 without smog or pollution, making your colors so bright & clear. Thank you for sharing your talent & Time. I could watch your videos for hours.

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much!! Really appreciate that! I'm happy to share my work and I'm glad you enjoy watching my videos!

[@kathleenhutter4412]

Really beautiful painting! Love it. I am painting a goldfinch in oils in a different setting and saw your video while doing research. Thank you for sharing, excellent video!

[@JosephKoensgen]

You're welcome!! And thank you! I"m glad that it's been helpful!

[@Artbydami]

Waw... Super painting... Realistic and the details are so amazing... Nicely done 👍👍👍

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much!! 😀

[@swarnachandrasekera7545]

So beautiful! Thanks

[@lilianz8074]

Very cute! This will be on my list! Very authentic one😍

Une excellente réalisation 👌.

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!!

[@zenaidaportalino9016]

La naturaleza es bella y si aprendemos a cuidarla será para todos los habitantes: humanos y animales. Admiro tu trabajo, da alegria ver y aprender de tu estilo. Gracias

[@GLRDesignsdotcom]

BEAUTIFUL!👍😃

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!!

[@susanbernardi8018]

Your work is amazing!!

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much!!

[@beckyflowers1902]

Love your work!!!!

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much!!

[@NaturalEarthTones]

I love birds so much and I ty for your videos

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you for watching!

[@artifexmom3824]

Wow! That’s awesome ☺️❤️

[@diemngocdiem8211]

Love your painting

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!!

[@darlenehansen6866]

This is a beautiful pice of work. Thank you for putting this up. What brushes do you use 🎨

[@geoffc1862]

Thanks Joseph.

[@Circuit7Active]

Your backgrounds are gorgeous

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much!!

[@timslim1529]

Beautiful. Hope you are well.

[@azmimural03]

Wow..do cute..👍👍 New friend here 👌

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!! Welcome!

[@davidroberts8499]

I really like what you do. I would like to see how you do some of your blending.

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you! I do show a bit of blending in other videos of mine, most of which is done with dry brushing or mixing very subtle differences in the values of the colours and then building a gradient. I show some of this in the softer background of the painting in this video. kzbin.info/www/bejne/i4nVlppjaLSIeqs

[@SalmaN-nq4ox]

amazing!

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!!

[@robbiej2070]

Great work

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!!

[@stargazer6612]

I really love your work it's very inspiring. I'm so happy I found your channel. It help with my painting, do you use a certain canvas like Fredrix canvas? Thank you

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much!! Appreciate you watching, I'm glad to hear that it's helped! And I paint on masonite primed with gesso and sanded smooth. Then I can have almost any size I feel like, and it's a good texture for detail.

[@stargazer6612]

@@JosephKoensgen Thank you so much that helps. I never herd of that material, I will look that up and buy some.

[@claudioabado3317]

One additional comment. I noticed that some paints are "creamier" than others. Naturally, those "creamier" paints are easier to apply.

[@Babs9285]

This is beautiful! Do you do full and class tutorials? So very soft! ❤️🎨

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!! At the moment I'm not doing any full class tutorials, but I'm still planning on making shorter videos like this one when I have time to do them.

[@mmajidi-lt6zu]

Very nice

[@justkeephiking6525]

I just found your channel and love your paintings! I watched your blue jay video which was.amazing. What are you using as a medium when you mix your paints?

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much!! Appreciate that! I'm just using water for mixing my paints as it seems to work well for my style.

[@justkeephiking6525]

@@JosephKoensgen thank you. I visited your website and am both amazed and inspired by your art! It is exactly this style and subject matter that I aspire to. Thank you for sharing your videos

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!! I appreciate that! I'm so glad to hear my work is inspiring to you. I'm happy to share my work through my videos, and hope to keep making more in the future!

[@carmenospina2203]

Very nice tutorial.

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you!!

[@sht1857]

Muhteşem ✨

[@ms.1642]

Where did you buy your canvass? I love your paintings!

[@JosephKoensgen]

Thank you so much! And I'm actually painting on a piece of hard board, sometimes called masonite. I get large sheets at at a hardware store and then cut them to whatever size I need, then I prime with gesso and sand smooth.

[@reneesullivan7184]

What kind, or number brush you use for such delicate painting?

[@JosephKoensgen]

I'm using primarily a Round - 0 and Round - 1 brushes, with very fine sharp points on them. I have a video where show all the brushes and the paint I use, and a little bit about how I use them if you'd like to check that out! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eJKmaouAodhmjas

[@arunwedhikar1983]

Super..👌💐 Can u pls tell me, how to paint out of focus any object, by brush..?

[@sht1857]

Would you recommend bright varnish? There's no satin varnish left in stock.

[@JosephKoensgen]

I’ve personally found the gloss varnishes to be a bit too shiny for what I would like. But they do really bring out the contrast in a painting. Something I’ve done before is mix gloss and matte varnish together to get a satin finish, but it takes a bit of experimenting to get it to the kind of look I wanted.

[@sht1857]

@@JosephKoensgen I agree with you, thank you, 🌹

[@hollieharlow1129]

Is there a reference photo anywhere?

[@brattyadvocate8755]

I’d like to know the colors you’re mixing!

[@JosephKoensgen]

For the yellow, it's a combination of Cadmium Yellow light, Cadmium Yellow Medium, with touches of Cadmium Red Light and Raw Umber. And for the greys, blacks and whites, I always tint them with a little bit of Alizarin Crimson or Raw Umber, depending on what matches the rest of the painting.

[@michelineperreault]

Can you give us the brand and the colors you used to paint the goldfinch? I tried with different yellows and it remains transparent!

[@JosephKoensgen]

I'm using Liquitex Professional heavy body acrylics. And the yellows I used are Cadmium Yellow Medium, and Cadmium Yellow Light. Most yellows will be quite transparent, so I'm also mixing in some variations of grey and raw umber, which will help make them more opaque. As well, I'm layering quite a bit to build up that color. At the end I'm also using the transparency of the yellow to my advantage by going back over some of it with a glaze of those yellows to help bring back some of the vibrancy.

[@michelineperreault]

@@JosephKoensgen WoW! Thank you very much for your answer. This is a very good technique that I will try to practice. Being self-taught, I learn a lot by watching videos from people like you, generous with their advice. Your paintings are magnificent. I just found out about you and subscribed to your Facebook page.

[@nilaxijoshi5331]

Please full video 🙏

[@tusk242]

I painted a group of gold finches in my small back yard garden. I enjoy them when they come to my socks that I hang mainly for Them. but the house finch and house sparrows sometimes have them almost empty. SO I am more careful to time when I know the gold finch tend to visit and put the socks then. They have their clutch of young later in the summer, in some of my neighbors trees soon to be cut down, because new owner does not want the trees. So many people do not care about birds, and have no idea how much help they provide. What people see is the bird poo on their car, or are too noisy early in the morning. on days they want to sleep What is the shrub called the finch is on?

[@JosephKoensgen]

Goldfinches are great little birds and I love seeing and hearing them return in the spring. I certainly hope that some of them can return to you despite some of the trees being cut down. And the plant that the finch is on is a Lilac. I've got it at a time when the flowers are just starting to bloom and opening up. Their fragrance in the springtime is amazing and I really liked the contrast of the yellow finch and purple blossoms.

[@patriciacarey3151]

what colors are used

[@JosephKoensgen]

I'm using cadmium yellow light, cadmium yellow medium, raw umber, titanium white, mars black, and then some cadmium red light when mixing the color for the beak.

[@lancelandon3032]

Is your living just off videos or you do something else? Wondering what it takes to live off doing KZbin art?

[@JosephKoensgen]

I make my living by selling my original artwork and prints of my paintings. I don't make very much from KZbin yet, but hopefully as I make more videos, I can make more and do more videos in the future. It's certainly a lot of work to make videos, and takes some dedication if you want to make a living from it, but it's worth giving it a try. It takes some patience and will have a bit of learning curve, but it can worth it if you are passionate about art and making videos.