Making a Living as an Artist & more - Ep.4 Oil Painting Q&A with Mark Carder

[@thepourman2563]

Every now and then you stumble upon a KZbin host that makes you realize how lucky we are to have such an amazing tool at our disposal. It's people like you Mark that make the Internet invaluable to people like myself who are willing to put in the hours it takes to find quality learning material. Thank's a million for being so generous in sharing your knowledge. You rule man, GOD Bless !

[@NME10E]

What a beautiful, levelheaded and honest video. I am very impressed with the level of humility and wisdom you put forth in this video, it has been such a helpful video.

[@ariws7616]

Y you ug

[@NME10E]

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[@jaym3064]

I loved your humble presentation. Now that you’ve become a great painter, in my opinion you’ve fully embraced the noblest of careers, teaching.

[@MrBuffaloGrill]

Thank you Mark, for all your work on this channel, and all your sincere words. Life changing.

[@brzpicnic]

Hi Mark. Thank you again for a great video. I have been following you for some years now since your first DVD. I know that whilst you also make money from your teaching, I have been inspired by the fact that you so freely share such a comprehensive and valuable range of information, that those who may not be able to afford to pay can still learn to paint. Have you always been this way or have you had experiences in your life that has made you so wonderfully generous?

[@DrawMixPaint]

brzpicnic Thank you for the kind words. I will get into this in a future episode (how and why I decided to open up about my methods etc).

[@lallope]

amen! concentrate on quality, finish, making a fine piece. each piece is ones last, put in the hours, the work. know your competition.

[@pjlewisful]

I enjoy these talks so very much. They make so much sense and it just really feels like one is having a casual heart to heart discussion between artists.

[@MrArtist7777]

Excellent advice and tips! Early in my career as an artist I approached a few really good art gallaries and although they liked my work, they said it needed a bit more time. Two years later I approached a couple of other great galleries and they couldn't get enough of my work. One of my first paintings at the gallery sold as they were hanging it on the wall and completely sold out of everything I had within a few days, constantly asking for more paintings. I had found my style and honed it with tremendous amounts of practice, as Mark suggests.

[@claudiacastrillon4440]

Russell Fine Arts i'm curious to see your work, do you have a website?

[@brucekiefer2209]

Mark, thank you for your time. Really look forward to Thursday's

[@pavlofikaso4100]

Thanks for the time u spend making these videos. It really helps

[@veaudor]

It's very kind of you to share your early experiences, and failures.

[@michaeleli6767]

I just want to say much I appreciate your ability to talk so clearly and unhurriedly as you share all these great ideas. I am a 63-year-old artist who I spend my professional career as a color matcher and designer for interiors and exteriors of mostly very high-end homes So been an artist for 50 years and I'm just now wanting to do it full-time career I'm having shows and have sold the number of pieces but I like you didn't want to play the game that the artworld plays which is basically a fashion show with a bit of " emperors New clothes " thrown in I love Picasso and Marcel Duchamp Mark Rothko etc. but I also love Sargent ,Rembrandt , Velasquez In just the past couple years I decided to use my expertise as a color matcher/ designer to influence my latest work ,mostly abstract. I am learning things from your videos so surprised I didn't know - you're doing a great job and I appreciate your knowledge, approach and understated affect For me the biggest question lately is "I think this is really good, I've never seen anything like it before .... I wonder if it's any good That and "is it finished" :-)

[@Lauragld]

Thank you......I have painted and taught botanical for many years. In my earlier life I had mostly painted and found myself missing it. I started to feel stagnant and uninspired by the boundaries of botanical art. I decided to return to oils and plein air last year....I feel like a kid again returning to oils and expanding myself again. Your videos are so helpful in learning and inspiration...thanks so much.

[@barbaramcgarvey4745]

Thank you Mark I feel empowered to move forward now.

[@ignacioherreraart]

About the cheating thing, i think its related to the idea of the genius borned in the romanticism. But, if you think in Leonardo or durero, they both used a big ammount of tools and devices to draw acuretly and in proportion, so, let them talk, and work.

[@xXKDizzleXxTheShizzl]

This is fantastic advice. I think almost all new creatives think their work is far better than it actually is. It definitely happened to me too

[@Xplorer228]

I really wish we could see some examples of your early work that you talk about. It'd be helpful to see the difference between your early work and that turning point you speak of. Great advice all the same.

[@judyjudy51]

Love the talk on ego, getting into galleries and wanting to be a great painter. A teacher once said to me ' no matter how good you think you are, there is always someone better'.

[@kamlikachandlafineart]

Such great episodes! It's a reservoir of knowledge and experience. Thanks for sharing with the public. Very noble and selfless! Look forward to Thursday's. I have been using Geneva paints, and they are absolutely unmatched and fantastic. Very potent, lustrous, smooth but capable of broad/versatile brushwork. Highly recommend all to buy! Warning: you wouldn't like any other paints 😃

[@anabalcazar959]

I loved your videos! So honest! what we need from the art world.

[@rcarle]

Mark, would you care to comment on the digression (or progression, if you like) of Rembrandt's work as he matured and aged as a painter?

[@aralpantelly2465]

Thanks for your contribution to the ART world. Appreciate your help in getting artists how to level up

[@robinormond7344]

Great inspiration here!! I think you have to see your favourites in real time to really appreciate them - those painters' prints simply do not do them justice! Especially when a 5' x 7' portrait is reduced to a 5'x7' colour book plate. Also, older prints simply do not show the colour or brush stroke (newer prints may). Thanks again - your paints are amazing!!

[@dhopetheartist]

I am enjoying your videos. I am learning, again, to see color differently. Thank you for sharing your years of information.

[@catherinedonleycott9328]

Absolutely true. Love the very best work advice... It is also a tremendous compliment for family and friends to choose to hang my work in their homes. Winning awards and selling to strangers and getting commissions has been great as well. Finally realized that painting intuitively primarily from memory and feeling is more important to me than painting the same thing over and over and over as some of the most financially successful artists are doing.

[@missraineys]

Thank you so much for these videos, Mark!!

[@cheriesmith5140]

to add to this. make it yours. be amazing and an expert at your style. make your voice unique and beautiful.

[@indianartist6759]

we can relate ourself and get motivation ... if you show your works.. when you was young around 21- 23 of age

[@willtaylor1618]

Another great video. Very happy to have found this channel, thank you for all your videos and advice.

[@geoffreydawson5430]

C.A.N.I - Constant And Neverending Improvement!

[@littlelotus2003]

thank you for taking your time to make videos for us.

[@ruyina_art]

Thankyou so much for this video! I'm grateful to have even come across it, I acknowledge you as a mentor.

[@TheArtofEngineering]

Art informs art.....Good Art never happens in a vacuum! I heartily agree!!!!

[@robbyclark6915]

I have seen multiple artists in videos using their brush as a “color checker”, so there are definitely more artists than just Mr. Carder who have done that and probably still do.

[@suedahabsu1817]

Thank you for info on how to be painted like masters.

[@cathleenhendrix7932]

Really appreciate your shared knowledge and candor.

[@devanarayananv.v7058]

Very inspiring..... I will follow your words. it's worth of hearing again and agin...thank you Sir.

[@sanantoniotonight5569]

Tremendous video, from San Antonio, thanks!

[@wackerwill]

hello mark, the lilac colour you mixed in one of your demos amazes me as you only had a warm red and french ultramarine plus white ,in my landscape painting i can,t get bye without my rose madder i love what your paints look like ,their richness of colour as well as the gloss ,and i would love a price list.thanks for all the imformation

[@lisengel2498]

Thank you for this very inspiring talk about quality and the evaluation from heart and from professional galleries. And I really smiled when you mentioned that some kind of realism is not quite as dependent on the support of a good gallery as any other modern style. Follow your heart, work seriously from what you really like - as always very inspiring - thank you for all your sharing

[@aedenys]

If the face-to-face classes were cheaper than 5000, I'm sure he would be the best teacher you can have in terms of knowledge and technique

[@fabiuccio_artist7659]

Thank you ❤️

[@zachampsonartist]

Man galleries here in Australia wont take your work unless you're some crazy weird abstract/contemporary art. Had a panel of gallery owners/artists tell me that what I paint is not art and that I should go and learn what real art is.

[@LisaKellner]

Thank you for your honest advice!

[@doddagopi4933]

Towards achieving 100% perfection.

[@SchaeferArt]

What have you found to be the best way to store your oil paintings? I tend to paint mostly on panels, and haven't framed most of them. I feel like stacking them in any way is not good at all. I'm also limited on space but I'm open to any ideas or advice for storing these properly without damaging them.

[@applestrudels]

Place baking paper between them- on each painted side.

[@fullstance5119]

Thank you for your honestly.

[@waynerogers5485]

One way of looking at it is that the Gallery takes 50% of the selling price but the 50% you get is 100% more than the nothing you would get otherwise if someone didn't facilitate the sale. Maybe you can get to a point of being known and sought for quickly.

[@pj3956]

Could you please discuss the type of canvas you use. Do you need to buy super expensive cross bar with deep wood and a lot of canvas on the back fram for stretching if needed. Thank You. You are so informative. Blessings to ya.

[@phyzix_phyzix]

It's been 6 years since this video. Are these Sargent style paintings still selling?

[@travisodermatt2472]

Why would color checking be cheating? Dosnt matter what you use, nothing gets it done for you.

[@ريحالفلا]

Is it necessary for painters to become famous? i mean what if the person just want to paint and sell without attention, is it possible ? for someone who doesn't enjoy attention and praising is it possible to sell paintings without all the fuzz around it? and what is the alternatives for someone wants a career without having a boss and do things normally without flashiness. Thanks

[@caileanparis9998]

Would any professional artist please answer this question^

[@artsiecrafty4164]

I guess no one knows the answer.

[@jaym3064]

Hmm. I would think there have been many artists how became famous without that primary goal. Perhaps Edward Hopper?

[@alexrader5822]

I feel like artists need not become “famous” but there is something to be said about gaining a bit of praise for the work to be able to make sales. Also, I think it’s important to be able to talk to people about your work in a consise way. So I guess you don’t need to have fame, but you do have to put your toe out there. Hope that makes sense

[@adrianbagnato8632]

Thank you very much, I appreciate your time and advice. I just came across you. Your work is amazing! I feel like your advice has changed my viewpoint about the standard I need to reach and I can see how this would impact my future as an artist, thank you Mark! I feel I need to see what other current professional artists are painting. What is the best way to find these artist. At formal school and university I studied about artist who were already dead, not current pros. By the way my work is similar in style to William Turner in style and similar theme (forces of nature). Back to my question who or where do you suggest I look at for current professional artists? Also Mark you made a point of what sells at the time, where do you feel you find this out,

[@Pinko_Band]

Hi Mark! I have a question concerning your videos for purchase on the DMP website. Are the 3 videos the exact same videos you had available a while back? I see the subject matter is the same, but is there more content in these? I ask because I purchased all 3 back when they were available cheaper (although I certainly don't blame you for raising the price, given how much info you provide) and I just want to make sure I'm not missing out on anything with the newer priced videos. Thanks for all you do, I have learned so much!

[@DrawMixPaint]

John Thompson Thanks John! Yes, same content as before, just without the discounted price we initially had.

[@sandybel6703]

thnx for advice all the respect

[@RS-rb8fr]

I have gone through the same situation as an artist , until I saw in the museum my favorite artists and then I was changed I stopped commission and shows and competition so now it's the internet is there any fellow artist that can give an advice on how to begin art school didn't teach that part thank you for your story

[@gravydogg1]

I need to visit the Bham museum , Im from Tuscaloosa!!

[@bender2430]

Hello Mark, thanks so much for your videos! Regarding the 5000k lighting you recommend for the studio, why is that important if I'm going to hang my finished paintings in a room that uses soft white lighting? Won't the colors look a bit off?

[@914peru]

Nice work Mark

[@oyeleyeolalekan4486]

i wanted to ask how can someone remedy a burnt umber that tends towards grey if thats what is available.i was hoping we could add burnt sienna to shift it towards the brown.please what can you recommend on this.thanks for the videos

[@cathleenhendrix7932]

How do you recommend photos be taken of art for web sites? What do you use?

[@patrickwelch3274]

I have vision only in one eye. No depth perception. I think I’m unique in having to adjust, be more diligent, more precise. With that said I have no idea what advantages or disadvantages this gives me in seeing. I just did a portrait of a woman who ran a big gallery in New York. She went to art school in Italy. She’s seen my process on line. It’s a good test when it’s delivered and she actually sees it. I decided to do the portrait to see what her take is on my work. I will never be on your level based on work I’ve seen what you’ve done in the last few years. I know this is your business. You in my opinion give more than you may get . I have not used your oils. I will now only because I trust what you say. Thank you.

[@jrbgolfs]

Mark, Thank you for sharing. I originally painted dark values then moving to light, no matter where they fell on the canvas. However, I now am finding myself painting from the Top Left corner to the Bottom Right. Curious as to how you typically paint. Is it from colors, values, left to right, top to bottom, just wondering how you cover your canvas. Thanks, Josh

[@patrickwelch3274]

Very impressive.

[@torimaddux4534]

Have you ever considered making a video on artist residencies?

[@dawnrunner121]

Thank you Mark for your wonderful videos. I have a question about transferring my own still life photo onto my canvas to paint it. I made a photocopy of my best photo so the paper is thin and then I could use transfer paper to get it onto canvas. I know I could draw everything from my photo onto canvas but it would take much more time as it is complex. But is tracing my own photo a bad practice, as "cheating?" I do understand that keeping the colors natural and maintaining abstraction is vital. I would not be a slave to the photo, just use it for outlining and placing.

[@alaskaatlast751]

You mention Sargent more than any other, is he your favorite ?

[@kamlikachandlafineart]

When working on a large painting, do you ever mix color groups and paint/finish certain portions and then mix some more (for remaining portions/objects) and paint the rest. I'm pretty sure you don't but just curious. I know your method suggests mixing ALL the color groups before laying any paint whatsoever on the canvas.

[@curtisb5506]

Will Geneva be coming to stores? (Possibly in Canada?) And is Geneva going to make canvases?

[@monicaperez2843]

Think every artist should define their idea of "success" early in their career.

[@conandestroyer8317]

What happened to beauty is in the eye of the beholder. My personal opinion is you should be true to yourself in your art( after all most of us do it out of love & expressing our selves). If it sells it sells otherwise it is just a job & competition. I don't need a gallery to tell me what I think is good or not.

[@folcochofo]

The most clever comment i 've read so far. Art is not a competition to sell more. Be true to yourself and don't give a shit abut people who lives from the art of others like critics. Enjoy painting and express yourself through it. That's all.

[@travisodermatt2472]

Those paintings like vermeer and Rembrandt do seem like all's they were after was color photos like he said in Tim's vermeer they, didn't have cameras at the time so I think they used camera obscure and what ever tech they had at the time to get it as perfect as possible. Probly why Van Goh's look simple he was more freestyle.

[@amysbees6686]

Has your advice on going pro changed at all since pandemic?

[@andrewsasare8571]

What are your views on dry brush technique the russian artists use for their realism in portrait painting in oils. And i want to knw abt your art educational background, both formal and informal

[@duckboydan1203]

Thanks for this

[@cobuserasmus6407]

Thanks so much for this!

[@richardmariano4072]

Do you prefer using specific type of brush in specific subject? Or you use any types of brushes? What is/are the best brush in oil painting specially in portrait and figures?

[@AndyMorrisArt]

I'm searching on all your websites but can't find the galleries you are in. Which galleries are you in currently?

[@elizabethb7438]

I am awed by your info. How do I start from #1 and how to do faces please.

[@kevinhawley403]

whats your take on avoiding galleries and their 'opinions' and instead doing your own pricing and networking at art festivals and fairs? (seems to me that galleries create walls and ceilings for an artist and have opinions that the next person may not hold as 'truths'...)

[@fbpliegorrivero8869]

Great comments and truly honest. Thanks also for the technical tips.

[@youmarc11]

Thanks for the info. I paint but not sure how good I am. How do I find out what level I'm on other than from my own perspective?

[@DrawMixPaint]

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[@youmarc11]

+Draw Mix Paint Thanks

[@octojoe]

hey dude thanks for the vids they really help alot by the way ,i just wanted ask a quick question if that's alright,I don't know if you've seen this movie were a novice paints a virmeer using a mirror and it comes out better than the original ,well i find portraits easier when the photo is upside down do you know why this is?

[@sally43225]

octojoe I know why it is easier. It is a basic theory based on the human brain's ability to recognize symbols- Let me explain- with an image upright, your brain recognizes the symbol of an object, such as an eye, and instead of painting what you see, you paint what you think the symbol for an eye is. With the image upside down, it damages the ability to recognize symbols, and instead you see shapes. Therefore, copying exactly the shapes you see makes the portrait more accurate.

[@BetoAzamar]

Hi! I have a question: How can one promote two different styles of painting? Abstract and realism :o -I know its crazy :/

[@markguitarlfk]

Hi Mark- I'd love to hear your thoughts about some famous artists and what it is about their technique that makes them great (you did this a bit on an earlier Thurs vid, and I found it really enlightening). How can hopper and Sargent be so different, and both be "greats?" Or Lucien Freud compared to Hockney? Perhaps this leads to the question, what is more powerful or important in a painting: the technique or the narrative/subject of the painting?

[@DrawMixPaint]

Mark Schnug That's a good question, but I think it's really subjective and ineffable ultimately. Maybe I will talk about this in a future episode.

[@cheriesmith5140]

thanks for your videos

[@Luisdelossantos800]

Hi Mark , I wonder if you can the image of your palette or color wheel to download and usalar ... thanks

[@DrawMixPaint]

Luis Segura We include a color-wheel card (like the one shown in some of my videos) with all orders of Geneva Artists' Oil Color, but that's a good idea, we will add a free downloadable version to genevafineart.com soon.

[@Luisdelossantos800]

thank you mark

[@williamwinn948]

H.R Giger is my hero lol

[@1bigreddog1]

What do you think about the technique of "greisele" painting (not sure of the spelling)?

[@annalijackman]

So do you like photorealistic paintings for example chuck close

[@odinnleemoriarty3333]

Dude loves Sargent

[@red2744]

how could you not he's pretty much the highest skilled realist artist ever matter of taste ofcourse

[@rogermccollough8787]

a great video

[@justinmechanic17]

Your right about that thinking your art is good. I went through that faze. Everyone loved my realist art but when I compare it to Anders Zorn or Julius LeBlanc Stewart or any of the realists from 1850 to 1920s its night and day. Especially Anders Zorn. I think he was actually better than Sargent.

[@indianartist6759]

sir can you please show your old works..

[@AngelFrancoart]

Que pintaste ese Niño mejor que John singer Sargent en serio WOW🙀!

[@dubanonymouse]

RE: galleries..sounds good but it's B.S....I've sold paintings for 40+ years ,and only 3 of those through galleries, and it was never a good experience..I had a small gallery once,was honest and successful enough,but the majority of galleries have become so cynical and dishonest that i don't even bother with them...if you're GOOD ,you can sell.....and for your price...people buy off the easle sometimes....i won't go into my tactics...self promotion is a bit embarrassing...IF galleries were doing their job , i wouldn't mind the 50%,but generally ,they have a line of "artists"desperate to show,and can be condescending and abusive at will.......if you're GOOD , and a bit cagey ,you can mkt. for yourself.....of course ,unsaid is that the proliferation of "artists' in recent years makes it difficult...all these how to classes ,turning out paintings that look like paintings (your words).not to mention that people don't need paintings....ah well,i've lost the thread...later j.w. no disrespect intended...you seem like a nice guy...and more an artist by my definition than most of these sites

[@rosyhanna351]

how to find artists that you love

[@red2744]

instagram

[@jinloi2859]

will geneva paint turn darker when it's dry?

[@saint_gales]

all paint darkens with time. depending on the pigments, it darkens faster or slower

[@FrankDeruyck]

You know Sergeant said that he lost a friend with every portrait he made

[@rgwells6177]

im just painting and drawing to fill my house with pleasnt art that makes me happy.

[@BeingAndHappenings]

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