Paint like Egon Schiele in 7 easy steps!

Disclaimer:
When he was 22, Egon Schiele was arrested for trying to seduce a 13yo girl. The age of consent was 14yo at the time.
Although the charges were dropped, he was still imprisoned for a month for pornography (exhibiting his drawings in a place accessible to children).
If you are a victim, a witness or even if you have a suspicion of paedophilia, please contact your local authorities immediately.
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[@msjennmullen]

I wrote my thesis on Schiele. Such a tragic, romantic man. His self portraiture was Dorian Gray in reverse. The more beautiful he became, the more grotesque his self portraits became. And his love of Wally and the magnum opus their love inspired upon him marriage to Edith was prophetic in the end.

[@Hana-ms5cp]

Hello, actually he is my favourite artist and Dorian Gray is one of my favourite book. Would there be any chance for me to read your thesis? It would be great pleasure. I am a psychologist, so these character traits truly interess me.

[@kurthenriss-anderssen4528]

Great video! I’d love to see more videos and tutorials on this drawing style!!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching ! I try to do a different artist every month but I sometimes revisit some of them… maybe in the future?

[@archdukeray4345]

THIS IS SO EXCITING, I just started painting this year and Egon Schieles work has inspired me as well as this GEM of a channel. Loved the Mogaladini video as well. Your videos fill a void on youtube trust me, thank you so much. I have this video saved so I can try again when I have more basic skills down. This may be the first channel I have put bell notifications on for.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Yoohoo! Thank you for all these nice comments!

[@l.f.fpetitjean76]

I love how bold your first layer of colors is. Schiele had such a new take on watercolor !

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks! Yes, he was very daring for the skin tones: green, orange, blue! ❤️ thanks for watching!

[@kyleblind]

This one turned out pretty awesome! There's something about it that is just captivating. Love it!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot! To be honest, I usually look at existing paintings/sketches, do my research, draft a 7 steps plan and try to trust the process. In some cases, I am surprised by how it turns out. This is one of these times!

[@J4kee]

I second this! Wonderful work

[@TheOriginalOrkdoop]

Inspiring! I want to try this technique next time im painting. I haven't done a self portrait since high school. How exciting 😀 thanks for sharing your knowledge.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@jakebutler3803]

Inspiring as usuall. I manage to paint ones a week on the weelend if om lucky. Im a teacher with two young kids. I hav eno idea how you are bale to paint so often. But it definitely inspires me to grt in the studio more often. Thank you.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for your kind words! I only paint on week ends too, you know! Ok, sometimes on weekdays evenings too… my kids are big now but I do have a full time job too. I try to paint when I can (which explains why I only do one style video a month). 😋

[@adriantwomey4903]

I really enjoy your videos. Thanks!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you very much, Adrian!

[@tubekulose]

This is quite a good approach to Schiele's style. 🙂👍 By the way, the "e" at the end of "Schiele" is not supposed to be dropped.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

@@tubekulose thank you! And, yes, for the pronunciation I realised that after the video (in French, we drop the « e » for Schiele). I addressed my « bad » prononciation of artists names in the sketch from the video about Lichtenstein… 😂😂😂

[@tubekulose]

@@mygeekfamilycotton Yes, I realised your French accent, and actually I was already about to write that it could be a bit inconvenient for you, as a French speaker, to pronounce it that way . But then I thought you might be angry at me if I did so. So I stopped typing. 😂😂😂

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Don’t worry: that wouldn’t have been the worse comment I got here ! 😂😂😂

[@tubekulose]

@@mygeekfamilycotton 🤣👍

[@blogylana]

I got carried away with the “easy steps” of the title 😢 this is way beyond my skill level But amazing tutorial nonetheless ❤

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot, but don’t get discouraged: practice makes perfect! 😋

[@ChristianBaloga]

Thank you! Very helpful!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching !

[@abdullahhamza7120]

Can we have a Samuel Mutzner tutorial?

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Mützner was a great painter but he signed some painting done by his wife and some of his students, it is therefore difficult to know which is which… but I will keep him in mind! Thanks!

[@abdullahhamza7120]

@@mygeekfamilycotton my pleasure. 😄

[@IndyCotton]

Nice!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you! 😋

[@willieluncheonette5843]

lol.....good luck.....7 steps is too long for me....can't you make it 2 or 3 steps?

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

😂😂😂 it’s like cutting a pizza in 6 or 8 slices: it’s still the same amount of pizza! Seriously, I use 7 steps because it allows for a good breakdown of the techniques. But feel free to skip, invert, pass on any step you like (or don’t like). You are the master on your canvas!

[@willieluncheonette5843]

@@mygeekfamilycotton my girlfriend who is an artist with a solo show here in NYC is crazy about Egon. Her favorite artist. She says his line is the most exquisite of any painter she has ever seen. She can hardly look at his paintings. She just gives them a quick glance and then looks away. She also feels that in a previous life she was in Austria at the early part of the 20th century and was an artist