Oil Painting - BLENDING Techniques for Beginners - How to Blend with Oil Paint

[@ernestopena9707]

This guy is a genius, best video on blending out there!!

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks @ernesto pena ;)

[@marian20012]

there was no blending technique shown...I was expecting examples and demonstrations like Bob Ross did when doing water surface or blending technique on clouds at sky...this "genius" told nothing basically, like diplomats do...

[@tumblingrosesstudio]

You're so generous as a teacher, thank you!

[@ogs5276]

Was about to try my first oil painting, gonna watch this first

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Good luck, let us know how it goes.

[@paolamiano]

me too! just bought all my supplies today

[@ManosIoannidis]

I found easier to blend from light to dark - Working with oils on canvas and colors directly out of the tube, I blend same day but at the end of the session. When I use a hard brush, I tap repeatedly on the line between the two colors I want to blend from one end to the other - my brush is dry and I clean it very often on a dry cloth, it’s better compared to paper . Enjoy

[@flexflex5966]

I already bought your instructional video . Very satisfied!!! I recommend it to all !!!

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thank you so much, glad my work can be helpful !

[@chonasternchenchanel6709]

very well said, you explain so good that every beginers can understand those all questions in their mind

[@bettyjlinares9992]

I like the way he teaches, very easy to follow

[@svahas]

Saw you in a documentary about Leonardo Da Vinci. Loved the way he blended.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks !

[@LordPenny95]

What was the documentary

[@leonormartinez6378]

You are so good in your instructions. Best instructor by far!

[@pamperkins7256]

So grateful...getting closer and closer.

[@mirrormirror444]

This was the most helpful video I’ve ever seen on this subject. The only advice I’ve been told about achieving no brush strokes is priming the canvas

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thank you very much !

[@angiewright-artist8246]

Just wanted to say thank you I've used many mediums now and have finally felt brave enough for oils and your videos are helping a lot. Cheers from Canada xoxo

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

wow.......your way of teaching is superb

[@chrisgriffith1573]

As with any brush technique, it really helps to HAVE brush technique, before you learn to oil paint. I went to college for art, then was an industrial/residential painter for ten years. I thought I knew how to use a brush, but the painters made fun of how little I knew about moving paint. It took me about four years to actually understand how to properly load a brush and carry a line, move paint to a tight corner and do practically anything I truly wanted to do with a 4" brush. Now, I have no problems getting my block in on a larger painting. I watch so many artist try to cover a 24x36 inch canvas using a tiny 1 inch flat... it makes me laugh the same as those painters that laughed at me when I first started residential painting.

[@chrisgriffith1573]

​@Lorenzo Maria Martini Well, as with all things, experience is the best teacher. Get yourself a GOOD 4" brush, (nylon synthetic blend painter's brush with bristol length of 3" or more) and "cut" in a room. Pay great attention to the corners, and the ceiling line. When on a ladder, drawing a line out two or three foot is a sign of an experienced painter. Understanding how to move the bristols into a corner, and push a bead of paint with the tip of a 4" brush is something. Pulling a 3" line with no loss of paint opacity is a real skill. If you can reach a 6 foot line in one swipe you can make real money as a painter. This will teach you how to load a brush, and how to manipulate bristols. First watch a skilled painter. Ask questions. It is not like using an art brush, there is far more paint involved, and after seeing how more paint affects the lines you make, then you will understand techniques which are not clear when using an art brush. When applying paint to a canvas, there are Five things that impact paint application: 1. brush size 2. bristol stiffness 3. amount of paint 4. thickness of paint 5 tooth of the canvas If you can control these factors, you will be much better at spreading paint in the way you desire. The bigger the brush size, the better you can cover larger areas, BUT, the harder it will be to control the details, until you learn control of the brush's bristols. The stiffer the bristols, the better you can move heavy amounts of paint, but at some point, the stiffness impedes flow, so a balance is necessary. If you just want to play on a canvas, use a larger brush and draw several 90 degree angle on the canvas, then try moving your brush into the corners without lifting it from the canvas, literally pushing the paint into the corners, then pulling out without going over the lines.

[@gwenroberts9661]

Thank you for great, clear advice and also the encouragement at the end.

[@thanh-loandang8006]

Merci pour ta vidéo Florent, tu es un excellent pédagogue !

[@nikkiswenson54]

Thank you, Florent good tutorial about blending and brushes! Paint consistency seems very key.

[@wejdanaljehani5431]

you are a good teacher, so thank you

[@KK-mr4fn]

Thank you so much, I really learn a lot from your video, so you are my teacher, I just started oil painting last year myself, and now I enjoy that very much and will go on and on, I absolutely agree with what you always say, keep practice is the best way to achieve something......😄.

[@FlickPennal]

Really good, informative video. So inspiring. Makes me want to grab my brushes and paint! Thank you

[@gildejesus3714]

Never observed this difference on opacity/transparency of PR101. In watercolor seems always opaque to me. You inspire us all.✌

[@MYRIAMLATEUR]

Super teacher! Thanks a lot!

[@sailorrmooon20]

This video was very helpful! Btw you have the cutest eyes and accent

[@Naturelle1983]

That's a big like for the content! Thank you! Keep it up! :)

[@jc1865]

Another insightful video. Thanks for sharing.

[@SnappyArt]

Wow! This video taught me so much, now its gonna be much easier for me to start my first paiting... Thanks to yiu haha 🙌

[@tomkennish3630]

This is just great. Thank you for all you do Florent

[@abhijeetsantra4237]

I really like the way you explained. Thank you.....

[@howtoart9201]

Good information and well presented

[@chhabraramesh1]

Sir, Please upload a video demonstrating the technique of blending, while you do a painting from start to finish. Thanks

[@holamellamo535]

That would be amazing

[@philsmith7398]

Great advice, thanks! Also, you have an excellent vocabulary and turn of phrase in English!

[@mathilda6763]

Thank you for making this video. I've got this big painting that plays a lot with things being out of focus and kinda blurry and coming from digital painting and having failed the painting a few times already I feel not very confident in my technical skills with oil. Especially when it comes to consistency control and blending. I guess I'lll do a few more smaller studies for technique eforr starting to paint the big piece.

[@NAVINARTSTUDIO123]

Very good thanks for information

[@dinak1996]

wow! this video help me so much ! thank you !!!!

[@figurativeartistbenjaminel8395]

Great video. Inspired me in making my videos.

[@BOSCHLABS]

Thank you, your explanations and style are wonderful and I learned a lot tonight on what the hell I've been doing sorta wrong with my paintings. Great video.

[@ruthbircham7340]

You are explaining it correctly😊👐. Yep its complicated to explain blending. But you are doing great👍. Im an artist. I paint photo-realism

[@PimSlickins]

You seem like the nicest person in the world. Haha. Like your videos. Thanks!

[@hadayashaaban3654]

Thanks for sharing . This video is v .helpful to me , l search for it . Thanks for your generosity ,great advice , l learned alot from your videos , i love them all . You are genius artist .

[@skyx5983]

Wow am the 1st view , like & comment ❤ ur videos r very helpful

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Awesome, thanks for the support !

[@dbeasley17]

Thanks. The large brush blending technique was a great

[@moniquerenard4510]

OK, i got it ,i beleave i have to try oil......... thank you, for Florent.

[@danicatopic8293]

Pozdrav Florent, odlični savjeti.Pitanje dali mogu koristiti samo boje i laneno ulje bez bilo kojeg otapala ? Imam alergije na otapala.Unaprjed hvala i lijep pozdrav.

[@michaelmcewan432]

Great help thank you 😁

[@FlorentFargesarts]

You're welcome, happy to help ;)

[@deerskin4225]

Thank you! The last images of the video showing pure pigment prompt me to ask you: is it possible to make one s own paint from pigments, adding some oil in them? Do you have video or tutorial on this topic? Is it reasonably easy to do that? I bought a bunch of pigments and now am unsure how to proceed I used to restore china and worked with pigments and varnish or even glue. But making oil paint is a different matter

[@markclark7178]

Another great video .

[@lindastevenson6642]

thank you

[@michaelellsworth5645]

great advice

[@lisavento7474]

yeah, you gotta play it out. Painting THINLY, then merging two colors on the canvas with a dry brush in between helps to LEARN your medium. feel it.

[@jujusparrow]

Tres bonne video 👍merci.

[@bold_beautiful_and_opinionated]

👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾 Fantastic video!

[@carolinafernandezoro733]

Awesome!!!!

[@RameyRocks]

This was very helpful to me and I think now I know why my orange and yellow for my sunset was not blending properly on my wet canvas like it was in the tutorial I was watching. I think it was because my paint was partially transparent instead of opaque like the instructor's. Do you know I've been telling several differentinstructors I was having issues blending on the wet canvas with the canvas showing through etc etc and they didn't really know what my problem was other than me being a beginner. But I think maybe this is why I had this problem! None of my paints say cadmium. So thank you very much for this video on blending. I have a question. Do you have to be able to draw a really well to be able to paint a portrait?

[@cynthiamarston2208]

Practice practice practice Thanks

[@vernonsteinkamp1088]

Ive found that when i put a solid color down but appears a bit blotchy, i can use a larger, very soft dry brush to go back over it to give it a uniformity.

[@jolivervendero8737]

You are so underrated

[@tushji676]

I automatically subscribed you...thank you

[@linzipage859]

I think the best way to describe my preferred consistency is 'greasy'. It doesn't run but it isn't stiff. It's like vaseline.

[@sabrinanascimento5248]

Great tips.

[@ARTYCOATY]

This is Awesome.

[@Alfez34]

I have a question, in 3:20 he says that on your first layer you can use paint straight out of the tube. But if you do that you would have to paint thicker on your following layers right? Because of the painting thick over thin. I am really new at this, im sorry if its a basic question.

[@ssc172]

I was thinking exactly about this. Fat over lean, right?

[@rudakonserwa8221]

Painting surface doesn't have to have a tooth. It can be mirror-smooth. The trick is to find a good ratio of paint thickness, amount of paint on a brush and a brush size. What I see most often and what I struggled a lot with is using much more paint than necessary for the underlayers. With a smooth surface, you can work in a small quantity of paint and make it look opaque enough.

[@mathilda6763]

I feel like one big beginner mistake I aswell others on my courses are making is using not enough paint. Like...being too timid and frugal with paint and even if the colours blend ok, it looks a little...forced....I dunno it doesn't look confident. I jdon't want it to look good on accident I want to be able to plan my painting victory.

[@indoororchidsandtropicals358]

You cover your canvas with very thin layer of liquid white, then take your two inch brush and start at the upper left corner with a little pthalo blue and use criss cross strokes back and forth across and down the canvas. Then, with a dry brush, you go back and forth from top to bottom and then its time to put in your happy little clouds. If you don't know what happy little clouds are, get a life. Seriously though, assuming you're in oils and a total noob like me, I find that a stiff brush with finer bristles with very little paint blends really well. No chisel edge and nothing like sable. But hog hair is a bit too coarse. Do yourself a favor and buy a cheap mixed set of brushes at hobby lobby etc with different shapes, sizes, and hairs. Just make sure they are relatively dense. Don't get any brushes you can seee daylight through. Then play around. If you're talking large scale blending see the aforementioned happy little clouds reference. Also don't overblemd. Overblending looks flat and boring.

[@aesthaticportraitart7299]

Thank for teach me how to blend 😇😇🤩

[@rabhiabelalta618]

So cute ❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@justinferguson9779]

Thanks

[@jimmitaiju9945]

Amazing. How long did it took u to finish this painting??

[@roamingcruisers7773]

The problem i face while blending is amount of pressure to be applied on brush to create consistent blend. How much paint to be applied on tip to blend.... These are the things which i struggle

[@victoriajackart]

What brand transparent red iron oxide do you recommend

[@moniquerenard4510]

You are genius,but what about , if i use acrylic paint??????? please respond. thank you florent.

[@mariazarjoo9960]

Hi Florent. Thanks for your fab videos. I am a traditional painter, trying to start painting again after years. My question is are mediums essential to be used? I dont remember ever using them. Is it my bad? Or is one gonna be fine without them?

[@zahidabushra8576]

Ican I use my makeup brushes??

[@revathibalavinayagapandi3419]

I don't understand please provide subtitles which is helped me

[@seaportquilters8921]

One of the few men I would like to hug and kiss. Amazing teaching

[@bindisheth]

Who are these people giving a thumbs down? 🙄

[@cottoncandy6119]

I don’t use any medium is this okay?

[@sofiababayeva9112]

Even tho i study at university our teachers dont teach us like this they just leave the class and then come back and complain without teaching anything

[@suenetteedwards5965]

I like for my paint to feel like butter.

[@lukesabia9902]

“There is no way to blend!!!! Every thing you do affects it!!!” Thanks buddy

[@RobertF-]

👍

[@vetoneal6171]

linus art tips

[@1ColdFuture]

2:45. 3:19

[@whoisharo4689]

I blend by tap tap tap, wipe brush. Tap tap tap, wipe.

[@Shrinervale]

watch this video at 1.5x speed

[@1974gladiateur]

Why you don’t show it. It’s nice to talk about it but some people learn by seeing things. Do another video showing to people how to blend.

[@morfiusa1898]

Blending is the most simple thing in oil painting in my opinion. There is lots of more importent things

[@christinawysockiart1521]

My paint blends, and I don't want it to.

[@PurpJones]

You look like Mark Zuckerberg if he were human

[@48sufi]

In another word, I'm screwed.

[@keter1234]

If the camera was more on your paint and less on your face, it would be better.

[@jasonlockhorst1505]

another blending video that doesnt show how to blend, except for an imaginary straight line. i think a video of how to blend the centre of a face, nose, upper lip and cheek. this area shows hard edges, fast and slong blending areas

[@hailtz]

You are so cute :)

[@Nick-ye8pf]

Whole video and he shows not a single blending technique. Downvoted.

[@renchii1002]

he cute im distracted

[@firstlastname7376]

👎

[@sendykornelius5168]

You talk mostly!!

[@beanstaIkjack]

You're so sweet Florent, I see you baking cookies for your mum

[@melissac.4028]

Thank you