Oil Painting Caravaggio Technique - Timelapse

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The painting starts with a white chalk draw on a coloured oilground.
The first sessions are highlightings with flakewhite.
Colours on later sessions are made by glazing.
For this painting I used:
-Flakewhite
-Light Ocher
-Raw Siena
-Vermilion
-Red Bolus
-Burnt Siena
-Raw Umber
-Burnt Umber
-Van Dyckbrown
-Roman Black Earth
Hope you enjoy watching the video.

[@geslinam9703]

Copying is one of the best ways to learn. When I visit the big art museum in my city, there are often students there, in front of some painting, sketching, even with a full easel set up. Whenever I’ve taken up a new medium, I’ve copied paintings by other artists to teach myself.

[@ericdonalson7276]

Definitely🤗

[@nicklegend4547]

Utilizing digital painting is a great way to study the science of creating an image also. Using an Ipad and Procreate would be ideal to conduct these museum studies. The knowledge gained could then be transferred back into analog art production.

[@Chris-lz6ci]

@@nicklegend4547it is really not. I got the 14 inch iPad a few months ago. Soon as you start to get photorealistic with drawings it gets hot as hell and starts crashing. Not to mention some of the nifty features of the new Apple Pencil don’t even work in procreate let alone other apps. Now it’s just a really expensive KZbin machine and a reference looker-atter.

[@Yunklob]

Caravaggio is perfect as an artist, and here you clearly demonstrate his possible technique. Thank you very much. I hope you will continue your broadcasts.

[@isrv]

This makes me wanna start painting again but in this style,it’s always caught my attention

[@nitya3584]

Yeah! Same for me! Its such a unique technique i rlly want to try it out

[@LarryWilliamsArtist]

I love the idea of doing these old pieces again; so many people forget about the roots of art, and overlook the great Masters. This definitely is a worthy tribute. Your values are so smooth, and the texture is so rich. Has the feel of the great old work. I really like the contrast between the saturated black and the flesh tones. Really well done, I respect what your doing here; keep it up :) -Best of luck on your art and your channel, and much support from one artist to another. Liked and subbed.

[@auroramacula]

uh... i agree with everything you say. but Nobody, and i mean NOBODY overlooks the great masters. Really. No one does that; they do overlook some great forgotten artists along the History of Art, though- but Caravaggio, man? C'mon now!

[@jeffhreid]

It’s a close up of the full painting. Interesting to know that lovely face is a woman slitting a man’s throat. Kind of amazing that Caravaggio could juxtapose beauty and savagery in one painting

[@farrelpermadi5471]

It is Judith! One of Holofernes wife, who pray to God to give her strength

[@jeffhreid]

Farrel Permadi yes, point taken. I just mentioned what the subject was doing in the unseen portion of the painting in case everyone didn’t know the Biblical story.

[@Chris-lz6ci]

@@farrelpermadi5471 I thought the story was that Holofernese came to bring ruin to her city, Judith seduced him, got him drunk, and cut his head off in his stupor.

[@NerijusDapkevicius-pf1dp]

Paiting on the skin peas...Sambody said , it's best material for artist ...It's amazing 👌👍❤!

[@humanvileirights2145]

Am watching this thousand times, and I love it again

[@crisalidathomassie1811]

Great video. Thanks for sharing. Looking forward to see more of your work. Blessings and I wish you the best and much success.

[@timbats6095]

Maestro! Bravo

[@pgm5693]

Fantastic!Im doing this painting today.Cheers,Pietro

[@michan5749]

I started to painting this and my colours/lights are mixing so I dont know how to create these amazing lights like you. This painting is truly amazing. All layers are blending smooth but my are not and I dont know why. I made dark brown base with turpentine, wait 3 hour, sketch shapes on it and then started to creating lights but i can make smooth shades

[@vastaria1830]

Did we find out what the music was? Keen to hear more. Love the art work too!

[@eledhwenmare2403]

Came for the art stayed for the music. Subbed.

[@josemariasama]

Gracias

[@doritrabinovitch8212]

This is a master with the brush!

[@TheReeW]

Just wow..slowed it down as much as I could..amazing

[@ГалинаКустова-д3п]

Благодарю за Ваши замечательные работы.

[@claudiocruzat7667]

What music is this? I loved it. Its like David gilmour with depeche mode

[@Sollustri]

I dig it too. I can hear the combination

[@Sollustri]

Or steve vai and deftones

[@Jesscaidlang]

Same

[@nazlisaol]

Let me know if you find what it is :)

[@zzrzz6199]

Shazam couldnt recognize it, so I'm guessing its probably very underground or even one of his mates

[@michan5749]

How is this white paint that you put at the start, not mixed with dark base and look this good and clear? Is this white color thicker than base or did you just wait few days to let the base dry? 0:24

[@audreydelear2678]

Caravaggio: Judith Slaying Holofernes You: Judith Slaying 😂 Seriously thanks so much for sharing I learned a bunch

[@АртурЖданов-ю2ю]

Браво! Молодец!

[@youtubesano_paintings]

Amazing work👌👌😘

[@lisaoloughlin7176]

Thank you for the rendition

[@nicoladesantis6803]

Great work! 👍

[@gusrs2252]

amazing....!

[@catic6587]

Wowww

[@СветланаДонец-у9ш]

Юдифь, похоже ... Стиль знакомый, результат- супер.

[@duantorruellas716]

Very nice 👍

[@shaquillegreaves593]

you had me at 48 seconds lool

[@MegaHalo777]

Impeccabile

[@andremuriloalves5348]

Muito obrigado pelo vídeo! Comecei a fazer esse mesmo tipo de pintura!!!!

[@jesuisamoureuxdetoi]

you are a good man, my good man ! :)

[@Likes_Trains]

Beautiful!

[@marphiitify]

Bravissimo complimenti

[@erpinguino]

Beautiful artistic work I subscribed to your beautiful channel

[@МаксУстинов-ч8с]

Хорошо получилось

[@aleeeyna0]

Çoooook iyiii 😻❤️❤️❤️

[@egorpereguda9763]

Wow, that’s amazing, I tried to copy this, but I don’t understand what colors you mixed to have flesh and shadow tones, thanks!

[@oldmasterpaintings]

Itá a simple mix of ocher, red earth (like red bolus or venetian red) and leadwhite. For the shadow tones you can take a natural umber and mix with a little of the flesh tone.

[@egorpereguda9763]

@@oldmasterpaintings thank you very much!

[@qwerasdf-ml6gt]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@el8638]

Do you add medium to your white or is ist basically applied traight out of the tube and then drybrushed in some areas?

[@richardbaeyens1313]

👍Nice

[@Allierecozinha]

How much time to paint?

[@Panta-Rei-sV]

Toll

[@stefanoccroce9056]

Bellissimo

[@artifexmom3824]

Wow! That’s exquisite artwork! ☺️❤️ Hi 👋🏻 I’m your newest follower. Stay awesome and God bless.🙏🏻

[@patrickcharles7190]

She's mean. Great demo. That music is hypnotic. I am Caravaggio. Why are you copying my work? Lol. Thanks for sharing.

[@divinedia]

Interesting, do you do any online courses?

[@oldmasterpaintings]

Not yet. Sometimes I do analog courses and 1 to 1 teaching. But we'll see, what comes this year.

[@divinedia]

@@oldmasterpaintings looking fprward! if you do please let me know id defenitely be interested

[@mariada458]

The music sounds like something from twilight

[@Leo-V]

If can't find flake white or lead white can I use Titanium or Zinc white and get same effect

[@jasonanders7003]

Did you allow the initial white layer to dry? Subsequent layers?

[@oldmasterpaintings]

Yes, I wait until the layer is fully dried. Otherwise the paint can crack and looks like a zombie...

[@BeginnerOutdoors]

Would this technique work for oil pastel

[@ВалентинаПрокофьева-й4у]

👏👏👏👍👍👍👌👌👌❤️❤️❤️🙏

[@jeanybyrd]

What white is that? Do u mix it with artists white spirits?

[@catbaby9917]

What's the name of the song?

[@fionadent7800]

really interesting. However I couldn't tell when you got to the flesh tone if it was the same all over the grisaille to start with?

[@oldmasterpaintings]

Yes, after grisaille it was one tone for the flesh and one in the shadow part.

[@anoukslegers1528]

Which color you use for skin tone.

[@JoliotFronsac]

è questa la tecnica di Caravaggio? affrontare il grande pittore questo video

[@comunidadbitcoin2050]

Amazing work. What kind of brush do you use for the first layers of the grisaille? Hard bristles or soft syntherics? Thnx

[@oldmasterpaintings]

Here I used black sable brushes. They are soft but not too much. For a more textured grisaille I would use harder bristles. Synthetics I don´t use.

[@comunidadbitcoin2050]

@@oldmasterpaintings thanks a lot

[@tegian732]

First you paint with white and then with transparent thin oil paint im i right ??? Glazing

[@oldmasterpaintings]

Yes, the colour is applied in thin layers. Most of it is made with glazings, only in some parts the paint is little thicker.

[@tegian732]

@@oldmasterpaintings thanks you dont know how much this techicue helped me in painting before i found this techicue i dident know how to get values light and shade in my painting but know its all easy i can underatand the painting better get the values corretly.

[@Lugertho]

Can you tell metell me the reason why you took the canvas off the stretcher mid-painting?

[@oldmasterpaintings]

It's simply, I needed it for another piece of raw canvas.

[@diazconias]

Good looking girl, great sounding song ( like to know what It's call). Subcribed and eager to see the other videos.

[@jeffhreid]

She is pretty. Look up the original painting, see the context. Kind of puts a different spin on it

[@DavidTa2]

This song is baffling me. It sounds like a complete ripoff of Too Many Humans by Buckethead. If you fancy this song I really suggest listening to that Buckethead track. It changed my life...sorta lol

[@DavidTa2]

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[@Jesscaidlang]

@@DavidTa2 Thanks bro!

[@tutu9058]

What color you use for skin tone in each layer? How do you preserve highlight and shadow during color painting layer? Thanks.

[@oldmasterpaintings]

It's a mix of lead white, yellow ochre and (venetian) red earth. Cause of the lead white the skin colour is transparent, you can seethe underpainting through. If you don't have lead white you can also take zinc white.

[@anoukslegers1528]

Which medium you use and do you add more in every next layer. Which brand lead white? And is zinc a good alternative or better flake white? Thank you.

[@oldmasterpaintings]

Only a fast drying oil as medium. Selfmade black oil or sometimes linseed oil varnish. They dry within 24 hours. I don´t use any solvents in my paintings. Lead white I take from Kremer, Germany. Have also tried from Naturalpigments, it´s just as well. Zinc is better than Titanwhite if you want to have a tone like the old masters. But flake or lead white are much warmer in tone and the whites of the old masters.

[@tutu9058]

Old Master Paintings I found after glazing a color layer, the contrast of underneath is fade out, so how did you preserve the original under painting contrast and even enhance it by color cold and warm contrast?

[@summerjane3]

What kind of brush do you use for the glaze?

[@oldmasterpaintings]

The same as for the underpainting, it's black sable from DaVinci Series 1845.

[@vickrdable]

Beautiful. What is this technique called? Also, do you think this can be done with acrylic paints as well? Just wondering.

[@oldmasterpaintings]

Don´t know the right name for it in english. Perhaps there is one here who knows?

[@mahnoormustansar7665]

@@oldmasterpaintings CHIAROSCURO meaning strong contrast between light and dark/shadow. This is the name of this technique

[@KayInMaine]

You should be able to use acrylics for the same effect.

[@jonathanallen6753]

In theory, yes. But an acrylic no matter how good would always lack the luminosity of an oil done in this way. The blending is a lot more difficault too....

[@KayInMaine]

@@jonathanallen6753 true, but you can varnish an acrylic painting and it looks just like an oil painting.

[@giuseppinaaquilia4747]

Aspetti che asciuga o lavori bagnato su bagnato?.......

[@jartladder15]

Is this done all wet in wet?

[@oldmasterpaintings]

No, it´s made in 5-6 several sessions. Between each the colours dry complete.

[@PeriodArmourer]

Great technique, wonderful ! I was also curious about the string-stretched canvas or what is it called?

[@oldmasterpaintings]

I think "stretcher" is the right word in english for that. It´s the way the old masters stretched their canvas. Nice to do and it saves frames.

[@PeriodArmourer]

@@oldmasterpaintings Thanks for your reply. I love your work!

[@PeriodArmourer]

By the way did you use grommets or eyelets in the holes for the rings?

[@dududiglielotu]

the measures of this work. thanks

[@elifbvd4505]

what is the name of this painting

[@santisant9872]

la juddith y orofernes, de caravaggio

[@JorgeSanchez-io1qo]

me parese muy bien el estudio de la tecnica pero no estoy de acuerdo en siertos pasos que cara. ballo los ubise omitido despues de aberlos recopilado en toda una vida crer que lo puede hacer mejor con el tiempo.

[@katehobbs2008]

It is a pity the camera is the wrong way. But interesting, thanks.

[@lizaalbalady8536]

Can you translate the video?

[@MilkoMilkovicz]

Teach me, please!

[@TheReeW]

❤️❤️❤️❤️👍❤️❤️❤️❤️👩‍🎨

[@juanlambda27]

That's certainly an approximation of Caravaggio's effect but not his technique.

[@Spydhd]

Mejor sería que utilices la música barroca.

[@dududiglielotu]

Salve Maestro a lei che ama il Caravaggio ,come me , le segnalo questo link dove trovera' foto in altissima definizione. Spero che le venga la voglia di rifare la Giuditta, ma questa volta per intero . A risentirci. Con affetto.www.haltadefinizione.com/visualizzatore/opera/giuditta-e-oloferne-caravaggio-michelangelo-merisi

[@lisaoloughlin7176]

Cant stand the music, very dark

[@kingmufasa9046]

The eyes don't match.

[@luizachiara1226]

NO EXPLAIN!!!!!!!!!!!

[@francoistourigny3006]

Why representing old master painting with time laps execution? No sense!

[@marcelducha5978]

What a piece of garbage, there are so many bad illustrations on the web and what it is amazing people like it

[@yeet7043]

This is a copy of Caravaggio. A pioneer in baroque. I'd like to see you make paint something of this caliber

[@KayInMaine]

Stop being jealous, Marcel.

[@jadedmist]

While the technique makes the subject look slightly stiff I do not think it is garbage. We do have many new techniques that produce even better paintings than this but still it isnt garbage.

[@crisalidathomassie1811]

Wow, what a negative comment. If you didn’t like it why keep watching it. Very disrespectful. Maybe you need to make a video to show us how much better you can do and let people be the judge. In the meantime, think about it and next time you want to comment just stop watching or don’t comment at all. Blessings and be a better person.

[@nordfaen]

Danke schön 😁