Oil Painting Demo - Nuthatch - 5"x7" canvas panel

For this video demonstration I edited about 6 hours of video down into about 10 minutes, and overdubbed a simple commentary for it. The painting was completed over the course of three days; I was able to film for about two hours each day. I'm using a basic canvas panel, which I primed with two coats of Golden N5 Neutral Grey acrylic paint.
For the demo I'm using Rembrandt Artists' Oil paint. My palette includes Burnt Umber, Burnt Sienna, Titanium White, Cadmium Yellow Light, Cadmium Red Deep, Permanent Madder Deep, and Ultramarine Deep.
I'm using brushes from Escoda, Grumbacher, and Royal & Langnickel.
The reference for this painting was generously provided by Russ Bridges.

[@steveouellette6675]

You did have a great talent. I am an avid bird watcher and that is an awesome painting of a nuthatch. You are to be commended on that beautiful painting.

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thanks so much I appreciate that!

[@BrandeArno]

Birds are my favorite subject. Excellent tutorial.

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thank you!

[@maxfreitas9333]

Excellent David!!!!!

[@skullingtonfly]

Beautiful 😊

[@saltlifegull4091]

WTH! Amazing!

[@muneeb2010]

your work is truly amazing. i just love it.

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thanks!

[@sherinepapali9844]

Just love the painting.... thank you

[@davidbrancato5339]

You're welcome. I'm glad you enjoy it!

[@cococola7309]

I love this!!! Your voice is so soothing!!!

[@davidbrancato5339]

I know I'm replying to this late as can be, but thank you so very much!

[@dani1966100]

Exquisite.

[@cltherrien]

Loved this video and the painting - very well done! Hope to see you do a lot more of these!

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thank you Cathy. Yes, there will be more!

[@cltherrien]

I thought the quality of the video was very good. Very clear and sound good as well. Looking forward to more!

[@davidbrancato5339]

It ought to be! I don't think it does anyone any good to have poor quality. The next video should be even better.

[@LunaSmithArt]

Lovely painting ❤️ Great video ❤️ Big like ❤️ Stay connected👍🏻

[@jerryjohnson4013]

Thank you for your reply.

[@miscelaneasdealguem]

Beautiful painting

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thank you so much 😀

[@tombryan720]

Fabulous job. Subscribed

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thanks for the sub! I appreciate it.

[@adedcut]

Fantástico...

[@SimkiDas]

This is so so helpful yet so crisp demonstration. Please do add more.

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thanks and yes, I'll be doing more definitely.

[@SimkiDas]

Hey David , followed this video and made one, want to show you and get your feedback, but how?

[@corvusalbus9574]

Какая прелесть!!!

[@gregmeissner9960]

I like that your finished painting has a sense of movement and personality. Ironic, I was just taking photos of nuthatches at my feeder so I could try to paint one, and your video popped up!

[@davidbrancato5339]

It was meant to be!

[@OnlineCollegeofArtandDesign]

very nice

[@ArtistRahulPal]

Nice art work

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thank you!

[@eldoon2576]

Yy David!

[@antonyolandidewet6075]

Hi David. Thanks so much for this video. I watched it again now after a year of starting painting and it means even more now. So is this the alla prima method as supposed to the layering method with the robin above? Did you do another layer over this nuthatch?

[@davidbrancato5339]

This wasn't alla prima, no. It took me a week or so to finish it. I completed it in about four sessions I believe. Maybe three long ones. It is, however, all in one layer. The robin is done in multiple layers over the course of several weeks. I don't use any mediums to speed drying - I like to let it all dry naturally and that means allowing a week or two to pass between layers. Speaking of time passing I really need to finish that robin haha.

[@allenvoss7977]

I’m looking for a table top frame for the same size canvas what would you recommend?

[@robvanderveer8294]

I give jou a 10

[@davidbrancato5339]

Thanks I appreciate that.

[@scottjohnson6247]

Would love to hear your medium recipe. I'm currently trying to figure out a slow dry medium.

[@davidbrancato5339]

Scott Johnson what have you been using? Mine is primarily stand and walnut oils, with small amounts of refined linseed, safflower, and poppy oil, all artist grade.

[@scottjohnson6247]

David Brancato thanks for the reply. So far I have not been using anything yet, but I definitely need to start with something!

[@tatjanabujonoka7694]

👍👏👍👏👍👏💖❤💖🇦🇹

[@AjayKumar-xb3ux]

Hi David, I'm nearly dead with this bird painting,which I selected for painting after a long research,all brushes of pure white and light blue are going where,I don't know ? I'm in a mess ,my tree trunk is also looking like a pool of sewage.pl help me.😭

[@wutru20]

Keep going, don't give up. I am learning as well! :))

[@davidbrancato5339]

I'm glad to hear that you have at least attempted to do this. Don't worry if your work doesn't look the way you expected it to. It takes time to feel out how things work and how you can manipulate the paint to do what you want it to. I didn't structure this video as a tutorial per se, so following along with it is going to be challenging regardless. Don't be hard on yourself while you're learning. Save that judgement for when you do know what you're doing and you make a mess anyway. Now, I do have another bird painting up here on KZbin that is actually constructed as a walk-through. It's contained within a playlist. I have most of it finished but the last couple of videos are still in the works. It's very slow-going because I'm not charging for it. You can definitely get started with it though. It's much easier to follow because I'm giving a free step-by-step walkthrough from the very beginning.

[@AjayKumar-xb3ux]

@@davidbrancato5339 thank you for words of encouragement,in the last two months I could understand the gentle behaviour and working of oil colours,my bird painting is finally cute, and not so bad, hanging on my wall of paintings.i have started coping on canvas, the art work of great artists eg ,picasso, van Gogh,Dali. Throw of colours,inguinity and honesty leaves indelible impression upon my mind.

[@jerryjohnson4013]

Wonderful. What medium?

[@davidbrancato5339]

I work with oils, and I use a custom painting medium that I make based on refined linseed oil and bodied (stand) oil.

[@jerryjohnson4013]

What do you thin them with?

[@davidbrancato5339]

@@jerryjohnson4013 I generally don't ever thin my paint. The only times I do are when I want to stain my canvas or something like that. Otherwise, solvents are only for brush-cleaning.

[@cococola7309]

Has anyone attempted this in acrylic?

[@davidbrancato5339]

You could paint this in acrylics, but you'd have to paint it with a totally different technique/method. Acrylics simply won't allow you to paint the way I do.

[@ednaalcantar7613]

I wish you would state the names as you go along to make it easier for us to follow along

[@davidbrancato5339]

Which names? The names of the brushes? Colors?

[@anilmatte5222]

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