OIL PAINTING TIPS! Improve your COLOR & FORM!

[@Walkingtalkingprayer]

"I'm going to have to get up from my chair“ hahah feeling thisssss

[@veronicavankregten9758]

The fact that you are taking the time to explain your process is already awesome. I

[@stephentravis2250]

Come on fellow artists give Scott a Thumbs Up. He puts a lot of work into his Video's.

[@MajICReiki]

I like his information but highly repetative rephrasing the same thing over and over. Almost 9 minutes for the 1st sphere, maybe 2 minutes of information. He crosses his hand across his face gesturing, blocking the camera which isn't aiding to his emphasis. But Scott has a good, easily listenable tone and cadence, and teempo of speech. His commitment and care to covey points is evident.. Definitely worth a thumbs up! 👍

[@annekabrimhall1059]

Ok but I expect improvement in background noise, repetitiveness and speed. Not painting speed but rather speeding up slow painting bits and balancing speaking time.

[@realrebelli0n]

You guys need to calm tf down. He‘s just talking naturally and authentically. No need to analyze him like that with your high level efficiency tempo of speech balancing crap. I very much appreciate this 30 minute bit of him teaching me rendering in oil.

[@luxlanuit]

@@realrebelli0n I agree! I appreciate his techniques. Scott ... never stop never stopping!

[@AvraamKoen]

Really a teacher with heart and understanding

[@JohnManfredi-pp8oc]

You killed it! You described it perfectly. I’ve starting painting again after 20 years. I’ve been trying to “catch up” after all that time. This video brings me back to my art college days, but I feel like the older dude in the class that never fit in with the other freshmen… but because he’s more mature, he pays more attention, respects the process, absorbed more and ended up leagues ahead of everyone in the same amount of time. Ok, I’m a little bitter. Anyway, thanks so much for sharing your wisdom. I look forward to watching you more. From a distance. Not in a stalker kinda way.

[@mayneforrealz]

All of this was incredibly helpful. Following. Thank you so very much!

[@Juliajustjoined]

You are so generous with your teachings I love your channel thank you

[@bleesome]

this was so well-informed and helpful. thank you!

[@CapriciousKitty]

Your skin tones are so vibrant I love your art style in your works. Thank you for these art lessons.

[@CorineaNeil]

Your videos are helping many people. I tried my 1st face recently after binge watching your videos for days :) While she stayed in the "Oompah Loompa" stage for several days, I eventually created something I love and am so pleased with. Thanks for inspiring me to try. 🎨

[@MotorCentaur]

Thanks for the video, it is quite timely in my case. I am about to embark on a large diptych of a couple flowers. I'm working on some color test/sketches as I complete the drawings. I just read Virgil Elliot's book "Traditional Oil Painting." Most of the techniques there are based on translucent shadows and opaque lights. So it somewhat grows outward from the terminator with the opaque paint laying on top of the shadows. I guess my question here would be about methods toward maintaining the opaque lights over translucent shadows while painting from light to dark. The thing I will try first will be to paint "downwards" from the lightest in opaques, and then leave a gap where it goes to shadow, paint the shadows translucent (no white) up to the terminator, then paint in the gap with opaque darks.

[@BearToonStudios]

I do digital painting of my daughter as a hobby and I didn't even realize I was doing type of painting where you lay down blocks. I didn't know that was a legit way to paint with oil, I was just trying to get a color right for different areas of her face. I have one I have worked on once in a blue moon for about two months now. This motivated me to finish it. I have found that in realistic drawings coloring in block ensures I get all the values where they need to be, when I do one blanket color and shade and highlight on that, it never turns out right.

[@brucetidwell7715]

Lots of good suggestions and things to think about! I totally agree with starting with the light points. It's much easier to get to the shadow and realize you need to go dark quicker, than to go from dark to light, get the lightest point and realize that it's not near light enough.

[@sebastianmoua2526]

It's very rare that I ever hear someone talk about feeling the form and the type of mental state you have to be in to focus on the work. Often times I ask a few artists or professors about this and they were unable to give me a grasp of it or understanding where to explain the depth of feeling the form. I truly appreciate your explanation of feeling the form.

[@IvySnowFillyVideos]

Its refreshing. Its Great. He's classically trained. Listening to him is like listening to one of my art professors. He's passionate. He's not just a fast art utuber...creating shell art.

[@Adventures_in_the_north]

You have a very unique way of sculpting the form that makes you stand out from other figurative painters! I really find your videos helpful! Thanx a lot Scott!

[@marienichols-britt1358]

I love this but I also need the CC as I cannot lip read when I cannot see the speaker.

[@WhisperStrong1]

Thank you SO MUCH for posting and sharing your amazing wealth of experience ❤❤ I am an amateur artist and struggle sooo much with muddy colors because I *rush*. I love how poetically and simply you describe various techniques and outcomes. Your channel is so soothing and encourages me to trust and enjoy the process of bringing forms to life ❤❤❤

[@raynoladominguez4730]

Well, you have helped me; this one person. I would venture to say that you have helped many.

[@nesrinamin8579]

Two people 😄

[@bastian6173]

Three! @@nesrinamin8579

[@HeandaHAM]

I don't know, you are the only one who does not use the self-translation feature for all languages... This thing enables us to watch your videos in a comfortable and understandable way... Your videos and works are very good and deserve to be followed... I hope you take my words seriously, please.

[@CRINGLEBURT]

I was sceptical at first, but I'm glad I watched all the way through because that makes a lot of sense.

[@matthewalexander2436]

Your skin tones are exquisite, you're in a league of your own bro. I say that as a self taught superrealist oil painter myself. ❤💪👍

[@slack9400]

Ditto. What he said.

[@TimothyJohnLukeSmithPSA]

At 17:54, where you talk about color mixing, it is absolute genius!

[@TejaeFloyde]

Hi Scott, could you please, turn on the option for closed captioning? It would be super helpful for those of us who are hearing impaired and would prefer to read what you're saying. I truly appreciate it. thank you.

[@evieyak]

I second this, it would really help a lot of us

[@malagienia1]

You right closed caption willbe helpful for many people who doesn.t speek english perfect I subscribe maybe nex time caption willbe on

[@spierdaczka]

i also support this idea. although i can more or less get along in English, unfortunately i can't understand a word of the movie. subtitles would be ideal.

[@tatianefigueredoart]

Por favor ative a legenda!

[@MakeYourLifeaWorkofArt]

This is a great way to explain this. I’m mostly a watercolor painter now, and we always work light to dark. So, recently, as I’ve tried to get back into oil again, this was how I started back at it. Glad for the confirmation I’m on the right track, and I love your smaller strokes. This method is so refined!

[@peterb.werner3303]

Danke für diese wunderbaren Erklärungen, die mir nie zu lange wurden.

[@meandmomcooking7646]

I appreciate your descriptions of the process. You bring tangibility to the obscure. Thanks.

[@carolynmacaluso4957]

You have me really wanting to try oils. I haven't touched them since college, 1989. Just did my first acrylic 2 months ago since then too. I forgot how fast that stuff dries and it drove me crazy.

[@ricardomarquessouza5196]

I admire your art, it’s fantastic! I'm just sorry the video doesn't have subtitles. If you can put them in the near future, here in Brazil we would be very grateful!!

[@slack9400]

Dang! This dude is good! Great eyes in the portraits.

[@Garden366]

Well, the sides of my mind have now met the middle of my mind, so thank you.

[@user-ji1ow4gq8z]

I burst out laughing when i saw your reaction to realizing you had to get out of your chair 😂

[@krissyvanous]

Master painter that looks like Anthony Varela. Magic combination. ✨

[@tommullinerart]

Another caveat with painting skin tones is to try to paint during the day with as much natural light as possible. Working at night with artificial light can skew our chroma perception and it's very easy to end up with "boiled lobster" skin tones (high chroma) when viewed in the morning!

[@nikkiswenson54]

I sure agree with painting in daylight rather than artificial lighting when possible.

[@koteto999]

I just love how you explain things, it makes it so easy to understand! And this makes total sense!

[@willt448]

Very convincing argument. I’m convinced. Thanks Scott

[@kellyb3007]

Dude! That was so good! I really understood, as I gazed at my muddy portrait -- you really helped! Thank you! And you're funny!

[@MrSilva960]

In my opinion that style of painting, realistically, is what I´m search in for. Thats what I want to develop on my own way to paint. I paint the tone colours in light and shadow. Each one by one. Yours lessons made me get much more confident, eficient.

[@DagNeuhaus]

Dear Scott, your methodic way of painting for me is a revalation. I knew it before following or starting. Thank you so much.

[@karena24k]

Thank you Scott! You have literally helped my severe frustration with painting from dark to light! I started with watercolours in my art career and was taught to preserve the white canvas and find the light. Painting from the dark and plodding through the shadows through what I like to call the "midtone muck" had me glopping too much paint onto the canvas and would end in much frustration trying to paint dark to light like everyone else! It always felt like I was trying to work a dark 2d cartoon into a sculpture! This is so liberating! I will paint from the light and create the forms going forward, I can't thank you enough for making this video! 🥰

[@AmirIndignoBounarroti]

👋👌👌👌👌

[@malinwallace7475]

Very helpful, and if I haven’t misunderstood other videos I’ve watched (been watching loads since total beginner painter, like just started a month ago) - I understand this goes against a conman advice I’ve picked up, going from dark to light. I’ve tried to do that mostly, but also tried a few other things and still very much trying to find what works for me. This I believe would work better for me especially because of the reasons you mentioned about hitting the right hue. And avoiding too many layers of paint trying to find the right values and hues. Thanks!

[@nesrinamin8579]

Ooff this was so eye-opening… the uphill battle from dark to light resonated so much with me 😢

[@AmirIndignoBounarroti]

🙂

[@suzannethompson8151]

This is the first of Scott's videos I have seen. Wow you are good! And I GET IT working from light to dark. It just makes sense! I'm going to try it now! Thank you. I'll be back! I've liked and subscribed. Thank you! Suzanne

[@MommaNanaKay]

This is so helpful! I have the supplies but haven’t begun to paint. I’m excited to start. Thank you! I’m subscribing 🙂

[@martalopes4956]

I love your videos, and you dissect the painting process with such detail. Thank you. Amazing artist sharing his knowledge and years of practice. Rare these days.

[@maritom4126]

You are one of the best teachers i have met on social networking!!! THANK YOU

[@friedakiezebrink277]

You see the rounding there . Thank you for it.i’am learning oil paint but never paint a portrait . I started in oktober 2023 i painted a Andreas Schelfhout as a class painting whit the other students . I like it to do not the sort of painting but paint i love😊

[@angelae2244]

Thank you!! I have always been taught to work dark areas first and at times it definitely is a struggle to keep the light. Brilliant!

[@emma1385]

As a “Sphere 1” painter, this was super interesting. Gonna try the top down approach and see how it goes. Thank you!

[@wolf7379]

That was really useful information! Good idea of getting the light colour made with the correct chroma first and then working down from the light area towards the darker shapes. This way I have the light coloured already worked out and painted. Whereas, if I start from dark and work up to the light colour, I may find it more difficult to get to the correct hue and value because I am painting from previous darker areas. And furthermore, an excellent 'tip' you made - which I never thought about - is that as you lighten the hue by adding white, you are going to lose some chroma! And if you are working from dark to light, the chances are you are going to find your lightest colour lacks chroma because you have been adding white from dark to light. That explains why paintings look dead or washed out! So you would add a touch of chroma in the light area just so that it does not lose the colour and not become lost in a sea of neutrals. These were excellent and subtle points you made that I never thought of before. Thank you! I have subscribed.

[@pollyester6627]

Very helpful, excellent tips, without unnecessary background music! Have to change to light to dark method when painting, starting with a head portrait that appears rather dull. Also need to stop painting with the "miners helmet". 😄

[@y.michelleelam3771]

EXCELLENT, absolutely EXCELLENT breakdown! Thank you so much for teaching us.

[@myartprocess6003]

Scott, so happy to find you! You articulate this so well. I've learned loads from this one video! Subscribed!

[@iainwill3493]

Scott! You're a star teacher and your grasp of the technique is outstanding. Thank you 😊😉

[@kennethwisseman]

Thanks for showing me a technique I never heard of. All my teachers said the complete opposite, dark to light.

[@lafortunato2894]

You nailed it for me! Thank you again!

[@angeandsamsadventures9684]

Fantastic video Scott. Thank you

[@derekmoore1387]

Thanks for the insightful video. Now that you illuminate the point of starting light to dark, I realized my more successful portraits were painted this way, and not getting stuck in the mud. I think in school I had a hard time differentiating all a prima, direct painting, and indirect painting, and how to approach each route differently. Placing big brush strokes of the “average” value/hue in spots usually left me working in mud. The “use a large brush” manta also had me working with brushes far too large. I’ve since corrected, but that was such a hurdle.

[@fiddlermom9629]

Yaaas!! It makes so much more sense to me to start with the light! So many times I end up with mud... I was just trying to do it the way many artists instruct: to start with the darks. I'll be going with your Patreon.

[@johnsmithart]

Brilliant video, providing some of the best explanations I've heard on how to turn form.

[@darylgraf9460]

Excellent tips and beautiful work Scott. Thank you so much for sharing your depth of knowledge. Your delivery is both very clear and really fun to watch too! Thanks again!

[@TheSmashCapital]

You blew my mind. I’m in a beginning painting class and these are issues I ran into with no solution. I’m so glad I came across this video because I believe it’s best to learn this techniques early on. 💖💖💖💖

[@7MoonSonoma]

Thanks, very helpful!

[@Amanda_banys_art]

Thank you 🙏 I thought I was going crazy when I noticed myself feeling more comfortable working with the lightest instead of the darkest, I don’t just love your art I admire it. Thank you 🙏

[@cazrart6250]

Thank you, I’m a color pencil artist, wanting to try a oil portrait. This was very helpful, your work is amazing!

[@she-ra8697]

This is amazing. Your way of teaching really gives appreciation for the science behind masterly painting. It’s the stuff that makes people drawn to a great painting without being able to articulate what’s makes it great.

[@m.i.miller8008]

This was a great video.. thank you for sharing. I'm so inspired that I am crazy excited to try painting my studies like this tomorrow...You're mint!

[@Kokoh15]

This one❣️ absolutely amazing explanation! Thank you Scott!

[@rakeshchoudhary7391]

You are a great master artists sir

[@FrancileneSouza-r8d]

Wonderful!!! Thank you!! You nailed it❤❤❤❤

[@veronicavankregten9758]

I’m a teacher myself trying to be a portrait artist! I love oil painting, I usually get the drawing right and the likeness I’m pretty good at it. But I wish I could master the process better. Soooo Thank youuuuuu! First time I see a video of yours! I appreciate great teaching

[@michellehall8734]

Thank you for the video. I just found you. This is my second video of yours I’m watching and it is excellent. I enjoy your humor as well!

[@nikkiswenson54]

Good teaching and anologies! Your lessons are always enjoyable to watch, Scott! Thank you! 😃🎨👍

[@LoriGreenberg-ls4ej]

Sure enjoy your explanations is help me lots! Been using water-based oils and I’m not happy with it. I want to start collecting the real oil pains so much like the old masters. So thank you again you put on so much effort into these videos that I feel like I’m painting with your brush.

[@mightymurph550]

I’m working on my first tenebrism/boroque style painting (digitally) and your videos help a lot

[@saugeangel6607]

Logical and genius. Excellent and so helpful. Thank you! And amusing too. Great value video

[@joelitros22]

I love how clear you’re explaining in details. I’m learning a lot from you 👏🏼🙌🏻

[@veronicavankregten9758]

Soooo helpfullllll you are amazinggg!! Thank you! I’m watching all your videos now! I’m into painting portraits and I struggle with muddy paint and losing my values s as long the way.

[@veronicavankregten9758]

Wish I had a mentor like you! Good teaching!!! It’s very rare

[@shazlee100]

What a wonderful tutorial. You explained what I needed to know in a way I could understand, thankyou so much Scott. 😊

[@michaelmorgan2584]

Very helpful and great instruction

[@LydiaMay]

You are amazing! Thank you so much for teaching us. 🙏🎨

[@MyEu4ia]

the "My god! I don't have a paper towel. I'm gonna have to get up from my chair". I feel your pain xD I don't know how often I realise I need to go get something. This is so helpful! I love your style :) Def subscribing :D

[@EllenR654]

Wow!! As always, I learned so much! I appreciate the demonstration of the different approaches in making your point, it really helps! 😊

[@bloomingsolitude]

Thank you for sharing this video, so very in depth!

[@venetiancat]

DEFINITELY trying light to dark. I used to do that, then followed other artists and did the opposite. Definitely running into the problems you mention and not getting the sculptural definition or contrast that I want. My colors definitely are looking chalky and washed out, and then I'd have to glaze to fix it. NOT fun! Thanks so much for this most helpful video!

[@marypartridge5154]

Yes Scott thanking you so much for your advise. Im a painter but I know so little about technique and im learning technique now I cant paint. As I make up my paintings.

[@HollySchroederLink]

Game changer. THANK YOU Scott!

[@iamenough6218]

Your expertise is incredibly outstanding,✨ to me you are definetely a modern day Bouguereau! The way you capture the slightest details in skintones is just mesmerizing ! Thank you ❤ your explanations were exactly what I needed to overcome a few of the struggles I ve been dealing with. 🙏🙏🙏 ✨⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐✨

[@purplecamaleon]

Great lessons here. Thanks for sharing

[@rayeasummers9455]

This is so helpful!!! Thank you!!!

[@idontknowaboutthat1904]

Excellent advice, I will be trying this! Much appreciated sir! Subscribed!

[@delcon9364]

Thanks Scott. Can’t wait to try working downhill seems like everyone I’ve listened to prior wants to work dark to light.

[@DuanTorruellas]

You're right, going from light to shadow is easier. Thx maestro

[@rts1115]

Thank you Scott. This is very helpful thought provoking insights.

[@painterpip4531]

Brilliant explanation Scott. Prefer the perfect logic in your method in comparison to the other ways. I'm learning fast!

[@artmakesUfree]

Thank you! Makes a lot of sense

[@nerrorr6033]

Great video! Do you use any painting mediums with the oils, or strictly with the tubes only?

[@donaldbaldizon7692]

Thank I pais my everyday and learn from guy like you

[@kostabakalas9346]

I enjoyed the video and from what little I could understand. Please turn on the CC's so that I and others can read along. Thanks. P.S. You have so many facial expressions reminding me of Jim Carrey, any relation or is he one of your favorites too ?

[@mamvdberg]

This makes total sense. Love how you rebel against all those oilpaint ‘rules’.

[@LaEscuelaDelEncanto]

You’re the best, Scott.