Oil Painting Tutorial | Grisaille Techniques. PORTRAIT STUDY For Beginners and onwards.

Here is a very interesting oil painting technique I used for years... Grisaille. All it is, is having the underpainting as tones of grey. Let this dry and add multiples of layers of colour to the desired effect. You will be surprised how the finished skin tones are so different to the other technique... straight colour. Loving having the chance to share all that I know with oils with you over the months/years to come.
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[@DavePortersArt]

If you enjoyed this video here is another Portrait Oil study for you to check out... kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2nbfJKtlJp2qas

[@cyrilpreece2658]

I must have watched hundreds of tutorial over the years but none that are as good as this one. It's clear, narrated in a way that's clear to follow. Your tutorials in pastels are the same but oils hold a special place for me and just hope you do more. Thanks Dave

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you enjoyed it Cyril! Thrilled you have found this video clear and easy to follow... means a lot to me. Loads more Oil Paintings videos to come, focusing on Portraits first, then landscapes, wildlife etc after. Thank you so much for your support and watching... much appreciated 🙏

[@TheKahota]

The comment near the end "I just switch off all names and just see what's there" is so simple yet profound. Great advice.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for the great feedback Karen.... not naming things makes all the difference with keeping everything relaxed and natural. All the very best. 🙏

[@coviedogs]

Ive taught myself to paint grisaille but am having a time starting the colors. God bless you, ive never in years of watching other artists describe the energy that i too practice, unknowingly, just as you described. How wonderful!

[@DavePortersArt]

You are so welcome, I really cant draw at all if I don't let go and let it flow. Thanks for watching and the kind words. All the very best 🙏

[@whiskey8866]

i keep seeing homelander in the painting x')

[@DavePortersArt]

lol... 😀🙏

[@pathalls]

This is exactly the turorial that I was looking for! Thank you Dave, you answered A LOT of my questions about the grissaile and glaze method.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for the great feedback Pat... reassuring that the video comes across well. It is an interesting technique for sure. Thanks for watching and taking the time to comment... much appreciated. 🙏

[@soarpurpose]

Nice how adding the colour brings the portrait to life

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you 🙏

[@kouassidominiquekrou8490]

Well done! 😊👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you! Cheers! 🙏

[@maudcharleen]

Wow 🎉

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@jamesbutler3793]

Absolutely brilliant👍

[@DavePortersArt]

Cheers James! thanks for watching. 🙏

[@bilkisreshamvala1716]

Superb !

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you! Cheers Bilkis!

[@jennieforsberg4415]

Wonderful work. Great mix of fast and real life speed. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

[@DavePortersArt]

My pleasure Jennie! Thanks for the feedback... thrilled you have enjoyed the video so much... all the very best 🙏

[@mitchellealvarez5271]

I am really impressed with this video 🎉🎉🎉 Thank you

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much Mitchelle ... it is an interesting technique. You are welcome 🙏

[@shakstalks]

Wow, I'm loving the breakdown! Love what you said about the heart connection and fascinated by this light to dark mode... I'm basically teaching myself, so much to learn! Thank you!

[@DavePortersArt]

You are so welcome... glad to like my work and technique. All the very best!. 🙏

[@jillam7039]

I loved this tutorial and your discussion of connecting energy with the image ❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much! it does play an important part of my technique for sure. 🙏

[@minbyc]

I’ve been painting for years but this is the first time I’ve really understood this method, thank you from a fellow Brit!❤️

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much Minby for you donation... really appreciate. Thrilled you have found the info useful. Great to know you are a fellow Brit... I'm from Nottinghamshire. 🙏

[@killerkev999]

Immediately signed up for patreon once I seen you are doing oil portraits. Will be learning pastel and oil portraits from one source. Great stuff.

[@DavePortersArt]

Awesome, thank you for the support! much appreciated 🙏

[@donnaarkell6803]

Dave, thank you so much for sharing your techniques and experience! I have struggled for years to learn how to create good skin tones in oils and finally! This will work for my watercolor work too and I can’t wait to practice! Your color mixes and teaching have really helped to pull things together in a way that makes sense!

[@DavePortersArt]

You are so welcome Donna! thrilled you have found value in the video. I like to keep thing simple and straightforward... I the same combination in my watercolour work as well as pastels. all the very best 🥰🙏

[@ahmedhusam5721]

Amazing pallet. I love it. Will try using it. You’re amazing, thank you

[@DavePortersArt]

It is a straight forward palette, served me well for years. All the best, you are welcome thanks for watching. 🙏

[@niccolovaleri3777]

Thank you VERY VERY MUCH !!!

[@DavePortersArt]

You are very welcome 🙏

[@dimitrioskalfakis]

well narrated and beautifully executed.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you for the kind words Dimitrios. 🙏

[@georgishoresz6010]

Very informative

[@DavePortersArt]

Appreciate the reassuring feedback Georgi.. thanks for watching. 🙏

[@laviniafrancis7282]

Hi there Dave. Great artist and tutor. Your videos are inspiring and very helpful. Thank you from South Africa.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much for watching my videos... great to know they are being viewed in South Africa too. 💕 Appreciate your kind words... all the very best to you Lavinia. 🙏

[@doddagopi4933]

Great Teacher. Good hand. God Voice. Great presentation. BOLD & BEAUTIFUL. Thanks a lot

[@DavePortersArt]

Many many thanks for the kind words of encouragement, always great to know how people see my work... thanks for watching.😊🙏

[@Ramesh_009]

Best work sir 🎉❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks a lot... thanks for watching 🙏

[@rosebarrette6292]

I really loved watching your video. Your voice is so soothing and your instruction on painting is wonderful!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much for the reassuring words Rose! thrilled you enjoyed watching the video. All the best 🙏

[@danitsgospelsongs4990]

Thank you for sharing sir, im new in oil painting.

[@DavePortersArt]

You are most welcome... appreciate you watching the video... cheers! 🙏

[@ramchandrashahi3020]

U r really great artist ❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for the kind words and thank you so much for watching. 😊🙏

[@jennifergottliebel-azhari149]

This is awesome going to join on patreon

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Jennifer! 🙏

[@Cat-wq9bq]

Thank you for sharing 🙏 I am going to try my first glaze over griselle today. Very clear advice, love your connection with the subject!

[@DavePortersArt]

You are so welcome.... all the best with your glazing... it is a very interesting method for sure. Opening your energy to the subject really transform the overall feeling. 🙏

[@Cat-wq9bq]

Thanks I’ll let you know how I get on!

[@mandyng9032]

Amazing work! You're a great teacher.

[@mandyng9032]

Thank you! 🙏

[@DavePortersArt]

Appreciate the very kind words, reassuring that the video comes across well. You are welcome... all the very best 😊🙏

[@Dividedbyzero123]

This is a really great video. I've tried to come back to painting from many years of illustrative doodling and lately graphite. Colour has never been my strongest point but I've come a really long way and feel much more comfortable with colour from watching your clips. Thanks!

[@Dividedbyzero123]

Ps. Your channel is probably my favourite for pastel and oil portrait techniques, I love your approaches

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much for the reassuring feedback. thrilled you have found my colour technique helpful... I keep thing nice and straight forward regarding colour.... wishing you all the very best. 🙏

[@DavePortersArt]

... that means the world to me. Thanks for watching my videos, much appreciated. 🙏

[@WILDNFREEMUSIC]

So calm to watch you paint. Im very new to oil paint and Im taking a class for it. But im so frustrated because Im so bad at it. But watching your video it give me hope that one day I'll be good. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

[@DavePortersArt]

That is wonderful feedback, good to know the video is calming. The most important thing is the surface you work on, it has to be non absorbent, I use Michael Harding's Non absorbent acrylic primer. . I would struggle without making sure the surface is prepared well. Please check out my video on how to prepare your surface... here is the link... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rpW8h2ywmL6coq8 You are welcome... All the very best with your oil painting journey. 😊🙏

[@WILDNFREEMUSIC]

Hi Dave, Thank you for the tips and response. Appreciate it very much. Hopefully one day I can purchased one of you paintings. My husband and I love art he purchased painting from Michael Cheval and also from Steve Harvey. Hopefully one day you'll visit Orlando Florida and visit art gallery here and maybe you could display some of your art. Im your biggest fun. Thanks a lot for sharing to us your gift of art and beauty to the world. I will keep watching your videos and learn from it. Keep up the awesome work and God bless.

[@anibalromero5391]

brilliant!!! I think the same gray process could be done with pastels? due to the ease of evaluating the tones.... greetings from Ecuador

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much Anibal.... here is a link where I use grey first then colour over the top using pastels... this is the first part of a 3 part series. kzbin.info/www/bejne/l2G2hp2umb9_psk All the very best... thanks for watching in Ecuador 😊🙏

[@joycehandersonfriends3225]

Perfect tutorial of course. I was hoping to find a fast way to simply quickly glaze clear flesh tones over a monochromatic portrait's flesh areas so that I could paint a portrait every few work days as a small business. I can do good likenesses in graphite but want to switch over to oils for the open wet paint time and the color. Is this possible, and if so, thanks for any help. joyce

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Joyce .. I would suggest adding more liquin so each stage dries overnight. Be sure to put the painting in a heated room to help the drying time. 🙏

[@kristie8357]

Thanks for sharing Dave

[@DavePortersArt]

You are welcome Kristie... thanks for watching 🙂🙏

[@pipfox7834]

* thankyou! Scrubbing the colour in* is the phrase i needed to hear. Otherwise, I am finding brushstrokes in the colour glaze are mucking up the surface effect...which as i understand it, needs to be as flat as possible (no texture)

[@pipfox7834]

And what you said about opening up your heart to the subject of the painting, great instruction thsnkyou 😊

[@DavePortersArt]

I find paint gets a bit slippy with too much Liquin in the mix... thanks for watching and the reassuring feedback, thrilled you found the video useful. 🙏

[@DavePortersArt]

tbh I can't draw or paint a thing now if I am not focused in my heart. You are welcome... all the best. 🙏

[@pipfox7834]

And to you!

[@LearningToPlayAVirginals]

Thanks for this nformative video. Question, are you painting with oil directly over graphite? I sketch Bargue plates with graphite and charcoal, and wanted to try applying the atelier technique with oil. I assumed I couldn't paint over a sketch as graphite will show through especially in lighter values. Thanks.

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi there, thrilled you found the video informative. To answer your question... I draw the outline with a HB graphite pencil, then I ghost this by rubbing over lightly with a Faber Castel Kneadable Eraser. I do know of artists that spray over a loose Charcoal drawing, and then paint over it... so it can be done. Best to try it out to see if that way suits you. all the very best 🙏

[@davidbroadwood899]

When you are glazing over the grisaille, are you using the same colour you would use if there was no grisaille or has the colour been modified BECAUSE of the grisaille? Thanks

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi David, Actually the same colours, the grisaille creates a different feel to the colour. Still, it is the same colour combination for sure.

[@davidbroadwood899]

@@DavePortersArt Thanks

[@juul7737]

Hello Dave, is it possible to do the color with soft or pan pastels on top of the greyscale?

[@DavePortersArt]

I reckon it would work well... I would suggest having a go and see, personal I would fix the grayscale then go over it. All the very best 😊🙏

[@bettychilldres9860]

Dave... facing the painting the left eye isn't quite closed enough, up to the bottom of the eye color. The right eye is good. 😉👍

[@DavePortersArt]

You are correct, this would have been adjusted as the painting progressed.

[@bettychilldres9860]

@@DavePortersArt ... but I've slacked my desire to paint through the years. You are a great artist by now... good for you Dave for sticking to your love for the fine arts. It does pay off after all. 😊😇🥰😁🌿🙏⚘

[@kelliworley1229]

Maybe the energy is why I am struggling with this particular portrait that I am working on. Hard feelings between the two of us.

[@DavePortersArt]

Connection to the energy of the subject makes all the difference for sure... All the very best 🙏

[@delaliakiti5761]

Why did you paint in black and white first please?

[@DavePortersArt]

This is the Grisaille technique... painting black and white first and letting this dry before painting over it creates very interesting effects, the skin tones seems to breath and glow. 🙏

[@sharonclemmer2243]

Are the layers mixed with a medium? or straight paint?

[@DavePortersArt]

just a little liquin... not a lot. 🙏

[@maudcharleen]

Do you also do watercolours & Acrylic

[@DavePortersArt]

I love Watercolour and have dabbled a bit to with Acrylics. 😊🙏

[@jeffbornilla850]

hello

[@DavePortersArt]

Hello Jeff... thanks for watching. 🙏