Paint like Alphonse Mucha in 7 easy steps!

Today, let’s explore ART NOUVEAU, and more precisely the paintings of Alphonse Mucha!
You’ll see how I miserably fail at first, but how we can learn from mistakes and finally do something great!
And, I’ll introduce you to a real-life mermaid: Syrena!
Instagram: @thesingaporemermaid
Website: www.themermaidsyrena.com
As for me, you can find me here:
Instagram : @hervecotton
Tweeter: @MGFCotton
And don’t forget to post your art on social media with the #mgfcpaint if you follow these advices!

[@anns.2621]

very wonderful!!!! I like the way you did the underpainting and then another colour on top!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you! Yeah, I usually like to work in watercolor first and intensify the colors with gouache. It does make a nice difference!

[@SouthernArtist77]

I love that Klimt on the wall. It"s so nice to see artists appreciate their own work, I think that painting is just gorgeous, so beautiful. YOU ARE SO VERY TALENTED. The mermaid is lovely.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you very much!

[@redwelnof9171]

Your channel is so underrated! I love your teaching style, learned alot already :) Watched your Dali and van gogh tutorials and they were very helpful! Now im set on watching all of your videos :) even if I dont necessarily like the artist, its very educational :) Your voice and accent are awesome, could listen you for hours.. hope you make more videos for me to enjoy :) and I realy wish you get noticed by the algorythm more, you deserve a bigger audience :)

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot for your kind words and thanks for watching!

[@donnibtv3717]

@@mygeekfamilycotton +1💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿💪🏿

[@sedghammer]

That was wonderfully done! I just discovered your channel and love your work. And to top it off you did so with charm. Fantastic!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot for watching !

[@Redlox70]

Absolutely gorgeous ❤

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

@@Redlox70 thanks for watching!

[@pepeysancho]

I just discovered your channel by accident and you totally blew my mind. Rarely have I seen such an instructive video about an art style and yet so entertaining and understandable. I am glad to have found you and of course subscribed immediately.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you very much! I really appreciate it!

[@PabloEmanuel96]

This was so useful 😍 I've been obsessed with Mucha and Art Nouveau but unable to replicate the style

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot! Hope I was able to help!

[@gigijohnson3211]

I love your work. It is amazing. I am a huge fan of mucha and an in awe of your interpretation. Thanks for sharing

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you very much, Gigi!

[@gemmaluescher-verseckas1243]

I am planning a relief piece loosely based on Mucha, thank you for the tips as I am in the beginning of planning it

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Glad it helps! To be honest, the detail I did on the framing pattern could be far better, but use my mistakes to make something more beautiful! 😋

[@Diego-Designs]

I'm doing a canvas painting and hopefully I can do the colors "Mucha style"... your underpainting technique will definitely help me to achieve the colors. Thank you so much!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot for watching ! Let me know how it turned out!

[@inger_musicart5620]

Love the picture & was just last week looking for an art nouveau tutorial, and this one was perfect. Thank you So nice how the gouache details, line work and gold details in my eyes transformed the painting. Must try this

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching! Don’t hesitate to share your work on social media (tweeter or Insta) with the #mgfcpaint, so I can see it! Cheers

[@marymachado3732]

Loved watching this , I hope I can find a good photo to use and try your method

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching! Let me know how it turned out!

[@adriantwomey4903]

That is a great composition and enjoyable video. Thank you.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot for watching!

[@lanibrockwell9757]

Thanks for the mention in the video! Yes, I love your channel!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for being a faithful follower and contributing with your fantastic creations!

[@pascalineh4792]

Oh I’ve got one! Marc Chagall. Yes it’s so fun to watch you paint & thank you for the tips ! J’ai planifié de peindre mon partenaire Van Gogh style. Hé hé

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Oh oui! Il faut je fasse Chagall! Merci, je vais l’ajouter sur ma liste!

[@victoriaculbertson8266]

❤

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you!

[@annrubino6252]

Much appreciation for these tutorials. You, good man, are an artist! Who are you and where are you? I am in a small town in the Canadian Rockies and exploring abstract painting which I feel could take more time than have I. Thank you again.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks Ann! These are actually small experiments, more than exact tutorials. But I hope you viewers are ok to accompany me on this art history and techniques journey. I am actually French, but have been living for a long time in Singapore (and other Asian countries before that). Thanks for watching from Canada! Cheers!

[@jayne3944]

I am SOOO delighted to have come upon your WONDERFUL channel!! You are such an excellent teacher in such a joyful manner !! You have done videos on some of my very favorite artists ... I love hearing their history ... and how you interpret their styles and then use that style in a painting of your own ... SOO GREAT!! I was wondering if you might be interested in doing a video on JC Leyendecker whose style I love ... THANK YOU for sharing all your amazing expertise!!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Hi Jayne! Thanks a lot for all this praise! I don’t think I deserve half of it! ☺️ you are not the first one to mention Leyendecker… let me see what I can do, and you may see it in a future video! 😋 cheers!

[@jayne3944]

@@mygeekfamilycotton YAAAY!! THANK YOU!! :-) ... And you certainly DO deserve ALL the praise!! I'm SOO impressed with your amazing artistry!! :-)

[@klarahorakova9957]

I am in love. It's absolutely amazing. Only the pronunciation of Mucha is off. It's pronounced with a Spanish J sound instead of the English K for the CH letter. (Yes, I know how to pronounce it, I am of the same nationality, and yes, in this language CH is in fact one letter.)

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you very much for watching! And thanks for the pronunciation tip! I didn’t know… in my research I heard it as « mutcha », « Muka » but never « Muja »!!

[@romainvilleneuve]

it so nice paint cara look pretty nice to meet she interessting

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Yes! We costume together for the Rebel Legion (Star Wars), and we became friends!

[@romainvilleneuve]

@@mygeekfamilycotton it pretty cool 👍🏻👍🏻

[@solivagant2106]

Are there any more specific techniques he used when painting besides lithography?

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Hi! Sure, Mucha was using lithography to print his posters, but was an accomplish painter too (his murals are so full of details !), as an illustrator, he was ink, paint (watercolor and gouache) too!

[@battletrap8120]

Can you do a videos on 7 steps to paint like Francis Bacon

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

It is in the works! Modigliani and Matisse first, new episode soon!

[@battletrap8120]

@@mygeekfamilycotton AMAZING! I was also going to request Matisse. Your videos are really helpful.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching them!

[@ligaskirbauska8652]

1st-I would love to colour the one you threw away... 2cnd-part of video where you both on sofa reminded me of classical start of most porn movies 🤣 3rd-I have no enough compliments to compliment you’re work! Love you’re Chanel,keep up grate work,it came out gorgeous,love the mermaid 🧜‍♀️ 💐💗🍀

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Hahahahaha, well, fortunately for everyone it didn’t end like these movies! Next time, I’ll dress up like a pizza delivery guy… 😂😂😂 thanks for you nice comments and for watching my little channel of craziness ! 😋

[@ligaskirbauska8652]

@@mygeekfamilycotton 😂🤣😂 you’re Chanel and videos are different and very interesting,I look forward all You’re videos,many of them have been seen couple times.I like the style,speed,inspiration to play around and enjoy different ways,history and so much you put in these videos...like really,youre Chanel deserve much bigger fallowing and I hope,wish 🤞🏻🧙‍♀️🍀 it will be very soon.keep pushing💐🍀💐🍀💐🍀💐🍀💐🍀💐 as about pizza guy,it’s Idea for Warhol style video,you could deliver us painting of pizza 🍕 in box and all 😉🤣 like he did can of soup there can be boxes of pizza 🍕 with different colour schemes 😉 series of 4 different,world famous pizzas 😂🤣😂 I would definitely watch it

[@lanibrockwell9757]

@@mygeekfamilycotton I love your sense of humor!

[@sanavecou8778]

merci pour tous ces partages joyeux, instructifs et inspirants. J'aimerais proposer l'idée de peindre comme Egon Schiele, et Guayasamin. Peut-être que tu y trouveras de l'intérêt. Plein de succès et de plaisir dans tes projets.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Merci beaucoup! J’aimerais bien essayer Egon Schiele!! On va voir… il faut que j’y travaille… encore merci et à bientôt!

[@coz_DS]

Nice! However, the semi-circles are tending towards Art Deco and Mucha is ar nouveau.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you! You can easily replace with another pattern. No problem

[@tarrenmoney6666]

I would like to know mpre about line painting Picasso or Matisse.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Hi!! Thanks for watching. I am preparing a video about Matisse. I have been busy for the end of the year and I am very late to post anything, but be patient! It is coming!

[@technofeeliak]

With respect, I recommend you take a picture of your line drawing next time. If you can put that on your computer, you can add layers of color which are easily removed or changed. It could save you a lot of time. I'm currently teaching myself to build furniture. I find it just as useful to test my ideas and techniques on scrap pieces rather than start with my main pieces.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

That is true. I sometimes do a thumbnail sketch to see how every element (shapes, lines or Color) works in relation with the rest. But I didn’t do it that time…

[@fitoxic0]

It seems that you are a good person and everything, but the truth is that if there was a contest about who couldn't paint like Alphonse, you would lose it because you would be at a professional level of how not to paint like him, I mean the hair, if they criticized him, they said that He painted spaghetti, imagine what they would say about yours, and the ornaments and patterns are like they were painted for a 5 yr old kid.

[@andreagentile3408]

::: wondering why some people are so rude:::

[@elcirarussomano7746]

You could have made her with dark hair and at least with asian features...

[@isamukim1693]

It would be nice if you pronounced his surname correctly. Actually, the Wikipedia shows the correct pronunciation: [ˈalfons ˈmuxa], that is «Mukha» not «Muka». Also here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/b2qvoKaKrteLfZI

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

That is right, sorry for that. A viewer from Czech Republic corrected me in an earlier comment… 😋

[@ZazaLoveism]

Mucha is my fave. Is this your mail order bride?

[@andreagentile3408]

:::more rudeness:::