Paint like Van Gogh in 7 easy steps! (Acrylic version)

By popular demand here is a video on how to use the 7 steps to paint like Van Gogh in acrylics!
For reference:
Paint like Van Gogh in 7 easy steps!
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And for the Color theory:
Paint like Seurat in 7 easy steps!
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Please use the hashtag #mgfcpaint when you post your works of art on social media!
Cheers!

[@evelyng180]

I am 67 years old. Feel I have "it". I have learned more from this one video than all the books I have bought and ignored over the years

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Awww! Thanks a lot!

[@lordsnooty4039]

I absolutely love your explanations. You break things down to simple parts on how it's created

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@kc0jtl]

I would love to see a video on painting like Van Gogh with a landscape!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

It is on my list! A bit of patience! Thanks! 😋

[@carmelmccabe6977]

Wonderful! Your explanations are so clear and just listening to you speak makes me smile. Thank you for posting.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Haha, thank you!

[@acrylicpoursgalore6843]

Thank you thank you thank you! What a wonderful breakdown of the process! I am headed to a plein air retreat tomorrow and really really wanted to experiment with the Van Gogh style - will be sure to tag you if my work is good enough for social media 🙌❤️

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Please do! Thanks for watching! ❤️

[@levia-chan]

Thank you so so much for your videos. Whenever I feel an artist block your channel is my go-to inspiration. I also take notes from your tips and guides, you already occupied pages in my journal!💜

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Aww! Thank you so much Tokyo!!!

[@anaalfaiate2608]

Thank you for your lessons, soft, clear and very pleasant to watch. You are an excellent communicator and teacher. Following you from Nairobi, Kenya.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@cindyarnold3003]

Fabulous! It makes me feel happy to look at that portrait!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Haha! Thanks a lot!

[@lolitakaloustianyoung7787]

you are marvelous in your instruction, comments. I just 'found' you, subscribed & will follow w/ great anticipation. Seriously, I've painted for years - and - learned so much today. Thank you.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot for watching, Lolita! I try to keep it simple and share my experience, so much of these techniques, used by the masters, can help our own styles! Cheers and see you around!

[@jackal1776]

Man your videos are fun, funny and great. Thank you.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you very much!

[@beckybequette8212]

You are an excellent teacher. Thank you!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot! Not a real teacher though, I am just sharing my experience!

[@SingYourselfWell]

Binge Watching your content this morning, haha. GREAT!!! 💖

[@TheGramcracker08]

You make the difficult easy. What wonderful information and instruction. Thank you for sharing your talent

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@ruparao2971]

Thank you that was very helpful :)

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Glad you liked it! Thanks for watching!

[@leeprevost7639]

My favourite of your works. Very inspirational 👏

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot! 😀

[@rekhabyyasara]

I am so happy I found you.. Have a blessed life, my friend! 🙏✨

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you very much!

[@kristihansen5955]

Your videos are so helpful and easy to understand! Thanks!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@memduhcemciftci8098]

Your videos are so amazing! Can you also show a tutorial for drawing like Pierre Auguste Renoir's portrait styles? Thank you so much :)

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

thanks a lot! I will try to do Renoir soon…

[@cathyserafinowicz6374]

Thanks so much for a wonderful tutorial!❤️👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@artistkirstenbryan1]

This is very helpful and informative 👏 👍🏼 👌🏼 😀

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you! Glad you like it!

[@mstargate12]

Most refreshing tutorial. Thank you.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@wildertmarte4131]

this is great

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot!

[@abecolburn8778]

What a wonderful video. Thank you

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@logancain3030]

Always love your stuff my friend!!! 🖤

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks Logan!

[@emmanuelpower2439]

Really clear and fun. Thank you

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot!

[@gwen7005]

I love your lessons.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching! I don’t think of my videos as “lessons”, though… just sharing what I have learned along the way… 😋

[@selfenigma3184]

These are great videos. Can't wait to start painting.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Go! Go! Create!

[@rogerallen2685]

Another masterpiece!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

You are too kind! 😋

[@jellymassee2695]

Brilliant and well explained!!!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you very much! 😋

[@logancain6021]

Loved this one! 😁😁😁

[@Tandibee123]

Captivating - I like your style of teaching 😊

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks UrbanBee! 😁

[@johnsonmm8914]

Great job. I have made some reproductions of Van Gogh's works and I will base myself on his way of thinking. Thank you very much for your work, your videos are simple and objective and that is excellent.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot for watching!

[@basiablazewicz5218]

Excellent! It is amazing, how You can find so many detailes to paint like... van Gogh and etc. I am very exciting to try . Thank You so much!!!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@seank6759]

amazing. and your handwriting is beautiful too.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching !

[@brendadavies3942]

Thank you I have learnt so much from your video and I am so excited to start my painting now. Xxx

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Happy to have motivated you! Don’t hesitate to show me: share your work on social media and hashtag #mgfcpaint! Thanks for watching!

[@melsfreshwater6020]

Fantastic video, thank you. I made lots of notes.. I have become infatuated with Van Gogh! Will check out your other videos.. Cute turtle 😊

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot! There is another video about Van Gogh but I used watercolor and gouache for a portrait of my wife. Technique is about the same, but you might want to check it out!

[@adriantwomey4903]

Terrific. Thanks!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@jackbauer7849]

Thanks so much for the fantastic video! I recently went to an Immersive Van Gogh exhibit and I've been yearning to get the acrylics out and give it a try. Hopefully it goes well, I'll try to be bold :)

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching! And yeah: go create something beautiful! Cheers

[@fionamckay]

Thank you for another video. May the force be with you :)

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Always!

[@zipz3215]

Amazing, thankyou

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@jedasiaiidimaisip6263]

Thanks! This is really great!!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@phillipschmidtpottery]

This was very well done!Thank you!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot for watching!

[@humasiddiqi2952]

love it

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot!

[@smfbmcpe5054]

Wow that was a good advices..and tips..i was highly enlightened 😂

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@thrinadharaochintalapudi71]

Excellent 👍👍👍👍

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@arundel6640]

Dude, your brilliant. I've learnt a lot from you. From watching this video, on how to paint van gogh style. I'm sketching a building, from graphite. And using van gogh, sketching style. And after, I'm going to go over the graphite, using watercolour, glazes. And some the last stage of the sketch, watercolour painting will be in, dry brush style. To help the picture stand out more. From the back of the picture.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Gréât! Thanks for watching! Happy I could give you ideas !

[@arundel6640]

I'm doing all of the sketching and painting in van gogh style. But I'm going to use the watercolours, colours, that J. M. W. TURNER used. Got to let you, imagination run off, from time to time. He's my main influence, on art. I use his style on, sketching and painting, most of the time.

[@suzann5312]

Excellent, thank you 😊

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching, Suzann!

[@marinaarbuck4703]

Genius!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks a lot for watching! 😉

[@granzottoremi]

Super résultat, bravo !

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Merci beaucoup!

[@gumtree7177]

Brilliant

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@ketki3507]

thats really motivated me!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Cool! Thanks for watching!

[@emmanuelpower2439]

Also, i would love to paint a little more like Cezanne...

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks! There is a video about Cezanne (Paint like Cezanne in 7 easy steps! kzbin.info/www/bejne/eovPYYKlaryobtk) I will try to do a landscape in his style soon

[@perfect__arts6297]

big help sir thank you sooooo much

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@user-xk8ko8rv5f]

Thanks so much!! It helped me a lot! 💫💫💫

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Great! Thanks for watching!

[@emmalouie1663]

Make more and full length! This is so much fun. :)

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching!

[@DihyaGuidanceKarma]

Thanks you for this vidéo !! 🤩

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@karenpacini5947]

Love your videos. Please show us how to paint like Richard Schmid.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks for watching, Karen! I’ll see what I can do for Richard Schmid!

[@cohenlabe1]

I have a challenge for you. 2 artist in 1 canvas. Your choice ofcourse (like vangouh back round and Sargent portrait?)

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

that would be a good idea! mmmh, I have to think about it...

[@clmhewson]

Sir, you have a fantastic teaching style, it makes your tutorials wonderful to watch. Would you be interested in offering an actual art course via zoom? Or even via you tube?

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Aww thank for your kind comment. I never considered myself a teacher, just a hobbyist sharing his experience…

[@manahilikhlaque3798]

@@mygeekfamilycotton I actually discovered your channel yesterday and YOU ARE PHENOMENAL!!!

[@manahilikhlaque3798]

@@mygeekfamilycotton Oh and could you please post more impressionist painting tutorials ?| TY

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thanks @manahil! Will try

[@munirah9020]

Zazakallah. Sir i was just for it.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

And to you! Thanks for watching!

[@Takezo_o_0]

damn....I want to make you my teacher sir I want to go to your place and learn from you....😂😂 you explain in a great and easiest way!!

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Hahaha, thank you thank you! 😋

[@romainvilleneuve]

bel autoportrait j'adore tes vodeos 👍👍

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Merci mon ami!

[@mohammadtaghisedaghati]

Interesting

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Thank you for watching!

[@charmainekaldwell8481]

Can you paint like Van Gogh with oil pastels?

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Hi Charmaine! I’d say you certainly can achieve some of the same effects. The idea is to let the different layers show through the surface in between the thicker brushstrokes (or in that case pastels)… it would require a bit of adaptation, I guess… but I am not really into oil pastels… can you layer different colors without mixing them?

[@michaelj.morris1979]

Do you teach "borde duro" or "hard edge"?

[@lolitakaloustianyoung7787]

I am forever looking for an effective limited palette in acrylics - do you use a limited palette or recommendations? Thank you.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

I do use a very limited palette : Black(sparingly, as I usually prefer brown+blue) and white, yellow ochre, Vermillion, Cerulean Blue and Burnt umber. a bit like a variation of the Zorn Palette. I sometimes complement this with other colors when I need a more complex and particular hue : purple, vert-de-gris, lime green... that type of things... having said that, I find that, for "classical" portraits and landscapes, the limited palette is already fantastic, although a more "modern" style would call for maybe more popping colors (Maybe you can replace the ochre by a yellow?) Hope that helps?

[@lolitakaloustianyoung7787]

@@mygeekfamilycotton I look forward to trying your limited palette. Have you a preferred medium - i.e. oil, acrylic? Thank you again.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

@@lolitakaloustianyoung7787 hey Lolita! I usually use acrylics. Cheers

[@user-cp5ky2gt5s]

Super, vous venez du nord-est n'est ce pas?

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Oui! Ch’timi et fier de l’être! Ça s’entend autant que ça??? 😂😂😂

[@user-cp5ky2gt5s]

@@mygeekfamilycotton Non, non, mais vous me donnez une impression familière ! Bon courage et merci pour les tutos.

[@lucarivaud-maffeo1026]

J ai reconnu un accent français donc je me permet d écrire en français 😂 est ce que vous pouvez faire une vidéo Painting like Bacon SVP ? Super travail

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Eh oui, Luca, mon accent est difficile à cacher! Merci pour ton commentaire. Pour Bacon, je vais voir ce que je peux faire! À bientôt

[@lolitakaloustianyoung7787]

Do you use a brand that has Vermillion- if so, will you tell me which it is? I can't find it online and have searched online and there does not seem to be agreement for an alternative to that color - closest seems to be either Cad Red L or M. What do you actually use? Thank you. I have enjoyed several paintings using your Van Gogh style - not ready to post yet...bold and colorful. I would love to see more LANDSCAPE videos in the Van Gogh style, acrylic version. Thank you.

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Hi Lolita! Not sponsored in any way, but I am currently using PEBEO 😋, and yes: I am preparing more landscapes 😄!!!

[@lolitakaloustianyoung7787]

@@mygeekfamilycotton I have spent hours trying to purchase individual colors of Pebeo - I see they have the PR188 Vermillion Red....can't find out how to purchase here in the states. I will try to contact them direct next week. Thanks, Lolita

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

@lolitakaloustianyoung7787 I know they are distributed in USA, but not sure how widely… I guess you could substitute for a cadmium red, that maybe more readily available?

[@lolitakaloustianyoung7787]

@@mygeekfamilycotton Thank you, I will use Cad Red and continue to research availability.

[@cindyarnold3003]

How about, How to paint like Charles Bragg?

[@Music-lh8fy]

اتمنى ان تفعل الترجمه باللغة العربية

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

شكرا لرسالتك! أنا آسف ولكني للأسف لا أتكلم العربية. ربما شخص ما سوف يترجم الترجمات؟

[@mindfittraininginstitute]

WHY BE A KNOCK OFF ARTIST BE AUTHENTIC NOT A REPRODUCTION!

[@johnsonmm8914]

You have instagram?

[@mygeekfamilycotton]

Yup: @hervecotton, thanks!