PAINT TALK: 10 Ways to Get BETTER at Oil Painting || DON'T DO THAT - DO THIS INSTEAD

[@lauraorem1276]

You're young enough to be my son, and I've learned more about painting from you than anyone else.

[@catemuse]

I’m with you. This is a valuable lesson for anyone. Two things I needed to hear: 1. Don’t get lost in the details before the foundational painting is done; 2. You CAN become the painter you want to become. It takes work-not a special genetic code.

[@sylviewheeler6237]

Yes I agree with you ! And it’s great to hear those things! It’s perfect inspiration !

[@lorachristian7030]

I love Paint Talk!..best You Tube videos I've seen for a while..thanks for sharing!

[@RatusMax]

I agree it's all about the time! I started knowing nothing. I spent hours upon hours watching videos like yours and others. Then when I finally started my journey, it looked horrible. My first painting took like 10 to 15 hrs. It looked so stiff, cartoony and sad. Barely any changes in values, little bit of likeness, and hard line edges in some areas. It was like I colored in a coloring book or something. I quit for about a month but I was watching multiple videos on all sorts of painting. (acrylic, watercolor, digital, oil, etc.) The way some of these people did their paintings looked like magic to me. However I started seeing a small pattern in them. I looked at the painting and asked myself what I did good and what I did bad. Of course the list of what I did bad was long lol. So I started another painting. This one came out far better. I only used different shades of one color to remove the complexity of colors and learn how to get form down. Doing this helped me get the likeness pretty well and it looked more realistic although monocromatic. (That was one of the tips from the hours and hours of YT vids I watched. Painting in one color would free me from making color decisions and let me focus on form. To free me from other decisions and hone in on one problem.) When I learned how to mix colors, I didn't try to paint something while mixing those colors. I watched your YT video and many others about color mixing then sat down and started mixing from the 3 primaries and white. Mixing the paint and getting the right color was more fun than painting...(Because it was something simple and I had to feel my way through it. Get a feeling and hunch on what I had to mix. I started knowing how to mix the primary colors and secondary colors and how putting complements desaturate the color. To replicating the colors in front of me.) Lastly I want to say DO NOT STOP PAINTING PAINT ABOUT EVERY OTHER DAY!! NO LESS THAN EVERY WEEKEND!! I keep taking long breaks between painting and the rust is real. Jumping back into painting after a month is pretty hard. Sometimes I just stand there wondering "wait how do i start this?" So to remove the rust I started doing small paintings as fast as possible before starting on one that will take a longer amount of time. I wouldn't have to do this if I was more frequent though.

[@DizzySkunk]

I really enjoyed reading your experience. Very encouraging! 👍🏻

[@claires9100]

Yes. I agree.

[@GreyPajamas]

Wow, some really great advice here! Thanks! ❤

[@gayleswellness2225]

Love the cowboy and horse behind you!

[@Robocop-qe7le]

Yes this is gorgeous.

[@jlusk999]

Agreed! Love the luminosity of the sky and the way it is set off against the bright green foliage of the trees. Also love the 'painterly' quality of his work --- the loose kind of impressionist style brushstrokes.

[@reedslater4664]

You are the most succinct and articulate painting teacher I have ever encountered. Thank you so much for your efforts. You really earn the title--COACH.

[@1995ssc]

Tip #7 Don't lie to yourself. Reminds me of this quote, which i think about many... MANY times: “The first principle is that you must not fool yourself - and you are the easiest person to fool.” Richard Feynman

[@lauriebluej]

This video is what I need as a beginner. I've been practicing oil painting for some time and I have 5 paintings in total. Yet, it is hard working with supplies and getting to know them. But the hardest thing is lowering your own expectations of yourself. Thank you for this video. Looking forward to new ones.

[@laterdudesaint]

I paint out of 6 cans of oil paint from the hardware store with 2 dollar brushes. 228 so far this year. When done I take a short vid and pic then recycle the canvas

[@phillipschmidtpottery]

@@laterdudesaintcool, I like that. Great idea!

[@PleinAirAdventureswithTezDower]

Great advice 🎨👌 I was a studio painter for 16 years than switched to just plein air's and my paintings are heaps better now. And if I go back to doing a studio painting they are more free and have looser brush strokes. Happy painting Mate 🎨👍

[@LizMcNamara47]

Love that urban cowboy painting to your right, beautiful!

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

I always have Alizarin crimson,Cadmium primary Yellow,ultramarine blue,tittanium white and intense black. I use the same colours for my acrylic paints. I love this video. Thank you Painting Coach

[@rachmcd160]

Awesome tips paint-man 😊... and remember always hold your mouth right when you work!

[@williambennett6866]

Some of this advice can be practiced in many of lifes challenges.

[@levipatrickdiaz]

I really enjoyed the challenge and simplicity of using the Zorn palette early on for portraiture!

[@shilpadahale2579]

Thank you soo much ! I am really improving since I started watching your videos. They have helped me so much . Thanks a lot!!

[@paintcoach]

That makes me so happy to hear!

[@ShelleyNairnArt]

Thanks Coach for more great advice and motivation! I’m gonna go get in the game now. 😊

[@shannonthiesen7892]

I bought your recommended Rosemary brushes and am so excited to use them! Please consider making a video specific to mark-making with each of your recommended brushes. I am most excited about that rigger brush for plein air!

[@deborawagner7657]

I agree.... I'd like to see a tips/tutorial on what type of brush stroke each brush is best for and specifically how to load the paint on them, how to make the brush stroke with them, and especially how to clean paint off them between colors and when done painting

[@lindseylovesart]

It was hard to pay attention with all those Nicolas Cages behind you. Haha. That’s awesome! Thank you for sharing your experience! These tips will definitely help in my oil painting journey.

[@TheBallzout]

Good points coach! love the music in the background, gets me in a painting mood, relaxing

[@laterdudesaint]

I put on epic soundtrack music and seize the day

[@alphotheone]

Chris your effort to teach is greatly appreciated, thank you. Talent does count for something (usually time) but skill can be taught and it is that growth that aids in the manifestation of talent or being able to see.

[@leticiascpaila]

Love your Paint Talk. You are so right about so many things, and make me lath, Like, the book suggestions. And exercises. Thank's

[@janigalarneau9534]

I so appreciate your frank discussions. I have learned so much so far from you thank you.

[@amysbees6686]

Excellent advice! Always encouraging! Thank you!

[@semihcanakca1762]

Thanks for the advices Chris. Your mindset is really helpful to me all the time.

[@anshka2023]

Thanks so much Chris. You have been and continue to be a genuine and helpful inspiration. Cheers.

[@blackandwhite1756]

"honor the effort that you put in..." great advice

[@RENDEZVOO]

Thanks for sharing. I am at the point where I am learning colour mixing and am feeling a bit out of my depth at times, although it's fun to just give it a go. You can only really learn through doing. Your suggestion of doing monochromatic paintings really appeals to me and will give me a feel for "painting" until I feel ready to do the colours, so thanks for the inspiration! I am now ready to move on with my journey!

[@marthasierra7801]

Thanks for your videos with advices easy to understand. I enjoy every one of your tutorials.....👏👍

[@dez3332]

Another great video. Covered all the bases. 👍

[@ArlenePetranovich]

This is super helpful. I’ll definitely be changing up how I approach my paintings!

[@angelfirefilms3273]

You're super awesome and well spoken in my amateur oil paintings I'm learning walking away and looking at it from a distance like I do taxidermy really helps improve brush strokes and angles.. One of my paintings the sky changed probably a dozen times but then I started getting the waves of my clouds and it started looking cloudy and stormy.some what..its less about color more about precise movements.. (The greats were not great from birth they were great because they painted a lot) Macklemore...

[@schnookyface]

I've been binging your videos and just read you're from Richmond! I mean of course you are! I did VCU art.

[@blackandwhite1756]

good day, Im a complete novice, i havent even bought any paint yet; i really appreciate your videos. just found you today. im good at drawing, hopefully that means that ill learn oil painting easier lol. looking forward to future content!!!!

[@ChaLaurenson]

I really needed this bc ive learned so much more from you than my professors and im in my core classes.

[@paulasilveira4252]

Thanks for the best paint classes from KZbin! I really like your way to teach. I do painting classes for some years already and my mom was an artist! I love painting portraits, but since I don’t have enough commissions I paint some photos from people I don’t know from internet. I feel like most people don’t see it as art, because it’s a copy, I feel frustrated about that…. Please post some tips to people who is trying to start your own creation!

[@40bdg]

Thanks for the great tips! I used your previous tip the other day of turning the portrait upside down, and it really helped! I'm guilty of using the gray as color...need to change that. 👍

[@MM-Iconoclast]

I wish there were more vids on painting from life (portrait, figure, still-life and landscape), to balance those done using photos. But hey, thanks for all the great coaching!

[@rowenafinn4263]

Did not realize you're from Richmond! I'm in Virginia Beach and have really enjoyed your videos. There are things I know intuitively that I can explain better to my own students from watching you. Thanks!

[@angiewright-artist8246]

Great advice, I always enjoy your videos, I laugh with you, and enjoy your realness

[@paintcoach]

I appreciate that

[@beetver8202]

I’m so grateful for ur channel thank you I was wondering if u would be able to do an art journey video it would be amazing to see your art process

[@susanwong6471]

Chris, great tips. Can you talk about at what point( after copying masters), how do you paint on your own subject, do you start from painting photo, painting live ( ie fruits), the set up seems to be daunting considering the lighting. Would appreciate if you talk about the “ next step” after copying many masters copy. Thank you !

[@3grouch]

Your videos have been great. Thank You!

[@Aceofcups111]

Last point so resonates. I benchmark against the pros and feel I will remain less than.

[@barnbre2]

I tried copying from another artist several times, and just didn't feel I learned anything from it. My painting turned out amazing, but I knew it wasn't mine, so it didn't thrill me. Rather, I found working from life has caused my greatest growth. Just me.

[@PleinAirAdventureswithTezDower]

When learning I copied alot. It's a great way to learn but then I struggled with finding my style also 🎨👍

[@crypticart508]

Something we have go past it add small stuff in make it yours

[@M4th3u54ndr4d3]

I am learning to paint with oils and I am trying to make Da Vincis paintings. I am doing a very good job, actually. For me, it is a great way to learn how to use oils

[@neu-ter]

I don't believe in that I don't believe in that either thank you thank you so much Chris thank you man I'm really glad you're here!! Thank you thank you.

[@nicusorserpe6880]

You are special, dedicated and inspiring me, bravo !!

[@annedeoedipus7849]

I agree with learning with a limited palette but we can’t get every colour with four or five colours. But, that needs to be something to find out after becoming fluid with a limited palette; there are no shortcuts but if we love the process, pushing to the limits of a palette is not a chore. Anyway, I love your honesty and directness. We need honest voices that address progression in the craft.

[@neu-ter]

,"that's just my style" exactly

[@sp9138]

Thanks again coach

[@princessmikee3968]

everything you said is true and it’s happened mostly to beginners

[@virginiarparker9503]

Thank you for your time.

[@nomytheone]

Tip #10 applies to everything!!! don’t limit yourself!

[@oatmeal]

This is so helpful. Thank you!

[@davidhorn4975]

Good advice. Can’t wait to see the new studio. Is it out of the flight pattern at the airport?

[@hermanuspotgieter5117]

Awesome, thanks for good guidelines

[@bobbytirlea]

Two subjects that can never be exhausted: Portrait and landscape.

[@sapienproductions]

Cheers coach!

[@shahzadqurashi7728]

So great tips , thanks!

[@BarbrajoanOriginals]

Hello Chris, wasn’t able to visit for a while. Good to see you with a haircut, and still enjoy your videos. Tallahassee Florida 🌴🌴

[@princessmikee3968]

your video got me 🥺

[@soulkalastudio]

I prefer to draw on paper first and then trace that onto the canvas because I'm not yet confident with drawing directly onto the canvas with the darker value, does that still count as getting better at drawing instead of painting? I'm a beginner, I've only done two oil paintings thus far, really love it though, then I stumbled upon your channel because I was looking for ways to improve what I already know and understand about oils, so far I've learned alot from your channel, I'm gonna give blocking in the values like you teach because I was struggling abit with the values. I also need to work more on layering, fat over lean. I have adhd so I tend to seek different subjects because they peek interest, doing one thing can sometimes bore me, for now, I've started with fruits just to learn with something easy.

[@lisengel2498]

Very well analyzed and I especially liked - you have to decide what you want to be better at - find artist that you really like and make Master copied just to learn - and of course give credit to whom you copied. And I would add paint from a balance between the analytical and the imaginary - paint from the # heart-mind - look at a lot of art and look at art from different cultures and from all known art- history

[@ClepsidraSideral]

12:16 I totally agree with you! 👏🏼

[@marcpaull39]

I’m so grateful that I don’t have to worry about Mountain Lions!

[@kilgoretrout2046]

Coach, your advice is invaluable… but may I ask you a question… was there any coffee in that cup?

[@jonroads8281]

Great video, very inspiring.

[@paintcoach]

Thanks so much!

[@Kanelle88]

One of your tips is don't paint from bad photos. That's an issue for me. Some of my older or departed relatives have very few photos from certain periods of their lives. My grandfather on my dad's side only had one picture taken in the last five years of his life. (Just as an example.. he died mid 1960's) He died when my father was only fourteen so that is the man dad remembers, not the younger man in the other rare photos. That one photo is partially washed out from an overhead sun. Anyways, if I ever get good at portrait painting, replicating the people in those photos onto canvas would be my primary goal. Do you perhaps have any tips or tricks that might compensate for the various issues one would encounter from painting from bad photos? Heck how about painting from a photo where someone is cross-eyed or wrinkling their nose... is there a good way of editing those things out? Also a little off topic but that tea/coffee pot thingy on your desk looks like it would be fun to paint... I see why you have it.

[@ralfo33152]

I have done paintings from really bad photos ( portraits) and they came out fairly good, not great. It just takes a lot more time and work. If you have a lot of experience in portrait painting it can be done fairly successfully. Certainly, don’t recommend it, though.

[@diogeneslantern18]

Chris has a Moka Pot because it makes the best coffee.

[@LukeVisinoni]

I didnt believe anybody could just naturally paint or do anything just naturally either. And then I tried oil painting. My third painting (the first one I finished) was pretty damn good. And I seem to get better considerably with every painting. Same thing happened with drawing except it was a little slower. I was drawing and drawing for weeks and was totally unhappy with the results but then one day I went to draw my friends kids and bam it was like it just clicked and. suddenly I could draw to my own satisfaction. It has been a really strange trip. I started oil painting like 3 months ago and I am already completely comfortable selling my work. Nothing in my entire life has come so easy to me and most things come easy to me. Oil painting has been just about the strangest turn of my entire life. Because I'm obsessed with it now, but I didn't have to work for it. Usually things that come so easy are boring. But it isn't I love it. I'm not as good as Chris. I'm probably not as good as quite a few of his students. But I feel like my improvement has been almost miraculous. Ive never seen anything like it. Truly bizarre. I'm not even saying this to brag. I have no explanation for it. I just find it to be unbelievably strange. So much so that I doubt many will even believe ,it. But that's ok. Anyway, your shows great Chris thanks for doing what you do.

[@dangrossheider7304]

Got the name. Cool

[@sarahanimations8560]

So I come from a watercolor background trying my best to learn oil painting so I have 2 questions. Number the first, so when I taught myself watercolor I found that I had 2 glasses of water. One to clean my brush and another of clean water to not mix my colors as I pulled them. Should I be using my paint thinner to clean my brush? Ive noticed that when I do, the rest of my colors become muddy as I add paint thinner to them. Should I just get another container of clean paint thinner to pull from or how do I clean my bushes between colors? Second, what do you do with the excess paint on your palette? I use a lot of paint and find myself with still a lot of paint on my palette cause I havent used it all and it feels wasteful to just throw it away...

[@loati94]

Wipe off the brush with a rag or paper towels as much as you can every time you rinse it or change color hues. Unlike watercolor, the brush doesn't need to be wet or moist unless you need that thinner in the paint. As to the paint in the palette, try squeezing less paint at first and replenish as you use it up. If there's still much leftover you can use it the following days because it can takes couple of days to dry. Sometimes the leftover paint creates a dry film on top but if you break it the paint inside is still wet

[@sarahanimations8560]

@@loati94 awesome, that is really good to know. Thank you ^^

[@Jim202030]

Dude, your giant freaking mochapot is elite. I do the same with a French press.

[@OurGentleJourneys]

Great list. Thank you!

[@paintcoach]

Thanks!

[@OurGentleJourneys]

@@paintcoach you're welcome.

[@ralfo33152]

All good advice!

[@WkdWnch007]

I would like to be able to paint realistic looking nebulae (think end credits Star Trek "Beyond") on silk and organza....any help available for this???

[@marilynbarker8255]

What do you use to make the paints flow better?

[@rceddy]

Why choose a long flat over a short flat and vice versa? Is there a reason to use one over the other?

[@DizzySkunk]

I haven't painted in 30 years (wanted to devote time to child raising). Now the children are growing up enough, I want to get back into painting but I can't remember how/why to use mediums and I can't find specifics. I would normally paint in increments, not an entire painting in one day. Any advice?

[@claires9100]

Yours is exactly my situation too. So I watched all his youtubes, and especially took his advice of trying to paint something everyday and not to care about the bad paintings. It's more important to get into the habit and devote a space and have it than it is to work on one big painting that I might give up on eventually. So I've been painting along with his little studies. Like the apples and lemons. I do each one a couple of times until I learn from a bunch of mistakes. I am getting more confidence as I go. Really tho, it is a matter of just practicing. So much fun. Best of luck to you!

[@DizzySkunk]

@@claires9100 I've kept up on drawing over the years since that doesn't consume me as much as painting would. I could literally spend days painting and not eat or have much awareness of time. So, art was channelled elseware over the years. Now, I must get back to painting. I feel like I never should've set it aside for so long.

[@claires9100]

@@DizzySkunk good for you. But don't say you "shouldn't have"... you were busy with other things. Life's projects come in cycles and now that the kids are older, we have more time. Glad you will be enjoying it again!

[@wcwindom56]

do you have any vids on painting fabric folds on here?

[@JTonyArts]

I’m constantly promoting process over product. The hike out to paint is worth the effort in itself regardless of the painting you bring home. We are here to paint, not to have a painting. You can buy a painting. You can’t buy the process of painting. Process over product.

[@tinkerquinn8580]

Why do you want personally like alizarin Crimson & Lemon Yellow. Instead of cad red & cad yellow? :)

[@paintcoach]

No real reason. Sometimes I use cad red instead

[@oldgold5848]

@@paintcoach alizarin probably gives you some brighter oranges and more vivid purples when mixing than the cad red. I like a 3 primary plus white palette but with some paynes grey as well. Luvvvvvvv paynes grey!

[@yaroldimanzano2199]

Dude, do you make Cuban coffee in that coffee maker? The best thing for paint long... :)

[@marikeengel]

I honestly think that unless you have studied (played with and experimented with) the primary colours and mixing your own you should not be buying exotic colours...it might sound silly but it’s the same as buying brushes you don’t need...het comfortable with mixing your own colours from the primaries and understand what those colours are made up of, only then can you know if you NEED leaf green or magenta instead of viridian and alizarin crimson kind of vibes...if I’m making sense

[@jamiegossett]

get a battery/chargery/generator, a motion detector or two, and an alarm and place it where a mountain lion would approach, and you can rest assured it won't pounce without you know it's there first. a loud buzzar will probably scare it off, but will alert you of it's approach first.

[@kylecarinelli9132]

I practice drawing and painting but if i want to get my drawing up on a bigger canvas fast I will trace

[@comunidadbitcoin2050]

Alizarin crimson pr83 is not lighfast. It will fade. Better to use prrmanent crimson pr177 and better yet pr122 or pv19 Cheers.

[@crypticart508]

True

[@charlesreidy2765]

I like Alizarin Crimson as my primary red, too, but I'm concerned when I read that it is much less permanent than other pigments. Some of your paintings are so good that I assume you want them to outlive you.

[@dalya35]

Thank u 🙏🏻❤️

[@laterdudesaint]

I paint out of 6 cans of paint from the hardware store with 2 dollar brushes . One painting a day, 228 so far this year, take a short vid and pic then cover it over and start a new one. It's not important to be in a gallery, sell paintings, get accolades,, it's important to paint.

[@johncoulter8023]

I see way too much #7 out there. I'm not satisfied with my ability to do the style of painting I want to be good at. But I'm not going to take the easy path and just say that "these aren't mistakes. This is just my style." I see this is so many "artists". Pay your dues and get wonderful at the style you know you love and the level to impress yourself. Pay your dues.

[@timov13]

Hey could you please link the music playing in the background?

[@lostinthefaq]

Did you have a cup of coffe out of that? Dude go easy on caffeine ahahah

[@uasiqueira1529]

Que poxa eles não traduzem mais, que ruim, mas parabéns pelo trabalho Deus continue abençoando.

[@Imbojay]

I agree with the point that less colors is better but it’s worth nothing for the theory of it that you can’t actually get every color from the primaries right

[@InternetLawman]

That Nicholas Cage painting is the greatest thing I've seen in a while.

[@AmandaMG6]

I wonder what the last head looks like …. 🤔

[@lifeismusicparnadonkers]

I draw allot of whit mideaval knights whit wapon shield,knights on horses and landscapes whit mideaval theme,s

[@renatab8293]

I am sure you already know this, but a filmmaker once told me, always make real coffee when you are filming. People notice the steam, or lack of it.

[@paintcoach]

Hahah there actually is coffee in it I swear

[@renatab8293]

@@paintcoach Hehehehhe I suspected that, sometimes it just doesnt steam

[@claygreen4723]

What kind of coffee pot is that? You're the third painter I've seen on KZbin with the same type! Is that the secret to getting better?

[@freedom65ec]

That is a Cuban coffee maker. Popular in Florida.

[@RealHogweed]

It’s a moka, look it up

[@lisavento7474]

PROCESS primaries are best as some reds are already contaminated w yellow...so getting a book like BLUE AND YELLOW DONT MAKE GREEN is crucial to learn color theory. Adding white to color to lighten is a bad crutch, like adding milk to colored water. Learn color mixing before wasting a ton of bad batches of muck

[@damianc80]

Actually cobalt teal, quinacradone magenta, and cadmium yellow is better

[@witam9425]

i love you