Redefining REALISM: Painting what you DON'T see.

Join me in the studio where I turn an almost unpaintable reference photo into a large realistic figure painting for a Gallery Show.
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[@AlpayEfe]

Finally back 💪😁… and I’ve got some exciting things coming up! Support the channel over at Patreon.com/alpayefe (xoxo to all my supporters) Grab a Limited Edition print at AlpayEfe.com/store 🙌

[@Fatima.Abdulrahman_art98]

👍👏👏

[@tamaragoldencrown2150]

You are absolutely amazing at your craft. She is beautiful

[@landreeall]

I dont know about others but when he trow that paint on the drawing it make it look not modern abtract, just make the actual painting loose the mistery and unicity. Makes it cartoonish and not elegant

[@ChantelleArts]

I hadn’t really thought about how older paintings appear like realism but aren’t, that’s really interesting 🤔

[@panic007]

you are honestly one of the very few art channels i that i watch these days, its nice to see the art community on yt isnt completely dead, keep up brother

[@AlpayEfe]

I’m not giving up 😅🫶

[@panic007]

@@AlpayEfe go for it!

[@bibinoojen]

​@@AlpayEfe happy to hear this, you're my favorite fine art KZbinr. Love hearing your philosophical thoughts on art and being an artist. Was worried when you put out the video about the algorithm!

[@Karen-ig6bp]

I SO agree. This channel keeps me sane and honestly not dying soon. Thank you for keeping the videos coming.

[@deniselisboa1]

i think this is one of my favorite things about paintings that aren't photorealistic but still look realistic. you can dig through it, you can find details you won't find in real life. nothing is predictable, the brushstrokes play tricks with your mind and that's fun and impressive to me.

[@spookydance]

Mir tut es gut, Videos - von tollen Künstlern wie du einer bist, zu sehen und zu hören, dass auch du manchmal Schwierigkeiten hast oder es noch nicht wirklich fühlst. Solche Prozesse, authentisch zu zeigen, geben vorallem Anfängerinnen wie mir unglaublich viel Mut und Verständnis. Danke!🌱🙌

[@igavinwood]

A lesson I learnt was that art is personal and no matter what I thought about what I produced it was never what the person viewing it felt, or saw. Funny how a mistake you try to hide becomes the "wow" thing for the viewer, while it drives you mad. :) Lovely work, as always, both on the canvas and in the edit.

[@AlpayEfe]

That’s exactly true 😂

[@liormazuz5812]

I really relate to what you said about realising painting exactly what you see realistically won’t get you as far as you probably want as an artist. On another note, The art on this video is exquisite ! I love the silk dress and it’s colour 🤌🏼

[@AlpayEfe]

🙏😄

[@Djoarhet001]

Alpay Efe: advocating to abandon perfectionism Also Alpay Efe: making the video exactly 10 minutes long On a serious note, you make it look so easy. I've just started painting, so I'm very much focused on getting everything exactly like my reference. And I'm getting it pretty close but it feels very... idk... paint by numbers..? I'm gonna try a more loose approach next time. Great video!

[@cree8vision]

Come on. This painting turned out great. It's such an interesting composition with the subject turned away from the audience. The hair is beautifully painted, the blue dress is striking. All you need to do is fill in the background.

[@VDArtworks]

Realism is a captivating journey into life and nature. It's the beauty of not knowing the destination but having confidence in its direction. This art form unravels the mysteries of life, making it both engaging and recreational. While not always precise, realism creates a unique emotional connection that sets it apart from other styles.

[@tamy.g_art]

Love your take on "reality". This is something I learned recently. The best seemingly realistic drawings don't get into detail that much, it's really mostly cheating. And it's so much easier to do it that way.

[@LiobaBrueckner]

The painting is so so beautiful!!!

[@coriolix]

I learned to power through the "ugly" phase of paintings instead of abandoning them too early. It helped me to understand how to improve. But yeah, some paintings are just trash paintings and cannot be saved at all. 🤣 I really liked the sheen of the fabric. The vertical format and subject matter remind me of John Singer Sargent. 😊

[@dhabitahpunk]

I think just doing loads of paintings and experimenting will help. My painting process always have that ugly phase but since I've done so many portraits, I know the end result will be way better than the ugly phase, and knowing this makes it so much easier to power through.

[@sandiq6551]

Your brush handling is lyrical and fascinating to watch! Glad you stuck with this one and shared it ❤

[@AlpayEfe]

Thank you so much!

[@andreafraser5631]

I've been an artist all my life. This year I'm finally trying to be an Artist who sells her art. Wish me luck Alpay👍 Also you are definitely the artist who influences me a bunch so thanks for sharing and creating art

[@AlpayEfe]

Good luck!!

[@MrDuLukes]

That's a brave step, good luck!

[@andreafraser5631]

@@MrDuLukes thanks 🤗

[@artistrywepons1973]

I would love it if you could include a flying bird playing with the woman's hair in the painting, if you like the idea. 😊❤"

[@KalaKriti-tz2pe]

Let's see 🕊️

[@DivyaKumari-yl1rx]

I'm excited! It sounds like fun

[@ShashiArtistry]

it could be interesting. However, it's a different choice from the artist's original intention.

[@0mnom]

This looks a hell of a lot like Bernadette Banner. Beautiful as always x

[@miss_pancake]

Good to catch your vid just as you posted, viewability as soon as possible helps the algorithm.

[@AlpayEfe]

Thanks for that!

[@Pherenikei]

_so beautiful it takes my breath away_

[@PrincessHeathaB]

Beautiful. The hair is particularly gorgeous.

[@miss_pancake]

Thank you, as always great video editing, narration, and of course... painting! :)

[@AlpayEfe]

Glad you enjoyed it! 😊

[@simonlahdo8755]

Alpay, vielen Dank für solch ein schönes Video! Deine Kunst spricht für sich und ist einzigartig. Was mir jedoch seit Anbeginn auffiel ist, dass du solch eine hohe Qualität ablieferst! Deine Videos, die Belichtung, die Schnitte, der Dialog mit uns Zuschauern - Wahnsinn. Liebe Grüße aus Wiesbaden!

[@AlpayEfe]

Ich danke dir!

[@samuelpopovich5488]

That little voice in the back of your head telling you that it’s not quite right, even though your eyes tell you otherwise, is one of the most frustrating things I have ever experienced

[@sharonkinya985]

I am a self taught artist from Kenya. Been doing pencil work only now venturing into painting. Learning so much from your videos. You are a gem..I absolutely love your work..

[@artgirl28]

I’ve missed you man🥹

[@AlpayEfe]

🫶

[@claytonm4297]

I always saw realism as a recreational improvisation on life and nature. That’s the beauty of realism is that you don’t know where you’re going with the piece but you know it’s going somewhere. I think one of the reasons why realism has been such an intriguing part of art is because it opens up the mysteries of life. That’s the recreational aspect. Although realism isn’t always accurate down to the last detail, it still evokes a feeling or connection unlike any other method or style.

[@corephysicaltherapyexercis1027]

Great video and great painting! Thanks Alpay!

[@stephaniegrehan9084]

Gorgeous, as always. I'm glad you ended up liking the piece and not abandoning her, I think her hair is my favourite feature.

[@tiedupinred]

I love your art, your approach, and your accent.

[@zoha_qs]

I hope to see your work live someday

[@marieb9961]

Wow ! You are right about perfectionism 👍

[@aquarius1000]

Your artistry is wonderfully supported by your engaging storytelling and the accompanying music. A joy to watch. Thanks for sharing.

[@EduardoHenrique-nd1ro]

Breathtaking! Cheers from Brazil!

[@DQ_ArtGroupie]

Needless to say, I would LOVE to have seen the abysmal reference you kept trashing throughout. It would have been fun to see what specifically you disliked so much about the reference, and where the reference left off, and your license took over. Your painting turned out really well, including the face in the first stage.

[@briochesama4837]

I'm a digital artist and I do genuinely love watching your videos. I've been drawing for years now and I'm at the point where I need help with how I think while I create, it started to feel stressful and not engaging anymore. Your videos are one of the reasons I managed to break out of a personal art hiatus. Your insights help me readdress what I want for myself and what I should push myself towards. And for that, I have to say thank you. I especially like videos where you go into not even being sure if you'll like the result but trying anyways.

[@androidangel787]

Stunning work

[@Chunkyduckling]

I also have found I loved my art more when I stopped comparing details with the reference. You are great, keep it up! 😊❤

[@kate_c_]

I also love how her hair is falling down her back. It almost looks in motion, like she had just unclipped her hair and then quickly put her arms back down 😍 It would be sooooo cooooooool to see you do a Lilith painting!! Lilith in your style as an epic large painting...that would be mind-blowing! 🤩🥰

[@AlpayEfe]

Right!!😁

[@Lazarusart]

😂😂😂😅 this guy, always worth watching for a good laugh.

[@vince-1337]

Old master painting look realists but they bring precise composition, shapes design and creative values pattern for escape hyperrealism/photo reference style. The result bring some soul and interest into subject. That why we call them "Masters".

[@kathleenkaleookalanismith8724]

I’m not a great artist like you and I don’t really have any real training at art but I did realize early on that creating emotions in my work was way more important than creating perfection which I obviously couldn’t do because I’m not a great artist 😂🫶🏽🫶🏽🫶🏽

[@patricias5926]

You were just starting and I was like ; WOW! Hahaha with the hair , so beautiful, and the details of the dress the shoulder, the hard part of the shadows of the back , just Wow!. ✨🤯💜.

[@dimkongtoranin3521]

You are a true inspiration to me. Every time I see your videos and you share your decision making and doubts as you create your art, it makes me want to paint.

[@tolkienfan1972]

Well I love it, for whatever that's worth. 😊

[@mr.motionschannel3251]

@AlpayEfe I really enjoy your videos and even your advice. You're very talented sir, and I'll be praying for you everyday that God will pour out his blessings on you. So God bless you sir

[@donpertuit1243]

This first time I watched your ut channel love it. Your voice is awesome. And your painting as well !!

[@lostsoldier212]

I am never surprised but always amazed at how very good you are as an artist. Thanks for sharing this video. The advice came at the right time too

[@AlpayEfe]

Thanks 🫶🙏

[@Rae.Queron]

Thank you for sharing. 👩🏼‍🎨

[@AnushkaChoudhary-sz5cq]

It's amazing. I loved it...

[@Dan-xx5jq]

I like it. Great job!

[@gutsman85_86]

"I may not know art, but I know what I like!" I think it looks great! 🐧

[@browyn011]

Modern day Rembrandt. I am awestruck.

[@ivanasabin42]

Хорошая работа и легко смотрится. И музыка и звук настраивает на творчество. Thank you.

[@adrivoulgarellis]

Thank you Alpay, your art & videos content is beautifully awesome! 👏🏻

[@philipmurphy2]

Glad to see you, Art is always worth looking at.

[@daniellecreme1133]

You always nail it! I love her ❤

[@nadaalshehri5327]

This is my favorite art channel on KZbin! I LOVE your paintings! I fell in love with the dress and its color and I'm going to try to recreate it.

[@stratovolcano7813]

Beautiful work as always, you’re such an inspiration!!

[@arias4316]

Favorite artist on KZbin, for sure. Every time I watch your videos I get a new inspiration to create. It's not just your art but your dialogue as well. Thank you

[@virginiaburgerlago]

Always elegant, sophisticated, professional and the real artist struggle. Thank you again for a lovely video.

[@riannaalvarado8961]

LOVE this video! So much said in a short time but then again your videos always make me think!

[@hiddenwings91]

Wait, It tells a really good story, I wish you would have continued. I love the mystery it creates.

[@MakeArtBae]

This is how I’ve been feeling! Just gonna keep working at it!

[@cathystockton2721]

Always WOW

[@adriftinmidgard]

Beautiful work.

[@jibble9168]

The curls remind me of Leyendecker, the way you really broke them up into chunks and digestible shapes but kept the realism.

[@CarterSams]

I did enjoy the painting session, thank you. It is helpful and interesting to hear your thought process too.

[@santipoggi]

Aaron Blaise always says "don't be enslaved with your reference" it's better to try going further from what you originally see, with that been said, I struggle a lot with this as I always want to be precise with the reference proportions and tones, never pushing forward, something I'm tryin' to change

[@NourinVlogs720]

Very good painting😍😍😍😍🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨🎨

[@jonathanallen4169]

Your work is ways really great and your art philosophy is inspiring

[@simon_1138]

Awesome as always love it 👍👍👍👍 looking forward to what's coming up

[@ARTyPaintHaG]

Brilliant commentary and incredible editing - must take hours of prep and structured thinking about what to say - I’m just starting to do art Videos myself, so I really appreciate how difficult to do these are 🖌️ 👏👏👏👏👏

[@magiccheeseball]

I just found you i can see you are a wonderful artist and not just with paint but with words!

[@lrich1179]

❤great painting great video you’re the only artist I follow on a regular basis Can’t wait for your next video

[@michaeljohnangel6359]

An excellent video! Really good (and honest) insights. Thanks!!!!!

[@samliveshere88]

cant wait for that lillith painting

[@ryuclarkart9408]

I love d hair too.

[@YenDraws]

awesome painting! Best editing!🤩👏👏

[@SaldanhaXP]

amazing painting

[@anjachronicles7113]

❤ you teach me alot apaye

[@georgedemings3133]

Such a great talent, love your work.🤠😃

[@SilenwayART]

Very cool! I like😍😍😍

[@maedekelaye]

Hello, my dear friend, thank you for the useful training you have. I learned a lot from you and I will be with you. I hope you will be more successful day by day.❤

[@daris232]

Really beautiful.

[@sujanithtottempudi2991]

i believe...all artists should be like scientists...very experimental to find what they are aligned to do! This in the beginning is exciting...in the middle frustra😢...at the end... definitely useful and beneficial..the other day i did a clay mural..then experimented different moulding materials...failed twice...had to curate clean my mural again..wanted to give up clay as medium...but then counselled myself and now researched more ...doing now the final attempt..which is going better. I m aware my psychological patterns nowadays..so less frustration i think

[@farahaljobory1296]

it's beautiful 👏🏻👏🏻

[@calyrein]

Love this - I paint wildlife/animal art myself and I try and achieve the same as you, instead of trying to exactly replicate a photo (which already exists, so why bother) I like to play around with colours, textures and composition to create interest, whilst still within the boundaries of realism. Something that is clearly a painting, not a photo, I find much more pleasing to look at. Often people still comment like "it looks like a photo!" which I know it doesn't, but I'll still take it as a compliment. Love looking at old master's work for inspiration.

[@erinlewis8150]

Exactly! Sometimes I wonder if I'm making art if I'm just replicating a photo.

[@cynthieful]

this was such a good video because I also struggle with this as someone who paints from reference pictures. I feel like a big part of being an artist is just training yourself :D training to use colours, training your mindset, training with different mediums and techniques.. but I suppose that's where the fun is, too

[@mads_]

As I've always been more on the realism side of art, 6:44 will stick with me for the rest of my life. Also, as a D4 fan I can't describe how incredibly excited I am for your current 'irrational and over-the-top' project!! 🖤❤

[@prajaktajoshi1833]

Vry nice n awesome painting, usually I m also draw n paint side profile face , I like the colour

[@allenvoss7977]

In my opinion, that composition called for an open back dress with possibly a very interesting tattoo.

[@MrMjp58]

Excellent.

[@Abby.FineArt]

This is very inspiring... 😌🥰

[@jeanettekamphuisofartistic1414]

Inspirational

[@finawatsonart]

The perfect video for me at the moment as this is a lesson I am grappling with. As a motorsport artist, the temptation is to try to recreate the reference photo in hyper realism, yet what is the point in that, I want to create something inspired by the amazing photographers I am lucky to work with, not an exact copy of their image.

[@ruyiyuenart]

I think this painting turned out beautifully! It makes me wonder, it's always the pieces that we don't care for much about seem to get most appreciation from others and the ones that we're most proud of sometimes gets glazed over. Does the level detachment we have to a Work make us more free in our approach?

[@maureenpenton-theartofthedraw]

Great job as always. We are our own worst critics!🤟

[@prichardgs]

Exactly!!!!!

[@joshuamowdy9230]

Hello. It's been awhile Alpay my friend. I must extend my own artistic impression of how this could have worked better. Paint her large. This would not only have honed the development you seek admittedly. It would have brought more depth to her and the painting in total. But who am I sazsßhhhh To say. Good luck.

[@donmanking835]

Big man! Mad skills there cuz! I teach the youth creative classes as an outlet in the streets of London. Your work is pure fire! We watch your vids in our classes, mad inspiration all day! Much love from all the young creative minds of London. I want to shout out my home boi Young Razor a.k.a One Shot Jamal who showed me your videos. If your ever in London it would be wild to do a collab with the youth and some fresh charity start ups. All proceeds we hussle up go to helping the underprivileged kids on London. Big love Don Man King a.k.a Swish Joey