This SIMPLE EXERCISE Will Change the Way you PAINT - Values and Blending Tutorial

[@madalynnewton2897]

I'm such a blender. Great teaching, I didn't do it very well but I'll keep at it and listen to you again.

[@ou1l]

this exercise is actually one of the few exercises that really transitioned me to painting,, in fact whenever i feel burn out or the dreaded art block, i usually resort to this exercise along with negative space exercise and blind drawing to get my momentum back. these exercises REALLY trains your eyes to /see/ 😅 (AND you can even do them as quick as 5 minutes!)

[@alexia5316]

Thanks for that! I am always looking for ways to get me back into drawing/painting and those three exercises sound fun!

[@ou1l]

@@alexia5316 goodluck on ur art journey! ☺️☺️

[@JohnnyArtPavlou]

One of the best painting lessons I’ve ever seen.

[@wifsk484]

It might not have been long for most people out there but in the 10/15 years ive been drawing/artsy stuff i never thought of painting like sculpting and now that im thinking about it i cant actually wait to aply it tomorrow first thing when i wake up

[@Jay34k]

Excellent video and exercise. There's something so satisfying and empowering about techniques like these. I can't wait to internalize this process

[@idkjustleavemebeplease]

I clicked because your hoodie made you look like an astronaut, I stayed because your calm voice and clear concise explanation. Thank you, good sir.

[@jodysmaggus1862]

This just blew my mind

[@everettehungerford2858]

I'm getting back into painting and I needed to watch this. Thank you so much for all of your thoughtful content!

[@JackDespero]

Fantastic exercise. Also I find it funny that even when you try to "fail", you still get something that looks good for the untrained eye.

[@pauls3696]

Brilliant brilliant brilliant that's all I can say thankyou so much for this info brilliant I'm subscribing

[@sallyfinch540]

Blurring my eyes on your final result looks perfect! Amazing!

[@marcelacastillo2580]

Gracias, gracias, gracias.

[@NiinaSKlove]

- Interesting! ‘Blending happens when the structure of the value masses are established.’ Reminds me of my old vocal coach/singing teacher. - She gave me similar advice when I started working with her. She said: ‘When you master the basics of singing, the structure, you’re free to play around with different techniques, and also you’ll be a more confident singer once you master the fundamentals of singing. - Only then could I blend different sounds, using my singing voice in a more personal way. You’ll have a solid fundament to stand on. 😊

[@bodawei425]

Great exercise, very useful. Merci et a bientot dans une prochaine video!

[@ShruthiLakshminarayana]

Loved this lesson, Thank you

[@KimCameraArtist]

What an excellent video!! I have understood the concept intellectually (shapes of light and dark creating form) and tried to apply it in my painting, but I've never taken this approach. I actually use the posterize filter on photoshop as an aid to see the shapes, but I've never done an exercise applying paint that way. Definitely going to do this!! Makes so much sense!! I'm struggling with an oil portrait now (definitely value soup). I'm going to try this exercise with it. Thank you again for the 'ah-ha' moment!!

[@auroracontreras2554]

I'll try to apply these knowledge in my digital painting

[@sydene54]

this is very helpful, thank you so much

[@shavedsunglasses]

Excellent Lesson ! Thank you

[@DianeCogburn]

❤wonderful lesson!!!

[@charleouel9012]

Interesting tips I usually draw with a basic push pencil 0.7mm So I guess you can use like no hatching, some hatching and like full black trying that on pencil? Still it interesting since for the most parth the noob will want to do the multiple values really quickly I know I do that alot trying t push a tone of value too quickly and I lose the key value and some area are like less dark than an other when it should be darker it end up looking weird. Any way I might try it out sometime.

[@thanifee7630]

Thank you Florent. I am an art school student and have not had this broken down and explained so thoroughly before. Yr brilliant!

[@mohrkatja8923]

Thank you for sharing your art to do art.. It helps me so much ..so very well done 👍🙏🏽🦋

[@hectorherrera8316]

Thanks a lot!

[@VAPIDISM]

Very helpful and well explained, thank you.

[@IttyBitty412]

I'm trying to find something I did YEARS ago in school, where we painted faces but with the black and white and gray values. I wanna find that exact lesson, the way I child would learn it too because I suck at art hahah

[@el8638]

I'd love to see the effect that would accure if you were to just blend the three-vlaue stage. Great video as always!!!

[@charleshammel8541]

You got yourself another subscriber. Well done. I've picked up painting casually over covid and this is exactly the lesson I needed to more confidently attempt pseudorealistic works as opposed to abstract forms. Thanks much

[@janapeony8561]

love your vids,so helpful

[@wolfgangtoeglhofer1710]

Perfect tutorial

[@AwesTube]

I always prefer acrylics for these kind of studies because of the quick drying times force me to be more decisive with my brush strokes

[@Jezz_Mcfly]

Excellent ! - Thanks ✌

[@brendadevlin5588]

Very helpful, well explained and demonstrated. Thank you. Off now to try the exercise.

[@susanarodrigues7189]

Thank you Florent 💗 I love your content and the background music is on point.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thanks, glad you like my work. 😊✨

[@ryanagallagher4013]

Very helpful thank you

[@christele8311]

Merci pour ces précieux conseils

[@FlorentFargesarts]

De rien Christèle 😊🙏

[@PurpleHazel]

I did it tonight with acrylics! I felt like I learnt a lot!!

[@MsCristina38]

This was super generous of you! I really appreciate your lesson, learned so much. You are the BEST!

[@Travis-no3wh]

Another fantastic, informative video. Thank you.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

You're so welcome 👍😁

[@RattaBagatta]

extremely useful for digital painting too, thank you 🖌

[@Sharkdog11b]

What did you drip into it at 5:36?

[@MrFishChamp]

so helpful ty ty ty

[@gideonscheepers4340]

Stunning!! Thank you so much! This was a major help!! Now to attempt one for myself :D

[@jumperstartful]

I learned about values when I took a class in black and white photography back in the 70's. Excellent theory class. Looked at a lot of back and white photographers. You really appreciated how Ansel Adams perfected his craft. The richness of his photographs was amazing. A friend of mine bought 5 of his prints. We would sit in his living room and just stare at those prints. Beautiful.

[@ulaswierczynska4502]

Thank you 🧡

[@FlorentFargesarts]

You're welcome 😊 🙏

[@OurWisdom-10]

Always sharing great content! Thanks Florent 👌

[@sebrij]

bro you look as if linustech went to art school in an alternate reality

[@PurpleHazel]

super thanks!

[@sl1151]

When you blend do you use a dry clean brush?

[@Engelhafen]

I kinda liked the style of the blended one 🙈

[@noobatredstone3001]

This is an exercise.. you can still blend when painting normally

[@almostcracked]

what's the black box you are using?

[@cynthiamarston2208]

Thank you!

[@PaulMacklinAmazing]

Great video

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thank you 😊🙏

[@thomcarr7021]

I would like to see a video on how the painting at .021 was done.

[@chronic.dementia]

our minds are incapable of grasping such levels of painting techniques 😆

[@thomcarr7021]

@@chronic.dementia Well it would be a challenge no doubt. But with Florent Farges full course, thousands of hours and some help by Cecilia Gimenez, it might be close by a few determined souls.

[@jybutbynyn]

thank you

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Most welcome 😊👍

[@kentjensen4504]

Wonderful video.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Thank you so much 😊 🙏

[@jeffhreid]

Enjoyed the video. Thank you.

[@enriquegomez3275]

hi Florent. thanks for sharing your knowledge. excellent video . If a person uses photoshop in the posterize option to help us see those tonal planes, is it valid and useful? Cheers

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Absolutely, if can be a great help. Could have mentioned it actually, now that I think about it. 👍😊

[@gunnarg8074]

u are amazing

[@jumanas4012]

hi i am self learn artist , Do i need a black box to train my eyes ?

[@Agnetha1221]

Hello Florence. How are you doing? I loved your intro. If only we can see the people in our lives in nuances.... More highlights, low lights and shadows, less of.... "this is the symbol or image of a perfect person/life". How much happier would we be if our expectations amd views of this life experience, weren't so "cut-out". Or rather, cut throat learned behavior. We'll see the beauty in what others call 'imperfect or flawed'. Was it Marilyn Monroe who said, "perfect is boring"? Not sure now lol. And the blending part made me think about people who don't know boundaries. Especially unhealthy relationships, where you're so codependent that you almost completely lose your own identity ("shape"). I wish I could paint like that. I'm sure I can. Who knows... Maybe one day I can do the training. Take care. Thank you for always giving me food for thought AND teach me the skills I lack as an amateur artist.

[@appy_desai]

Thankyou for sharing this from your perspective. Will definitely try this exercise 👌🏻

[@artsforallinc.2715]

I use this technique. It has changed my life

[@graphitesmiles9688]

Thank you so much it's really helpful ✨

[@marlydelopez]

😘😍😍😍😍😍😍😍😍

[@mikamika1763]

Voir est une inspection de l'esprit pour Descartes.

[@FlorentFargesarts]

Exactement, et parfois, paradoxalement, ça rend le travail plus compliqué pour l'art figuratif parce que l'esprit rationnel s'en mêle et on projette ce que lon sait sur ce que l'on voit.

[@mikamika1763]

@@FlorentFargesarts Merci pour ta pédagogie. Pourrais tu donner un petit coup de pouce a ce jeune peintre que je découvre a peine, il n'a que 700 abonnés, et ça ne rend pas justice à la qualité de son travail, il pourrait profiter de ta plus grande audience. Merci!!

[@mikamika1763]

Que je suis con...si je te transmets pas son nom...😏Samuel Hoskins

[@yoankaka3167]

thanks!!!! really helpful video:)

[@RisingUtopiaTarot]

Thank you for this great exercise, and perfect video ! I have a question: when you say blending comes after, to soften the hard edges, it only goes for the alla prima technique right? I personally paint with layers, and if I make the mistake of not blending while still wet (and I have to be fast coz using liquin), it’s quite hard to avoid the edges seing through on the next layer. It only cost another layer 😅 And we know that we can’t play with different mediums, such as starting with linseed/standoil then a top layer with liquin… What would you do?

[@FlorentFargesarts]

I would suggest that you blend before it dries, alla prima or not. When I say in the end it just means when values are accurate. The order is more a hierarchy or priorities, with time and experience you do all at once. So blend before it dries whenever possible.

[@RisingUtopiaTarot]

@@FlorentFargesarts Merci Florent! Et pour toutes ces très bonnes vidéos (qualité et contenu) ;)

[@BlecQ]

1.5x speed is a must here

[@tomhoang4895]

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

[@basthejokester]

Most Irish looking frenchman with that ginger beard I've seen so far

[@christianiliev3493]

Although i struggle with soft edge tuning to hard edge i keep doing it and then i wonder why is this not working.

[@aleksandraschermann6033]

It is annoying, not to see the source foto to compare to the painting being made.

[@franciscoreza8295]

Pakde?

[@sudheerm4071]

The guy looks like a video game character

[@SigneofHorses]

Clicked for the tutorial and excersize, got a whole lot of in-depth chatting. Clicked away. Was looking for a more concise video I guess.

[@1DolFAN]

Uuuuh the one u have the X by is the better one. I don't know what your looking at

[@TheClassyAmerican]

It’s not saying which one is better looking, it’s saying which one is better for beginning to practice values

[@weilzudope]

wrong, painting is about good shapes.

[@noobatredstone3001]

@@weilzudope you’re wrong. Painting may be about good shapes, but the lips by the X look better. The other lips are just an exercise

[@artsforallinc.2715]

Some artists ask how I paint realistically and I tell them and they still won’t try

[@kram9850]

i was wondering where this dude went on my feed, turn out wasnt subcribed :)

[@SunAlfiChannel]

yo its jokowi meme

[@tvtvvtvt8017]

Holy shit I'm drunk

[@melpot4296]

Ummmmmmmm, NO. I absolutely LOVE blending, and i HATE when people try and tell artists they HAVE to do something a certain way and if they dont then its wrong. DO IT HOWEVER YOU LIKE, DONT LISTEN TO PEOPLE LIKE THIS, BLEND BLEND BLEND IF THATS WHAT YOU LOVE TO do

[@kroustyman]

Florent : "check out this technique that helps for realism" Random person : "OMG you are oppressing me"

[@coletakahashi5815]

Stop telling people that doing art wrong and there’s only one way to and that is way. Art is self expression and as such there is “ wrong “ to do art. Don’t you ever get sick thinking you know everything? I know I do.

[@3ngan498]

After all these years I'm still a beginner 🥲

[@lordlem]

What an excellent video!! I have understood the concept intellectually (shapes of light and dark creating form) and tried to apply it in my painting, but I've never taken this approach. I actually use the posterize filter on photoshop as an aid to see the shapes, but I've never done an exercise applying paint that way. Definitely going to do this!! Makes so much sense!! I'm struggling with an oil portrait now (definitely value soup). I'm going to try this exercise with it. Thank you again for the 'ah-ha' moment!!

[@alkorngrigA41]

Thank you!