This is how I start paintings as well :). The initial "wash" makes a huge difference getting the lines to flow, and being able to lift out the highlights brings the underpainting to life in the early stages. I cannot remember who first showed me this method, and like you say it's not painting by numbers, much more fun. Combined with "wipe-out" technique allows the composition to be corrected much easier than trying to correct an edge later.
@sarahdescoteaux18402 ай бұрын
This is my favorite part of the process. I don't do this with every painting, but definitely with more complex subjects.
@rogercawkwell5413 Жыл бұрын
This is a technique that I've used from time to time, but your video focused my understanding of its benefits. I think I will be using it much more in future.
@sylvain_st_pierre_2019 Жыл бұрын
video toujours magnifique. Merci
@marioangelsamaniego Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!
@dreonthetube Жыл бұрын
Thank you for this video! It came at the perfect time since I'm just starting my final painting project for my 2nd yr painting course in uni.
@henriquejanuario881 Жыл бұрын
Great class! Thanks a lot for sharing!!!!
@stephenfularz7573 Жыл бұрын
Good painting advice.
@c.goddess Жыл бұрын
You are so passionate ! I love it
@afrafathin Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing. This is helping me a lot!
@triconcert Жыл бұрын
Spot on! Thx
@Isamolle Жыл бұрын
Thanks!
@jujubecarver3435 Жыл бұрын
I learn so much with each of your videos!
@rodeastell3615 Жыл бұрын
Thank you for the video and your continued inspiration.
@robertradocha6871 Жыл бұрын
Amazing Video 💕💯🎨🎨🎨 great teaching, thank YOU very very much 🙏🙏😊
@andrewcheng6436 Жыл бұрын
Been binging your stuff all day. Thank you so much for the inspiration ❤
@JonathanVordermark10 ай бұрын
I use a similar process to lay in a painting. I also use a hair dryer to hasten the drying time if I wish to remove excess thinner if I want to draw immediately rather than wait.
@EasyZee69 Жыл бұрын
Wonderful video, very informative. Thank you for making this, it's inspiring. I want to grab a canvas now and try this technique.
@tthomas184 Жыл бұрын
This is also a useful technique for those of us who paint in Acrylic . I look at this as useful to have in ones toolkit, but like most things, it depends on the project. Using burnt umber and ultramarine blue to make black has always struck me as using an expensive paint to create the look of a cheap paint. For me, I'll stick with Mars black, especially if used for the underpainting. I can always mix in a bit of color if need be.
@nadyoshna6781 Жыл бұрын
Really good dude!
@fotolookconde Жыл бұрын
Very useful video, thank you Florent Farges!
@zarathustracave5732 Жыл бұрын
I use this depending on the painting. Sometimes the precision of the pencil is useful for stuff like geometric perspective. As an aside, and certainly not intended as a criticism, burnt umber is an extremely greedy pigment and drinks oil like a monster truck. So when used in conjunction with thinner it greatly increases the risk of paint sinking in on subsequent layers. A more prudent approach would be to use raw umber and warm it up if necessary with something like cadmium red. A book which has been a big help to me is Traditional Oil Painting by Virgil Elliot which goes into the technical stuff regarding materials.
@shuvoDhar.5537 Жыл бұрын
Very nice❤❤❤
@Rbkamel Жыл бұрын
underpainting techniqe is great for begginers thank you for the video
@ladygwarth Жыл бұрын
Although I don’t paint with oils at the moment, I still love your vidoes and it was lovely to see you on a video I saw on You Tube about the secrets of Leonardo da Vinci😊.
@socratesthecabdriver Жыл бұрын
Always love watching and listening, driving a taxi all the chemicals I breathe, at can't even bring my self to actually get oils as medea, I really appreciated your acrylics advice.. and I don't care that you don't do acrylics more often and I do realize that no medea out there like oils..besides maybe watercolor just as hard as oils my understanding 🙏 thank you mister Fargas
@oneoftheninetynine3953 Жыл бұрын
Good stuff 👍
@proyectodigital7915 Жыл бұрын
You are so great, thanks for giving us so much information
@jaenmartens5697 Жыл бұрын
I like paynes grey- my problem is I fall in love with my lines and do not want to paint much further.
@jeanluc5311 Жыл бұрын
Top, merci.
@dashinvaine8 ай бұрын
What do you think about the idea of doing the wash/drawing/underpainting in (watered-down) acrylics and painting over in oils?
@M.Pommier Жыл бұрын
Thank you Florent. Have you tried liquid charcoal ? It may also be an interesting medium to use for this
@trisht5064 Жыл бұрын
brilliant thanks florent I will give this a go i use waterbased oils im not fully sure how to use them properly i think i have been making them too wet and they never dry any more than tacky not entirely sure what's wrong. i have started a canvas in acrylics but have now started using my waterbased oils thinly without water over the top to continue and so far they appear to be drying ok so maybe i have cracked it 😂 all i really understand is fat over lean i have the appropriate thiner for these oils but think in the past attempts i used too much which stopped them drying 🤷♀️
@sujanithtottempudi2991 Жыл бұрын
Did you ever try Gouache or watercolour for underpainting,
@denispolanc2973 Жыл бұрын
thanx
@guynouri Жыл бұрын
Fluid drawing well done😅
@rosemorales3135 Жыл бұрын
💙💙💙👏👏👏
@HassibNooriArt Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much for the motivation bro. But every week I get less and less views here. How do I know if I'm good? 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@stevecam988 Жыл бұрын
A layer of wash, seems counter productive to the typical use of Gesso,no?
@crypton_8l87 Жыл бұрын
Gesso is basic treatment for the canvas.. you could try this solvent wash and sketching after the gesso layer dries completely..
@johnrainsman6650 Жыл бұрын
If I post a picture I'm working on on my channel, will someone check it out and give me figure-on-ground advice?
@omnesilere Жыл бұрын
Funny I like burnt umber and dislike raw umber :p
@AstroSquidАй бұрын
I'm about halfway through the video, I decided because you're not actually showing what you're working on as an example or demo, there's no value for me to watch further.. Just my 2 cents.
@HassibNooriArt Жыл бұрын
I show the best way to start oil painting but no one watches! 🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️🤦🏻♂️
@kimyoungsoul Жыл бұрын
what do u mean? your channel?
@HassibNooriArt Жыл бұрын
Yes bro
@tumblingrosesstudio Жыл бұрын
New sub
@carolgivati73723 ай бұрын
FLORENT, WHY do you keep saying "cutters"? What on earth do you mean? Colours? Not difficult to say. Very irritating. 😢
@socratesthecabdriver Жыл бұрын
Twelfth minute 🙏 I've been sketching on the walls of my own rooftop, started the whole thing with pencil, but coloring it is the aim, thing that bugs me is, people that see it they keep telling not to color it because it might loose just that which you say, lose it's liveliness 🫨 What if I just go over it and block from my mind and adjust with the acrylics I chose to go with?