Why I Stain My Canvas - Artist Painting Advice

[@ripintandon]

I started painting only 8 months ago only, but the conversation that you do has given me so much of knowledge that my understanding of paintings and the painting techniques, amazes people. People around me are shocked to see my painting skills. Thank you so much. Your videos (Color wheel, Color mixing techniques, maintaining the abstract and learn to paint ugly are like my textbook. )

[@1974gladiateur]

Thé smarter and most generous artist out there. Thanks Mark.

[@BarbrajoanOriginals]

Thank you for this Mark, you are so helpful, and I look forward to your videos. I wondered about stained canvas as I see some painters do it all the time and others never do. I like the idea of it because from what I see I think it helps the whole painting get coordinated. And I want to start doing it. I think it will help me do better in my renewed interest in oil painting. I oil painted from when I was 15 years old . I stopped when I took up watercolor thirty years ago. I'm now 80, and the urge to take up oil again has gotten me to try. I'm loving it, taking a class at my local center. Thanks for listening and for all you do.

[@ShawNshawN]

Good points on staining the canvas. It really makes sense to figure out the background and define color. I like the idea of this.

[@GoldenReds]

Your advice is always spot on...I could never mix colours until I watched your KZbin videos. This is so useful, as I must admit...I was lazy and just started a painting straight onto a white gesso primed canvas. I wish you had a video on painting the sea\ocean, not close up waves, but as if looking across from a small cliff-top etc. I have wasted many a canvas on this... Thank you again for this great advice.

[@murderballad1154]

very wise advice mark. I like to stain mine all kinds of different shades to see what effect it might have when the painting is complete, for example i recently stained a page in my sketchbook with a pink wash and painted a white dog in oils, so that the pinks might emphasize the dogs natural skin tone underneath :) its just fun to experiment.

[@venetiancat]

Bought your stain and I just LOVE it for the reasons you mentioned. Thank you for all your helpful videos (infomercial or not ;) ) and for providing such high quality products.

[@checkyoself5210]

Wow I love that u showed the difference in color. I thank u so much I’ll sit through any ads😊

[@NatanEstivalletPaintings]

Very clear to see your point with black and white colors and its backgrounds.

[@a2-387]

Always giving good advice! You are my second favorite painting adviser just under Bob Ross. You could be tied for first place...in your next video just break for a minute and feed a baby squirrel. ☺

[@larrywakeman4371]

BOB ROSS IS THE BEST, PERIOD.... NO BLACK< BLACK< BLACK in his paintings! Sometimes he uses the black gesso TO FAB effect -like the Hudson River Paintings at night- WOW! Kimberly!

[@j.d.waterhouse4197]

Absolutely. My best paintings all started with a tinted canvas.

[@S.K.S.D]

Thank you loads for sharing your knowledge 🍃, I’d like to ask- when painting in monochromatic black&white, should one stain with such neutral colour, or a similar shade in grey?

[@rceddy]

What is your thoughts on people who stain their canvas and then use turps to wipe away all their stain in the highlight areas and not using the color white, but the white of the canvas?

[@hlpursley5377]

As always great advice Mark 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻

[@artemisiou]

It definitely makes the work pop.

[@raffaelefilosofi3630]

Thank you Mark! I would like to ask you something about alla prima vs layered painting. Don't you think that painting wet on wet sacrifices one of the beautiful features of oil, which is transparency? What I mean is when the light goes through a thin transparent glaze interacting with the paint underneath, in some situations (especially in the shadows) it can give an effect impossible to achieve otherwise. I can mention Roberto Ferri's paintings because I viewed them recently and they sometimes seem to 'shine' from inside in a really magic way. I look forward to your answer. Thank you! Raffaele

[@sketchartist1964]

Great tip Mark, thanks!

[@eastwood2414]

Awesome!!! Thank you! Will definitely try this soon.

[@narutoraprendiendoarte7769]

So, why is the colo cheker black? Does not that make the colors look different? It would be better if the color cheker were neutral color like the brown one with which you paint the canvas, right?

[@raguspag55]

You just hit the mark, I painted mine neutral after your comment! Think Mark will start selling them that color also. We all learn from everyone's comments!

[@missy3591]

Thanks very helpful

[@batmania777]

Excellent video. Jeff

[@muhlenstedt]

Great basic advice.Thank you!

[@Lanternamagika]

Thanks, Mark. Sounds convincing, but then why not go for an 18% grey as used in photography?

[@charliemctruth]

i'm on the wrong channel. My son got me a set of paints for my 65th... It was a lot easier building ships. Anyway, its either painting or boozing...maybe both.

[@studio5703]

Thank you for helpful TIPS

[@youssefmansour3027]

Thank you💙

[@abourg]

will start doing this , thx

[@patriciasteedle7467]

Mark, it seems you always have a dark background. What if you stain and want a light background?

[@jakevisconti1765]

What made you choose this brown-ish colour as a base tone/stain instead of neutral grey for example? How does one go about deciding what colour to tone/stain a canvas?

[@menow8456]

I guess it depends on the painting you wanna paint. It's the middle colour of your painting. Sometimes I stain it in two colors. Ex. I love painting sky, so I stain canvas with blue where I will want the sky and maybe burnt umber for part where I will have the ground.

[@jakevisconti1765]

@@menow8456 thank you for this😘😘😘

[@aronsz]

What are your thoughts on staining the canvas with acrylic paint? Dries faster and oil over dried acrylic paint should be fine, right?

[@raguspag55]

I mixed using this combination of acrylic paints: imgur.com/a/jGYq5bm then start painting with oils .

[@HondoTrailside]

Oils will stick to acrylic, probably most of the canvases used today have some kind of acrylic prep on them. But the older work, and we have stuff that is 100 years old now, it is separating.

[@daverigby23]

Bob Ross always used to go straight onto a white canvas and I always found his colours to be too bright, even garish. Not natural at all

[@BarbrajoanOriginals]

David Rigby , I agree about color. Bob Ross had a style of painting that a lot of people could follow . I think he was very good at what he did, but it was not for me.

[@daverigby23]

I very much agree with you. I must say that he was good with a fanbrush and thanks to him I've made good use of one since. He was very likeable and did add something, so all good

[@thedude1744]

@ David Rigby, Bob Ross never painted on a white canvas he painted on white canvas with a thin layer of magic white or magic clear or magic black.

[@daverigby23]

Do Bob Ross Paints sell magic ?

[@johncowburn4444]

Hi Mark, I'm really enjoying all your videos and your website, I've just started using the 5 Geneva paint pack I purchased a couple of weeks ago and they are superb! A question - how do I achieve the look of one colour looking hazy over the top of another colour? In a still life I'm painting there is a dark brown almost black background with a much lighter orangey brown haze over the top of the first colour? John

[@misaelortega653]

How on his website and click on the artists forum I'm sure people would help you

[@jkhan6859]

Can grey be used as a neutral colour

[@jakevisconti1765]

Im curious about this question too

[@jeanluc5311]

Yes it can. Use transparent grey like mixing ultramarine blue + burnt sienna and adding lot of solvent, apply it and then wipe off the excess.

[@MrMaxenceBoulard]

Hi Mark. There's a point you did not cover, aren't you afraid of loosing vibrancy by having a neutral background? I'm thinking of the pre-Raphaelites who used the white background so on the light area, the whiteness of the canvas would help making the colour look shinier. Thanks a lot.

[@crackthecan3970]

Mind blown now i know why all the tiktok videos do brown washes

[@rehmanraheem5185]

Can i stain canvas with red color to make red rose

[@thomasscapillato3839]

Mark, what is the "stain??"

[@raguspag55]

imgur.com/a/jGYq5bm

[@mripman.6021]

I stain my canvas with coffee.

[@Diguila]

fuck yeah man, thanks Master!

[@imanghane1592]

Perfect but a little thing is wrong (your face) when you’re talking I think you’re tired please smiling با سپاس

[@FirstLast-qb9iq]

what a charming way to express gratitude for his free art lessons. What else should he do for you, get a haircut?

[@leoohlin]

No? His just genuine. It’s like seing à old art piece of Michelangelo and say to yourself “I think this painting need to use more of the primary colors”, makes no sense right? neither do your comment 😂

[@jl8858]

Great, quick video. Thanks!