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Painting with the old guy
Denmark
Registrace 29. 08. 2023
This channel is for anyone who paints paintings and deals with visual arts - especially the abstract paintings.
Here I show my way of working, my process and my experiences around creating a painting.
Here I show my way of working, my process and my experiences around creating a painting.
Acrylic painting tutorial and thoughts on canvas size for a painting
Choosing canvas size for your painting should ideally be based on what painting you are painting, and the idea you have chosen for yourpainting.
Full acrylic painting tutorial is included in this video.
No doubt the canvas format and size of a painting have great significance for how one experiences a painting. So ... what is the best size and format for the painting you want to start painting, and is one size better than another?
In my view the answer is ... Yes and no:
No, there is no "right" format, you can always adjust your painting to fit whatever format … and … yes, some formats are more suitable to better support a certain idea, which I will demonstrate in this video.
You have unlimited options regarding the format of your canvas. You have in fact endless possibilities so it can be really difficult to choose.
Some prefer small canvases, because a small size mentally is easier to comprehend, and then again some will prefer larger formats ... feeling that “big is better”.
Many of the superstars in the history of art for example Van Gogh, Vermeer and Renoir almost exclusively painted on small canvases.
I also mostly paint on a small or medium-sized canvas, because you quickly can change the entire painting using only a few brushstrokes. It is more complex and time consuming to change direction if you paint on a larger canvas.
I don't know if "big is better, but I feel that a big canvas is giving you something for free.
The decision on finding the right canvas size is often based on dull practical reasons far away from the creative process, and practical reasons are tough to deal with.
For financial reasons I often buy larger quantities of canvases and matching frames, and I like to show several images in the same format on an exhibition.
I prefer formats I am used to paint on, and to be honest, I then arrange my motive according to the format. This is not ideal, because I know, in the back of my head, that the choice of canvas size should depend on the idea and what you want to paint. Not the other way around.
I usually paint on ready-stretched canvases, and sometimes on paper. That’s it. My normal formats are:
30x30, 40x40, 50x50 60x60, 60x80, 80x80, 90x120 cm
Of course your preferences may be different, but I like the square formats. That's in my comfort zone, because I can rotate it in the initial phase to create new opportunities and ideas for my painting.
The comfort zone is nice, but not very challenging. You need to challenge yourself in order to develop your skills and process. So, sometimes when I am in a gallery or a museum, I look at sizes. When I see the size in front of me, it is much easier for me to decide, if a new format could be interesting to try out.
So, once in a while, I buy a new size. It's refreshing and I get a new perspective on my painting.
I am a member of an artist group called The Blue Tower. We are 17 artists who exhibit together once a year. When exhibiting in a group, it is important to have a common theme for the exhibition. Furthermore, working with a common theme forces me to paint pictures I wouldn't otherwise have painted.
For the past 4 years, our exhibitions have based on the classic elements: air, water, earth and fire, and in 2024, the theme is: "The 5th element"... whatever that is.
After some reflection, I came to the conclusion that TIME should be my 5th element... the fact that time passes.
And the idea for my painting is to show a progression in time, a motive that develops from left to right, which in my part of the world is the direction of the sun across the sky. To achieve this I decided on a long horizontal canvas 60 x 120 cm. This will beautifully support the idea.
So, to answer the initial question … yes … in my view, this is the right format, for this painting.
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro - is there a right canvas size?
0:26 - Yes and no, depending on the painting's idea
0:50 - Choosing a canvas size for a painting is complex
1:14 - Canvas size: Is big better or should smaller sizes be preferred?
3:00 - My preferred formats
3:30 - Challenging your comfort zone
4:05 - Working in a group using a common theme: The Blue Tower - a group af artists
4:45 - Choosing "The 5th element" to be TIME
5:00 - The long format is the right format for this painting
5:30 - Full painting tutorial using the theme idea: TIME
12:49 - Ending the painting - balancing the composition
14:48 - Correcting a mistake
15:38 - Adding details and finishing the painting
16:20 - The development of the painting photos from start to finish
16:49 - Ending the process
17:00 - Outro
I hope you enjoyed the video. If you did, please hit the like button and subscribe to my channel.
Please let me know what format you prefer for your paintings.
Also I would highly appreciate to know if you have any ideas for the 5th element. I may be able to incorporate your ideas in my next exhibition.
Se more videos on my channel : @skora-theoldguy.
Full acrylic painting tutorial is included in this video.
No doubt the canvas format and size of a painting have great significance for how one experiences a painting. So ... what is the best size and format for the painting you want to start painting, and is one size better than another?
In my view the answer is ... Yes and no:
No, there is no "right" format, you can always adjust your painting to fit whatever format … and … yes, some formats are more suitable to better support a certain idea, which I will demonstrate in this video.
You have unlimited options regarding the format of your canvas. You have in fact endless possibilities so it can be really difficult to choose.
Some prefer small canvases, because a small size mentally is easier to comprehend, and then again some will prefer larger formats ... feeling that “big is better”.
Many of the superstars in the history of art for example Van Gogh, Vermeer and Renoir almost exclusively painted on small canvases.
I also mostly paint on a small or medium-sized canvas, because you quickly can change the entire painting using only a few brushstrokes. It is more complex and time consuming to change direction if you paint on a larger canvas.
I don't know if "big is better, but I feel that a big canvas is giving you something for free.
The decision on finding the right canvas size is often based on dull practical reasons far away from the creative process, and practical reasons are tough to deal with.
For financial reasons I often buy larger quantities of canvases and matching frames, and I like to show several images in the same format on an exhibition.
I prefer formats I am used to paint on, and to be honest, I then arrange my motive according to the format. This is not ideal, because I know, in the back of my head, that the choice of canvas size should depend on the idea and what you want to paint. Not the other way around.
I usually paint on ready-stretched canvases, and sometimes on paper. That’s it. My normal formats are:
30x30, 40x40, 50x50 60x60, 60x80, 80x80, 90x120 cm
Of course your preferences may be different, but I like the square formats. That's in my comfort zone, because I can rotate it in the initial phase to create new opportunities and ideas for my painting.
The comfort zone is nice, but not very challenging. You need to challenge yourself in order to develop your skills and process. So, sometimes when I am in a gallery or a museum, I look at sizes. When I see the size in front of me, it is much easier for me to decide, if a new format could be interesting to try out.
So, once in a while, I buy a new size. It's refreshing and I get a new perspective on my painting.
I am a member of an artist group called The Blue Tower. We are 17 artists who exhibit together once a year. When exhibiting in a group, it is important to have a common theme for the exhibition. Furthermore, working with a common theme forces me to paint pictures I wouldn't otherwise have painted.
For the past 4 years, our exhibitions have based on the classic elements: air, water, earth and fire, and in 2024, the theme is: "The 5th element"... whatever that is.
After some reflection, I came to the conclusion that TIME should be my 5th element... the fact that time passes.
And the idea for my painting is to show a progression in time, a motive that develops from left to right, which in my part of the world is the direction of the sun across the sky. To achieve this I decided on a long horizontal canvas 60 x 120 cm. This will beautifully support the idea.
So, to answer the initial question … yes … in my view, this is the right format, for this painting.
Timecodes
0:00 - Intro - is there a right canvas size?
0:26 - Yes and no, depending on the painting's idea
0:50 - Choosing a canvas size for a painting is complex
1:14 - Canvas size: Is big better or should smaller sizes be preferred?
3:00 - My preferred formats
3:30 - Challenging your comfort zone
4:05 - Working in a group using a common theme: The Blue Tower - a group af artists
4:45 - Choosing "The 5th element" to be TIME
5:00 - The long format is the right format for this painting
5:30 - Full painting tutorial using the theme idea: TIME
12:49 - Ending the painting - balancing the composition
14:48 - Correcting a mistake
15:38 - Adding details and finishing the painting
16:20 - The development of the painting photos from start to finish
16:49 - Ending the process
17:00 - Outro
I hope you enjoyed the video. If you did, please hit the like button and subscribe to my channel.
Please let me know what format you prefer for your paintings.
Also I would highly appreciate to know if you have any ideas for the 5th element. I may be able to incorporate your ideas in my next exhibition.
Se more videos on my channel : @skora-theoldguy.
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This was extremely informative in helping me make decisions about my small studio.
Thank you❤
I’ve been looking forward to seeing more videos of you painting. I love your work. Your paintings are delicious and mesmerising, will you be doing new recording in the near future?
Hi, and thanks for your comment. Yes I will upload a new video soon. I am under a little time pressure, because I am moving til Copenhagen soon.
Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts 😊
Thank you for watching.
Thank you for sharing your process and thoughts. Really interesting 😊
Thank you for your nice comment.
Stunning and breaktaking, thank you for sharing your gift!
You are so welcome. Thank you for watching.
Really enjoy your videos! Love your perspectives on painting. Do more, please.
Thank you for watching. I am on it. I haven't been uploading videos resently because I'm preparing to move to Copenhagen ... big project.
I’d like to see you make more videos. Your paintings are really cool
Thank you. I will make more. 😜
Really love the progression photos you show. Another fantastic video and painting. I would be very satisfied if i had painted anything like your presentation here. Bravo old guy to old guy 😂 👏
Thank you old guy. You are too kind.
love it
👍
Absolutely stunning! Thanks!
Wow ... thank you. 👍
I hope this finds you well. I was looking to see what you are painting lately. You are very talented. Thanks for the interesting videos. 😊
Thank you for this very nice comment. I will soon upload again.
God blew the nest to you so you can paint it.
Maybe .. However, I think he is too busy with everything else going on in the world to blow things in my direction. But thank you!
For about six years I've been doing poured paint acrylic.Had some great painting so far.But I have to admit, sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn't. I call those one 'do over ' I use a blow dryer to move the paint around, very rarely do I use a 🖌️.I mainly use the 🖌️ for touch up on the edge
I never tried poured paint, but this technique really looks interesting. Let me see your paintings on henrik@skora.dk.
I'm not very tech savvy but I'll try with a little help with my friends. John Lennon and Paul 🎶
Thank you! This is one of the best videos I’ve seen on organizing an art studio. It will be so very helpful as I begin to reorganize mine. (And I LOVE your music, by the way.)
Wow ... thanks. I will need to make an other one, on my new studio. I am moving to Copenhagen ans a smaller studio. challenging.
Thank you Henrik, Great video I've been struggling with abstract/acrylics moving from watercolour. This video has made such a difference to that process and your work is so inspiring. Watching from Australia.
Hallo to Australia. The country of Waltzing Matilda. I'm glad you found value in my videos. I lost my heart to the abstract expression many years ago, and love is not rusted. However, I occasionally still paint completely figurative paintings, to keep the observation straight, and these paintings are done in water colour.
Ehhh, endnu en dansker.
Ja, ja ... vi kan også noget. Tak for at du så med.
Love your art! It looks so clean and smooth but has interesting contrasts at the same time!
Thank you so much for your kind words! I really appreciate it.
Oil paint dries to slow. But if I do use oil I prefer to use it during the summer.
Hi ... it sounds very reasonable. In the summer you can also stand and paint outside.
The light recommendation is so helpful to me. I realized recently that I have too much light in my studio but I wasn’t sure what lights to get. Thank you! This was such a helpful video!
I am very glad that my video helped you. I wish you the best of luck with your interior design and lighting. The latest development is that the LED lamps can be supplied in the correct Kelvin temperatures. So choose some who is not too warm in color temperature. Greetings from Denmark
@@skora-theoldguy 😉👍🏼Thank you!
So great watching you. I hope you have a wonderful, happy life.
Thank you. I do. Best wishes for your life too. Greetings from Denmark.
I learned so much from you. I’m a beginner and I’m having lots and lots of fun not taking anything too seriously. I subscribed and look forward to watching more of you.
Thank you for your kind comment.
You are an Amazing artist!!!!
Thank you. You are too kind. Thanks for watching.
i love you
Wow ... thank you!
Love the blue background so detailed.
Thank you ... yes it took a while, but was worth it.
You explain very useful points. Really helpful. Thanks 🌻
You are very welcome.
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Thankyou for the very informative video. I usually don’t get a lot out of watching someone paint, but your incredible knowledge and generosity with that knowledge has made the three videos I’ve watched this afternoon of yours worth every minute spent. Thank you again and wishing you art in all your days.
Thank you very much for your kind comment. I'm doing the best I can and I'm glad you got value out of watching the videos. Greetings from Denmark
Inspirational videos, thankyou !
You are very welcome. Thank you for watching.
Excellent ❤
Thank you.
When I realized I had to pick a career, and not just find jobs, I evaluated my skills and talents: very verbal and small artist ability. I went to law school, instead of art school, and had a nice career. Now retired, I am working to retrieve my painting skills. I don't know how old the Old Guy is, but am likely older. I really am learning so much from him. Thank you, Mr. Old Guy.
Hi I also started studying law. I studied for 4 years before it dawned on me, that I shouldn't become a lawyer, and instead I became an architect. Today I paint as you know, but I have only done so for the past 18 years. It has been good for me, but when I think about it, it was probably a good thing I didn't choose art and painting from the very beginning, and had to support a family.. Of course, you will never find out. By the way the old guy is 71. I'm glad my videos are useful til you, it means a lot to me. It's fun to make them, but it's great that so many people actually use them, so thank you for that, and thank you for your nice comment. Kind regards Henrik
Thankyou. Great help.
You are so welcome.
Hello Henrik, what is the pencil you use that can wash out with water?
Hi I use the Derwent Watersoluble pencils. They have a smal brush ikon printet on them. You can use them as a normal pencil, and if you need to remove it, you can wash it off with water.
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@@skora-theoldguy sorry, wrong video. I thought I was writing in the STD channel
For me? it’s finished at 7:51. Instructive vid tho. Thank you.
Hi. I do not understand. I believe you comment on the wrong video? Let me know what video you refer to. Thanks for your comment.
@@skora-theoldguy my apologies, was a lighthearted observation. If I was painting this nest , for me, I would have been happy with my results at 7:51 I recall.
Who needs art school when i can just hang out and paint with the old guy 🙏👍 such generous content Sir. Many thanks
Ha, ha ... thank you ... I'm blushing!
Ether - I’ve heard the ether referred to as the fifth element. I love the thick gallery canvasses. I do better with larger canvasses and I like the challenge of different formats. Thank you for your contribution to others.
Thank you. Ether? In what way. Can you explain better for an old man?
Thank you for explaining your personal preferences on canvas
You are so welcome.
I just love the way you clearly explain abstraction. I too have taken many photos over the years of seemingly odd things, but they mean something to me its that feeling of ooooooh i like that and i can't wait to get to the studio and try and paint "that feeling" thank you.
Yes, that is the feeling to go for. OOOOOOOH ... work with it ... lovely.
Thanks for sharing. I love 2:1 for landscapes just getting into square and liking 60x60cm Coming from a photography background my go to size is 16x20 inch. Really appreciate your posts. Thank you
Lovely to hear. I am working on a 100x100 cm canvas right now, and this is a lovely format. Big and beautiful. Thank you for your comment.
I discovered you today and I can not express how excited I am to see all the rest of your videos - I am an abstract artist as well ( no CZcams though) - the way you see and convey on canvas is brilliant - your works on the larks nest was so fundamental for me as I was always taught that one idea per canvas was how to do it right - thank you so much for sharing your insight and being a voice of the process to abstract being a 'work' of art.
Hi Anastasia, I am very pleased that you find value in my videos. I googled you but unfortunately can't find any of your paintings. I attach a lot of importance to my process and work a lot to develop it. Because if it is OK, the results should come. But I'm an old man, I'm not going to hang out at the big museums and I'm fine with that. I love the process in front of the painting and that's what's important to me... and then half a year ago I started the YT videos... and they were surprisingly fun to make. Thank you for your nice comment. Regards Henrik
I loved your video and your style. Thank you for sharing your experience.
Thank you for this nice comment.
My favourite channel to watch! Thank you for demonstrating how you paint and why. Your work is so inspiring! I am exploring with different canvas sizes and shapes so this was very relevant! Thank you from Calgary, Alberta, Canada!
Wow ... thank you. Formats are interesting and inspiring. Greetings from Copenhagen Denmark.
I am so happy to see you have posted another very inspirational painting…………….I love your style. Thank you for sharing, learning so much.
You are so welcome. Thank you for watching.
❤ I think the fifth element is love. It’s a combination of all. It’s as gentle or as turbulent as the air. It’s as refreshing or as dangerous as water. It’s as exciting or destructive as fire and as comforting and solid as earth. But I wouldn’t say it’s the fifth element…it’s the first. By the way, love your videos!
Hi JILL I love your comment. Thank you! Love is a good suggestion. I will look into this, and see if I can use it in a painting. I use love in many of my paintings, but it's more like, for example, love for something else. It's a bit difficult, but it's also the difficult that gives the best pictures. I will make some skeches. But thanks for your input. Gretinge from Denmark
I like square sizes too.
Yes ... many opportunities in that format.
Det er super inspirerende. Du er både en dygtig kunstner, men også en super god formidler. Når dine billeder er færdig giver du dem så lak?
Ja, det gør jeg som regel. Jeg maler på mine billeder, lige indtil de bliver solgt. Derfor lakerer jeg dem først, når de er solgt. Det sker også, at jeg ikke lakkerer. Billederne klarer den nok endda, men det er bedst at lakere ... billederne bliver lettere at rengøre over tid. Tak for dine pæne ord, som betyder meget for mig. Mange hilsner Henrik
Your videos are my favourite and love it when I see you have posted a new one
Thank you for this kind comment.
The video emphasizes how your experiences serve as invaluable lessons for us, continually inspiring and motivating our artistic endeavors. It highlights the profound impact of your work on our creative journeys and the admiration it evokes within the artistic community. Thank you so much Old Freind JAM
Hi Jam Thank you for your support and your kind words. Hope your painting process is going well
Thank you for your videos and sharing your thoughts and experience. I love your work and the colors ❤️❤️
Thank you. You're so kind🌹 Greetings from Denmark