Alla Prima: Painting in Oils from General to Specific

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Komentáře • 125

  • @michaeljohnangel6359
    @michaeljohnangel6359 Před 10 měsíci +22

    An excellent video, and a beautiful painting. Is it for sale?

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před 10 měsíci +11

      thanks Michael, means a lot coming from you. The piece was sold long time ago.

  • @g8610g
    @g8610g Před rokem +109

    Looks amazing. I had a small chuckle when I saw you mix so much paint in the end and using it for just 2 quick dots/hightlights on the eye, blob blob haha

    • @ronschlorff7089
      @ronschlorff7089 Před 10 měsíci +18

      Yes, if you are painting in oils, you must "Use some paint, they will make more" as one of my art workshop teachers said to his students, who were being too "stingy" with their paints! LOL ;D

    • @sheranlanger247
      @sheranlanger247 Před 10 měsíci +11

      ​@@ronschlorff7089 It's so expensive though. I only ever painted with gouache at art school because I couldn't afford oil.

    • @samuelvertilus2112
      @samuelvertilus2112 Před 9 měsíci

      one of sargent pupils said that when she looked at his palette it looked like sargent could paint a dozens paintings with the amount of paint he put@@ronschlorff7089

    • @dana8656
      @dana8656 Před 6 měsíci +10

      ⁠​⁠​⁠@@sheranlanger247oil paint is more expensive when it comes to upfront costs, but you would be surprised with how much utility you can get from a 37ml tube of oil paint. during my intro to painting class this semester, I made around 20 paintings ranging from smaller 8” x 10”, 11” x 14”, 18” x 24” paintings, and a 36” x 48” final painting with 37 ml tubes and ONE 150ml tube of white paint. I STILL have plenty of paint and supplies left to create a couple dozen paintings. It’s also much less expensive if you stretch/make your own canvases. i much prefer oil to acrylic or gouache and I definitely think its worth the investment. on top of that there are a variety of ways to extend your paint and change its properties, including the use of mediums, oils, and solvents.

    • @Home_Rich
      @Home_Rich Před 6 měsíci +1

      ​@@dana8656
      GOOD to hear.

  • @davirosa
    @davirosa Před rokem +26

    Hey Arthur, gorgeous painting and demonstration - And I think you nail making her gaze straight to the viewer.
    I find that your approach talking about the paint evolution/process - it has a humble and true feel - meaning that you encourage us to try and keep us alert about corrections during the process - I appreciate it.
    Thank you for your videos - I like to watch them!
    Hugs from Brazil!

  • @shay1059
    @shay1059 Před 6 měsíci +10

    this moved me so much. I haven't painted in a while and this video reminded me how magical it is to paint with oil, I love the medium so much. Will definitely try this, maybe do a self-portrait. Thank you for the inspiration

  • @malman1080
    @malman1080 Před 6 měsíci +6

    I come from a photography background. I always appreciate watching videos like these. Really stresses to me that these two visual mediums are just two different ways of seeing the world and presenting that vision to your audience. Love this and the attention to detail!

    • @douglasacosta4989
      @douglasacosta4989 Před 5 měsíci +1

      Comparar la fotografía con la pintura al óleo es casi un sacrilegio o una burrada, lo común es el objeto que se ve, lógicamente cualquiera recalcaria su sentimiento, pero el transportar lo visto y la emoción al papel es "Divinidad" en la fotografía,,,,, dímelo tu??

  • @raidendawg6839
    @raidendawg6839 Před rokem +1

    THAT IS SO BEAUTIFUL!!

  • @debojyotiboruah1651
    @debojyotiboruah1651 Před rokem +1

    So beautiful demonstration and painting. Thank you

  • @skyggsja
    @skyggsja Před 11 měsíci +2

    my God, it‘s absolutely beautiful

  • @vraquel7
    @vraquel7 Před 10 měsíci +1

    This was awesome. Can't believe I've never seen this before. Beautiful Alla Prima!!

  • @donnajohnstone4476
    @donnajohnstone4476 Před rokem +2

    beautiful work

  • @JaneIndigoMoore
    @JaneIndigoMoore Před 2 měsíci +1

    That's a fantastic expose of your process - amazing to see the face come to life in this way. That last bit with the eyes was remarkable - so unexpected - and such a perfect result!

  • @goldfishzzz
    @goldfishzzz Před 10 měsíci +3

    Thank you so much for this video. As a art student I learned a lot from it and made a successful self-portrait painting from using the alla prima method.

  • @leslieblue8319
    @leslieblue8319 Před 3 měsíci

    Wow so beautiful and so great to take that journey with you. Thank you for sharing your gift.

  • @anca5480
    @anca5480 Před rokem +1

    Bellissimo lavoro!

  • @karlalikestoread
    @karlalikestoread Před 3 měsíci

    Excellent demo. Thank you so much for sharing your process!

  • @atroutflycrazy8057
    @atroutflycrazy8057 Před 10 měsíci +4

    Thankyou this was awesome ,so many great tips and advice .
    Loved the way you spoke about exact photo replication doesnt always make a great painting.
    A great painting should turn out better than the photo copied.
    Your portrait of her is much better than the photo.
    Finding the balance between detail and still look painterly .

  • @SlickOils
    @SlickOils Před 5 měsíci +2

    I use the Ala Prima method when I paint my movie stills, nice work!

  • @beneditoart
    @beneditoart Před 9 měsíci

    Awesome painting man! You are a big inspiration for me.

  • @demialabi4942
    @demialabi4942 Před 10 měsíci

    Incredible work

  • @user-nz1jy2lg6v
    @user-nz1jy2lg6v Před 3 měsíci

    Excellent artwork! 😍

  • @luzalvarez7868
    @luzalvarez7868 Před 5 měsíci

    El retrato más bonito que he visto nunca!

  • @mrmiss8062
    @mrmiss8062 Před 17 dny

    Beautiful!

  • @jay_seijo
    @jay_seijo Před 5 měsíci

    Loved it! ❤

  • @BlancaVarguesArt
    @BlancaVarguesArt Před 11 měsíci

    Very wonderful Portrait Paintintg Timelapse 😍🌱

  • @StanleyKubick1
    @StanleyKubick1 Před 6 měsíci

    just so very enjoyable and informative. instant sub

  • @annachung3793
    @annachung3793 Před 19 dny

    Thank you so much for sharing your process with us. As an aspiring beginner I would love to paint like you someday. Thanks again.

  • @listenuppeople1
    @listenuppeople1 Před 5 měsíci

    Very informative video! Masterful technique as well!

  • @user-vo5pm6nq9b
    @user-vo5pm6nq9b Před 11 měsíci +5

    Отличная работа! получились более выразительные глаза, чем в референсе 👍

  • @johnnyk7480
    @johnnyk7480 Před 8 měsíci +2

    Dear Mr Gain, I followed your video over the past month and painted two portraits with your subject to practice portraiture painting. Why? Because your video teaching is instructive and your style reminded me of British painter John Sargent. Thank you for your time and effort to produce this video.

  • @eyeshowyou
    @eyeshowyou Před 10 měsíci

    Very beautiful...well done. 🎉❤

  • @ivanasabin42
    @ivanasabin42 Před 9 měsíci

    Всё понятно, спасибо за демонстрацию. Хорошая работа.

  • @erwanncollin3932
    @erwanncollin3932 Před 8 měsíci

    Amazing tips, thanks a lot for that.

  • @kitstter
    @kitstter Před 10 měsíci

    Fantastic!!

  • @johnnyk7480
    @johnnyk7480 Před 9 měsíci

    You are a good teacher!

  • @59jaguar
    @59jaguar Před 11 měsíci +1

    Well done .

  • @mariejacobs9721
    @mariejacobs9721 Před 6 měsíci

    Thank you 🌷

  • @priscilla9995
    @priscilla9995 Před 9 měsíci

    Marvelous!

  • @ninamost5669
    @ninamost5669 Před 10 měsíci

    Awesome! Thank you.

  • @douglasacosta4989
    @douglasacosta4989 Před 5 měsíci

    Exelente el video, gracias!!

  • @ophanap
    @ophanap Před rokem +4

    Beautiful piece! Thank you so much for the explanation of your process, I’ve just started learning oil painting and have stumbled across alla prima and this has been one of the best demonstrations I’ve seen so far. Just a little tip from me if you you weren’t already aware; you mentioned not having the correct reference for the eyes, personally, I use one of the newer photoshop features to correct my references before i start a painting. If you use the liquify tool on your portrait reference it’ll allow to to adjust the facial features, including the position of the eyes. It’s not always perfect but it’s often pretty useful!

    • @ronschlorff7089
      @ronschlorff7089 Před 10 měsíci

      Photoshop tool! Ha ha. Rembrandt and Sargent did fine without it, didn't they? !! ;D LOL

    • @user-cp7li3bh2y
      @user-cp7li3bh2y Před 7 měsíci +1

      Ah you are a master how I wish I could do such a beautiful portrait😊

  • @lutrueson9000
    @lutrueson9000 Před 9 měsíci +1

    i played this at the slowest speed so i could see more , i could not stop laughing, subbed!!

  • @roxanacastroj
    @roxanacastroj Před 6 dny

    I love it 😊

  • @kev3d
    @kev3d Před 9 měsíci +1

    Wonderful.

  • @MrsOliva
    @MrsOliva Před 5 měsíci

    О... Ваш стиль протягивает свои руки в прекрасные времена, когда живопись была влюблена в романтику.
    Вот это да !

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před 5 měsíci +1

      ой спасибо ♥️ неожиданно

  • @campfirecult4375
    @campfirecult4375 Před 2 měsíci

    Very nice. Thank you. 🔥

  • @donnybeegoode
    @donnybeegoode Před 5 dny

    Really nice. Somewhat reminds me of John Sargent with a psychological touch of Olga Boznańska

  • @philljombs1151
    @philljombs1151 Před 6 měsíci

    Amazing

  • @arkasha1905
    @arkasha1905 Před 10 měsíci

    ❤❤❤ Thanks!!!!!

  • @elconsultoriodecandida7304
    @elconsultoriodecandida7304 Před 5 měsíci

    Muy logrado.Gracias😊

  • @ameyachavan6636
    @ameyachavan6636 Před 10 měsíci

    how great is this..

  • @tommybell1786
    @tommybell1786 Před 5 měsíci

    Bravo & thanks!

  • @carollegros8671
    @carollegros8671 Před 11 měsíci

    Fantastic

  • @crossedpolars
    @crossedpolars Před 10 měsíci

    Wonderful

  • @yulia-spirit
    @yulia-spirit Před 11 měsíci

    amazing work! thanks for the detailed explanations. Please tell me how you install the camera, what can be seen very well?

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před 10 měsíci +1

      above and behind my right shoulder, maybe 2.5 meters from the easel

  • @maitev-p9582
    @maitev-p9582 Před 10 měsíci

    I have the same accent when I speak English. Buenísimo compatriota Español ❤

  • @nickalton
    @nickalton Před 4 měsíci

    This is spectacular work! I always have an issue with building this much paint up in one setting. Do you mind telling me what kind of canvas you’re using?

  • @katleiz
    @katleiz Před 10 měsíci +4

    Was this done in one sitting while it was all wet? Amazing painting, I love your technique !

  • @ronschlorff7089
    @ronschlorff7089 Před 10 měsíci +1

    Another nice one, but it makes me chuckle a bit I must admit. I am a retired wildlife field biologist, that was my "real job" for 33 years, as I did art on the side, since being in grad school for that science profession. Art school at that time did not interest me as I'm a realist not a whatever they call that other stuff, so I pursued a science career knowing I could paint too whenever I felt like it. Just like Leonardo did too, LOL. I started in 1974 painting in oils, portraits too, just different species of animals, antelopes, bears, lions, tigers, and many many bird species, etc. I did do a gorilla portrait once, so, I guess that is close enough to us humans. LOL. But recently been doing some girl portraits, as practice for the eye, as a landscape painter, now more or less full time. I like the idea of the "exercise" needed to do portraits, lots of subtleties, but really just sketches at they are not fully refined like yours are, except a couple of Vermeer "master copies". Very amazing work, you do but the reason for my "mirth" on this one, she looks like an exotic bird, many have those "ruffs", they call them, ornithologically speaking that is, on their necks for displays of aggression or sexual attraction. She is beautiful, and very sexy (so the ruff is working), LOL, none the less, but it is distracting to one who has had as many ornithology identification, classification, ecology, and behavioral courses as I've had at University, LOL. Who came up with this idea for that get up, yours or hers? I think I know, but Mr. Sargent often chaffed at the costuming of his models, that's why, although masterfully painted, they look just dashed off.
    Again, good work, Arthur, and thinks once more for the little laugh on this one!! LOL ;D

  • @sarahsimmonds3427
    @sarahsimmonds3427 Před 11 měsíci +3

    Thank you for a great demo. How/where do you prepare/get your oil ground panel? Sarah

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před 11 měsíci +2

      If you are in the US - you can buy from artefex - check the link in video description. Or you can make them yourself - apply oil ground on the panel the same way as acrylic gesso

  • @starbucks1971
    @starbucks1971 Před 7 měsíci +5

    I have a question about using oil medium. Do you only use Linshid when you draw? Or do you use a mixture of linsid and terrefins?

  • @user-mz5eb6ey2q
    @user-mz5eb6ey2q Před 2 měsíci

    se lo copiare master ! thanks !

  • @davidlugo24
    @davidlugo24 Před 5 měsíci +1

    excellent , I would love to know your palette for this painting

  • @G1DDD
    @G1DDD Před měsícem

    WOW 👌

  • @komalabbasi5740
    @komalabbasi5740 Před 10 měsíci

    Amazing work sir i have a question that can we use alla prima technique in other mediums like poster colors or watercolors acrylics?

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před 10 měsíci

      Poster colors are always opaque and watercolors are mostly transparent (you build darks over the lights) while the oil paints can be both and anything in between. Alla prima is just a name for a single session effort.

  • @jaspervantilburgh6393
    @jaspervantilburgh6393 Před 7 měsíci

    amazing video! I subscribed! I have a question regarding on Al Prima, do you use linseed oil or other medium with this technique?
    Im also blown away on how clean your pallet is at the end.. Can you do a video about that? You were only using a small part of your pallet, mine is most of the times completely used.

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před 7 měsíci +1

      I normally use 'lean' mediums when I paint alla prima - sometimes just a thinner like Gamsol in the beginning to make first marks thin and fast drying. I use oil to oil out dry surface if I want to paint 2nd layer

    • @jaspervantilburgh6393
      @jaspervantilburgh6393 Před 7 měsíci

      I’m a huge fan of your work.
      I’ll sign up for your patreon. ❤

  • @AR-mu4zq
    @AR-mu4zq Před 4 měsíci +2

    I dont understand how your building layers without creating mush and grey if your not allowing the previous layer to dry. In alla prima do you use a certain mixture of medium that allows for this or just paint out of the tube?

  • @EmanuelSpader
    @EmanuelSpader Před 20 dny +1

    Hi! I love your paintings and i am wondering one thing about your process. In this video are you using any solvent or medium, and if so do you use it in just the beginning or all the way through? Thank you!

    • @artbxtch9721
      @artbxtch9721 Před 3 dny

      I have the same question! Hope we can get an answer 😁

  • @attilaayla123
    @attilaayla123 Před měsícem

    ❤❤❤

  • @ginger-a7693
    @ginger-a7693 Před 2 měsíci

    What is the most common size of canvas you use? And what medium?

  • @Diguila
    @Diguila Před 3 měsíci

    Master

  • @daris232
    @daris232 Před rokem +1

    hi! how long did it take you to do this job? thank you

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před rokem +6

      It was done in one sitting so around 3 hours

  • @pibly7784
    @pibly7784 Před 11 měsíci

    What a talent to have . 👍

  • @Mycooloriginal
    @Mycooloriginal Před 6 měsíci

    Hardest part of a painting/portrait is getting through the initial phase of shaping the face and shadows.

  • @francoistourigny3006
    @francoistourigny3006 Před 11 měsíci +1

    Your portrait is much more beautiful then the model! Excellent thank you 18:36

  • @artbxtch9721
    @artbxtch9721 Před 3 dny

    Hi ! When doing the alla prima technic, do you use any medium or paint straight from the tube?

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před 3 dny +1

      lean medium (more often just mineral spirits) in the very beginning and straight from the tube for the rest of the time

    • @artbxtch9721
      @artbxtch9721 Před 3 dny

      @@ArthurGain thank you !

  • @ErykMaler
    @ErykMaler Před 10 měsíci

    tu mamy mistrza,, psychologa, technika, i to nie jest drukarka

  • @Leslie27275
    @Leslie27275 Před 9 dny

    Can you please list your palette colors?

  • @dimthoi6896
    @dimthoi6896 Před 11 měsíci +3

    I don't know that Arnold Schwarzenegger can paint so good

  • @stbuddha3547
    @stbuddha3547 Před 4 měsíci +12

    At some point in the video you would feel that Arnold Schwarzenegger is doing the painting.

  • @JohnHoganArtist
    @JohnHoganArtist Před 10 měsíci

    Another way, and far easier in my view, is to draw it out first.

  • @dorkanderson4963
    @dorkanderson4963 Před 11 měsíci +2

    Nice to see some actually knows how to paint and not some "camera lucida" CZcams fraud.

  • @mickrozycki451
    @mickrozycki451 Před 8 měsíci

    I imagine you take your own photographs for reference?

    • @ArthurGain
      @ArthurGain  Před 8 měsíci

      Yes, you can find tons of such references on my Patreon page

    • @mickrozycki451
      @mickrozycki451 Před 8 měsíci

      @@ArthurGain Alright. Last question. So part of your process is contacting and working with a model to set-up a interesting photo shoot to create an image that you resonate with? So that you can translate it into a painted picture?

  • @my_two_cents2133
    @my_two_cents2133 Před 5 měsíci

    The model is looking to your left though.

  • @user-jb8fu9kj6s
    @user-jb8fu9kj6s Před 6 měsíci

    Очень

  • @joserendon6199
    @joserendon6199 Před 5 měsíci

    min 5:00 i think is ok

  • @souzanemayes5670
    @souzanemayes5670 Před 11 měsíci +1

    You are Fabulous!! I Suck! 🤦‍♀️🤷‍♀️ugh!

    • @ronschlorff7089
      @ronschlorff7089 Před 10 měsíci +2

      Every artist sucks, it takes some time to unsuck, but it does happen, just keep working and working and working!! :D

  • @kentlein2266
    @kentlein2266 Před 4 měsíci

    Ре презент! видно что русский акцент🤣🤣🤣

  • @nguyenvananh3670
    @nguyenvananh3670 Před 5 měsíci

    The painting is wonderful but can u put a bit music in the vd pls😊

  • @JoseMartinez-og2hy
    @JoseMartinez-og2hy Před 10 měsíci

    Nice. But sizing of features, More work needed

  • @monsieurli6977
    @monsieurli6977 Před 11 měsíci

    Nice video except I wouldn’t try to change the ”gays” 😊

  • @edgar20146
    @edgar20146 Před 10 měsíci

    Sorry, you didn`t get her.

    • @granmabern5283
      @granmabern5283 Před 10 měsíci +1

      Pretty neat how he changed the gaze, hey? On purpose.

  • @philsmith7398
    @philsmith7398 Před 9 měsíci

    Excellent! Thank you

  • @joshgladfelter9597
    @joshgladfelter9597 Před měsícem

    Amazing

  • @hcanderson3787
    @hcanderson3787 Před 7 měsíci

    Amazing