The Painting Process - Episode 1 | Girl with a Pearl Earring (After Johannes Vermeer) With ACRYLICS
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- čas přidán 20. 07. 2024
- Often I see other artists sharing tutorials on achieving Realism with oils, but virtually none with Acrylics. I decided to start "The Painting Process" series as a way to share my techniques and provide the uniquely crafted approaches that I utilize for my own paintings. As I will show in this series it is possible to achieve a hi-level Realism without the use of oils, solvents, and 6 months to a year drying time...
In this video (Episode 1) we will be looking at creating one of the most recognizable paintings in the world. "Girl with a Pearl Earring" after Johannes Vermeer (c.1665).
My name is Alex Hess and I am a professional artist that focuses my craft towards Realism. I believe my paintings take a rather signature approach in the fact that very few Realism artists paint using Acrylics. If you like this content continue to join me by SUBSCRIBING to this channel. Thank you.
For more of my work:
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Love your work... can't wait to. See more of it .♥️
Vermeer and Pijnacker are my favourite artists, different genres of paintings, both are masterful in the craft. You did an amazing job of capturing the girl with the pearl earring ❤️👍🏼
One of the best I have. Seen ...
That's great. I have been looking for tutorials on realist painting with acrylics for quite a while. Happy to finally find something.
Thank you! Hope this channel helps 🙌🏻
@@alexhess_artist Thank you. Afterwards I would like to contact you (probably through IG), if possible.
Your work is amazing. I thoroughly enjoyed watching the process. Thank you for sharing
Awesome to find your channel, Alex.
I too, am an artist that is, as you are, working towards achieving ‘Realism’ works, using acrylics. I also mostly use the Golden Open Acrylics. Fantastic paints. Just requires a rethinking of your approach. But that’s true with all mediums, as each has it’s own unique advantages and disadvantages.
Great work on this Vermeer. Well done!!
Hey man, I am a new fan, and just subscribed to your channel. Thanks for the video!
- Sol
Such a wonderful work
Sublime. merci pour ce travail à l'Acrylique. il est vrai que l'on voit souvent de telles réalisations plutôt avec de l'Huile. je suis amateur et je peins depuis 2 ans. j'utilise l'acrylique pour des paysages. ça me donne matière à travailler à l'Acrylique pour le portrait et de plus avec une palette de 5 couleurs. Cordialement
Perfect Masterpiece 👍
and with acrylics too.
impressive
i attempted one with acrylics but i failed miserably.
Really beautiful Art. I really enjoyed each and every minute details in your painting. Thanks for sharing . Do share more such videos. 👍
Thank you! I appreciate it. I plan to soon 🙂
I would like to see you painting the Mona Lisa...next time
Thank you for sharing! Phenomenal!!
very excellent, thank you so much!
Very interesting video, perfect rendering and composed, excellent choice of music and that's only talking about your video. Your work is truly inspiring and phenomenal! Creating a masterpiece from one of the most famous paintings in the world in a different medium is insane! A huge thanks for sharing.
My favorite comment ^^ Thank you very much for the kind words! 🙏🏻
Nice work, Very accurate.
Thank you! I appreciate it 🙌🏻
Very. Good. Work. ..master..!
Great video.
Wonderful ! Thank you for sharing. I have subscribed. I hope you can make more Vermeer Painting Process.
Thank you! 🙌🏻
Beautiful! Iove it Alex!!
Thanks Stone, much appreciated!
Your content is so cool! I cant believe that im going to witness this channel grow. I thank the algorithm for sending me here!
Thank you! I really appreciate it 🙏🏻👍🏻
Do you use projector for tracing?
wow
Great work.
Thank you! I appreciate it!
Great work! What technique did you use to get the base outline down before painting?
Beautiful. I have tried to paint this myself but can't get the skin tones. I was hoping you would be able to help but was disappointed.
Excellent video and demonstration, perfect result.
Alex, can I ask you how did you get the outline proportion correct first, I know you haven't used Grid, put you probably used a projector , Am I right?
Thank you.
What. Size. Canvas did. You do yours in.,?
Hi! Congratulations! Did you use the same colour for the underpainting on the background and the face? And also, what colours did you use for the second layer of the skin? Thanks!
I used just a straight burnt umber for the underpainting (just to get the initial values locked into place). For the flesh it mainly consisted of yellow ochre, cadmium red, titanium white, and a neutral gray (black + white + touch of burnt umber). Thanks, hope that helps!
Very good.👍👍
Thanks again for this video, great stuff. One point you don’t address is the fact that acrylics darken fairly strongly when dry (maybe it’s in a later video of this series). When you try to match a colour in the master image, you have to mix it fairly much lighter than what you see and second guess how much it darkens. How do you deal with this issue?
I think the best way to deal with color is to make sure you have proper lighting, and a good neutral palette (New Wave makes a gray glass palette) to see what you are mixing. I like to do color strings which is essentially mixing color values ahead of time. I don't notice acrylics getting much darker... I think often the painting will just appear darker if you are working under a light that is to bright. Try working with a slightly dimmer light to adjust for darkening if you notice. Hope this helps!
Wonderful....acrylic dry fast ...how you do it?
I prefer to use Golden OPEN acrylic which has a much slower drying time than typical acrylic... But I think the trick for any medium is just continue to work it until everything looks like exactly how you want it. For example, Anders Zorn, Sargent, etc... did a lot of water color paintings and water color dries even faster than acrylic. The medium alone did not stop them from achieving a fantastic level of realism within the works. Hope that helped! 👍🏻
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How do you get thin edges with the size brush you are using
That's a great question! For me, I like to use gray matters brushes - Angled brushes. The angled shape bristles are a little strange to get use to at first but... By having the angle I find the possibilities endless to achieve thin, broad, sharp, curved, etc... strokes. Also when you want thin strokes rely more on the tip - broad strokes (like Sargent) rely on a full bristled stroke. Hope this helps!
Great video. Why do you use acrylics? Please show your palette.
Of course, you did a very fine painting, but it's hard to follow along from the screen, when the painting is at an angle to it. Also, there are many stages in the painting of the face which I think you've fast-tracked & I believe viewers prefer to see those transitions; I know I would have.
How long did this take.
I did a reproduction of this with my great grand daughter.
Why didn’t you show the drawing?
Typically, I just don't film the sketch process. That's when I want to connect with work without video distraction. 👍🏻
@@alexhess_artist Or because it was just tracing? Doesn’t look like anything like sketching. Getting proportions right is the hardest part of all…lot of people skip that part …a real artist can draw him/herself.
@@karinvankempen6892 Are you the one that defines "a real artist"? That's one of the most amateur statements I've heard for awhile.
@@alexhess_artist No, Just saying what an artist would not need to do, tracing. It’s a skill that people study for years and I think it’s a pity that on you tube there’s a lot of teaching that skip the drawing part because they are tracing or even ‘teach’ to first trace an image. Getting the proportions right is a difficult part of the job. If video’s are just for teaching painting it’s allright because one might make a copy anyway just to teach techniques, but then it could just be mentioned that the drawing is traced because of that. I see you got a few questions about it. If you were not tracing the sketch, good for you, then teach people that too…people would like to watch that too.
@@karinvankempen6892 That's fair in some ways... I will say, I think it's a dated way to view painting and making art in general. // BRAVO! you spent 20hrs sketching and gridding out a masterstudy // Thinking pragmatic... If you were smart you would spend 20mins and "trace" or project for basic shapes... I once had a professor tell me "No one cares about the details of how the sauce is made, they ultimately care if it tastes good." I would recommend focusing on creating compelling art and focus less on if someone follows the rules... Hate to break it to you - Art has no rules, that's why people love it.
I. Love your paintings... excellent work......but. I paint the face. Ferst because her face was there. Before she put her clothes on I go by reality....... funny but true.