Acrylic Painting Demonstration: Monet's Water Lilies (1908)
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2019
- A demonstration video originally made for a beginners acrylic course in February 2019. The video consists of a number of real-time clips, so when you see me painting, the video is not speeded up. The clips are edited so you don't sit through me having a cup of tea or sitting thinking! Total painting time was about an hour from start to finish.
I painted on a 30cm square canvas board using Jackson's (UK) studio quality acrylic paints (www.jacksonsart.com/jackson-s....
I attempted to paint in the manner of Monet using an underpainting and then dabbing thicker paint, often pure pigment, over the top. It's interesting when trying to replicate a painting such as this just how much white paint is used.
Monet famously used a quite restricted palette. Research by the National Gallery in London suggests Monet would have used only white, cobalt violet, viridian green, cobalt blue, French ultramarine, vermillion (red), cadmium yellow and zinc yellow in similar paintings.
(www.nationalgallery.org.uk/up...) - Jak na to + styl
C'était un symphonie avec un beau voyage de rêve merci pour la démonstration ❤
Fantastically close to Monet in colours and layers; a brilliant demonstration. I really enjoy watching this. Thank you.
Thank you Julia - glad you enjoyed it.
You have the best demonstration/tutorial inspired by Monet - I learned so much - Thank you!!
Thank you much. You did great with the basic colors. Very nice. I will look for you again. Thank you.
Ive watched this a couple of times and it's still fascinating & beautiful!
This is so gorgeous! You captured the essence of his painting using student grade paints no less 😱 thanks so much this made my soul happy
Glad you enjoyed it and thanks for the comment.
The style of Monets’ painting is fast and free and full of energy.
It seems to show me the air of the garden with its sense of light, and I can imagine the dense smells of many flowers and plants Blooming into my life.
Monet's paintings were not painted alla prima or fast. He worked on the same painting many, many sessions. I do wonder what he would have done if he had been able to use acrylic paints.
Very true. He would often work on a painting only at one time of day to replicate the light, then move on to another. It would have been interesting to see what would have happened if he'd had colour photography for reference as well. Thanks for your interest.
So beautiful !!! great lessons in blending!! thanks very much NM USA
Excellent piece, Thank you for sharing
WOW WOW WOW!!
Thank YOU MUCH for a ," classic rendition". From Cape Town 😍
Such a beautiful painting and the video, thank you very much. And the music is very harmonious too :)
Both beautiful and helpful - thank you so much.
Excellent demonstration!
WOW. Thank you for this!
Thank you Watching you paint Monet was very hypnotic.
So so useful. It taught me underpainting. You are a great teacher. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Una belleza.....gracias por compartir..!!.Estoy maravillada!!
Beautiful!!!!
wonderful painting! I so appreciate you sharing your talent. It is helpful to me (so late in life) just getting started and feel confident enough to put the brush to the canvas!
Thanks Janice and apologies for the delay in replying. Glad you found it helpful. Never be afraid to have a go!
I've been longing to try out a Monet Water Lily painting.. you have inspired me to go ahead and do it.. thank you for sharing.. I have subscribed..
Glad it inspired you and thanks for the comment.
Beautiful!
Brilliant! Thank you.
Beautiful work, thank you.
so soft , thank you
best video i’ve seen yet !
Beautiful. Thanks
Felicidades,un magnífico trabajo.
Me encanta su forma de trabajar...
Thank you for this lesson!
I realize it's kinda off topic but do anybody know a good site to stream new movies online?
Thank you, nice work!
So beautiful
looks amazing..
WOW!
That is so cool !
Keep you the good work!
Thank you! Cheers!
This is so good. Im gonna try this. Thank you!
Good luck! Hope you have fun with it.
Wonderful!!!👏👏👏👏👏
Thank you
Beautiful
Fantastic!!! Thank you so much!!!
Thanks Elena - hope you found it useful.
best painting
Wonderful....
super merci
Great demo of Monets water lilies. I learnt from it
Glad you enjoyed it
Wonderful
this is so useful❤ thank you
I am awestruck by your use of color. It is more beautiful to me than I could convey in words. I would love to know the palette you used. I can only imagine how much better it looks in person...
nice video, i really love it
Thanks this is very useful!
Merci its very interresting, more like Thatcher please😊
Bravissimo
You're a beautiful artist, I hope you will demo more Impressionist works.
Thanks for the nice comments Linda. Hopefully I'll get time for some more demos soon.
Ciao.... mi chiamo Lelio , anch'io sono appassionato alla pittura impressionista, in particolare mi piace Monet, mi sono iscritto al suo canale, complimenti per la bellissima dimostrazione, era ciò che cercavo!
Quel beau travail c est magnifique bravo j adore cette peinture Fotini
Merci !
Very beautifully painted
Thanks Linda.
I hope you will paint more of Monet's water lilies.
@@lindab7383 Hi again - here's one I painted this summer for the gallery: photos.app.goo.gl/PeCE1PjTrR7r4Eon6
You are very talented. I love true Impressionism and Monet is my inspiration.
This is a great video! Definitely going to try this. Do you think you could do a Georges Seurat demo in acrylic’s? Or is pointillism not easily achieved with acrylic paint?
I think you can achieve most things with acrylics, but pointillism had a different basis to Monet. I believe Seurat was influenced by the (then) modern printing process of using dots of CMYK in rosette patterns. It's very time consuming and, for me, not as emotional as Monet's painting style. I admire many of Seurat's paintings, but don't have the 'connection' to make me want to try it. Hope that makes sense.
@@jonsephtonatgaleriejs7799 yeah it makes sense. I’m definitely more connected to Monet’s style of Impressionism. I tried to do pointillism but it wore down my patience very fast.
Great painting! What kind of acrylic are you using? It blends very well.
Thanks Jake. As this was a demo for a class I used the same paints as I provide for them - 'Studio Acrylic Paint' from Jackson's Art Supplies (UK based). I usually use Golden 'Heavy Body' for my own work.
Wonderful thank you! What is the piano piece?
Hi Belinda - sorry it's taken a while to get back to you. The piano is a piece of royalty -free music by Kevin Macleod - you can get more information in his credit at the end of the video. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
Lovely painting and the music is wonderful too. What is it?
Hi Cris - sorry it's taken a while to get back to you. The piano is a piece of royalty -free music by Kevin Macleod - you can get more information in his credit at the end of the video. Thanks for taking the time to comment.
@@jonsephton7101 LOL Thank you so much. Really enjoyed you video.
Gorgeous. Are the filberts you're using soft synthetics?
Hi - thanks for the comment and apologies for the delay in replying. The filbert I used mostly was a Pro-Arte hog brush (size 4), although the bigger brush at the start was a synthetic hog, I think by Leonard although the markings have worn away from the handle. Both fairly stiff brushes to help with Monet's dabbing technique of applying the paint.
@@jonsephtonatgaleriejs7799 thank you!
Merci!!! Je cherche cette peinture sur le site de la liste des ses tableaux mais ne la trouve pas. Pouvez-vous me diriger vers un lien sur internet? Vous expliquez qu'il faille utiliser beaucoup de peinture blanche, ce qui enlève parfois la vivacité des couleurs, pourquoi est-ce nécessaire? Merci bien
Merci pour vos commentaires. Réponse facile pour commencer - voici le fichier que j'ai utilisé comme source : art-monet.com/1901_49.html.
Selon mon expérience, j'ai dû utiliser plus de peinture blanche que je ne le pensais, ce qui m'a surpris. Je pense que Monet s'appuie sur le contraste pour ajouter de l'éclat à un grand nombre de ses œuvres, et le fait de mettre des couleurs plus vives à côté de couleurs pâles fait apparaître les couleurs plus riches encore plus fortes.
I want to do this for a project, is there any way I can access a step-by-step lesson about this piece?
Hi Naomi. Thanks for your interest. There isn't any more video for this particular piece, although I hope the main steps are covered in the video. It's tempting to follow a demo too closely - experiment a bit and you'll get the feel for it. Good luck with the project!
@@jonsephtonatgaleriejs7799 Great! Thank you so much for the recommendations!! Very excited to do this!
What brand of paint are you using? Thanks.
Hi Mary. They were from Jacksons Art Supplies in the UK. Just their 'student' quality ones as that was what I was providing for the class. I usually use Golden Heavy Body acrylics.
May I ask what brush you used? Bristles?
Hi and thanks for the comment. Yes, the brushes are bristles. A softer flat for the underpainting and then a firmer filbert for the rest. If you stand next to an original Monet the brushstrokes are very evident, so it needs a firm bristle to keep the texture.
Your paint looks really thin do you water them down? Or mix it ? You should show your palette as well to show how you mis them
Hi Cy. Thanks for the comments. For the initial background I mixed in a little water, but after that the paints are from the tube. I find acrylics, whatever the quality, always seem a little thinner than oils. The ones I was using were 'student' quality (the demo was originally for an art class), so a little less vivd than some higher quality paints. Apologies for the palette missing. In my other 'style of Monet' video you can see more of the palette: czcams.com/video/BIj9yMaE_kw/video.html
Very good results for sure. I just wish we had a better idea about Monet’s process especially his under painting (or lack there-of). Opinions are varied about this point in particular. It’s always a challenge to attempt to reverse engineer a master’s work...
Thanks for the comments. You're right not much seems to be known about Monet's exact methods, although there is certainly evidence of underpainting. For a more technical, but interesting analysis, this is a useful document: www.nationalgallery.org.uk/upload/pdf/roy2007.pdf
Are you the colours Monet used, still avalible today
Hi Ben. There are a couple of reports of the colours Monet used and most are still available although I'm sure formulations will have changed. The National Gallery's report is probably the most exhaustive (www.nationalgallery.org.uk/media/15524/roy2007.pdf). All manufacturers have some slightly different names for their colours, but it would seem Monet's palette was (roughly, after 1860): Lead white (difficult to buy in Europe now, but many offer a 'lead white alternative'), Cobalt violet light, Emerald green (now a safe version - the one Monet used would probably have contained, and given off, arsenic!), French ultramarine, Vermilion (similar to Alizarin Crimson), Cadmium yellow light, Cadmium yellow dark and Lemon yellow. Hope that's some help, Jon.
@@jonsephtonatgaleriejs7799 ty… I was just curious … I love this painting of yours btw
I painted a version myself
Ive watched this a couple of times and it's still fascinating & beautiful!
Beautiful!