Haha, maybe. I don't think it's a gift. Writing the commentary actually takes me ages, it's the longest part of making each video. I put a lot of thought into the language. I have to do several drafts before I can condense it down to the most relevant info, and re write it so that it make more sense. And I have to play it back to myself, so I often end up re editing. It's why I only put up a new video every 1 or 2 months and not more often.
Love how you choose your words as carefully as your colours-such good explanations of the techniques and thought behind it. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge. Would love to join one of your classes in London once this quarantine is over. Stay safe
Start with really simple still lives under a strong light source, where the shapes are much easier to see. Like the exercise in this video czcams.com/video/Sm9hCGY6k6k/video.html It's how my "mass drawing" course is designed. From these we move on to casts in monochrome, which are a little more difficult to simplify.
Thank you sooo much! I just started painting and letting out my creativity! I followed every step and it still looks crazy bad 😂 This is my 10th time going for this look because I love it so much and Im not giving up! 💪😍 and btw I have never seen such a talented and unique artist! Your paintings look like they are from renaissance era!!!
don't stop practicing, don't give up, paint what makes you happy, and paint because you enjoy it (not because you want to be the best painter). Have fun!
Great job. I'm detailed realistic orientated and been painting for decades and was never was satisfied with my flower painting because I had not recognized that zen of stepping back and being loose with flowers and the color intelligence.Thanks to him and other artist for sharing there beautifully work and techniques
Thank you Darryl. Flowers are a great exercise and can be really difficult to paint. But you don't need to copy them exactly ad try to paint every small petal that you see. They move anyway, If you come back to them the following day their petals will be in a different position.
Hi. Your tutorial video is helpful for many people just starting out with painting. In particular, I also upload the process of painting every day, which is especially helpful for me. Thanks a lot!
Thanks Carol. Now is the time for flowers, particularly if you're going to paint them outside in the wild. Which is more challenging with the wind and changing light, but I reckon they make for more interesting compositions than flowers in a vase.
The way you painted this made me think maybe i can really tackle another rose painting lol... i think one of the hardest things about flowers especially petal filled ones like roses is that you see them and they are just a cascade of folding fabric! (tonnes of it, all bundled up) and it's just overwhelming.. how will i paint EACH and EVERY petal.. well to be honest.. i dont think we need to paint EACH and every FOLD or petal.. but rather look for the most form building petals and really draw the abstracts until you have something resembling the rose.. lovely tutorial.
First of all, you need to think of the Rose as a ball and just establish the larger forms. the main shadow and the lights. At this stage only thinking about colours. Then add the larger petals, you don't necessarily need to draw them accurately, because no one is going to see the original flower and compare them. Also the petals will move while you are painting them, but you do need to get the edge quality of the petals right. Where are the edges hard and where are they soft. Then as you add the tiny petals, you must avoid trying to paint every single petal that you see. You only need a couple of the most prominent petals. It's difficult but you will learn a lot about simplifying small details. I've also got another rose painting demo that I did here, which you might find helpful: czcams.com/video/0fS7C1TLJ_o/video.html
This is what is missing in schools, painting with your hand not with computers. Kids are glued to their cell phones all the time something which robs them of using their hands and skills to develop motor abilities.
I agree they don’t develop , learn how to draw that is more freedom then a phone or a computer , or some people even use tracers , because they can’t draw , and then calling themself an artist , the truth is always in the drawing .
Love how it’s called SIMPLIFY yes he proceeds with 15 colors lol 😂. Using a more simple palette forces you to be more creative and is less overwhelming
You are SOOOOOOO good and a really good, clear concise teacher. The term "simplify" is the perfect name. I am loving all the videos. What brush are you using for this tutorial? I am having problems with my brushes just scraping paint off rather than placing the paint in.
Thank you Mel. The first thing is you're probably not using enough paint. You need a loaded brush, in order fro it to leave paint on the surface. If there isn't enough paint on the brush the hairs will just scrape away the paint underneath. Then, you could also try using some softer haired brushes, synthetic or animal hair to apply the top layers of paint onto the wet paint underneath? You also need to try and be careful and deliberate with your brushstrokes, the more you go over an area the more likely things will get mixed in together. I made a video on brushes and how I use them here, hope it helps: czcams.com/video/hDNinFaPA30/video.html
Thank you Freda! I started this painting by placing a coloured ground on the canvas, made with paint diluted in solvent. I use the paper towel to dry the ground before painting on it. If the ground is too wet, then when I start painting on it everything starts slipping around and it becomes much harder to control.
Thank you very much for your videos:) i wanna ask that why did you not use any medium for your paintings in your videos here. you dont paint in layers? Am I right?
I would recommend you start with a limited palette with different versions of the three primaries. You could try something like this, made up of different versions of the three primary colours, red, yellow, blue and white: czcams.com/video/9ozcDjAg1ag/video.html
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting i studied to mix accurate colours with three primary colours but i dont know to extend the colours like in this yours painting ....any tips?
@@hhhjhffghbn Once you've learned to mix colour with a limited colour, it shouldn't hard to just start experimenting with more colours. You need to think of colours as different variations of the three primaries. They will behave the same way. For instance viridian green will behave in a similar way to a blue, when you mix it with yellow or red, it will neutralise them. So you can use viridian to neutralise flesh colours in just the same way you would a Ivory black or blue. The reason you choose a particular colours is because they make it easier to match the colours in your subject. Like in this demo, it was much easier to match the pink flower with cooler Alizarin Crimson. Cadmium red would have been too warm and orange. Does that make sense? You'll also notice that I didn't touch many of the colours I placed on my palette for this demo. So you could say this was mainly a limited palette of titanium white, yellow ochre, alizarin crimson and viridian. I also used Raw Umber in the leaves and Raw Umber and Ultramarine for the background. But my main advise, is to just start experimenting with more colours.
I use Mark Carders limited pallete of permanent alizorin crimson, cad yellow light, titanium white, french ultramarine and burnt umber. I was shocked at the amount of colours u can mix and how easy it is to adjust colours for a noob like me.
Yes Indeed. Have you seen my previous demo, on colour saturation? czcams.com/video/9ozcDjAg1ag/video.html I use a very similar limited palette with lemon yellow instead of cad (its cheaper) and no brown. Using the brown makes sense because it much easier to mix neutral colours. You can get neutrals by mixing the three primaries together but it takes longer. I agree, a limited palette is a very good to learn how colour mixing works and from there its quite easy to add more pigments to your palette.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting I'm using alizerin crimson as my cool red and I love it. It's beautiful and great for learning color mixing, but I've read that it badly fades. That's fine for my studies, but I'm concerned your art will fade.
Thank you. I use oil primed lined which I make myself. At some point in the future I'll do some videos on materials and one on building supports. As far as the colour of the ground goes, it's a turpentine wash. I did a video on the subject here: czcams.com/video/6CvZo-t43vQ/video.html
Very good compared to most Tutors on here but shame (I know it takes longer and people now don't have the patience to watch real time) you did not include 'real time' amd maybe a close up, because it is to me the watching, timing, hand control, stroke etc which is what I believe teaches us. I am a long term teacher and trainer.
Thank you. Real time videos also take much longer to make and edit. I find it hard to talk and paint at the same time so I write my commentary afterwards, my explanation are much clearer that way. However, I have made a real time video for CZcams, which you find in the link below. Also all the videos on my Patreon channel are in real time: czcams.com/video/JoCSaNKDyNg/video.html
That's unfortunate. You should check out my Patreon channel. There is a flower demo on there that is filmed in real time. I also did a master copy on this channel that's been filmed in real time, which might interest you? czcams.com/video/JoCSaNKDyNg/video.html
You have an incredible gift for explaining various topics well. Your videos are very helpful!
Haha, maybe. I don't think it's a gift. Writing the commentary actually takes me ages, it's the longest part of making each video. I put a lot of thought into the language. I have to do several drafts before I can condense it down to the most relevant info, and re write it so that it make more sense. And I have to play it back to myself, so I often end up re editing. It's why I only put up a new video every 1 or 2 months and not more often.
The bit about using a transparent green for the leaves to prevent mixing is really useful to me! Thank you!
Thank you for watching! Glad it was helpful.
I am a digital artist but i take inspiration from most traditional artist, thanks for this tutorial, i enjoyed it.
Beautiful. Not many left handed artist for me to watch and learn. Thank you for sharing your true talents❤
Thank you Tammy!
Love how you choose your words as carefully as your colours-such good explanations of the techniques and thought behind it. Many thanks for sharing your knowledge. Would love to join one of your classes in London once this quarantine is over. Stay safe
Thank very much. I hope you do, after this is all over. Likewise, stay safe and well!
Good job Alex! I look forward to your next demo.
Thank you again Alex!
I'm obsessed with the appealing value shapes you create. So sleek/geometric, hopefully I'll be able to abstract values like you some day.
Start with really simple still lives under a strong light source, where the shapes are much easier to see. Like the exercise in this video
czcams.com/video/Sm9hCGY6k6k/video.html
It's how my "mass drawing" course is designed. From these we move on to casts in monochrome, which are a little more difficult to simplify.
Thank you sooo much! I just started painting and letting out my creativity! I followed every step and it still looks crazy bad 😂 This is my 10th time going for this look because I love it so much and Im not giving up! 💪😍 and btw I have never seen such a talented and unique artist! Your paintings look like they are from renaissance era!!!
Thank you very much. Glad you've found this helpful. Keep trying, you'll get there!
don't stop practicing, don't give up, paint what makes you happy, and paint because you enjoy it (not because you want to be the best painter). Have fun!
Love to see the dedication!! Hope your art studies are going well! ❤🎨
Great job. I'm detailed realistic orientated and been painting for decades and was never was satisfied with my flower painting because I had not recognized that zen of stepping back and being loose with flowers and the color intelligence.Thanks to him and other artist for sharing there beautifully work and techniques
Thank you Darryl. Flowers are a great exercise and can be really difficult to paint. But you don't need to copy them exactly ad try to paint every small petal that you see. They move anyway, If you come back to them the following day their petals will be in a different position.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting good advice practicing at this moment. Have a wonderful day 😊
Great demo. Thank you!
This is brilliant! I am in awe. I have just done my first ever oil painting today, and now I think I will be inspired to keep practicing.
Well done Janet! Definitely keep it up.
Beautiful, elegant and classy!!! 🌹
Clear and concise demo, thank you!
I could watch this all day.
Thanks Jeff!
Hi. Your tutorial video is helpful for many people just starting out with painting. In particular, I also upload the process of painting every day, which is especially helpful for me. Thanks a lot!
Well done! Keep up the god work.
Beautiful!
Thank you!
Thank you for sharing the tutorial! Really learned a lot. Also, I love how you use the stick of the brush to lay notes!
Thank you very much!
Brilliant! Alex is so good at explaining complicated stuff.
Thanks Christopher!
Beautiful, love the style of your roses.
Thank you Jane!
Brilliant lesson, thank you Alex
Excellent demo. I’m planning to spend Spring and Summer painting flowers. Thank you very much.
Thanks Carol. Now is the time for flowers, particularly if you're going to paint them outside in the wild. Which is more challenging with the wind and changing light, but I reckon they make for more interesting compositions than flowers in a vase.
Awesome 💜
This is so good..thank u so much, Alex!! Grateful you r sharing ur knowledge 🙏
Thank you very much! Glad you like it.
Excellent demonstration! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks Caspar.
I really love all your videos. Very inspiring
Thank you!
Thanks. Excellent demo.
2:37 😮 на палитре розовая розочка получилась! 👍🏼 и размер, и цвет, и поворот в ту же сторону
Thank you again for sharing your knowledge! Greetings from Mexico!!
Thank very much José
What to say Mr Alex .. Thanks a lot .. My teacher .. You are the best.
Thanks Sammy
Gracias👌💯 desde España🌹
Gretengs from greece !
Γειά σου!
Thanks a lot!
Me encanta esta mistura de cores! Amor é arte❤
Amazing work in every video! They are really helpful, very rich in information. I love your channel!
Excellent and beautifull. Merci !!
Thank you! Glad you liked it.
This is wonderful. Very, very good job here.
Thank you very much!
Thanks so very much appreciate you .
Thank you Angela!
Thank you for the tutorial :D I cannot afford art school so this is very helpful!
Thank you! Glad it was helpful.
Love it!
fantastic
Thank you!
I'm never going to paint a flower, but here I am at 5 am watching this. Modern life
Thanks very much.beautiful
Thanks for this amazing video. More than I learned in school.
wonderful!!!
Thank's a lot 🙏🙏🙏
Beautiful 🥰
The way you painted this made me think maybe i can really tackle another rose painting lol... i think one of the hardest things about flowers especially petal filled ones like roses is that you see them and they are just a cascade of folding fabric! (tonnes of it, all bundled up) and it's just overwhelming.. how will i paint EACH and EVERY petal.. well to be honest.. i dont think we need to paint EACH and every FOLD or petal.. but rather look for the most form building petals and really draw the abstracts until you have something resembling the rose.. lovely tutorial.
First of all, you need to think of the Rose as a ball and just establish the larger forms. the main shadow and the lights. At this stage only thinking about colours. Then add the larger petals, you don't necessarily need to draw them accurately, because no one is going to see the original flower and compare them. Also the petals will move while you are painting them, but you do need to get the edge quality of the petals right. Where are the edges hard and where are they soft. Then as you add the tiny petals, you must avoid trying to paint every single petal that you see. You only need a couple of the most prominent petals. It's difficult but you will learn a lot about simplifying small details. I've also got another rose painting demo that I did here, which you might find helpful:
czcams.com/video/0fS7C1TLJ_o/video.html
Thank you!
really nice, thanks!
can one apply for private lessons? Thanks.
Brilliant ...
This is what is missing in schools, painting with your hand not with computers. Kids are glued to their cell phones all the time something which robs them of using their hands and skills to develop motor abilities.
I agree.
I agree they don’t develop , learn how to draw that is more freedom then a phone or a computer , or some people even use tracers , because they can’t draw , and then calling themself an artist , the truth is always in the drawing .
love it
Love how it’s called SIMPLIFY yes he proceeds with 15 colors lol 😂. Using a more simple palette forces you to be more creative and is less overwhelming
Yes indeed, in lots of my other videos I use a variety of limited palettes.
Wow
You are SOOOOOOO good and a really good, clear concise teacher. The term "simplify" is the perfect name. I am loving all the videos. What brush are you using for this tutorial? I am having problems with my brushes just scraping paint off rather than placing the paint in.
Thank you Mel. The first thing is you're probably not using enough paint. You need a loaded brush, in order fro it to leave paint on the surface. If there isn't enough paint on the brush the hairs will just scrape away the paint underneath. Then, you could also try using some softer haired brushes, synthetic or animal hair to apply the top layers of paint onto the wet paint underneath? You also need to try and be careful and deliberate with your brushstrokes, the more you go over an area the more likely things will get mixed in together. I made a video on brushes and how I use them here, hope it helps:
czcams.com/video/hDNinFaPA30/video.html
pacing the floor waiting for Zorn ;-)
Nice
Ugh wish I had an art school here
Whereabouts are you?
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting in South Africa
Beautiful, you make it look so easy. What was the tissue purpose on the canvas please?
Thank you Freda! I started this painting by placing a coloured ground on the canvas, made with paint diluted in solvent. I use the paper towel to dry the ground before painting on it. If the ground is too wet, then when I start painting on it everything starts slipping around and it becomes much harder to control.
Thank you very much for your videos:) i wanna ask that why did you not use any medium for your paintings in your videos here. you dont paint in layers? Am I right?
So many colors y this
Hi Alex! thanks for your tutorials. I don't get how you paint the background.. is it oil painting with water ? thanks again
The background is oil paint diluted in turpentine.
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting thank you
Where can I find the referente photo?
There isn't one, I was working from life. Why don't you try painting a real rose?
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting Pity.. yeah, i should jajaj
Hi sir, i am a beginner i have a doubt....do i need so many colors for a painting or a limited palette ?
I would recommend you start with a limited palette with different versions of the three primaries. You could try something like this, made up of different versions of the three primary colours, red, yellow, blue and white:
czcams.com/video/9ozcDjAg1ag/video.html
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting i studied to mix accurate colours with three primary colours but i dont know to extend the colours like in this yours painting ....any tips?
@@hhhjhffghbn Once you've learned to mix colour with a limited colour, it shouldn't hard to just start experimenting with more colours. You need to think of colours as different variations of the three primaries. They will behave the same way. For instance viridian green will behave in a similar way to a blue, when you mix it with yellow or red, it will neutralise them. So you can use viridian to neutralise flesh colours in just the same way you would a Ivory black or blue. The reason you choose a particular colours is because they make it easier to match the colours in your subject. Like in this demo, it was much easier to match the pink flower with cooler Alizarin Crimson. Cadmium red would have been too warm and orange. Does that make sense? You'll also notice that I didn't touch many of the colours I placed on my palette for this demo. So you could say this was mainly a limited palette of titanium white, yellow ochre, alizarin crimson and viridian. I also used Raw Umber in the leaves and Raw Umber and Ultramarine for the background. But my main advise, is to just start experimenting with more colours.
Could one not get pretty much the same results with half the colours?
Most definitely.
V nice 👌
# Dr.Kanchans desk
Thank you!
👌👌👌👌
👌💕
I use Mark Carders limited pallete of permanent alizorin crimson, cad yellow light, titanium white, french ultramarine and burnt umber. I was shocked at the amount of colours u can mix and how easy it is to adjust colours for a noob like me.
Yes Indeed. Have you seen my previous demo, on colour saturation?
czcams.com/video/9ozcDjAg1ag/video.html
I use a very similar limited palette with lemon yellow instead of cad (its cheaper) and no brown. Using the brown makes sense because it much easier to mix neutral colours. You can get neutrals by mixing the three primaries together but it takes longer.
I agree, a limited palette is a very good to learn how colour mixing works and from there its quite easy to add more pigments to your palette.
very good. acrylic or oil paint ?
Thank you Adnan! This painting was done with oils
what kind of glass palette is that.
It's a cheap ready made picture frame, the kind you'd find in a home furnishing store like IKEA. I paid about £10 for it.
Are you using real alizerin crimson or alizerin crimson permanent?
I'm using Alizarin Crimson by a UK manufacturer called Michael Harding
@@SIMPLIFYDrawingandPainting I'm using alizerin crimson as my cool red and I love it. It's beautiful and great for learning color mixing, but I've read that it badly fades. That's fine for my studies, but I'm concerned your art will fade.
@@savecharlie I've heard that too. Tho Michael harding claims his doesn't fade, even tho he doesn't call it permanent.
Hi, Alex! Love your channel! What do you use for grey background? Is it gesso or oil with medium?
Thank you. I use oil primed lined which I make myself. At some point in the future I'll do some videos on materials and one on building supports. As far as the colour of the ground goes, it's a turpentine wash. I did a video on the subject here:
czcams.com/video/6CvZo-t43vQ/video.html
Very good compared to most Tutors on here but shame (I know it takes longer and people now don't have the patience to watch real time) you did not include 'real time' amd maybe a close up, because it is to me the watching, timing, hand control, stroke etc which is what I believe teaches us. I am a long term teacher and trainer.
Thank you. Real time videos also take much longer to make and edit. I find it hard to talk and paint at the same time so I write my commentary afterwards, my explanation are much clearer that way. However, I have made a real time video for CZcams, which you find in the link below. Also all the videos on my Patreon channel are in real time:
czcams.com/video/JoCSaNKDyNg/video.html
Какая прелесть! Так жалко, что не на русском!
magnifique mais beaucoup trop rapide on n a pas le temps de comprendre
Half the colors he didn’t even use. I’m confused 😐
Too fast
That's unfortunate. You should check out my Patreon channel. There is a flower demo on there that is filmed in real time. I also did a master copy on this channel that's been filmed in real time, which might interest you?
czcams.com/video/JoCSaNKDyNg/video.html
Your explanation is good but don't make video time lapse .