Hello Matt, i'm French nd i do not understand English very well... But i congratulate you for your videos that i discover today and i'm sure they will help me a lot... and in addittion they will help me progress in English ! Thank you very much ! See you soon !
Thanks a lot for this tutorial. I am planning to paint a grisaille bur with acrylics. I would really suggest showing your paint pallet in the video. I know that it is a series of gray tones but it would be really useful.
Shouldn't the darkest areas be painted first? I think this is a wonderful tutorial, so much better than the speed up ones with music. Just commenting because in my mind I think I will start with the darks first.
Hi thank you, yes you're probably right! I'm not following any set method, just showing how I would do it. I just keep working until I get it right. I don't know if that's helpful but maybe it just shows people that whatever way you do it, keep trying until it works!
hey Matt great stuff..just wondering about the use of opaque colors for glazing, cad red, etc...others have told me not to use them, but they seem to be fine here, am i missing something? thx
Hi Dan thanks I don’t know it depends what you define as glazing and for some that might mean only using transparent colours. You could say I’m using so called velaturas which are thin layers, that for simplicity I call glazes, with white or opaque colours added. But it’s all about definition and different interpretations of oil painting techniques. I just try to find something that works in a given painting and don’t like being bound by rules which sometimes feel dogmatic to me. An academic painter encouraged me to use cad red in glazes. In short you can see here that it works fine. Cheers, matt
I'm currently painting my fifth Bouguereau upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_A_Little_Coaxing_%281890%29.jpg (Tender Ways, on MDF, 113 x 69cm). I've been studying him for a couple of years with little idea of how he achieved his incredible lightness of touch and subtlety, so these videos are proving fascinating for me, having never used the grisaille method and being rather diffident about trying it. I use a grid method similar to yours. Really enjoying these series of videos and can't wait to see the rest.
Hi thank you very much. For oiling out I use M. Graham's Walnut alkyd medium because it dries quickly but doesn't have mineral spirits. You can use whatever medium you want, but you have to rub it off so there is not too much. Most of my videos show this process and its something I learned with practise.
Thank you for sharing! I'm creating a grisaille, but am using thick sable brushes which I find to be obstructive for fine detailing, would you recommend synthetic brushes?
looking forward your glazing video! thanks a million for sharing this!
Hello Matt, i'm French nd i do not understand English very well... But i congratulate you for your videos that i discover today and i'm sure they will help me a lot... and in addittion they will help me progress in English ! Thank you very much ! See you soon !
Hi Catherine merci, very good English!
matt harvey art thanks Google traduction 😉
Your videos are great with commentary, super helpful. The indirect technique is my preferred one. Thanks a lot Matt
Thanks Ramon thats great to hear, I'm so happy they are useful!
Thanks a lot for this tutorial. I am planning to paint a grisaille bur with acrylics. I would really suggest showing your paint pallet in the video. I know that it is a series of gray tones but it would be really useful.
Shouldn't the darkest areas be painted first? I think this is a wonderful tutorial, so much better than the speed up ones with music. Just commenting because in my mind I think I will start with the darks first.
Hi thank you, yes you're probably right! I'm not following any set method, just showing how I would do it. I just keep working until I get it right. I don't know if that's helpful but maybe it just shows people that whatever way you do it, keep trying until it works!
hey Matt great stuff..just wondering about the use of opaque colors for glazing, cad red, etc...others have told me not to use them, but they seem to be fine here, am i missing something? thx
Hi Dan thanks I don’t know it depends what you define as glazing and for some that might mean only using transparent colours. You could say I’m using so called velaturas which are thin layers, that for simplicity I call glazes, with white or opaque colours added. But it’s all about definition and different interpretations of oil painting techniques. I just try to find something that works in a given painting and don’t like being bound by rules which sometimes feel dogmatic to me. An academic painter encouraged me to use cad red in glazes. In short you can see here that it works fine. Cheers, matt
@@mattharveyart thx so much for taking the time to answer my question so so helpful
I'm currently painting my fifth Bouguereau upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/98/William-Adolphe_Bouguereau_%281825-1905%29_-_A_Little_Coaxing_%281890%29.jpg (Tender Ways, on MDF, 113 x 69cm). I've been studying him for a couple of years with little idea of how he achieved his incredible lightness of touch and subtlety, so these videos are proving fascinating for me, having never used the grisaille method and being rather diffident about trying it. I use a grid method similar to yours. Really enjoying these series of videos and can't wait to see the rest.
Hi Chris thanks, 5 full size paintings must have taken a while! I'm happy these videos can be valuable in some way
So nice,thank u
Ever used a thin layer of gesso, it dries quicker and you can still see the pencil marks .
As a matter of Flat. Thanks I should try that
As a matter of Flat. I’ve seen it used, looks good
What did you brushed on the canvas first? Nice job. Thanks for sharing.
Hi thank you very much. For oiling out I use M. Graham's Walnut alkyd medium because it dries quickly but doesn't have mineral spirits. You can use whatever medium you want, but you have to rub it off so there is not too much. Most of my videos show this process and its something I learned with practise.
I'm very sorry I think I misunderstood the question! I primed the board with a good quality household acrylic primer mixed with a little water
@@mattharveyart Thank you for both.
matt harvey art Hey there
Do you notice the walnut alkyd staying sticky after drying?
Thank you for sharing! I'm creating a grisaille, but am using thick sable brushes which I find to be obstructive for fine detailing, would you recommend synthetic brushes?
I use both sable and synthetic, and use a smaller brush for details. See what works best for you
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