10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Started Oil Painting
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- Ten things I wish I knew before I started oil painting :
0:00 Surface is fundamental
2:28 Let it dry
4:52 Don't go too fluid
6:35 Let paint dry however it wants
7:21 Simplicity is key
8:41 Technique isn't more important than the subject
10:25 Study with subjects that motivate you
11:42 Cover the surface first, think later
13:55 Prioritize fun
16:07 You can't paint like someone else
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I am an artist living and working in France. I learned the techniques of the Atelier of the Nineteenth century and now I try to share some of my knowledge with the rest of the world, because I think that beauty still has an important role to play in artistic creation. I do mostly drawing and oil painting, and my goal is always to provide techniques, thoughts and explanations that can be useful to anyone, from beginners to more advanced artists.
The material I use most of the time (not necessarily in this video) :
Drawing
Equipement
✓ Kneaded eraser
✓ Plumb line
✓ Small mirror
✓ An old synthetic brush
✓ Masking tape
✓ Cutter
✓ Sandpaper or sanding block
✓ Mahlstick or Hand rest (DIY)
✓ Level ruler
Graphite
✓ Pencils 2H, HB and 2B
Charcoal
✓ If available: Nitram charcoals (H, HB and B)
✓ Square charcoals
✓ Natural charcoal box
Black and white chalk
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
✓ Square Conté noir : HB and 2B
✓ Chalk or pencil holder
✓ Pencil sketch Conté Pierre noire : H and HB
Sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté : Blood and blood Medici
✓ Crayon Polychromos Faber-Castel : sanguine
✓ Sketch pencil Conté white
Oil painting
Palette
(Extra-fine paint, recommended brands depending on availability: Lefranc Bourgeois, Winsor and Newton, Royal Talens Rembrandt)
✓ Titanium white PW6
✓ Yellow ochre PY42
✓ Burnt Sienna PR101 or PBr7
✓ Venetian red or English red PR101
✓ Permanent Alizarin crimson (Attention: do not use the traditional pigment, which is not very light-fast) PV19 or PR177 or Quinacridone Rose PV19
✓ Cobalt teal blue PG50
✓ French ultramarine blue PB29
✓ Raw umber PBr7
✓ Burnt umber PBr7
✓ Ivory Black PBk9
Brushes
✓ About ten filbert hog bristle brushes sizes n° 4, 6, 8, 10 and 12
✓ Some flat brushes
✓ Round sable brush or round Kolinsky sable n° 4, 8, 10, 12 (from the size of the nail (about one inch) or synthetic imitation
Medium
✓ Linseed stand oil
✓ Odourless mineral spirits
✓ Safflower oil
Surface
✓ Linen canvas, fine grain universal coating
✓ For studies : Canson oil-acrylic oil paper Figueras
Others
✓ Palette
✓ Foam and spalter brushes
✓ Palette knife in the shape of a water drop, no souldering
✓ A few small pots, containers, jars...
✓ Paper towels
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Thanks for watching !
'Failed paintings' are just really colourful underpaintings.
Thank you so much... yes ..be yourself
So true! These days I feel my best are often paintings painted over a 'failed' painting. It was also a revelation to learn the most expensive painting in the world was in fact thought to be painted over another! .......Bought at auction in 2017 for $450,312,500, 'Salvator Mundi' (Latin for ''Saviour of the World'') is a painting attributed in whole or in part to the Italian High Renaissance artist Leonardo da Vinci, dated to c. 1499-1510.[n 1] Long thought to be a copy of a lost original veiled with overpainting, it was rediscovered, restored, and included in Luke Syson's major Leonardo exhibition at the National Gallery, London, in 2011-12.[2] Christie's claimed just after selling the work that most leading scholars consider it to be an original work by Leonardo, but this attribution has been disputed by other specialists, some of whom posit that he only contributed certain elements.
@@harksta229 many of the 'old master' paintings were only partially done by the person they are attribulated to. Some were outright stolen. Look up Artemisia Gentileschi. According to art historians many works attribulated to her father were mainly done by her. Pax
And all underpaintings are failed painting in my case haha i come to expect any first layer is bad no matter how hard i try yet the second works well....so i just go for sketch composition
Not so much a failure, more of a lesson ?
"There are a lot of ugly stages before a painting is finished." That one took me much too long to understand. Excellent video, thank you!!
I always call it the "awkward teenage phase". Sometimes I push through and it turns out well and other times I paint over it. :)
I've mastered the ugly stage.
Oh my gosh yes!!! I’ve never done a painting where i didn’t have at least ONE ( usually many more) “ I hate this! I’ve made a mess of it”) sessions! Tortured artist’s, that’s what we are!! 😄🎨
@@jcepri YES!! Me too!!
Before we learn to walk as babies, were we bad? Look at that crawling baby, he really sucks at walking. No. We were learning. We need to stop with this destructive, self deprecating attitude. Art isn't about "winning" or "failing" it's about finding flow and enjoying the wonderful feeling of being creative.
"If you fail, you are going to learn alot more than by NOT doing it." Thank you, Florent.
You're welcome ! Have fun painting ! 😊😊😊
It's part of the process of becoming a painter.
Yes, we don’t learn from that which we do well ... we only learn from our mistakes.
When painting, be YOURSELF because nobody can do it better (there's only ONE you 😔). God made only one "you"🖌️🎨🖼️
I don't know what to do. I've Avoided art allllllll my life, because I don't know whAt to do with the mountains of paintings which were left behind since someone decided they wanted many+++--- left me the rest.
Some unfinished. Last summer, I FINALLY REPENTED and decided it was a sin NOT to use what was given to me. Now in 70's and just starting. To me, painting needs to be functional -- Will it become fun then?
Any tips please?
A good thing: walk away, yes! Walk away and then periodically return and just glance at it.... pretend it's not yours, what is off? Walk away again. Get your mind and your eyes on totally other stuff. Go back and forth until you see things anew and/or feel more open to moving forward.
I would add this. The light in the room where you are creating the art matters. After you cover the canvas fully with color, take the painting off the easel, and look at it in different lighting. Verify that the overall painting key is not too dark or too light.
"Nobody care about the final results, except you." This is HELL DAMN freaking TRUE. When I understood that, I fell so free about the process. Thank Florent !
This is not true to me, all ppl surrounding me kept caring my final results while I don’t ever care
Just your mother but she`s just being polite
@@szewing0923 well it’s your painting..does it really matter if they care?
@@brindha6008 ya, I think i should care less of what the others think of my painting
@@szewing0923 yes! Now I like that mindset! 💪
Man, you just appeared on the horizon like Moses with Ten Commandments and delivered me out of woods! It is advice every painter, and any creative person needs. Thank you.
So true Mohammad very helpful
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤸♀️
Best comment ever!
Truer words never spoken!
@@dennisp1104 Relax, Buddy.
Read my post once again. I am NOT referring to the ten commandments. I am referring to 'the way' Moses 'appeared on the horizon' with much-needed Ten commandments.
Chill. Breathe in. Breath out. And Do some painting. All is fine.
What's funny is, all the stuff you said about using a good surface, not adding too much medium, keeping your process simple, is all stuff that will actually make it more archival, too!
Indeed ! Oil and pigments on a good surface is the way to go ! 👍
Be yourself first and be true to who you are. The only artist that you should compete with is the artist you were yesterday. If you are open to learning something along the way, the only failure is when you don’t do it. Thank you for your valuable teachings.
True, true. X
You sound like my mother, ahh such days
I love this!! Thanks for sharing!! Brings me great peace to know that the only person I can strive to be is the artist who grows and learn from my mistakes and better than I was the day before.
i compete with musicians, it's a much greater challenge. but never, ever, with living artists.
Alright mate - you just made me get out 3 unfinished paintings and I'm looking at them now like unruly children.
lol. that is exactly what they are!
I have way more than 3!! lol
I have a huge one and it has been sitting staring at me for a year!
That's the spirit!
Excellent advice. I would only add that always use a mirror, even in the sketch phase, to make sure it's balanced. I've regretted using a mirror too late in the process.
“You are allowed to start”. This morning, I start. Thank you, thank you.
how is it going?
This man is is down to earth with his teaching. He is also a great speaker. He is truthful and sincere and you can tell his teachings are thru trial and error. Most successful men and women are successful by learning thru their mistakes. Very well done my friend.
Hi its 440pm here in jackson michigan. I wanted to say thank you i appreciate every video that you put on here. You have given me more courage to start serious painting again. I am a self taught artist and i get extreamly discouraged with the outcomes of my paintings, when i feel that way i sit , breathe, and i start watching your videos all over again and that keeps me going as an artist and my love for painting. Sometimes i feel that im not good enough but again i watch your videos and gives me a differsnt way and more motavation to keep going. So thank you your awesome keep being ypu.
Don't be a painter your not suppose to be.
I love your advice and you gave me the confidence to move forward as a beginner trying different techniques! Thank you!❤
"Appreciate oils drying time" - excellent quote that will stay with me - great video Sir.
'The best painting style is the one representing your personality'. This is the one of the best pointers I learned from this video.
Eeeps! I try painting to ESCAPE my personality, not immortalize it! :)
@@palominox64 hahahahaha sometime I do hahahaha
I started 8 days ago (after a decade of fear of failure!) and I love it!
I wish I had known how simple it truly is to paint with such fluid and opaque paint.
I just wish I knew how enjoyable painting was. I had a fear of oil, actually, a fear of all paints. Then I decided to give it a shot and haven't look back. I look at techniques other painters use, if I like the outcome, I will continue to use it, If not, I'll set it aside and maybe try again later. It's frustrating and relaxing and still have a lot to learn. Your videos have been an inspiration to me, whether mentally or technically. Thank you
Oil paint is the most forgiving compared to acrylic and water colours. Oil paint is perfect for beginners and nobody really talks about this.
@@bio-plasmictoad5311 I couldn’t agree more. After several years of watercolor ( which I adore) I got into oils. I almost felt guilty about how quick and easy it was in comparison! Make a boo boo in watercolor? It’s a big deal…..make one in oils?….no problem, just paint over it!
@@Bindismom absolutely, it's totally different. I do love watercolor though even though I'm a oil painter at hart.
I think the most important thing when you first learn oil painting is finding a good art teacher. Not always easy as there are many bad teachers out there. One who is good at teaching you to mix the correct colours and tones. Once you are confident enough then you can go out on your own. But you need to learn the basics of colour mixing and getting the tones right first.
"You can't paint like someone else"......I really needed to hear that. Thank you
Thank you Florent. I am a beginner artist. I struggled with almost everything you mentioned here. This was extremely helpful.
I like your teachings.
I've actually never posted a comment on any kind of form or video but I was so incredibly excited about what you had to say in this video it is not even funny. I'm 68 years young and I'm just learning how to oil paint and how to draw. I spent $2,000 to take a painting course to learn how to paint in one year and was so overwhelmed and bog down by all the rules and anyway I was overwhelmed. So through your video I felt like I was released from a cage. What started out as being a fun retirement Hobby turned into a burden and yet I refused to give up, I went for several weeks without painting at all because it was so anxiety-producing. So I just want to thank you I'm so grateful for your videos and I will be joining your patreon and I look forward to having this return to a very fun fulfilling Adventure.
"Let it dry", thanks so much for emphasising this! It's so hard to be patient when you're just beginning.
"Feel the paint under your brush" So true. I'm going to put this on a piece of paper and hang it on my wall. Thanks for all the great tips.
I wish I knew that the " art teacher" my dad sent me to, was an idiot. He told a 10-year-old girl she had no talent and that it could not be taught. He crushed me and my dream. I never picked up a paint brush again. Flash to 60+, now learning and doing much better than I ever thought I could and having fun doing it. I totally get what you said about it being about you, what you love, what your vision is, not anyone else's. Thank you for this list, it is a great learning tool.
This is really excellent advice. You can see joy and passion in your face when you talk about this. Thank you for sharing ❤
I would maybe add getting out of your own way. I set so many assumptions in stone that I would exhaust myself trying to conform to them instead of just having conversations with the piece as it tells me what it needs. Thinking of it as work instead of an adventure. My first impressions are like the first marks. They are just placeholders for what comes next. I'm glad you tried all these things so you didn't wonder about them while following rules and not understanding why!
Great advice for a beginner oil painter such as myself.
Thank you Florent!
You're very welcome!
I’m very New to painting, and I get really nervous when I start to paint, and I start to rush everything because I want to see the end result to see ”if I am any good at this” XD Sometimes, most of the times, I can even feel my heart beating so fast. Recently I’ve been able to calm myself and enjoy painting, but it took a while :)
Try a layered approach, methodical and relaxing.. Fun is important, methodical painting for the win
Painting is like meditation. Meditation is good to train your mind to focus and ignore the noise
I was almost in tears listening to you - your passion and the way you compared the painting to music and writing really spoke to me.
Beside the valuable information that you deliver you have a nice personality, Thank you for everything.
There are many ten things I wish videos, but rarely are they so honest. Thank you Florent.
You´ve said everything I needed to know and I didn´t knew, and in a most sincere way. Thank you.
Thank you. #10 is the best advice. I have been struggling with the pressure people tell me. Loosen up your paintings. I can not. I love detail and realism. Thank you, thank you!!!!!!!
I am with you, let’s keep the details, it’s our personality! 😋
I’ll second that one - but the problem usually comes from jumping in too early on the details. Some famous artist wittily said that you're not supposed to sniff the painting anyway, but enjoy from a bit of distance. :)
I loved this so much. I love your view on art. You have a heart of a poet. I was wishing and waiting for your new video. I needed this. Thank you. Great value as always
Thank you so much 😀 Glad you like my videos 🙏
That’s some amazing advice! I love your approach to art! Thank you for creating this video! ❤️
Paint like yourself. Yes! Thank you, Florent!
I’m so glad I took the time to watch and listen to this lovely video to the very end. Wonderful advice, all of it! Well done! Thank you!!
Some great advice Florent, thanks!
What I wished I knew about painting before I started is everything I’ve learned from watching your videos.
Excellent summary and brilliantly expressed. Thanks Florent!
Fantastic video! Wonderful talk, as usual! Thank you so much Florent❤🙏
Such a good teacher you are, and your passion for oil painting is so contagious xx
All useful tips Florent, much thanks for your knowledge and experience.
I love this! Such great advice! I bought your oil painting course and it's helped me tremendously! Thank you! 💙
WOW! Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing!!! 💖😍💖
This was one of the most refreshing videos I've watched in ages and this will contribute to the paintings I produce from this point on! Thank you so much for sharing!
A heartfelt sharing of painting wisdom.Thank you
Thank you so much - this has been an excellent video - very sensitive and helpful words of encouragement - huge amount of common sense - made me feel totally inspired and, hopefully, relaxed about being myself in future paintings. Absolutely brilliant!!
Great talk my friend! You are wonderful as always 👏🏻
Thank you Florent . Your explanations and encouragement are great.
Love the way you teach, straight to the point,no jargon, very informative,you help me alot,Thank you.👍
I love all of your videos. I learn so much with each one. Thank you.
Thank you Florent, I needed to hear number 10 as I am still trying to find my style. Love your videos and love your work.
Thank you! I needed to hear this!
OMG! This is the best most succinct painting advice I've heard in a long time and just when I'm about to try oil painting again. Thank you for those amazing tips.
you brought everything just on the right point, thank you
Thank you. Absolutely on target. Clear. Essential. Motivating.
I have been wanting to get in to oil painting for a long time. I finally have all the stuff, and your videos have been immensely helpful. Thank you!
Love the last part about painting in your own personal style, what is true to who you are!
I could feel this feeding my soul. Thank you. I very much needed this.
Awesome advice. I am glad I found you and appreciate you sharing your knowledge. Thank you!
A very good video to help beginners relax and enjoy the processes of learning! Thank you!
You really cover everything in this video, from technique to mindset. I appreciate your knowledge and passion. So wonderful :)
Thankyou so much for this video. I really needed to hear this to get me back on track 😊🌸
Thank you for all this information! Very much appreciated ! I still have difficulty with my proportions but, I am working with a grid now and that helps a lot. Keep up the good work! 🇨🇦
Thank you. I feel that much of that can be applied to almost any type of painting.
Amazing video! I have been stuck on my first big oil painting for months and it has come a long way but trying no to make it perfect immediately is so important. Just go with it, there are different stages to a painting and not all stages are the same and 'perfect' but they all lead to a perfect outcome when embraced.
Florent, you are so helpful, thank you for sharing your experience with us all. I am Grateful.
Thank you very much for your honest and natural speaking .
All quite true and insightful, and beautifully presented, thank you. You have a high level of integrity and empathy. You are one of those people that I respect immediately.
Great, practical advice!! Thank you for this!!💖
What an incredibly good tutorial! Thank you for sharing, encouraging. All the way from South Africa🇿🇦
Wow, thx so much. Your info sure helps me feel less pressured when I paint
Thank you Florent. Somehow, hearing you say these things feels very liberating. :)
More pure gold 🙏❤️. Thank you for your generosity and your honesty Florent. #10 is literally priceless. I’ve wasted about 13 years wrestling with digital painting (from a traditional background) and only recently had the epiphany that the digital medium is just not me. More importantly, I realize that I am just fine with that. I have gone back to what feels comfortable for me which is working with traditional tools. Let’s just say that #10 really resonated with me 🙂
I wish I knew all these 10 things you were talking about as I started, but still not too late... There's a lot to learn from this video and thank you so much for your time and compassion towards amateurs ❤️
Love you man. Great advice. Delivered brilliantly.
Thank you Florentine’s, you summed up beautifully how to go with your natural character and flow. Love you! X
Great video. Thank you!
This was a great video! After years of thinking oil painting would be too challenging and I would never be able to paint like others do, I finally started with the first layer for a painting. Thank you for your advice!
I really enjoyed listening to your video, you explained everything so well with an amusing and light hearted manner, thank you so much.
Thanks Florent. It has helped me open up as a learner artist much more.
Fabulous video! I’m wanting to learn to oil paint and just started watching videos on how to do it. This was so honest and encouraging. Thank you!
Wonderful advice, thank you! I feel so motivated to begin!
I love how you talk about art, so passionate!
Great vídeo! Thanks for these tips!
The way you explain concepts is really interesting. I learn a lot from your videos and this one here was a special one! I’m getting ready to try oil painting, by the way. Great videos! Merci, Florent! ✌🏻👏🏻🙏🏻
I am so grateful to be able to learn oil painting from such a wise and kind master, thank you for your knowledge ill be purchasing the 5 hr course next week
Hi Florentino. I have been oil painting for years however watching this video was such a good reminder of some important basics that can get lost in the myriad of information we receive. You reminded me that it’s okay to keep it simple. That simple does not mean my art is of lesser quality. Thank you.
That was really an interesting thought process. It resonates with me deeply because I can only paint how and what I feel inside of myself.
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you so much, this is amazing advice, especially new beginner painters. Allow the process to lead you to where you feel comfortable and create your own style according to your personality. Great points! 🙂
The whole video content, your tips, and great advice are exactly the things I wish I knew a few years ago. My experiences of being in a year-long selection class in a local independent fine art school here would have been a whole lot different. As I was one of those with zero skills level in oil painting, in the class with almost no guidance nor real teaching but dealing with it on your own. "Struggle lost and confusion" was my best way to describe my oil painting skills :). No wonder I was not selected to continue to study there,
I later found this channel and realized that Florent has so much more to offer as a teacher than those "teachers" I've encountered. Watching his channel is almost like a healing process from oil painting discouragement experienced.
Matches with your own personality..... Is just amazing 💓thank you so much sir
Thank you for your very encouraging and honest video, I am like so many people who worry about starting a painting, then worrying it is going to turn out to be as good as I want it to be! Art should be fun and not like other artists' paintings. Thank you Florent for this masterclass on the psychology of an anxious artist. Love your art and coaching videos.
Florent. You’re passion for oil painting is inspiring. I’ve bought everything I need and now I can’t wait to get started. Thank you so much 🙂
Thank you so much for these. They were so needed
Your advices are just perfect, adjusted for me 🥺. Thank you 🙏
Thank you Florent! It's what I needed to hear 🤗
Very good video! Thank you for sharing your learning. I could relate some of your advices even to other fields....☺️