You and Draw Mix Paint are my favorite Channels on KZread!

When do you SING a painting? Realised you meant "When do you SIGN a painting?" hahahahahah... Was a bit confused in the beginning. Thanks for giving me a laugh for today. Needed this.

@DCweldingAndArt

2 жыл бұрын

Hahaha 😆 right!? At first, I even told myself "oh hes going to teach us how to paint a painting like you're singing a song, that's cool, wonder what that's supposed to mean tho" and then it hit me....haha! Wait, he meant "sign", darn auto correct. Good stuff lol

Thank you for giving advice. I agree with your ideas on signing and I am glad I am not alone in this thought process. I started to incorporate my simple signature as part of the painting a few years back and I love that descision every time I look at one of my paintings.

You are one of my best teacher.

Thank you. Learnt quite a bit!

You are too awesome Stefan. The best Art teacher around. Amazing content and insights. Love watching your videos.✌️

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

I'm glad to have you as a student.

I watched Local color after your suggestion last video and it was very enlightening :) I sign my painting to signify to myself it is finished and I am satisfied with it, no other reason really.

Stefan love your leathers! Like the paintings a work of art! yes when people create they are WORKING!!! Is any one surprised?

Always a pleasure Stefan! Quilter Georgia Bonesteel gave a challenge to do a masterpiece work! Wow what a lesson! I thank you both!

Thank you for this information!! I always wondered what the protocol was.

Thank you and All the best.

I was in Mt. Shasta yesterday and had the thrill of seeing two of your paintings up close at The Gallery! I really hoped to bump into you on the mountain, or at the coffee shop downtown... but alas, I am grateful to see your work!

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

you should have given me a call

Ahhhh, that makes perfect sense. Which I knew from other marketing campaigns and experience, but what I will need to decide upon, is how I want my signature to LOOK. And then I know it's important to keep it consistent. So put the signature where it won't get covered up by the frame, make it legible, and keep it consistent. Got it. Thanks so much and God bless! Love your advice, you're a GREAT coach! Hugs!

@festuswilliams9428

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Kathleen.

Always such great advice x

@festuswilliams9428

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Dorota.

THANK YOU!

That's a perfect timing for the video. Thank you! I'm about to reinvent my signature, because it was too simple, not exciting enough, not readable and I am afraid that it might be copied. I do art for collectible card games and I will be signing a lot of posters and cards and this video changed my perspective!

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

I'm Glad that you got good information

I thought signature destroy the beauty of the painting. Now you gave me inspiration to do so. I have lots of unsigned painting. So i thought to make by myself my own design Signet, full it with paint and sign. Thank you.

@MelanieFromCanada

2 жыл бұрын

I started making it "part of the painting" years back and I love seeing it boldly yet softly 'one' with the image.

I love signing my name (usually in white) and since my last name ends with the letter Z, I let the bottom part of the letter linger on in a slightly longer horizontal way.

I miss your posts. Are you coming back? Are you ok?

I always need a drink before I sign my name

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

LOL LOL LOL LOL

@tracik1277

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanBaumann The funny thing is, I don’t even drink!

Hi Stephen I have a question for you. I purchased the $450 online package for the plan air convention. I was under the impression that we got to see all of the artist that were presenting this year. But your name was not on the list. 27 other artists are. Will we be able to see you online at the plein air convention and watch your presentation? I sure hope so I’ll be very disappointed to miss you. For some reason I have all the artist names except for you and Kyle Buckman. And I really was looking forward to seeing both of you.

i scribble on the back in marker pen & pencil.

I never sign at painting until I have received the official Baumann homologation (I had to look that word up) I love the idea of the vignette.

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

What a word "homologation" I like it! and as aways you say the right things. 👍

Can you use Initials if your name is long? I have used my Initials but does it matter?

I've been told that signing your paintings with first name , middle name and last name is poor practice . Anything to that ? Thanks for discussing all aspects of painting . And , thanks for referencing Norman Rockwell !

The embedded title of the video is "When and How to Sing a Painting." Laaalaaa laaaa laaaaaa!

My problem with this is when do you think a painting is good enough? Every painting you do will either fail or be better than the last, in your mind. How do you know when this one is good enough to sign? Nope, sign anything your going to into the public for sale. Who knows maybe one day you do become great and those pieces of crap become worth real money.

Hard disagree on this one. Respectful hard disagree. This is certainly one way to approach it, but I don't think I'll be convinced that anyone has ever bought a painting or paid more for that painting based on a visible signature. There's likely to be a tag with the artists name, price, name of painting, etc right next to it. And 99.999% of artists will never have enough name recognition to have their signature recognized. If you want to sign your painting this way, go for it. It's yours and your right to make any creative decision you feel is correct. For me, I find the signature will at best do nothing, and at worst detract from the composition that I've worked hard to create. So I sign mine on the back.

@loribrackett7820

2 жыл бұрын

I just wanted to let you know, there have been many times I see a painting (not in a gallery with information tags) I like and look for a name so I can check them out the on the internet. If there is no signature on front, I am NOT going to turn the painting over to look - lost chance at recognition.

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

Every artist believes that somehow they will make it. Your name is your brand just like in music and writing. We buy books based on the person that writes them, we buy records based on the name. I'm sorry that you feel that you need to hide your name on the backside of the painting, Maybe its time you come out of the closet and put your name where artists have done so for hundreds of years, Smack Dab on the front of the painting for the whole world to see. Putting your name on Your painting is telling the world that, This Work of Art, was created by YOU! Even if it ends up in your local thrift shop.

@popesuavecitoxii2379

2 жыл бұрын

If you don't believe in your own success, what's the point of worrying about composition! That being said, I do agree that sometimes a signature can stand out on a painting. My solution copies from graffiti artists and the golden age illustrators which is to use a custom monogram on front. Occasionally I'll put my full signature the back as well, especially if the painting is a gift. Monograms take up minimal space and are your personal logo. Problem solved!

@wimmywhamwamwozzle

2 жыл бұрын

​@@StefanBaumann Thank you for being patronizing in your response. I don't hide anything. You're knowledgeable, you've found a level of success, and you're willing to share, which is all fantastic. But you act like your opinions are fact, and that's dangerous for other people who then believe this to be some sort of unassailable truth. People who learn from you are done a disservice if they're led to believe that you're some arbiter of truth, instead of just a guy with a particular view. Your brand is not your signature. Your brand is you. The signature is only a small part of that. That you don't understand this is troubling.

@sharonhernly5555

2 жыл бұрын

@@wimmywhamwamwozzle I think you miss the point of a signature. I never met John Singer Sargent, I don’t know what he looked like or what kind of person he was but I do know his signature, his brand and love his art. I also know in a museum or gallery I would have great difficulty looking at the back of a painting for a signature.

Hey, just to let you know in the beginning it says how to sing your painting not how to sign.

Interesting. Lately the info I hear is to sign, but not too obvious. Certainly not red! And don't put a date, at least not on the front. Though as you noted, the masters seem to have a date on their work. I suspect, in part, the daye thing is tricky if you're entering shows that indicate work must be within X years. But if a piece is more suited but older then it gets rejected.

@festuswilliams9428

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Connie.

You are so handsome

Signing before you start hahahha. That gets me lmao

What's going on, Stefan? Are you coming back? Best, Deede

I understand that after Warhols death, many of his best works were found at his home, unsigned. This created a huge problem. It was also noted that he'd had his employees sign his work as well. 🤦🏻‍♀️

Ok! Now is the Baumann Effect just the Bob Ross technique? It is isn't it!!!?

Someone misspelled "sign" as "sing".

What’s with your 1880s costume?

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

What's with your clothing you have on? tattoos? Hair color? I might not like the nose ring that you have but you have one just because you want one. you make choices without reason, Just because, How I dress is how I dress. It's just a vest and shirt.

@janaiart5065

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanBaumann 😂

@janaiart5065

2 жыл бұрын

I am not very good with this technology..so please keep this in mind. I am almost 75. In no way can I afford the art materials, when it comes to the art panels. I am serious. On a very fixed income. I met ROBERT BATEMAN years ago in Canada, by accident in my early 20's, and had not Idea who he was. He happened to catch me sketching in the park that he ended up donating from becoming a parking lot for a housing development. We talked a bit. I mentioned Owen Gromme, whom he knew, or heard of him.. Owen Gromme was also an out wild life Wisconsin Artist, a state I live in. In my very early teens I often would skip school, and it was Owen Gromme who happened to catch me sketching the birds and animals at the Wisconsin Museum. Several times he would catch me after, and not in school. He gave me some art supplies, and taught me some things, which kept me to continue to draw, sketch and paint. But I was very poor, and my mother was not happy ever with what I drew, and found the art supplies, and thought I stole them from somewhere , or from her. After meeting Robert Bateman, and how he told me how people seem to be able to know more about Icons of places and things, majority can not Name more than 5-10 birds, animals, trees, wild flowers. This stood with me... I returned back to USA,, planning to work my way to become a Physical Therapist. However,, ignorant about date rape drugs, I ended up pregnant. Never thinking I would be able to have children after being told due to a kidney disorder , it would be unlikely . Therefore I kept my son..In mean time to make end meet I would sketch peoples pets...However, in no way was I lucky like one on your Talks, Virginia Lago. Many did not want to pay the rest, or they wanted me to give the painting for free. Technology is not like today, and later, majority of ALL my art supplies, painting I did of animals, and birds, and other wild life was gone.. Not sure if my sons father had anything to do with it, angry that I decided to keep our son. With no extra money to recoup my loss, And all the notes on the birds, and animals, I just gave up. Everyone always told me my talent was Gods gift to the wrong person, or that Wildlife Realism was NOT ART, But just being a good Copy. Illustration work. And I heard this before when OWEN GROMME tried to enter his art in the Famous Art Gallery in Milwaukee, and was not accepted, and this is how as a child I seen his display at the Milwaukee Museum. Technology again, so much time art has gone to Modern Art, and then computers came out and people are less and less buying any real art, calendars, Cards as they once did, and companies that still print calendars, have theirs all ready for the next 3-5 years... Therefore I almost gave up...75 still just scrapping by. can not afford a phone, I use to have one, but phone company no longer had the special deal with the land line phones. Cell, no one calls me to pay monthly for. Friends I once had , since passed, or moved on. Guess got tired of inviting, and I had to make some excuse, lie, because I could not afford to spend money, and today everything costs so much. I can not even afford to go to an art gallery, not museum, even the zoo.. But am TRYING,,TRYING to paint all 344 birds that are seen in Wisconsin. Many just Migrate, some are accidental. I live near lake Michigan, and there are a few parks, Sometimes my son and I go to a park his father helped save up in Manitowac, Wi. Even though our son rarely seen his father, my son gave his dad a Robert Bateman book, and I think this is where his dad got the idea to help, being a journalist to save a park near the lake , that was about to be destroyed, almost the same way. My work is on those, now even far more flimsy flat boards. In the past I did use Gesso, but much of my art was done in Egg Tempera. I still have a few that are 45 years old..( wow time flies), and unlike Virginia Lago, when I paint, there has to be a reason, and glad I did not toss. Style, not sure, except there is somewhat a Story,. and it is in the eyes of the animals , and birds I do sketch and paint.........................,,,,I do not really know how to use this Gmail....Janaiart@gmile.com..I am not much of a taker and rarely look at it. I live in Bay View, or what is considered Milwaukee. Thanks for your many many , many blogs, and advice. Many I knew, but like you explained ,,many teachers and those that post a blog, just a waste of my time. Hope I did not bore you, or steal much of your time. I do not know how to place my art in to have you see. Sometimes I do run into a problem. Oh, yes I do work in Acrylics, but my space is tiny, very tiny, and thanks To you I DO NOT NEED that much Light, as some say. Recent boards I did use some layer of Auto primer you mentioned, but as I said the boards are far more flimsy now. In past I did both sides with about seven layers of gesso, and they never lost shape. But the area is dry where they are stored,.

@sugaryxegnirys

Жыл бұрын

@@janaiart5065 hey Jan thanks for sharing. I hope you have access to a public library. There’s all sorts of resources to help you get in touch with other artists and share your work. Visit a public library, especially Milwaukee library if you can. The librarians there can help you find resources to live more comfortably too.

@janaiart5065

Жыл бұрын

@@sugaryxegnirys Bay View Milwaukee Library is close to me, been there. Several people told me I am wasting my paint on doing realism, it is just illustration work , and with the "AI" advancing, realism art will not be needed, because they can do it far faster, than I can get one painting finished. Right , now Acrylic abstract, spreading over canvas paint colors, to create design is real big right now. Soon it will be like a new TIE DYE on clothing, Bird art is for "GRANNIES" I am not at all cute, with my art. Finishing up today a Wood cock with young, I added some wild plants seen in Fisher Creek, Manitowoc, Wi. and a little frog that pop out in spring . I did not speak with the Librarians. Just some that known to go there. Artist, some are into sewing. The downtown Library that use to be the Museum where I met artist Owen Gromme when very young. I live fine. Use to all my life how to adapt, make do with what I have. At my age not much is needed. I eat healthy, instead of Multi Vitamin, I take B12, D3, E, and a few others not religiously, use Turmeric in some meals. Cinnamon on toast. To take classes at the library , cost money , money I use to feed my cat. Phone use to be cheep, on a budget line. Do not have a phone. I can use my sons phone if needed. But most phone calls he gets in a month are tel marketers. I am not into a lot of chat. Most friends I have had since passed on. Stephen Baumann trying to reach out to artists, much I have learned, but his words of Wisdom, and some touch up tips have been the best of help. Light , changes fast, when doing realism. Few seconds, minute, it is different. Sometimes better than before. One has to be Fast, but can get lost in direction as it appeared. SO , You too must like Stephan Baumann. He has Horses , the breed I fell in love with while visiting Caldonia , Wi , Hose Stable next to Yogie Bear Camp ground with my friend , who had her horse there. I still have my kitten I got from there, about 14 years ago. Many, I can not afford resources. Even to get prints made are costly. I do have Gmail, but rarely go there. I am dyslexic, and hard for me to read printed words. and much that is added in Gmail I do not understand, still new to using the internet. . Trying to complete 100 painting , on 11x14 flat board, WI. Has 344 different birds seen, and to help add strength, I did sand down, and used rust-Oleum flat white Primer, and sand that down again , and use acrylic multi surface. i use egg yolk , additive, Andrew Wyeth used it ,tedious Process. Acrylic changed their formula, and many artist are noticing that their older paintings are starting to chip. Now, I can clear coat my paintings once dried , and go over some areas with oil. My space is Small, so I do not have room for large canvas. And did the 11x14 flat board because told it cost less to make printed copies of. WELL NOW I REALLY MUST GO, Thanks Again. Hope your Art is coming along. Stephan Baumann, has really spent a lot of time to help, and "AI" , really hate to see, people buying up more semi mass produced art. Instead of REAL Human ART. Great exercise on the brain. This time have to go.

Everything good? I miss your talks.

@festuswilliams9428

2 жыл бұрын

Hi, how are you doing??

Your "Italy" map in the titles, is actually West Africa, mate... Oops 😉

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

Italy via Africa what an experience, you want to join us?

@axelSixtySix

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanBaumann Well, Italy is just a few miles from here (french riviera), and I'm too busy painting 😉 Thanks for your videos which are very inspiring. I may call you someday. Regards.

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

@@axelSixtySix Please do 415-606-9074 coaching will be a game changer

I got confused with Steven Bauman

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

So how can I help you get un-confused?

@troychriscarretas2657

2 жыл бұрын

@@StefanBaumann I get it now you have a different art style than him

If they can see your signature online, they can copy it.

@StefanBaumann

2 жыл бұрын

SO ! Don't be so paranoid!

Sounds like you caught alot of flack on this one. Coke and Pepsi sign every can and bottle you know the flavor your after when you buy. The same is true of furniture. Some just grab something and others prefer high-end solid wood and look for the name brand. Sargeant, Monet, and Piccaso are name brands. People go to great lengths to make sure they are getting originals. If signing their finished work was important to them, that's good enough for me!

You should grow your hair out long again and bring back the handlebar mustache !

Oh no, it is muffled...your voice is muffled and too much echo. Camera needs to go back some. At least that is what's happening on my tv. I will have to miss this, sorry.

@festuswilliams9428

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Mary.

FYI the word is spelled SIGN not SING. Just sayin....