Astonishing

Excellent art.

Fantastic!!!! What a pleasure to watch this painting come to life.

Amazing

Kunst ,......kommt von HANDWERK und vieeeel,vieeel powerfull, ausdauernder Energie !!! Good Job Mikle 👍👏

love your art and your sons handsome . i also love the music:)

Amazing😍👍

merci pour ces merveilleux partages,superbe talent !!!

Encantada com sua obra lindo demais 😍 parabéns 👏👏👏👏👏 👏👏 👏👏👏👏 👏👏👏

WOW! Awesome talent!!!

Breathtaking

Incredible work! Love ir!

Amazing work!

Also, mich freut es, ein derartig qualitativ hochwertiges Niveau hier bestaunen zu dürfen. Ist die Frage erlaubt, an welcher Hochschule für Gestaltung oder Malerei beziehungsweise bildende Künste sie hier, sich möglicherweise weiter gebildet haben? Aber ich schätze mal das bedingungsloser Fleiß und Praxis hier das allerwichtigste sind. ✌️🤩

Maravilloso! Gracias por crear este canal

Wow, the coolest painting i've ever seen

Awesome!!! amazing technique Michael, who the heck can dislike this... ?

incredible, so inspirational...

Thank you master, i like so much your work. Greetings from Bogotá, Colombia!

Awesome...

Gorgeous 👏👏👏

Incredible!

Really amazing

No words sir.Amazing 🙏🙏🙏👏👏

I loved! ♥️

Check out www.michael-knepper.com for more of my work!

You're amazing! I'm glad I've found this video! :)

that is just incredible....thanks for sharing!

@michaelknepper7639

7 жыл бұрын

Pleasure!

I Love it great work

I love it uncle

Omg I can't believe this painting, this is TO great!!! Your Son is a looker (has it from you ;) and the picture is really exciting but your talent makes this a stunning paining! Wauw!

Mr. Knepper, you are my new inspiration! I want to be able to paint portraits EXACTLY like you! You have to be the most AMAZING hyper realistic portrait painting artist I have EVER seen! God Bless you , and thank you for sharing your talent!!! PS: I LOVE all of your work that I have so far seen especially this of your very handsome son, Jesus, Jimi Hendrix, Jean Michel Basquiat, Nelson Mandela, Kurt Cobain, etc... You other artwork is phenomenal too!

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for your great compliment Annette!

Hi, Michael, this is amazing.

Masterpiece work ..You are great sir

Awesome!

Fantastic 👏👏👏

Amazing!

Awesome Living Artist!!!

This is absolutely breathtaking. My thoughts echo nearly everyone else's here, this is truly a display of pure and utter talent. I could only hope to be even a fraction as talented as you.

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

thank you so much for your great compliment Naomi!

Excellent !!

@michaelknepper7639

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kulsoom!

Wow Truly amazing work wish I could find reference guides into that would me achieve hyper realism your Art is sensational Sir.

Great work!

You sir are a Billy Bad Ass! Bravo!

😊Geniusz!

waaaw keren

Cool!❤✨😍

over 40 years , you've kept the love and health sides of things , great ..shame people don't like true art , rather an swipe or a click moment //// computer rubbish side effects ...... ALL THE BEST .

Amazing! Now I want to see more.

@michaelknepper7639

7 жыл бұрын

Working in it ; ) Stay tuned!

Excellent

true magician.

damn totally awesome

Es hermoso de verdad, felicitaciones

@michaelknepper7639

8 жыл бұрын

+Miguel , muchas gracias!

Amazing work

Einfach super!

Hi Mike, perfect work !!!!

@michaelknepper7639

8 жыл бұрын

+LucyGrave , thank you!

Genius

Truly amazing, this is how I want to paint

@weirdNwacky1995

6 жыл бұрын

keep working

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Raymond! (sorry you have been waiting for one year!!! for my reply!!!)

Fabulous

You deserve more subscribers!!!!

Okay, I've done a few portraits- however, you have inspired me! Please tell me what that background soundtrack is. Awesome. Going to start practicing again! You going to do more videos? Thanks!

Das ist wunderbar!

@michaelknepper7639

7 жыл бұрын

Danke Tommy!

amazing

Oh! To have talent.

wow!!!

Excellent work Michael! I have a question. How do you go about getting the right size and proportions of the eyes, nose and mouth on the face? Do you measure the proportions out or you just lay it out and hope for the best? This, for me, is the hardest challenge I have when painting - I am a beginner. Thanks.

you are so good! by the way, you look like dirk nowitzki and his voice as well, sir.

Harika.

Thank you

Beautiful work! Thank you for sharing your art and your thoughts and inspiring us. I am one of those that is most likely using wrong type of brushes. From the video, I don't quiet get the type and brand of the brushes you say you use. Do you mind mentioning it here? Thanks in advance.

Wow.

Great work ...so this is all done Alla Prima in acrylic ? I'm thinking that because if oil you would have to wait a long time for the underpainting to dry . Some years back I worked with Yigal Ozeri so my appreciation for photo realism painting started there . Thanks for sharing this video .

Nice one!

@michaelknepper7639

7 жыл бұрын

Thx!

Beautiful work! What type of canvas do you use?

Hey! It's great. So. Сan you give me a piece of advice? I can't choose oil or acrylic paint for similar work.)))

Fetter Gitarrensound! Danke für das tolle Video.

I just wanted to know what colours should I use while painting shiny silver surfaces like spoons in a hyperlistic painting

upload more videos,you is a great artist

no fuckin grid either! proper old school fairplay to him..absolutely amazing

This is a masterpiece painted by a master artist. Please, when you make your next video choose softer music. I had to keep turning the sound off when you were not speaking. Otherwise I love love love the video. Please make many more. .... joyce

Amazing! I hope you post more videos of your work and process. It's fascinating. If your don't mind me asking, how long did that take you to paint?

@michaelknepper7639

8 жыл бұрын

+Boots Zara Walken, it is hard to say since sometimes I put them aside and start or work on a different painting. Especially when you work on a size like that you might need some distance from time to time. Additionally, the Oil sometimes need a long time to dry properly so then is when I start working on a different project and get stuck ; ) But from beginning to end it was about 2 months with on and off periods!

you are amazing

@michaelknepper7639

7 жыл бұрын

Much appreciated!

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Best

amazing. how long did this take?

MORE!!

you are amazing. I wish I could do that. How do you get the proportions so perfect?

@michaelknepper7639

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks Swedha! As said in the video, 40 years of steady practice ; )

Wonderful painting! Would have been helpful for a bit more information in your video. When you say we can see you use oil and acrylic we can but how and when?😊

Teach me Senpai!

the magic brush

So was this primarily oil or acrylic? I didn't catch that when you went over your tools. Thank you. Amazing work!

@michaelknepper7639

8 жыл бұрын

+weMASSIVE it depends, the foundation is acryl and when I go into details and or try to achieve the smoothest transition possible I use oil - feel free to send me a message through facebook or my HP if you have additional questions.

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

Hi! I did the groundwork with acrylic color and the elaboration in oil!

how much time will take to make a painting like this and how should i dry it faster ?

Liebe dich dafür das du synthetische Pinsel nutzt

Hi michael..thanks for your video.you artwork are amazing..i have a question..usually i use acrylic painting .but i found that my painting have a rough stroke ..and i cannot make a smooth transition..do you think that acrylic can make a smooth transition like oil painting ?

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Ryan, thank you ver much for your compliment , I appreciate it very much! To your question:To get a smooth transition with acrylic colors you can use a retarder and of course you need the right brush . I know that there are so many different brushes in the market that you easily can loose track of . But I think you'll find the right brush by detailed exercises! I personally like the combination to paint with acrylic colors (groundwork) together with oil colors for the elaboration . Kind regards from Hamburg /Germany Michael

I would love to know at which point you transition to oils and why. I am an oil painter myself. I have only combined the two when I use acrylics to color the canvas.

@michaelknepper9085

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Jenny, I use acrylic for priming and groundwork because of the longer dry time of oil!

do you make the base in acrylic then do the details in oil? amazing! im trying to improve my skills

@michaelknepper9476

3 жыл бұрын

Yes Anna ! I use acrylic for Priming , for the groundwork and oil for the elaboration 😊

@hnia0

3 жыл бұрын

Michael Knepper that’s amazing Michael Thank you 😊 🙏

Great video!! How many layers do you use to achieve the realism?

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

Actually 3 or more paint applications-starting with acrylic color for the groundwork and finish the painting with oil color.

Michael great skill... What is the essence of doing something to this degree of perfection, for you? \

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

Hi , I use to work in different paint applications-starting the groundwork with acrylic color and do the elaboration in 2 or 3 steps with oil color. And of course you need the right brush for every painting phase!

@madmanzila

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelknepper9085 Thank you good sir for taking time to answer. Much appreciated

Hi I'm learning to paint myself I was wondering how you get accurate proportions on large pieces like this? I have been trying to grid method but i always get a bit lost

@LIjah97

7 жыл бұрын

agreed, and feel exactly the same way. Proportions are much easier for me when in a smaller scale. When done this big, it's always a wonder how they get so accurate without the use of a grid. I think it's all from experience

@RobotZombieDinosaur

6 жыл бұрын

Use a projector

6 жыл бұрын

Grid FTW

@michaelknepper9085

5 жыл бұрын

Hi Georgia, you can large pieces like this divide into small squares to get the right proportions (like old masters did)or you can use a projector.

you really should upload more videos.

What oil colors tu use?👍

Usually use Oil or Acrylic paint? for example in this work?

@michaelknepper9085

4 жыл бұрын

Both Manuel- Acrylic for the Groundwork and oil for the elaboration!