I don't know why every beginners video doesn't start with this.. This is exactly what I needed to know. Thanks!

I have been so confused trying to move from Acrylics to oils, this video explains SO much. Thanks!

Oh my god, thank you SO much ❤ I also struggled a lot with layering my paint... now it all makes sense. I never had a video talk so clearly about it. Thank you a thousand times! I will create my own scale and experiment a little with the amounts.

Thanks! I was adding linseed medium to my final level, thinking it was 'fatter' than pure paint! Explains why I was ruining my final painting with the last layers!

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Technically adding linseed oil does make it fatter. This is mainly talking about working thin to thick. Fat over lean is a separate concept that really only comes into play when you are painting over a long period of time and layers are drying between each stage. But for painting alla prima this video should help a lot in layering wet into wet paint.

@SamanthaHibbs

4 жыл бұрын

Paint Coach I haven’t got the patience for fat over lean 🤣 It’s always wet over wet- can’t leave it alone once I start.

@meghanworkman6449

Жыл бұрын

@@paintcoach omg I thought fat over lean applied all the time and was so confused with how to reconcile that with working thin to thick. Now it makes sense!

@moxiemovers6775

11 ай бұрын

I thought the same for a long time

this is probably the clearest explanation I've ever heard thanks for sharing your expertise!

Thank you I am going to try this exercise! Can’t wait to try it. I’ve never had such a clear explanation. It probably will change my life and I won’t struggle with linseed oil. 😊

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

What can I say... Nobody EVER explained this to me and so many times I've created slippery mess wondering what I've done wrong questioning the paint. I was actually getting excited watching this as you've unlocked something really important for me. Thank you so much for taking the time to post this and for great explanation.

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great explanation Chris and I think this is the reason why I am struggling with my paintings. I am definitely starting like level 4-5 so little room to make it thicker. Thank you for this excellent video! I really learn a lot with your channel so it's very appreciated

this is so true! Thanks man!

I never comment on videos but had to for this one! This is by far one of the most helpful videos I've ever seen for beginning painters like me! Thank you thank you. If I ever come across anyone else who struggles with layering, I will definitely refer them to this video right away!

I’m just starting out and this has saved me probably years of struggle. Thank you!

Wow this info would’ve helped SO MUCH when I tried oil painting years ago😩 I swore off oils bc it was a mess, but I think I’ll try again now using your advice. Your videos are so helpful! Thank you for explaining things so clearly

Thank you for this video! I had really been struggling with getting started with oil paints, they felt a complete mystery to me. Your video has placed me onto the tracks so that I can begin my journey!

in all your videos you’re answering questions that i didn’t even know i had in such an easy way to understand. you sir, are a legend. thankyou

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that

Thanks Chris! A fantastic video that clearly explains the process for all us visual learners!

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure!

one of the most useful painting videos I have ever seen. thanks!

this answers a lot of questions ive been having. I took a picture of where you go thin to thick and I'm gonna experiment with it today on a painting pad. I really like your approach, and you do really well on the presentations.

@vincemazo341

3 жыл бұрын

so i did the little study with the wash proceeding up to thick paint. Then I did a little leaf study with grapes using this and something just clicked and things started making sense. Thank you so much, you are awesome!

Your vids are really helpfull to get the whole and at the same time enough undastanding for me! Thank you!

Best explanation I’ve had. Can’t wait to start painting today!

By far. The. Best. Video on this topic. I just needed a demo and a proper explanation. I can see where I've been going wrong. I was applying my last coat with a pallette knife for this very same reason. So now, i just need to remember this science! Thanks ❤️❤️

a lot of your videos are great info and helpful. much appreciated. you're talented too! I like your landscape impressions

Dude you are the absolute best at explaining things well done

I've been watching your videos for a while and this has been helping a lot, this video explanes why I've been having a hard time painting, I get them done but I'm fighting way to hard. Thanks!

My goodness!!! I started my art journey in reverse gear, painting first then learning basics. I've watched hundreds of youtube videos and this is absolutely the best video about thin to thick process. Thank you and I wish you get millions of subscribers :)

OMG I've been looking for this info for months. Alas, a clear explanation - THANK YOU.

@paintcoach

3 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad it was helpful!

I wish I’d seen this video a while ago. I’ve been doing it wrong. Will go back to see how I can rework my painting 🖼 Thanks so much!! You’re a great teacher.

Thank you for this video! I’m in my second year of studying fine art as a degree and never fully knew how to use oil paint correctly. I always tried to paint with just straight oil paint and always had a hard time doing so. Currently following these tips in the painting i’m doing right now :)))

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Thats great! I hope this helps

Thank you so much! I watch all your videos all the time.

Like so many other comments, thank you, thank you. You’re the best coach ! I think I can finally get those highlights right !

im so glad i watched this, and so inspiring . you say so much in a short space of time i couldn't keep up at times but im glad i could go back and listen to it again . im just starting out after leaving it behind 30 years ago but mainly used acrylics back then when i was a student but just getting back into oils and dont have time to go to a classes as i live in the country in the UK and so this is so helpful . thank you so much

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

Thank you !! This video was really helpful you answered some questions i didn’t even know i had, it also gave me motivation to go back and finish a painting i have abandoned ❤️

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

You got this!

Great video. I think it changed my life forever!

Great video. Finally! An explanation of what goes into each of several layers ... All other people say is "block in" then "lay in a layer"...etc. Nobody else I've found says...okay the 4th layer is paint and less medium, etc., or provides an example test strip. THANKS!

Thank you for making this video. It was very helpful and something I have been trying to figure out.

This was so helpful. I’m just getting into oil painting, thanks so much

Wow I just found your channel and it's pure gold! Subscribed and binging your videos :) Thank you for sharing your knowledge

Beautifully explained! Thanks a lot!

Wow! So simple to see in demo, never really understood it before. Thank you.

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Glad to hear that!

Thabk you so much🥺😭 I've been looking for this kind of explanation fr the past days . I'm so happy that I discovered yr channel..... thank yu for being so generous to us with ur advices,demonstration and yr detailed explanation 💕

@paintcoach

3 жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

This was a really superb video, been following your vids for a while don’t know how this one isn’t recommended more. That damn algorithm.

This video was super helpful, i’m in currently in my second year of being in art school and didn’t realise

Brilliant simple coaching thanks!

Always informative! Thanks!

This is so helpful!! Thank you!! No one ever explains this!

This is the best video i've seen so far thank you!

@paintcoach

2 ай бұрын

Wow, thanks!

this is the best painting youtube. hope more people find it.

THIS is exactly what I needed and at the perfect time!

You are so easy to understanding! Thanks!

Those last lines, oil painting being substractive, captured the mind shift I’m fighting coming from watercolour. Great video 👍

man i love everything you say in this video arghh subscribed so fast thank you so much for the tips

This is gold! Super helpful. Thank you !! 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

You're so welcome!

exactly what I needed thank you coach !! ;D

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

Great explanation 👌 thank you

Brilliant video. 5 stars from me!

Now this was comprehensive and cogent. Thaaaank you🍻

Thanks a lot for this video! I had a lot of problems with this.

This is super useful, thanks. I wish I'd seen it when I started painting 2 years ago!

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Just BRILLIANT! Thank you so much man! Take love❤️

Thanx alot you had helped me more then any one i watched

dammit!! I've been doing it backwards lol. No wonder why I've struggled so much. I've gotten to where I just block everything in with acrylic or just don't layer paint and try to just stick the exact color exactly where it belongs. Here in the next couple days I'm going to try the whole black & white underpainting with color glazing over it it's called .Grasailles or something

@freespiritwithnature4384

2 жыл бұрын

Lol I didn’t know you used thinner for acrylic.

@freespiritwithnature4384

2 жыл бұрын

I use black gesso. / white gesso. I’m using oils . The acrylics dry so fast . So much still to learn.

oh my god. oilpaints have been the most frustrating thing ever i've done as an artist... one big reason is this. Now i want to go back and try again right away!😱🤩

Eye opening information, thank u for the video 😊✌🏼

Amazing how long it took to figure this out! Glad i started watching these lessons however i only use oil. Poppy seed oil is the slowest drying so if its a multi day project heading for completion ( hopefully) rather than practice i use it. Otherwise linseed ( safflower or walnut which are a little slower drying than linseed). I mainly love straight paint but it rarely happens because some are too thick or even expensive even. Most paints use linseed oil but some use safflower and some poppyseed oil. I think it depends on color. You can mix oils. Maybe mix expensive with less expensive. Ha ha my life is changed you!

Very good information - although I personally prefer to mix the colour right at the start and put the different colours side by side, so I don`t have to really put another layer over a not yet dried layer of colour. The underpaint I do with acrylics that are not really very thinned out - that safes me time cause I don`t have to go over it again and again until I can grab my oils for the final layer ;-)

When blocking in with the initial turpsy wash, would you recommend allowing that to dry first before proceeding with next layers, or doesn't it matter? Most helpful video by the way

fantastic. you are very encouraging thank you

Thanks for this video! You have made my life so much easier!! Subbed and Liked good sir!

This is exactly what I was looking for . Thank you very much

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

This is so helpful thank you!

Great video thanks for the info!

I really needed that advice. Thank you. Are you able to do a video on how to find the vanishing point? I have such trouble with that. I have studied the old masters and still cannot find the vanishing point, within the old masters or other paintings.

Something you might address, is when we watch Bob Ross as he approaches the end of his paintings, he will say, "A thin paint will stick to a thick paint." So if he has an area of thick paint laid down and he wants to add a highlight or something similar, he will add a touch of paint thinner and then he is able to apply a thinner paint on top of the thick. So I guess it kind of goes both ways in the appropriate situations. Love your videos! Keep them coming!

Very useful information thank you

This is what i needed excellent video thank you

Very helpful. Thank you 😊

This is great, thank you!

Thanks man, it helps so much! Greeting from Vietnam

This is exactly the video I've needed for years.

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

THANKS!

So helpful & very clearly explained 😇👍

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

thnks man this is exactly wat i need

Good one, thanks! I'm not a great fan of using linseed or other oils, just different quantities of mineral spirits ("thinner") as I build up layers. As a lot of artist quality oils have linseed or safflower oil in them already, I'm not sure how adding more oil can make them thinner. But I guess they do!

More options available between "Less Medium" and "Just Paint" is using quick-drying medium like Liquin. The new layers would be "Less Medium" ; "Liquin & Paint" ; "Less Liquin & Paint" ; "Just Paint" etc etc. This adds more versatility to thick over thin ("slow dry over fast dry") since the Liquin/Gaklyd will speed up the chain reaction inside the paint that causes it to cure/dry.

Excellent video. Thank you.

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Great advice I’m just starting out with oils, this really helps me). Dave -uk

great advice, just what i need for the missing piece of the puzzle.

Thanks, I didn't know anything about layers until now

Well explained. Well shot. Well done.

every time you painted over the previous layer, i gasped. its almost magic

Phuc this is exactly what my problem is. Thank you

THANK YOUUUU!!!! I drove myself nuts this week, getting back behind the easel and using Galkyd to thin my paint… or should I say, oops, glaze. It was driving me bananas, and I didn’t know how to navigate my way out of the corner I’d painted myself into. Linseed oil ftw!!

Thank you!!

Very helpful, thanks...

Thank you!

Great video, thanks. im a beginner and doing small paintings in the way you are showing and im enjoying it.... but i still worry about the fat over lean and i really dont understand why this rule dosent matter when Im painting alla prima . I try to picture how all the layers in my painting will be drying at different rates.

Thank you so much bro i appreciate it

Thanks for such a helpful video! I’ve just been kind of confused, isn’t this the opposite of the fat over lean rule when you use the medium vs just paint? Or is it alright since you also use solvent? I’m trying to use just linseed oil and no solvent and I’m confused about the difference between thin to thick and fat over lean

This is such a clear explanation. Thank you. In alla prima, would you use the same way, Chris? I find that as soon as I start using linseed oil, everything becomes so slippery it's hard to control. Hence my paintings become dirty looking.... Any advice on that please?

Althought it seems very simple on the video, that was very hard to do on the canvas. You make greath programs. I apretiate and advice anyone.

Thank you so much, finally i found the answer. It really helpfull, thank you so much 👍👍🙏

@paintcoach

4 жыл бұрын

You are welcome 😊

Best video...!!! Thnks