oil painting do's and don'ts how to paint hair

In this video I first demonstrate the most common mistakes I see made when painting hair and then I demonstrate the right way to do things. Hair can seem really complicated but if you take it step by step and follow the tips I give in this video you'll be able to tackle hair with much more confidence.
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  • @kalyssanicole2903
    @kalyssanicole29034 жыл бұрын

    Just saying, I thought your “dont’s” paper looks better than what I could ever do 😂 in all honesty these are great tips. thank you :)

  • @jeffm3283

    @jeffm3283

    Жыл бұрын

    I'm an art student and I saw both and thought to myself "no wonder professional artists buy 1000 dollar brushes they have to incorporate initial brushwork into such things" they would be using the best paper/canvas etc etc which is expensive as well. Failure in production can be costly. Warm up on your student paper even if you're amazing I suppose.

  • @Marxnchill
    @Marxnchill4 жыл бұрын

    I seem to "get lost" in anything complicated like hair and foliage. I'm painting in acrylic but I'm still getting a lot from your videos! Id love to see one about how to not get so lost so fast, esp. with the reference pic in frame.

  • @MrNoochie7312
    @MrNoochie73123 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for giving an explanation as to why blocking in color works. Specifically, blocking in the dark colors first and than adding the highlights!

  • @paintcoach

    @paintcoach

    3 жыл бұрын

    Glad it was helpful!

  • @KaleidoPod
    @KaleidoPod2 жыл бұрын

    Going through the "Don't" example first was far more helpful than I expected, particularly at the end where you really start to have trouble maintaining the real look of hair at end of the strands, it really drove the point home of why to paint in broad shapes and detail from there.

  • @raphaelcesco_art
    @raphaelcesco_art9 ай бұрын

    This tutorial is a very solid help for paiting hairs, and indeed the principles ca' be applied on most things you wanna painting. Thank you so much. 🙏

  • @amandab5035
    @amandab50354 жыл бұрын

    "Alright let's get to the demonstration...." *slowly drops out of frame*

  • @seanfaherty
    @seanfahertyАй бұрын

    besides the great lessons I like the way you use the you tubes as an advertising medium rather than a panhandling platform

  • @patricklynch1962
    @patricklynch19623 жыл бұрын

    I work in acrylics, and from what I saw everything you said would apply nicely to that medium. This video had more useful information than the entire semester of the painting class I had in 1983 where it seemed that no one was teaching this and seeking to learn it was perversely forbidden as I found out when I got caught with one of those Wendon Blake oil painting books in my taboret.

  • @jeffm3283

    @jeffm3283

    Жыл бұрын

    It's funny people demonize painting now almost if it's not digital painting. But there's ways to practice oil painting as cheaply as possible. I'm using expired walnut cooking oil to clean my brushes right now and the 1 dollar dish soap. That said it won't be cheap to get into oil painting despite the work arounds. You'll eventually ruin brushes etc because life happens.

  • @jeffm3283

    @jeffm3283

    Жыл бұрын

    ^^^That said be careful with your oily rags folks if you live in an area like I do which is dry and hot your oily rags can combust in very short time! Hours!! I use shop towels and hand clean them a couple times with water and dish soap, then keep them wet until the moment they go to the dump

  • @patricklynch1962

    @patricklynch1962

    Жыл бұрын

    @@jeffm3283 Thanks, I haven't painted in oils since the 1980's, but if I take it up again, I'll keep your very good advice in mind. 👍

  • @bethstageart

    @bethstageart

    Жыл бұрын

    I think some other painter are keeping the best tips as secrets. Thank you for sharing.

  • @RaymondThePainter
    @RaymondThePainter11 ай бұрын

    Even the “what not to do” examples always look so good from this guy.

  • @judithcorstjens2650
    @judithcorstjens26502 жыл бұрын

    I’m so lost in a pile of snakey hair, right now. I’m not sure this video is going to get me out, but, Chris, you are a wonderful encouragement. Such a warm, positive personality, on top of your excellent advice. Perfect coach. Sincerely appreciate your help.

  • @katecarroll5565
    @katecarroll55653 жыл бұрын

    Thank you Chris, I’m so looking forward to your fundamentals class, until then I plan to watch every one of your current videos and paint along. Practice,practice,practice -truly the name of the game!

  • @WhatThePolitics
    @WhatThePolitics2 жыл бұрын

    THIS MADE IT CLICK FOR ME ❤❤❤ always had trouble with over saturated colors and this really cleared it up for me

  • @lenabillare4443
    @lenabillare44434 жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much for your work. This is so helpful ! I love oil painting, i just started and your course means a lot to me.

  • @davidhurst6902
    @davidhurst6902 Жыл бұрын

    I’ve only been painting for about four years and you really helped me. Thank you.

  • @christophergray-romano2833
    @christophergray-romano28334 жыл бұрын

    I love your work, thank you for teaching! You've been so helpful!

  • @paintcoach

    @paintcoach

    4 жыл бұрын

    Happy to help!

  • @patrickwelch3274
    @patrickwelch32744 жыл бұрын

    Really good video. I just did a block in of hair with Acrylic so interested in seeing how it turns out today when use oil. Love your style.

  • @vernonsteinkamp1088
    @vernonsteinkamp10882 жыл бұрын

    You definately have the ability to teach with all your comments. I realize this is a tutorial on painting hair but I paint the face first then the hair and I could only guess you do the same. My attempts have been from photos so I try my best to emulate the photo. The thought process behind your painting here is definately a plus. Thank you.

  • @jinxmas
    @jinxmas2 жыл бұрын

    I love how you break it down. I am starting to oil paint from doing watercolor. I think my experience doing hair for 36 years helps.

  • @wifeofagrumpyoldmarine428
    @wifeofagrumpyoldmarine4283 жыл бұрын

    I just found your channel. I’m trying to learn to paint, and you are a good teacher! Thank you.

  • @alicezawadi746
    @alicezawadi7462 жыл бұрын

    13:25 I love this ! I paint kind of in a chaotic way and there's basic do's and dont's but really I approach every painting in a different way ! thank you for this lovely video love seeing you in action -

  • @sixx1331
    @sixx13313 жыл бұрын

    Thank you for your awesome tutorial, and your voice is great... I can actually listen and learn from you. Unlike some tutorials that make me shut down and move on. Thank you♥️

  • @hdee5615
    @hdee56153 жыл бұрын

    I suck at hair! But it’s almost what really brings out a painting in portraits to a huge degree so I really want to perfect this, this turned out beautiful 🤩

  • @NNS778
    @NNS7783 жыл бұрын

    Your explanation was easy to understand!thank you!!

  • @tommannion3454
    @tommannion34545 ай бұрын

    another info-packed, fun and instructive video👍

  • @danawahll4481
    @danawahll44814 ай бұрын

    This was so helpful, thank you!

  • @aminrafiee5709
    @aminrafiee57093 жыл бұрын

    So I was doing this portrait and its nearly finished but doesn't have hair and the first thing I saw when I woke up was this video and now I feel more confident in just going for it and see what happens! And your content is awesome by the way💪🔥

  • @wwgtg12
    @wwgtg122 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the help. For the life of me I could *not* get the hair right. Amazing work. Keep it up.

  • @nielfoster376
    @nielfoster3763 жыл бұрын

    You are a real good coach I need to take your course

  • @kharmencita1654
    @kharmencita16542 жыл бұрын

    I thank you very much that you are not greedy to share to us where to buy all these materials you use for the paintings. This gives us easy access and we have no more difficulty in searching where to find all these materials to start painting. Thank you very much! I am a fan subscriber and you are funny also when you explain how to paint....In short it is not boring to look and to hear what you explain :-)

  • @maryamaslam6596
    @maryamaslam65964 жыл бұрын

    Great video!! Thanks

  • @isabelleliberatore1381
    @isabelleliberatore13813 жыл бұрын

    Very helpful. Thank you!

  • @elizabethdupreez9045
    @elizabethdupreez90452 жыл бұрын

    Thank you sò much...it helped me a lot!! Blessings to you.

  • @dombilimsc
    @dombilimsc3 жыл бұрын

    Congratulations on a good work 👏🍀💐

  • @burtvincent1278
    @burtvincent12782 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tips.

  • @Niekoue
    @Niekoue4 жыл бұрын

    Thanks, that helped!

  • @jennifercaust6872
    @jennifercaust6872 Жыл бұрын

    This tutorial made it click for me 😄 thank you!

  • @rnsanders7834
    @rnsanders78345 ай бұрын

    You're so comical with your ads for your classes and video..."please choose one, they're both good" 😂 Thanks for sharing!

  • @noellaabramovic2334
    @noellaabramovic23344 жыл бұрын

    Amazing. Thank you:)

  • @amabelbarlow8046
    @amabelbarlow80462 жыл бұрын

    Hi Paint Coach, I love this hair painting tutorial using oils. It's very helpful, handy and useful Can you show how to do wispy hair

  • @cindydelgado3341
    @cindydelgado33413 жыл бұрын

    I really like the don’t in the video cover... Lhasa more character and I found it more interesting lol all beautiful tjougj

  • @420ILRD

    @420ILRD

    3 жыл бұрын

    Same! Depends on your style

  • @jeffm3283
    @jeffm3283 Жыл бұрын

    congrats on a quarter million subscribers. If I got to your level I'd let loose and make a video on Velasquez or something like that. also I'd like it if you encouraged people that are serious about improving to take classes. I'm just taking community college classes but it's much better than navigating it by yourself online or whatever. You're doing a terrific job if we could pick apart Velasquez's brain and learn everything he knew about painting it would be a 100,000 hour long video you know. there's a limitless amount to learn about art

  • @jillli8440
    @jillli84404 жыл бұрын

    Thanks ❤️❤️

  • @granmabern5283
    @granmabern52832 жыл бұрын

    Wow thanks a lot!

  • @nidhigoyal8805
    @nidhigoyal88053 жыл бұрын

    Amazing.. I tried out on canvas paper and it was .. Oh my god.

  • @rafalbassam5637
    @rafalbassam56374 жыл бұрын

    Thank youuuuu

  • @byrabab994
    @byrabab9944 жыл бұрын

    Perfecto

  • @nfm7011
    @nfm70113 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the great demo. I thought it was very helpful. I’m painting a black and white portrait and I’m still having difficulty with the hair. I feel like the hair is not up to par with the face. I really want to get this hair real. Any tips??

  • @judithspoor6583
    @judithspoor65833 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for great videos. Do you ever do any with water soluble oils? Enjoy your tips immensely 😀

  • @paintcoach

    @paintcoach

    3 жыл бұрын

    I do and I actually talk about them in tomorrows Paint Talk video

  • @northsaskatchewangold1613
    @northsaskatchewangold16133 жыл бұрын

    Thanks you know, you’ve taught me lots you know, keep it up you know, I’ve subscribed you know, and will try, you know,to keep watching you know , but it’s hard you know, cause - you know

  • @simply_rosiex
    @simply_rosiex2 жыл бұрын

    i love your videos, just wanted to ask where did you get your palette from?

  • @begofreireprofesoradeespan861
    @begofreireprofesoradeespan8613 жыл бұрын

    jajaja! This guy is lovely!!

  • @rolz5663
    @rolz56633 жыл бұрын

    awsm sir...... sir which brush you used in this video....? round or flat for hair.

  • @emilyhartman8255
    @emilyhartman82553 жыл бұрын

    I love your videos! One thing confounding me as I practice is how to use gamsol and linseed oil. That is off camera so i can’t see which one you’re using, how often you dip, do you mix any linseed into your paint first. My paint always comes on the canvas either too runny or too “thick / sticky” - never seems to be buttery like yours. And my brush always gets saturated and dirty too fast unlike yours 😭

  • @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    3 жыл бұрын

    He is using just thinner early on and very little of it then linseed later but also very little. You dont need much atall and the paint becomes smoother rather than thinner.

  • @ShadowBurn666
    @ShadowBurn6664 жыл бұрын

    Great lesson. So is it simpler when doing black hair?

  • @bethstageart
    @bethstageart Жыл бұрын

    Can you talk about color mixing strings on your pallet

  • @ezondaeye
    @ezondaeye3 жыл бұрын

    Excellent video, thanks for sharing. As far as the paint colors used for blonde hair, I detected black, dark brown, Titanium white, yellow light, and yellow ochre. Did I miss anything?

  • @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    3 жыл бұрын

    Looks like he is just using the primaries and burnt umber / burnt sienna.

  • @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    3 жыл бұрын

    and white

  • @evelinakanerva8051
    @evelinakanerva80513 жыл бұрын

    this is great! would the same technics apply to acrylic painting?

  • @twins2936

    @twins2936

    2 жыл бұрын

    Yes

  • @Artinsane
    @Artinsane3 жыл бұрын

    hi amezing dear plzz make video on alaprima

  • @paintcoach

    @paintcoach

    3 жыл бұрын

    Sure 😊

  • @melaniejohnson4393
    @melaniejohnson4393 Жыл бұрын

    What are the paint colors that you show in this video.? Is that ultramarine blue, cad yellow, alizarin crimson, cad red light, black and white? Is there any cobalt blue? Or another color? I'm having trouble mixing the mid values that look like yours. Thanks

  • @zoeywilliams4848
    @zoeywilliams48488 ай бұрын

    Holy crap that’s exactly what my hair looks like!! It’s kind of uncanny

  • @marymary5494
    @marymary54942 жыл бұрын

    👌💕

  • @ShroomClay
    @ShroomClay3 жыл бұрын

    Found this super helpful! Thanks! (>w

  • @gregzgaming412
    @gregzgaming4123 жыл бұрын

    how to make the face and background without messing up the hair

  • @erniemayo944
    @erniemayo944 Жыл бұрын

    Hello cris

  • @ignaziomonti5416
    @ignaziomonti5416 Жыл бұрын

    Ok buona dimostrazione, ma come tutorial serve a poco senza immagine di riferimento non possiamo vedere come hai sintetizzato le varie zone dei capelli.

  • @ryanzhang9841
    @ryanzhang98413 жыл бұрын

    it‘s sad, I am doing what the DONT do thing

  • @Mandouke
    @Mandouke3 жыл бұрын

    how many younos ??

  • @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    3 жыл бұрын

    7

  • @hannahglenn6396
    @hannahglenn63963 жыл бұрын

    N

  • @safiehdgosha129
    @safiehdgosha1292 жыл бұрын

    What are u saying???

  • @cheeseballs1463
    @cheeseballs14633 жыл бұрын

    This makes no sense you should be famous by now!

  • @sadev101
    @sadev101 Жыл бұрын

    how hard is it for you to try to paint wrong. the dont do this painting must be difficult when you are used to implementing your techniques correctly.

  • @Fycku424
    @Fycku4242 жыл бұрын

    i'm the another one, but kid is not my son

  • @MonaBah-rw4zz
    @MonaBah-rw4zz7 ай бұрын

    Talk tpp much

  • @jamesflorez5867
    @jamesflorez58673 жыл бұрын

    I really did not understand!!! blablablabla there is no cohesion !! lost!!

  • @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thats your fault not his. He made perfect sense.

  • @convolution223
    @convolution2233 жыл бұрын

    There are no do's and don'ts. Your 'correct' version doesn't even look realistic so don't be telling people this is the way to do it.

  • @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    @dorrisgonnawreckyou7111

    3 жыл бұрын

    Yes there are do's and dont if you are attempting to be a realist painter. That is pretty ungrateful considering he is offering genuine help (also good advice) for free. Also yes it does absolutely look realistic.

  • @RaymondThePainter
    @RaymondThePainter11 ай бұрын

    Even the “what not to do” examples always look so good from this guy.