I work in pastel and acrylic, and love one sitting portraiture. Most effective method for building confidence and on demand skill set

@georgefenning4844

Жыл бұрын

I agree . It’s been a while . I’ll maybe start again. Thanks

@fortnag

Жыл бұрын

@@georgefenning4844 good luck. Starting is the hard part... you got this.

@georgefenning4844

Жыл бұрын

@@fortnag Thank you for the reply. It gave me the much needed push to set up my space to make it happen! cheers.

@ChrisW777

Жыл бұрын

@@georgefenning4844 @Fort Nag You guys are awesome! Motivating me to want to try painting!

@neogerula

Жыл бұрын

@@ChrisW777 You definitely have to achieve and not to try painting.I mean, being the same type of diY guy, up to crying during trying allmost enything , , iI faound first in drawing , now finally in painting a lot of understanding about me, things and the whole of life.. It helps me with the order keeping, also .And it seems like a huge finalisation and gathering of all I have learnt in life.

I did that when I first started digital art and had no idea how to really work with digital paints. The programmierest back then only allowed three layers so that didn’t help either, but after I did my sketch I worked my paint just like this. Section by section just blocking in the shades I thought worked, sometimes color picking when I felt my eyes were deceiving me (how could a shadow on a pinkish person be dark green?) and it was a wonderful experience, in all honesty.

@mattkavelli

4 ай бұрын

i usually paint digitally too, so does this mean u use smaller brush often? i need some insights to improve my painting skills

@BekkiUndSo

4 ай бұрын

@@mattkavelli absolutely! Currently I use a Solid color as my underpainting and then I put small sections of color on there and blend them. I usually devide my colors into layers nowadays, but sometimes you just have to blend the Shadows directly into the color for the look you want

@mattkavelli

4 ай бұрын

@@BekkiUndSo rad, thankyou for the insights

In the past 5 years I have not made a single painting, this past summer I started painting again and I had only 3 hours for a painting, made it in a single sitting. This gave me the confidence to make all my paintings in one go, since then ive been happily painting on a regular basis while making 2ftx1ft tall paintings in 5-6 hours max! And my technique has drastically improved!

Thank you for sharing your knowledge for free here. I am starting to learn how to paint and hope to get better with time. It’s refreshing to know that everyone has the this looks like crap phase while working on a project. 😆

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

@BariumCobaltNitrog3n

8 ай бұрын

It didn't look like crap though. It was a very good milestone. I think he did that for you (the viewer/student) because he's generous. You absolutely will get better with time.

What I loved about this painting was how you took a photo of totally blown out in the skin tones and brought a beautiful tone and feeling to the portrait. When I saw you mixing the flesh tones I thought, whoa, he’s going way too dark. Well done, sir. Thank you for this!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Alla Prima is definitely the shiznit. I used to make really detailed drawings before painting a portrait, fixed it, and then layered on top. Over the years I've been drawing less and less in the inital stages, now I practically just go all in with the painting from the beginning. If a mistake happens, I just paint on top, and sometimes certain cool effects appear as a result. Great tut Stephen!

I love when KZread suggests just right, it doesn’t happen often. Great tutorial, thank you! Subbed :)

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the sub! And the positive vibes!!

@sourgreendolly7685

Жыл бұрын

I was just thinking this! Also subbed 😊

@vivanecrosis

Жыл бұрын

Totally! Sometimes it hits the spot! 👍🏻

@julessmithpaints

Жыл бұрын

My thoughts exactly.

Honestly it’s cool to learn stuff from the video and comments even though I’ve never painted in my life and I have no idea why I’m here

consistently enlightening! thank you!

unbelievable demo. Thank you for sharing your knowledge!

I don't even know why I am here, I suck at drawing. But i watched till the end because it's mesmerizing.

This is so so helpful, thank you!

Beautifuly presented and articulated.

Beautiful demo work ❤️👍

Great video. Perfect explanation on values.

Wow thats amazing technique

Brilliant tutorial

Beautiful thank you Stephen!

amazing work sir !

Excellent so happy to have found your page. Bravo.

Fantastic lesson ! !

Nice to see this level of craft - thanks for sharing the technique Stephen.

wow this is absolutely gorgeous

You’re a very good teacher and your video is well designed and produced.

Thanks very much, perfectly paced and good duration

Very inspiring. I hope someday to be able to paint like this.

Excellent instructional video. Great job

You’re awesome! Thank you for the knowledge ❤️

Outstanding Artwork and video

Love your videos! So informative while I transition into oil paints for the first time. Thank you for sharing your wisdom :)

Love it !Nice work.

Thank you so much for this video! Your art is magnificent and I've just recently been researching Alla prima painting, even though I am an artist, I've yet to venture off into the many different forms and techniques of painting. I primarily am interested in portraiture and finding out this method fits right into what I am interested in doing and also more so of my desired art style. Thanks again!

i really love that you keep the refrence on screen for the whole time

Thank you so much! Very useful information.

great work as always steph! always learning a lot from you.

What a great portrait painting!

This is incredibly high value content - your demo and the instructional explanations are each incredibly clear. And of course the work is beautiful. Thank you so much for sharing!

Excellent work Stephen!

This practice and technique seems like it carries lots fo lessons across many disciplines, not just art.

@BariumCobaltNitrog3n

8 ай бұрын

Fix your flat tire, _then_ wash the windshield.

i'm 2 mins in and stopped to comment on how clearly you have conveyed the process, the line 'linework to mass' and the term middle values, then light, then dark. it's a road map! thanks Stephen!

brilliant, thank you

That's a beautiful painting .

That's amazing

I find that a really wondeful job, my compliments

Inspirational. Thank you.

This is amazing and inspiring.

Tremendous Stephen, thanks so much for this and for your channel. Such amazing instruction, I can hardly believe it! Subscribed.

I think this is great! Just what I was looking for. When I'm painting I often (unintentionally) start perfecting the detail right away. But because of that I forget about the greater picture of the composition. This technique really helped! thank you!

i learnt this by accident when i started drawing with my left hand instead of my right, its a GREAT trick and im glad i got to learn more about it

Thank you so much, really enjoyed watching your skill and experience. Portraits are my weakness but want to persevere as I love to capture souls on canvass whether human or in nature.

Amazing!!

I'm only half way through this, and it's a great video. I work in digital, but this is a great video for understanding colour value and mixing colours!

Great job my friend!

Very cool! Thanx.

Beautiful work.

I love your video,very beautiful.thank you.

OK this is cool as heck!

Amazing

This is something I've been doing with sketching for months, just to improve my technique. It's good to see that the old masters were in agreement about it!

Beautiful work!

@stephenbaumanartwork

8 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Important point: it's efficient only after repeated exposure. A beginner won't have a one sitting session and make it look this good. Came out excellent, well done. :)

Thank you for this tutorial. It was a great breakdown of the method for me.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

You're very welcome!

Excellent advice!

This really helped! Block in, refining, form, try to realise full gamant of values.

I really enjoyed this tutorial and appreciate how you explain the painting theories in detail. Subscribed!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Awesome, thank you!

when Stephen says "as absolutely Messy, as craps as it looks" I see perfection in the process. thank you Stephen this is golden

your concludeding statements are so true

You are truly a great teacher... Learned so much from you Stephen ❤️

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Happy to hear that!

Great tutorial! I found this helpful, the key points you made are very useful.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Amazing 👍👍👌

Maestro God bless you :) I have dabbled in watercolor but this is just without words for those who would like to paint with oils, just wow. Thank you.

the end result is insane

you rock- thank you so much for sharing

@stephenbaumanartwork

8 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Great information

for a short video you covered the important information, Well done young man

Great tutorial and amazing painting!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Very good content. You keep it concise and detailed when needed for the correct alla prima technique. Very clear. Thank you.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

That's beautiful. You're inspiring me

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

I'm so glad!

Most concise and helpful video on alla prima I've found. Incredible work. Thank you.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

Fantastic how you articulate your process. Great painting, and painting methodology. Thank you…

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

You are so welcome!

This was so interesting! Thank you for showing your palette/color mixing too. Can't wait to binge the rest of your channel :)

@stephenbaumanartwork

11 ай бұрын

Welcome!!

really helpful stuff thanks

@stephenbaumanartwork

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Fabulous demonstration, great technique and color control, and explanation of the key steps in the process, thank you!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

you are the best!!

Thanks for this, concise and to the point, incredible display of skill on your part. Deeply appreciate your contributions to the art community and sharing your knowledge!

@amy-cv2nw

Жыл бұрын

I think the best part was watching the blending process. Really great stuff!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

i studied art and illustration (which included painting courses) at the university level at a pretty well-known art school for 4 years, and i never once heard anything like this in my painting classes. thank you, this would have helped me in my struggles so much!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

so glad I finally have a technical term for exactly the kind of skills I want to develop with painting! great video

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad I could help!

I’ve started using a topographical approach to portraits, I use Markers for my first layer and the deepest points like the inner eye corners are darker and the highest points like the cheekbones are lighter with the boniest parts having the highlight. I do go around the highlights with the next lightest colour then I switch to the darkest areas then I use the mid tone to fill in the rest. Then I go over the markers with pencils to blend.

Thanks so much for an awesome tutorial. I struggle with Alla Prima, but I keep trying. I love to paint in layers. Great outcome in your painting. Blessings and take care.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

Really nice lesson!! Thanks!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

Omg love it

Grazie di cuore maestro, per questa ottima spiegazione. Dio la benedica

finally, a teacher that truly understand the process and fundamentals, and isn't just a raging narcissist that wants you to watch them.

You are very well-spoken, and a good clear teacher. Thanks!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Wow, thank you!

much love

Very nice work. Thankyou for sharing it! I shall try that approach next time.

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!

Thank you, Sir. This is very helpful. Alla Prima is even the only thing I need for my current digital project. I just love it being so organic in digital applications. Subscribed to learn a lot more.

@stephenbaumanartwork

9 ай бұрын

Thank you for subscribing!

Ah man making me want to get back into oils! Been painting with gouache lately and I'm jealous of those effortless soft edges. Great video!

@stephenbaumanartwork

Жыл бұрын

Go for it!

thank you very much

thankyou!!