I think Mark is an artist with a good heart. sharing all his knowledge is something amazing for all of us.

@keylupveintisiete7552

5 жыл бұрын

He is really amazing

@lisengel2498

2 жыл бұрын

I am very greatfull and happy for all the wonderfull free videos and his excellent teaching. I think I have learned a lot from these videos and I use it in my own way working abstract and visionary. I also find the paint excellent quality but it became very expensive with a lot of extra tax it would be very nice if there was a European possibility for buying these High quality paints, - and by the way I I dont like the plastic tubes - its very difficult for me to get the last paint out of the very hard plastic tube = 🙏❤️

He makes sense to me. Outside of his being an artist, I think he is a good man.

Hi Mark, I just want to thank you - I feel almost obliged to thank you regularly - for all your generosity. I watch your videos regularly, sometimes even repeatedly between painting. So helpful and encouraging. God bless!

@taritamily

6 жыл бұрын

I feel exactly the same!

I thank you for your service to academic realist art with an open mind you are sharing with the art community far and wide more than you know. You are so needed!

I find I am spending countless evenings watching and learning from these superb videos. Spent years muddling through my art sometimes successfully sometimes not. This wonderful gentleman makes everything so clear and logical. Thank you Mark.

I decide to write this after seeing 3 times the first portion before the questions. It is interesting to receive informations from someone whith so much knowledge. Soon i will begin my oil painting journey and i am like a sponge learning from Mr. Carder. Thank you

Thank you Mark for sharing your expertise with us, I enjoy listening to your videos and get a lot out of your advise. I am so grateful that you make your teaching available with out charge. I have learned so much from you! God Bless you.

Hi Mark. Thank-you for sharing as freely as you always have. I have enjoyed watching your work for some time and it is exciting to see the evolution of your teaching influence. Your new KZread tutorials are great. Please continue to show new ways to teach, you are always spot on.

Thank you for such a fantastic, honest and informative episode. Loved the discussion about your favorite artists. The video has been put together very well. Crisp and impactful. Thanks to team Geneva. Looking forward to next week already!

Thank you so much for these videos and your website. Your sharing of your knowledge and information is greatly appreciated and super helpful.Thank you!!

I didn't expect Rothko to show up in this video, but I'm very happy. He is the reason I started to experiment with painting.

Mark, thanks a lot for sharing your knowledge. Before I met your tutorials I was quite lost. More than just teaching painting techniques by itself, your insights are so helpeful, they are leading me to another aprecciation of real art, because I believe without the contents in our head it's sort of difficult to reassess our ideias for a possible change in our painting! You are being able to reach people at a distance, like me right now writing from Brazil in São Paulo. Thanks!!

Man! such great videos. I can watch them over and over again. They are full of good advice. Thanks Mark!

Excellent! I especially loved the introduction re: detail. Thank you.

Great videos! Hope to see much more. I'm studying at an art college and these are great lessons apart from school.

Your oil painting Q&A is so helpful and informative. I really liked how you pointed out the importance of values vs detail in realism paintings. I am looking forward to learning more from you about this in particular. Thanks.

I am so excited I have found you and your knowledge. I cannot wait to try to get in to get lessons! I have only been painting for a little over a year. Thank you!!

Some great comments on detail/value at the beginning. It's one of those things that I forget when nearing the end of a painting. Also, I think it's nice you plugged Schaefer at the end. I started with acrylics, and he was the first KZreadr I followed when I started painting. I've since moved on to oils, since I realized I was trying to paint like oil with acrylic. It has its place, but oil is just the way to go. No turning back. Thanks for all the videos and advice.

Thank you Mark! I revisit these videos time to time, thank you for making these!

Thank you so very much for speaking so well interpreting of meaningful substance, I understand everything you are talking about. These things are hard to put words to.

Those questions about acrylics and hear you talk about the confusion you’d have with painting a portrait in acrylics really made me feel good about my artistic acrylic abilities. I think the magic is in mixing taking it slow, chunks at a time of color, as it drys, add watered down layers of acrylic

Strangely enough the Hopper of the girl looking out the window is my favorite as well. I was quite young, never heard of any painters at all and saw this as a postcard and bought it because it was beautiful. I thought at the time all the beautiful postcards were done by greeting card artists! So I wanted to be a greeting card artist when I grew up. I also thought Klimt's The Kiss was done by a greeting card artist as well. Maybe someday a painting of mine will be on a greeting card! :) And also - my first impression of Van Gogh was that he has sloppy, chunky brushwork, the Starry Night for example and one day saw a large print of it from across the room and it changed my life.

Mark, I have been an illustrator and artist for close to 30 years and your videos are the best out there!

Thank you for your classes..your an excellent teacher and your instructions make no bones about it you cut right to the heart of the matter and address issues no matter how tedius or mundane it maybe...like value and color...and being accurate excellent tutolidge thank you.

Hi mark im from Iran, and during covid time your page was my teacher… I’ve learned a lot. You’re teaching art genuinely. Thnx

I enjoy the painterly approach the most, but I think it's good that painting has evolved towards realism in the details. It provides the opportunity to offer a really cool experience with realistic surrealism pieces. There will always be a place for both though, because they each have their benefits. Your videos have been a great resource. I love every one I've seen even though I've only painted with acrylics.

Thanks man! When I need a reset to the basics I check out your vids!

Thank you Mark....for helping us...God bless you...

SO helpful!!! Thank you very much for posting your tutorials on youtube!!

really amazing information here. I believe values in a painting is the most important and difficult part. and you explain everything very well

Thank you you are a wealth of knowledge and a wonderful teacher !

You exactly know how most of the artist think in any situation .... never found that type of teacher keep up the good work

Thank you.I love this and am inspired to learn how to paint.

yes suggestion through shape and value is such a great way to approach elements in painting

Great examples on the importance of getting the values right and keep abstraction in the brushstrokes

Hello from Romania Many thanks for the generosity of sharing your talent, skill and art. We have the opportunity to learn a lot thanks to your teaching. God bless you.

Love this stuff, this is my go to educational KZread channel on oil painting

What a valuable lesson! Thank you.

Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge

Ordered your paints! Really looking forward to using them.

Just wonderful. Thank you.

Just ordered my kjt w/ color checker.pro div. can't wait to get them. You are an excellent teacher.

Just found your site. Absolutely enjoy your work. I am looking forward to trying your ideas. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Thanks, Mark you're awesome!

Wonderful info and video. Thx

Thank you so much Mark

Omg i just found you and you've already solved every question I had about oils and stuff :'D

Thanks for your generosity offering us your videos. And thanks also for speaking slow and with pretty clair pronunciation. Where do you offer your classes?

@DrawMixPaint

9 жыл бұрын

Linda Berron I used to hold workshops in Austin, Texas, but right now I'm 100% focused on making new KZread tutorials for drawmixpaint.com and new art materials for genevafineart.com

@lindaberron1375

9 жыл бұрын

Ok, Thanks. I will see all of them.

Thanks so much, received more help from your video that in my college art classes.

Wow I never thought you'd be a Mark Rothko fan his style is so different to yours. Thank you for sharing those artists they're all amazing - Jacks :p

Sir marc an unusual artist really shares his knowledge that open doors to others,GOD GIVEN TALENT & WISDOM.ALHAMDULILLA

Thank you for sharing your knowledge

I have just found your site on the net and will, in future, be using the 5 colours you suggest. (rather than the many I have been using). I am have been painting for about 9 years and though a reasonable standard is attained I would like to improve further.I look forward to the next phase of my "journey". Lindsay.

You do amazing job, sir. :)

Such fantastic insight

Great lessons!

Amazing videos. I'm really learning a lot :)

Excellent work

You've got some great info.

thank you for sharing this information, very selfless of you, many artists would never share a single thing unless they are being paid

Beautiful work nice job

Good thinking in here.

Great tips... thanks

About acrylics. I had no problem working with acrylics when I just started painting (a year ago), but oil paint is a whole different story. Had I started my art journey with oil, I would've probably given up on painting at all. Last night I painted an alla prima pumpkin still life in oil (for the first time in my life) only to realize how much I didn't understand about the genius of such artists like Repin. And this understanding only came through touching upon this sacral medium - an oil paint.

I became an WBA (wanna be artist) when I retired. I have found your videos to be the most helpful resource that I have found anywhere in learning about the nuts and bolts of painting. I a question on color mixing. I find myself getting lost going through your process of mixing a color. Could you explain the technique of mixing a yellow or other highly saturated color. It would be most helpful. Please keep up with your videos. Thanks.

I just ordered the Geneva Paint and Iam really looking forward to paint with it - and it was very easy to order even if I live in Denmark - my favorite artist is by the way van Gogh, Chagall and Rothko and the Danish artist Oluf Høst especially his very late patings Orion series

@atlantic_love

2 жыл бұрын

How did the Geneva paint work out for you?

great advice thank you so so much Ron McKnight Ireland .

So helpful… thanks

Thanks so much.

The secret is not in the detail or or is it then? A great collection of paintings you have here with clear demonstration of less is best as far as the eye goes for detail, and less is more as far as value goes. I too like clouds in the sky....Thanks for this video.

I have recently begun research for my next still life setup. I am most inspired by 17th century Dutch artists such as Heda and Kalf, so I have been studying their compositions. I find that the most difficult part of the entire painting process, for me, is composing a still life. I have watched your video on setting up a still life many times and it has been very helpful. Could you go more into detail about some elements that make a strong composition?

FIRST, may I thank you for offering so much to all of the souls that treasure your information. I am one of them. I sure thank you. You have enriched my life and helped me significantly as a fledgling Artist with your teaching and free sharing of information. My struggle is that I do understand that we should block in and THEN apply detail, but concerning NOT blending at all - it always strikes me that the Old Masters painted primarily for presentation in huge homes and Museums... so their paintings were yards away on a 12 - 16 ft high wall for example... wouldn't that be a main reason they painted so loose, as compared to now when people are usually within 4 - 12 feet away?

very very thank you~!!!

My favorites are Sargent, Rembrandt,Hals.all the impressionist, Vermeer, Vasquez.😃

I get those feelings when I look at Russian artist Alexie Zaitsevs work. Just makes me feel good.

Thanks again

I love your horse portrait and am interested in painting horses. Will you be offering a video or workshop teaching us how to paint horses?

Thank you.

You have an awsome voice, a really nice demeanor about you also. I enjoy your videos very much, right now I am trying to set up a studio for oil painting, will be ordering some of your stuff. I was curious about your brushes, make, sizes, fiber, etc. I believe I heard you say in one of your videos that you udually keep fourteen brushes going while working on a painting, I haven't watch all of our videos yet, perhaps you elaborate about this in one of them, but I basically want to know what to buy, what type, what sizes, and how many of each when you have your fourteen brushes set up. Thanks.

I’m fixated by Tom Thomson atm thanks for sharing your fav artists

I really appreciated the information you shared. Please can you advise what brushes do you use?

Mark, You mentioned offering several items in the future. Might I suggest that you make the following available first? 1. Color checker 2. Artist painting table 3. Photograph holder I would like very much to purchase these from you since it is not practical for me to make them myself or hire a "handy man/carpenter" to make them. I look forward to purchasing your easel and paints in the future. John Clark

@DrawMixPaint

9 жыл бұрын

John Clark Thanks John, I am not sure what order I will be releasing new products, but all those are things are on the list :)

The first 3 minutes have more info in than most videos on art!

9:33 consider also that these crimsons and lakes are organic and cadmiums are mineral. btw they can be mixed when using paint to create in different manners than those spoken of here.

please show brush sizes for different areas of the picture. EX faces, large areas not the same brushes. I have difficult with fine lines and small areas. You demonstrations are great.

Hey Mark! Quick question about the Geneva oil paints in regards to the fat over lean rule; Do your Geneva paints contain more oil, less oil, or about the same as standard tubed paint? I plan to do an underpainting for a family portrait I'll be working on to help map out the values, and was wondering if I should use Geneva paints and wait for them to dry or the much quicker drying standard tubed paints for the underpainting and the Geneva paints on top. Any advice you can give me on this method is greatly appreciated! On a side note, your portrait painting DVD was immensely helpful in beginning portraiture!

Hi Mark. I love the Q & A. I'm using Geneva paints for the first time. The paints are great. It seems I don't need as much paint in the mixing. A little seems to go a long way, which is great and the butteriness and even consistency is wonderful. My question is about using Geneva paints plein air. Is this possible? Recently I've begun to paint plein air as well as doing studio work, but I'm wondering if you have any tips about taking Geneva paints outdoors. Thanks. Susan

Hi Mark, I am enjoying your shows. What is your opinion about working with a dirty brush, in other words, not fully cleaning your brush while moving around the painting?

I have a medium question....I have heard that walnut oil is nice for mixing into paint and also for using instead of mineral spirits for cleaning. I have read that using the walnut oil from the grocery store is fine for cleaning brushes but the artist refined walnut oil is to be used for pallet work. Any thoughts? Thanks so much for all your videos...learn so much from you. Laura

Black. I find it easier to mix up a big batch of black (60/40 as you instruct) in a jar, as I would the other basic colors. Then adding it to my pallet as needed. As far as the Carder Method goes, does this make me a 'black sheep'?

People who are color blind should paint what they see anyway. It is about value. I'd love to see the work of someone who embraces their color blindness.

What happened to episode 1? I was looking for that specifically

Values are importante but my eyes also care about detail, actualy i love detail!

Hi Mark, Because of the Fat over Lean rule, for those of us who have time commitments and need to work in layers using your new paints ( I ordered your full set ) would it be a good idea to add a few drops of mineral spirits to the first session, straight from the jar for middle sessions and a few drops of linseed oil to the last sessions. Thanks, Bob Whistler.

Thank you for all your very fine videos. I really learn a lot from you. Unfortunately I cannot always understand the names of the artists you mention. Would it be possible to wrie the names somewhere? It would be a great help and I would like to find out more about the artists you like.

Hey Mark, when you talk about having a dark cloth hanging behind you in your studio, do you mean in front of you, as in, behind your easel, or do you mean there is a dark backdrop actually behind your back?

I start out with two colors and white. I rough in the composition working up the values and paying little attention to the colors or details. I get very enthusiastic during the beginning. The next day as I start to think I must make a painting out of this good beginning, I start to get bogged down in decisions about color and details and it becomes a struggle to push through. Do you have any advice on how to carry the excitement and energy of the beginning of a painting into the next steps?

Note of interest here. Artist Michael James Smith paints a lot of Acrylic first then oil on top.

Is it at all possible to adapt your technique of choosing and using a palette with the medium of pastel?

Do you think that hue comes in third on importance after value and temperature?