Arts & Crafts

Beerfish's Arts and Crafts Project:

Well, I've posted painter videos before. This is a bit different, because it's a teacher. But I thought this video might be interesting for some.
This guy has been able to teach me two things. Two things that came as really big revelations to me. I currently don't paint oils. I have done in the past, but as my painting is just a hobby these days, I like watercolors better. They're simpler to set up, and have a much smaller "foot print". They don't require a studio. But regardless of that, those two things he made me understand, were pretty big.




Just like a couple of other artists I've posted videos by, notice how good he is at putting in the values directly.
Those few of you who paint, either know how difficult that is , or haven't yet realized why all your works are so obviously amateurish. 

P.S. Couple of side notes of interest: He's using a simple palette. A kind of modified Zorn palette (which qualifies as a 'limited palette'). The real Zorn palette is supposed to be Lead White, Vine Black, Yellow Ochre and Vermilion. Alternatively Titanium White and Ivory Black. That's what's used by modernization of the Zorn palette, in any case. Just as cadmium Red instead of Vermilion.

Anyway, Mark here uses Ultramarine and Umber instead of black (expanding the palette to 5 colors, and introducing a minus red, which means that the palette is no longer particularly 'limited', but 'simple'), Cadmium Yellow instead of Yellow Ochre, and Pyrrole Rubine instead of vermilion. That gives him a vastly greater color mixing volume. It's pretty enough for anything. He's also using very smooth paints, his own brand, premixed with medium. I would assume they have shorter shelf life than normal paints, but I don't know anything about them.

And here's the Volegov video. Fast, time lapsed.




There's a lot to say about Volegov. He's an exceptional virtuoso. His paintings are beautiful in a pretty picture perfect way. They're also beautiful in their painting craft. But are they art? Well, first of all they are contemptuously anti-PC and anti-art-establishment. So my guess is that he has seen some pushback from 'authorities'.
He does the purest thing you can do: Paints what interests him to paint. He does it over and over again, with clear intent and obsessive passion. I don't think you can ignore that. I say it's art.
But would you hang it on your wall? I mean it is a bit much, isn't it? I don't know, frankly. But I sure like watching him paint.

Right.

And this I'd definitely hang on my wall.

Wow her attention to detail is phenomenal!!...incredible stuff!!... .....

I'm more into digital painting, maybe I will buy a Cintiq once I finish my PhD studies (Aerospace Engineering). I like to take inspiration from older Feng Zhu videos:

And more recently I'm watching alot of Tyler's Edlin videos that has a different approach and process of doing things, for example

or more recent videos:

I currently have a small Wacom that I'm painting with when I have the time and the mood. I'm not that great but I like to think I'm improving

Never show a nerdy woman how a glue gun works.





'Creative Mom' has plenty more stuff like this on her channel.

<Gasp>  - You 'stole' their pallets!?  😲     🤡


Nice job btw. Some hefty screws there, is it collapsible?

A brilliant Watercolor demonstration, somewhat timelapsed and accelerated.