Watch Plein Air, Alla Prima, Artist Stefan Baumann, Artist of Americas National Parks Demonstrate how to paint on location using color, composition, value and brushstrokes. Stefan Baumann believes that “Anyone can learn how to paint; all it takes is desire.” He has been an artist and is an oil painting instructor for the past 35 years and has taught the fine art of oil painting to enthusiastic art students in the San Francisco Bay Area as well as in Southern Oregon, and in Northern California. He says that artists who paint from life, which includes still life painting in a studio and plein air painting on location, have a distinct advantage when creating original artwork because they can paint what they see and feel as they apply their paint to a canvas. This personal experience with the subject is not possible when copying another work or painting from the limited image of a photograph. Plein air painting utilizes a painting application technique called “alla prima,” or wet o
This is a lecture with humour. Stefan is extremely intelligent, he is able to demonstrate the fundamentals of oil painting with words, not the do it this way which I have come to expect from RU-vid. I am very grateful to him, I am lucky to have found his lectures, I will want to watch them again.
Hi. Late to the party here. Thank you for this tip. Can Rust-Oleum be used on canvas boards (the ones with cardboard) just as they would on hardboards?
H E L P! I'M SHOCKED. So do I hear him correctly in that Oil paintings done on gessod surfaces OR oils painted over acrylic underpaintings are not archival ?!!!!!! Gracious!! That's scary. Zillions of artists are doing just that these days, expecting their paintings to still be around hundreds of years. When I paint an oil portrait, I want it to be archival so it can be handed down to future family members. I trust Stefan's tutorials. I'll certainly save this on to re-watch. joyce
I was shopping the trim molding at the hardware store today…I couldn’t find what I was really looking for though, something 1.5-1.75” thick with a lip. But what did catch my eye: the bundle packages for door frames. Any advice if there’s a specific type/name of molding for the stretcher bars?
I love all your videos and your enthusiasm for art. Your knowledge is extensive and so helpful. But I have a comment on your criticism of artists who use acrylic paint. I used to be an oil painter, and I found that even if I used gambol and odorless turpinoids I got migraines from painting with oils. In addition to that, the space in my house that I have to paint in and to store, my paintings, doesn’t allow me to let oil paintings sit for the length of time they need to dry. Therefore, I paint in acrylics. I’m not trying to make my acrylic paintings look like oils but instead I use the medium to create paintings that I love And that dry quickly so they can be stored easily. If I had a large studio and lots of space for oil paintings to sit around and drive for six months without the cat or the dog or the children rubbing up against them and I might go back to oil painting that is if it didn’t give me migraines, lol! Thanks again for all your wonderful videos. I do enjoy them.
The problem with making black out of the primaries is that Cad Yellow is expensive, and sorta toxic, while black in a tube is one of the cheapest paints, and not toxic, unless they mixed something in there that is. I am not saying not to use a chromatic black, just it has it's costs.
All of this toxic talk, did you know back in the ancient time is a painting artist with paint with very toxic chemicals and stuff and guess what they live longer than some of the people that were just working in the farm, don't worry about toxicity it's you're gonna get cancer if it's in your body and in your bloodline and you're not if it's not painting will not kill you you won't die of toxic consequences Michelangelo live longer than most men at that time along with Bernini and Monet you name it artist and die from complications of toxicity in their paint.
Was the purpose of the program strictly for the people present at the time. Was lack of visual intentional? For those of us who may LIKE to join you on Patron but for whatever legitimate reason cannot - have you a suggestion please?
Is anyone else “flagged” every time I hear a certain word??? As a nurse I’ve seen lots of it. When I hear the word I see smell experience and it sickens me. Am I the only one? I would prefer to focus on painting, would you?
Thank you! Watching the section on Damar... I have just found out that you can dissolve Damar crystals in a non-toxic solvent like spike lavender or orange essential oil. Chelsea Classical Studio do a ready-to-use version of this as regular varnish or a retouch Damar Lavender varnish. You can dilute the former (and I am sure the latter, too) with a little linseed oil and/or spike lavender and voilà you have a toxin-free Damar painting medium. They explain and elaborate on this on their website.
I've been painting 20 years for a living.... I hate canvases. I love panel. Panel is more durable and more pleasant to paint on. Panel shows brush strokes much better than canvas. Canvas is floppy no matter how tight you stretch it and makes an annoying bouncy noise. Canvas is much more prone to crack the paint because it expands and. contracts. Moths eat canvas. Mold grows on canvas. You can't poke a hole in panel. Panels are easier to store and ship. Panel doesn't rip. The stretcher bars that most canvases are made with warp badly.
While the lecture is of GREAT interest, the reference to the Louvre really jarred with me and I gave up, simply absorbiong things about Maxwell Parish and other technicians. IMO there are FAR better works in the main museums in Madrid, Florence, London and Rome. The Louvre has huge number of artworks but relies on quantity over quality. Yes, there are a few incredible pieces (I have never liked the Mona Lisa. Yes it is by a master, draws huge crowds, but not overwhelming). Actually, having returned from a visit to the Louvre last week, yes, there was a big crowd around that piece of art, but, I will wager that most were totally underwhelmed and confused that the "art world" prizes that piece above most others to give it the titel of the greatest piece of art in the world.
I’m in my 70s and though I still work, we need massive home repairs and I am in possession of an amazing scrapbook that I’ve had for over 10 years that has Saul White drawings in it. The scrapbook is from the 70s, but it has pictures going all the way back to the 50s and was owned by a busy bass player in Los Angeles who worked with a lot of terrific jazz names back in the day. And as he was friends with artist Saul White he was gifted all these small sketches one is signed by White, as it was supposedly in his rendering of the bass player. Anyway, I love what you’re doing here but I really don’t know where to turn. I have talked too many places and they’re just not interested. Do you have any suggestions? I might find a mid century Jack kind of 50s jazz kind of person who might really appreciate this? I mean, this is really a neat scrapbook and I loved it enough to pay good money for it but likeI say, we are getting new plumbing done right now and when you have little water in your home, even your sweetest possessions have to take a backseat. Thanks for your time and what you’re doing and any suggestions you might be able to give me would be deeply appreciated. Have a great day.
Im a woodworker and people always forget how fundamental the divider is. If you use it well, you can use it to create straight lines, straight edges, a measurement system, builders levels, surveying tools. And all you need to create those things? A piece of string, a nail and a pencil. Dividers are so deeply linked with the progress of humankind. Amazing tools.
i order a couple weeks ago....and ive read through it twice since it arrived! i watched you on the grand view since 1983, i have watched every youtube vid, some many times over, and now i can"pick' your brain even when i dont have internet service. thank you!!!!
Thank you for the reminder about the book. I remember when you first announced its impending arrival, but keep forgetting. I'll be ordering it in the next month or so, when i have the money to invest.
I understand that after Warhols death, many of his best works were found at his home, unsigned. This created a huge problem. It was also noted that he'd had his employees sign his work as well. 🤦🏻♀️
But if you use a monitor with led lights i see alot of artists use photography to get composition and models where they want them. But most of them do demos and big projects with live models.. i guess its all preference..
You should paint your horses! Wait, put that house paint brush and bucket down Stefan. I meant make a few paintings OF your horses. Heehee. A kiwi! That is an impressive journey. And yeah I do think some level of personal presentation can help generate interest in your work. So you're most likely right on with your advice about the hat and turqouise. It also seems to be true in other forms of art.
I paint different objects in different styles (classic and art-deco), so, you are right that not signing your work is good only for certain artists who are consistent with their styles (should be unique).
Never sell your best work. Rent and lease it. You know, like a RU-vid podcast. It will give you a residual income as long as anyone cares. And if you sell, get that value factored in the price. Artists are like slaves to the middle men. Hostage slaves. They control your future. Don't sell. Burn your bad work or paint over it. If you need to earn a living on your art skills, then do decorative art to 'match the color of the curtains'. Or prints? Sell your craft, not your art. Not your soul.
