Your welcome. Getting the foundations right is sometimes half the battle. But, some might think that just learning to paint is a slightly bigger half 🤔🤔🤗😎
Brilliant brilliant brilliant Paul 👍😁✨✨ this is an excellent video to show just how much Bob Ross Liquid White should be used. Thank you and well done 👏😀 Cheers ☕
@PaulRansonArt , thank you, thank you, thank you! You just confirmed what I had been suspecting for a little while now and can't wait to work on my next piece! Also, thanks for the close up of your fingertips, that really helped, too!
This demonstration helped me so much! I tried to do a painting today and added waaaaay too much liquid white and it was awful! Nothing was sticking, it was muddy, and just overall very frustrating. After scraping as much paint as possible and sending that canvas on to be painted black, I found your videos and I'm excited to give it another shot without drenching my canvas in liquid white the next time I paint. Thank you so much for this fantastic demonstration!
Your very welcome. I've found over the years that too much Liquid White is the main reason for failure wit the Bob Ross technique. I did a video all about mud mixing here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-PewpFdvUzug.html This is most likely what you were up against. Have fun painting 🤗
Yeah they way how and with what we cover our surfaces before painting really important how it will look after. Noticed this many times already in my paintings
Would you happen to have any tutorials showing the technique you used for adding the land into the picture. Sorta like how you explained the clouds were made with "little c's"
Thank you for watcuing and leaving a comment. My recent Autumn painting has a nice clear demonstration of the technique. Here's a link to the video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-OusMCsu2hXM.html - Hope this helps 😎😎
@PaulRansonArt Thank you much gonna watch it now. I just started oil painting and have pretty much no knowledge I'm self teaching and having alot of fun doing it just find myself just stuck in places when I'm not sure how to add sumthing to my painting so it's like I hit a dead end sort of.
Well done for getting started. Often the hardest part. Feel free to drop in and watch a tutorial now and again. I've tried to make then as watchable and doable as possible. I've learned a lot teaching oils over the past 20+ years so hope they help. The main thing is to keep having fun. - Best wishes - Paul @@Pvmjosh145
@PaulRansonArt Your awesome Paul been checking out a couple of your videos already your artwork is beautiful. I was never the too creative type growing up but once I saw Bob paint those landscapes I just knew I wanted to try it something about it so peaceful so majestic in its own way. Thanks for the help.
Trust me it wouldn't be a pretty sight! Before Magic White artists would thin their paint to make a wash like ochre or earth tones and leave it to go tacky before completing an underpainting in either grey or shades of brown. Then whilst still slightly workable they would start laying down blocks of colour. So in a way ever the old masters started with a wet canvas! 😃
May I ask this a different way? In the context of what you are doing, the colors of the trees have no need at all to blend with the background. Would it not make sense then to wait for the background to dry before adding trees? This is not longer alla prima of course, but would it work differently or achieve a different result than the way you do it? Let me add to the approving chorus. Your videos thankfully go into the useful details that Bob Ross often glosses over.
Do all of the Bob Ross paints come in cans? I've never seen that before, except for household paints. Great tutorial and the reflection part is my favorite part. The same happens if we use too much acrylic and I can so relate to enough and back-off-with the tons of paint. Gorgeous reflections, Paul! 🥰🥰
Hi Cheryl - They always used to but here in Europe they started sending plastic tubs with screw caps, a big mistake 😣 Try wrestling with a plastic pot with a glued-on lid and you'll know why they always can in cans. Oil paints make for the best reflections I think. 😍🎨
@@PaulRansonArt Guess they should can the plastic! And yeah, getting reflections with that sideswipe has to be quick in acrylics ... doable but not quite the same lovely effect 😋👍
Thanks, Paul, for your great tutorials. Two questions: Are you mixing your highlights with a little liquid white to thin them? If not, how are you thinning the highlights? And I think I’m also “muddying” my paints because I’m using too much base color and it mixes with the highlights. Any suggestions how to deal with this without messing up? Thanks again, and I can’t wait to start actually following along. : )
Hi - so pleased you are enjoying my tutorials 😍 Great questions and yes I do sometimes use a tiny drop of liquid white in my highlights. Now, just to qualify my answer. I only use liquid white when I need a highlight to really pop! It can make the highlights look too bright so use it now and again. Usually, I add a drop ( 1 drop! ) of linseed oil to my highlights for a more natural look. Being a mud mixer is inevitable when you're experimenting and learning - I still do even after all these years of teaching 😉 Working with the right thickness of paint is crucial - the base colour must be stiff and dry and be applied with a little texture. The amount isn't too critical as long as it's not great gobs of paint. The highlights need to be just a little bit softer - just a little bit. If they are too soft and oily they will sink into the base colour and you'll mix mud every time. Lastly and most importantly - highlight each bush/tree etc only once. If you try going back over the same area it's almost certainly going to turn muddy. My next tutorial is specifically for beginners and I think it will be a good one to started. I make a few mistakes and fixes as well. - Look forward to seeing you soon - Paul 😃😎
@@PaulRansonArt Thank you so much, Paul! I really appreciate you taking the time to explain your technique, and I’m excited to put your tips into practice. : )
Hi, on this topic of liquid white. I have several BR paints but the consistency is a bit off. Some oily - some like a dried worm. I'm trying this technique but the difference in paints is making it a hard. I'm thinking I need a different brand. I'm struggling with to much oil in some of the tubes and possibly not applying the under black/ dark thick enough.
Hi Brenda - sorry its taken me a while to get a message back to you. Now, some colours mainly dark ones are supposed to be stiff. They are used to make the dark underpaintings for a mountain or trees etc. Whilst highlights - mainly light colours are supposed to be a bit softer. The basic idea being that a thin paint will stick to a thick paint. This might account for the differences your getting. There are a whole bunch of other reasons why things might be happening also - like te age of the paint, if its been opened for a while or gotten too hot . All the obvious things. One useful trick if the dark colours are too oily is to put some out on a piece of cardboard for while to let the oil soak in a stiffen the colour. It takes only a short while ( 20-30 mins) to get stiff. If the light colours are too dry just add a tiny drop of linseed oil. But just a drop! Hope this helps. - Paul 😃😃😎😎 @@Harvestkennel
I have recently starting oil painting about a month ago. First of all your tutorials are fantastic I'm sure they'll make me a better painter in the long run. But I'm confused on painting on a black canvas. What is the benefits for using acrylic black paint or black gesso.
Great question Dave, let me see if I can give you an answer. Paintings in their simplest form are a series of lights and darks. These form the basis of a painting before the additon of colour. If you want to create a dark and moody scene then using an underpainting like black gesso or black acrylic can get you started in the right direction. Just have a look at my latest painting for an example ( I use a combination of dark brown and black but you get the idea ) ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-19yQ_eeeOpE.html. So for a bright sunny scene with lots of warm vibrant colours a pale grey or white canvas would be the obvious choice. Just for fun try painting the same painting ( something small ) on two canvases one dark one light. You'll be amazed at how the mood differes from one to the other even using the same colours. 😄
Thank you so much ! Is there any difference between using acrylic or gesso ? I've watched videos where one artist used acrylic and another artists using gesso.
@@davebeckstead5001 to all intense purposes they're pretty interchangeable. Purists would use black gesso but I've used black acrylic without a problem. Both are water soluble and modern varieties use synthetic binders ( the 'glue' that makes them into paint ) Gesso tends to be matt and acrylic a little more shiny. Hope this helps 😃😃
Hi Paul, do you still use this with the water soluble oils ? I've seen someone mix up 50/50 titanium white and linseed oil. Mixed on the pallet with pallet knife.
Hi Jason - yes you can use this with water-mixable oils but obviously you'll lose the water mixable advantages so you'll be back to using thinners. I've painted Bob Ross-style paintings using water-mixable titanium white / water mixable linseed oil mix too. With some practice, it's possible to replicate the technique so give it a go. I have a new video coming soon on this 🎨😉
Welcome aboard Wided 😀 and thank you for your lovely comment. I hope to 'see you' at some more of my videos. Just watched your 'How to make a Sketchbook video. Reminds me of being a kid again! 😃
Grazie signor paul per le sue utili informazioni. Che differenza ce fra liquido bianco o liquido trasparente ?.da inesperto e alle prime armi ho acquistato per primo il trasparente,ha la stessa funzione del liquido bianco ? O lo devo cambiare con quello bianco?sarei contento se mi risponde.la ringrazio ancora per i suoi consigli.attendo risposta.
Ho dimenticato di chiedere un'ultima informazione! Se adoperando il liquido bianco o trasparente non riesco a finire il dipinto e lo continuo il giorno dopo mi si secca causando qualche problema ? Grazie per i suoi consigli.
Sì, se il liquido bianco o trasparente inizia ad asciugarsi diventa molto appiccicoso e difficile da dipingere. Se puoi, lascia asciugare il dipinto per alcuni giorni, ricopri le aree asciutte e prosegui. Ti darà un risultato migliore. - Paolo 😃😎
