Caravaggio Technique - Chiaroscuro 

I understand what you're saying about not sharing your palette, but that's the frustration I always had with art school-all theory, no information about materials and how to properly use them. I do understand that your channel is about how to apply paint, which is already way more than I ever learned in school. So in addition to learning from your wonderful channel, I go to others on RU-vid to learn about color mixing and materials. I am 64, been painting all my life, and I never stop learning. Thank you for all you do, your channel is wonderful and very helpful.

Wonderful! Thank you. I took an online grisaille class once years ago but forgot all the steps. Thank you! Watched the whole thing and you've inspired me to start again.

Prof Falcone ❤😂

Thankyou so much, what is the size of the brush you are using?

La tecnica di Caravaggio è un'altra cosa.

“You have to go darker to make the light reveal itself”. Important words. Thank you.

I was painting in my studio in Texas yesterday, and I found your video and watched and listened. I’ve been trying to learn all I can about oil painting since 2020. Your willingness to share your experience with a beautiful and multi-layered technique was quite inspiring. Also, I found what you said about focusing on painting during this challenging time to be just what I needed to hear, even a year after you made the video. Thank you for what you do, and I look forward to following your work.

This is beautiful. Thank you so much for this. I feel just like you about getting lost emotionally while painting. Also I have been troubled by world events lately, especially in that I have a medical background and knew instinctively from the start in early 2020 that something was very wrong. Now that I am retired from daily work I have more time to follow my love of painting and it helps greatly to take me towards creativity and beauty rather than the darkness of the "civilised" world we find ourselves in today. I will definitely and defiantly try this technique after watching you wonderful video and description. ♥ P.s. I have been experimenting with using the Zorn palette lately. I love simplicity.

Thank you for a very inspirational tutorial! The whole process, the underpainting, darks and lights, flesh colours, the blending, description of the volume and the importance of dark shadows to reveal the beautiful light, most absorbing in every aspect 👍

Thanks for the video, Caravaggio was a deeply disturbed person but his painting was amazing. Hoping to get to this level soon

Είσαι καταπληκτικός , μοναδικό ταλέντο και με εμπνέεις. Αγαλιάζει η ψυχή μου όταν βλέπω την δουλειά σου

You are so free your brush strokes show so much confidence, you make it look deceptively easy, you sir are a very gifted artist!

Ευχαριστούμε πάρα πολύ καλέ μου συνάδελφε!!! Πολύ καλό βίντεο

it's funny as a painter i do watch these videos before bed not to relax but to hopefully dream of painting!

Hi Antonis. I love your Channel SOOO MUCH! 🙏 this technique is kind of similar to how I work with gouache, though my work is more graphic/stylized. Can I ask about how many hours did this painting take you?? Like you, I would be in DEEP psychological trouble if I did not paint almost every day! 😁👍 I live in Brisbane, Australia, in a 1 bedroom apartment with my dog, which doubles as my studio. It is my biggest DREAM to live in Greece someday (I have never been to Greece , but I want to live on Kythira, not far from Crete). If I make it there (when covid finally settles down) I would love to visit you!! 🙏🙏 Thank you for your lessons. I learn so much. I would love some more help learning the gold leaf guilding process 🙏😉 kind regards, Mary. 😎

I never found painting to be therapeutic (though it's my favorite thing to do in life!), on the contrary, it always gives me a headache and dry eyes because of how much attention it demands. But at the same time, when I'm painting, I go into a flow state (almost like a blackout), and I don't even register what I'm doing, why I'm blending the shades and how I'm approaching the brushstrokes. The next thing I know, I'm "awake" and whatever the result is, is the finished product. This is why I could never teach the subject - I wouldn't know how to teach it!

Так мало хороших мастеро, Вы лучший. Прекрасные видео

Why not say your colors used and then say we don’t have to use your pallet of choice? Just don’t speak then. I’m truly saying this with respect. It’s great work but if you’re wanting to have followers then think as an instructor not as a student. Believe in your ability to teach before you teach. Just saying.

Why don’t you explain the mixture of colors being used as you change the tones? This is not a useful example of explaining your process. Why?

Aprendí mucho con este video, lo haces ver sencillo, y aprendí muy fácil ❤

Amazing artwork made on depressing studios.. Good Point, Sir”

Hi sir, I like the painting you made. Is there any reference to a good paint brand for painting, be it acrylic paint or watercolor paint if you use it?

I don't understand the first painting process of white over a colored surface, I find of no value why not painted white to begin with not paying over it to begin with. Please help me to understand this. Thank you

I've never seen this technique done this well. Absolutely beautiful.

I've enjoyed the painting process as much as your narrative, great work, thank you!

σας ευχαριστώ Αντώνης …. Stupendo processo lavorativo e descrittivo. Grazie 🌈🍀🌟🙏🏼💙

I can see English is not his first language but yet explained so good🤍

very beautiful ... the expressions of the face defined by the light and dark colour shades and in between the shades there is slightly blend is much useful for artist

You did great dude, I love it and I’m going to try it for sure !!! ❤ if I finish one I’ll see about sending a picture!

Tá muito longe para um caravaggio. Até agora ninguém mostrou algo com a qualidade de caravaggio

I love this process because it allows you to glaze multiple times over it…..fascinating…

Thank you so much for this, it's truly gorgeous! I'm a student and teaching myself how to paint and I've found your videos and studies of different techniques really helpful. I've tried copying two versions of Caravaggio's John the Baptist but I only used a simple underpainting. I think the contrasting light of this underpainting compliments the final colours even more. I really want to try this now!

Draw the arnolfini portrait from jan van eyck!!!

this technic remindes me of airbrushing, some artists paint the whole character with pencil black nd white then spray it over with airbrush, it helps to finding the lights and modulation of the face.

Ya se puede traducir a español que bien 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🙏🏻

I have found your videos to be not just educational but also inspiring. I am fond of Caravaggio but more so Raphael. Your explanations have helped me as I view painting as not just applying oils, etc, to a canvas, but I am like a cosmetologist applying cosmetics and beautifying make-up to a face. Thank you.

I paint all winter. I am. To busy in the summer unless it is raining outside.

Εύγε εξαιρετικό! Έψαχνα καιρό να βρω καποιο αναλυτικό βίντεο οδηγό για Caravaggio για να κάνω σπουδη και μόλις βρήκα το καλύτερο και το πιο επεξηγηματικό ! Και πάλι μπράβο , συνέχισε την πολύ καλή δουλειά που κάνεις!

Thank you for enriching my day with your knowledge and time. Superb tutorial

Thank you Antonis. Simply brilliant work. God bless you

Very interesting thanks you very 🟥🟪

I am a basement painter my studio is in the basement.

As an oil painter, seeing your tecniche is clear that you are more confortable with tempera, is not a bad thing but you lose some opportunities that oil painting gave like smoothness. As you said at the beginning, oil painting consist in moving color until you're happy. The setback is you need a lot of patience because it never dries. Is also very difficult to create details. Have you ever mixed both techniques to see if you can have the best of both worlds? Thanks!

Thank you for bringing real art to World, giving us light. Best wishes

I love the artifice this technique brings to the paintings. Almost like a theatre performance or a vivid dream.

WONDEERFUL THANK YOU

Molto grazie, maestro!!!! Bravo!!!!!

hi, Do You use flake white?

Your video is a beautiful demonstration of using a technique I have yet to try. Thank you.

Hello- I do not know English. I wanted to ask you. I understood - you do not write with tempera- but with oil. After applying the shadows- you gave time to dry. before you start painting with white titanium paint ?

Thank You very much. This method really interesting and You get sculptural face like 3D. What oil colors do You use to receive transparent ore semitransparent colors?

Great video. Thank you. One question , did you varnish between layers. Thank you so very much. Thank

No at 15:54 it looked good, almost finished but frankly speaking the state before you "destroyed the white was the best. The first red glaze was mainly for "chemical" reasons?

Ευχάριστο που κανείς ωραίες ζωγραφιές . Είμαι και εγώ μου αρεση το Καραβάγιο ειτανε Σπανολιός πήγε από Την Ισπανία στην Ιταλία για να κάνη λεφτά αυτή Εινε Η αλιθηνη Ιστορία για τον Μιχάλη άγγελο καραβαγιο με της ωραίες ζωγραφιές ειμε στιν Αμερική με Λένε Ειρήνη .

Trying is never a failure, not trying is. Excellent tutorial and very inspiring! 👍🏼❤️

Nah. No beautiful studio here. We as artists create beauty. So i can do with or without. As long as I'm able to paint is good enough. I've learned a lot of technique from your video. Keep teaching on.

Hello and thank you for your time to make this video. In your daily work, are you using turpentine only in the beginning of the process end oil medium just for glazing?

陰から陽へと移行し、そのシンプルなつくりに、どれだけ執着出来るかの、気持ちが試されるわけですね。師、ですね。我らが。

He wanted to preserve the brilliance of the white, while allowing the reddish earth to tint it. This enhances the ochres that are glazed over later. If you glaze the ochres just right, the effect of a fleshy skin will appear.

I learned so much watching this, thank you!! Can you share the link for your patron page please?

Thank You for this tutorial. I found this technique really helpul during copying Salvator Mundi. I've always worked with oils, but I'll definitely try tempera. Thank You.

I always liked to paint it started young then I took art in high school now with all the internet imformation and being retired I have more time.

That's great! So here it is an old way of writing beauty. Thank you... 2022

why bother doing a grisaille since you cover the whole thing with opaque colours?

I’m so glad I found this video because that’s exactly how I feel about it, as nice as it is to learn all the stuff they use and I will eventually learn how to make pigments and things, but the most important thing is for me to learn the way they painted instead of what they painted with them improve upon it with my own experiments, because I don’t have a teacher dedicating his or her entire life to teaching me how to do it since my pre teens, I’ve had to learn everything on my own since I was a kid..

Amazing

Amazing work, your English is great good try not to say "erm" so often. 👏👏👏

what brush is that ?!! 😮

Thank you for your work…I have enjoyed watching and listening to your videos and hope to practice the egg Tempera techniques for icons.

Where is the secondary reflective.lighting source coming from? And is it from a neutral white sorce?

Дякую:)))) Я не малюю, але це медитативне занняття - спостерігати, як ви малюєте.

I admire your content ... ♥️.. Thanks for sharing.

Be nice to occasionally see the masters painting you are working from

Thank you so much I'm a self taught artist it's really helpful for my next painting

Who can fall asleep?... you are great! Thanks much!

Thank you for posting this, it has inspired me to pick up oil painting again.

Thank you, Antonis, for your skilled interpretation of Caravaggio's technique! Do you see this technique only as a sort of values map to build on, or does that dramatic high-contrast grisaille continue to optically/reflectively influence the upper layers where paint is applied more heavily?

Re file ise oreos,mia erwtisi an xeris o caravaggio sto grisaille evaze moni aspro gia ta meri pou xtipa to fws i evaze mauro i umber opws kanun i alloi?

That came out really nice. Her face is very good .

Thanks you for this video. First time painting using this process and I absolutely see a noticeable difference! I will do this technique again. Please do more videos.

Thank you Antonys , can please share how to transfer sketch to the canvas?

Hi I’m sooo happy I’ve found ur channel

Hi Andonis

Как хорошо вы сказали про терапию- когда рисуешь ! Спасибо большое !

Not saying this is not a valid method, but it really doesn't seem to look a lot of Caravaggio other than having a black background. Caravaggio's figures seem to emerge from the shadows more than how this is looking. Again not saying its bad just looks different to me.

Thank you sir very nice sharp ness of painting

tiene este video en español ya que se nota que eres español

As someone who just started drawing in this style, you inspire me

I have a question for the creator of this video, will you do a private Facebook group?

She looks younger when you squint

Will you be showing the application of the red background?

Thank you! Great to watch this interesting video about how Carravagio might have approached his techniques...😀

Very enlightening and inspiring. Thank you sir.

Wow. What colours did you use?

I love this so much. You have inspired me.

Thank you for sharing this wonderful tutorial! You have read my mind! Love receiving notifications on your tutorials! Keep them coming! Thank you again!

Thank you for sharing... 🙏

Thank you so much for this.

Really nice work!

Beautiful! I'd love to see your works in acrylic.