How I Paint Soft Glowing Light with Oil 

Thank you! I hope you enjoy upcoming videos. Happy painting!

Thank you very much! Your comment made my day. smiling emoji.

artists have a hard time , but the quality of followers also matters :)

Thank you for subscribing, following and kind words. Comments like yours are honestly the biggest motivator to make more videos.

@@stevechmilar1215 Glad my comment is a motivator for you to make more videos! A delight for our eyes, and hopefully more people tuning in to discover your talent 👍🏻

Thank you Daryl. It is tricky, that's why I study and play with light all the time and build models to paint from. I think the best exercise a person can do when drawing and painting from imagination is to just take a simple form like a cylinder or sphere under a light bulb, copy it, change the light direction and try to guess how and why it will look before using the reference. So good.

Thank you. This is exactly the kind of comment that makes me want to make more videos.

Thank you Mr. Guacamole. Your previous positive review was part of the inspiration.

Thank you. I too like some painterly work and have thought about to which degree I might ever employ it in my work for years. Technique seems to be very subject-matter dependent. Most commentary is based on traditional content. Beirstadt was incredible. I was recently up the Hudson River on a grey day and missed seeing anything that resembled what they painted. Haha.

@@stevechmilar1215 Keep in mind they were there over 100 years ago... I've found similarities in pictures of Yellowstone and such where Beirstadt had possibly been, but I can't be sure... Except Yosemite Falls... That one is unmistakable. Even a century didn't change it enough to be unrecognizable. Where techniques reign to gain recognition within the artistic community, I feel like most who veiw the art in question have much less emotional investment in the techniques used as opposed to how the overall work impacts them. I digress, it does play a role, but it means less to those who merely appreciate the art for what it is because they themselves have not nurtured the skill needed to create. Hence why it's so much more important to those who ground hours, weeks, months, and years to be able to do what they do. I'm a huge fan of Andrew Tischler, and his highly technical application of texture. In his own words, he loves how when you get closer the image falls apart into individual brushstrokes of varied yet harmonious colors. And even having said all that... I still find no place for it in my own art. Each to their own I say, and judge not lest ye be judged unfairly.

@@stevechmilar1215 oh, and to see anything that resembles what they painted, I find I have to look for specific elements relatable to their work. For instance, I was driving the other day under clouds that looked as though Albert himself had shaped them with paint and brush... But I live in the foothills of the Canadian Rockies, so I had to imagine the rest.

@@sylasblack3459 Yes, it does seem that there are as many possibly suitable process' as there are individuals. I too have always been fascinated by the main two ways people first see a painting: the technical or the subject matter, or as Vincent Desiderio said, the technical narrative and the dramatic narrative. When I see old paintings in a museum, I always see the technical first whereas I think a lot of non-artists see the subject matter. Not sure.

@@stevechmilar1215 I feel you my friend. The more I advance as an artist, the more I appreciate the skill as opposed to subject as well. I've never been one for abstract, but I was recently impacted by some... Rectangles within rectangles... Can't remember the artist, and the transition of hue, saturation, and values were minimal, but it's those slight variations that made all the difference, now that I've studied color theory in depth for the last few years.

Thank you Marta! This type of review is very useful. I hope to go even further in the direction of useful and easy to understand.

I can't believe I said useful twice in my reply. Face-palm.

​​@@stevechmilar1215😂😂 usefull is a good word

Thank you! I will try to make more videos covering all of that in the future.

Thank you for saying so. Means a lot to me. I’m not sure of the exact hours yet. Came up with the concept in 2020. Did most of the photoshoots almost two years ago. Finally got a chance to start it last summer. I’ve had so many smaller projects on the go between sessions but finally am able to focus on finishing this one now. Feels good.

Thank you sir. I paint on aluminum panel. I have an early video on my channel where I show how to prepare a small panel. Similar process to this large one. Only difference is that I use aluminum square tubing to support the large size and oak for a small one.

I’ve used them before in painting and as a result turned super human. If I use them again it might reverse the effect.

Thank you - although I’m not sure if that is a compliment or not, haha.

@@stevechmilar1215 it is, yours actually looks composed and has a story unlike that generic slop

Thank you. Yes it does. Keeping the whole surface quite flat in general does as well. I believe they used to call it a “licked surface”. I’ve been pleasantly surprised lately by experiments with limited brush work while softening with an easier mindset.