Is this the BEST method for painting? 🤔 Monument Valley Grisaille 

This painting just blew my mind. Such a perfect contrast and value shifts varying on distances. I am fascinated by this painting. And learnt a lot today. What a wonderful way to end this year and getting inspiration for new year. Everlasting gratitude to you sir for your generous effort. Thanks and have a great time. 🙏🙏

All I can say, your instructions and demonstration are magnificent .

Everything you do is genius and perfect in my mind and eye. Your instruction and visuals are so soothing, so wonderful that I don’t have to even like the subject matter, just benefit from the tutorial. I sent you messages before stating you are the best artist of the century and I say it still. Love you creations, your God given talent. Thank you for utilizing and working to be who and what you are. A true gift to humanity. Thank you sincerely with all my heart, thank you. Sincerely, Mary Lou🌷❣️

andrew you are such a beautiful artist ive been making paintings for 27 years and i think i need to go back to oils i love all mediums ,thank you for inspiring me

I suggest you make a painting of Gen. Custer's last stand at Little Bighorn. For 2 main reasons: You make such great landscapes, and you look just like him. Would make a nice self-portrait, I'd say. :)

Wow what an amazing piece of work. Just fabulous technique and results on Titanium finushed copper panel! I could watch you work for hours Andrew. I love it just as it is as a grizaille, but would look amazing in colour as well I guess. Thank you so much ❤💕Happy New Year xxx love debs in Spain😘

Andrew has been gifted with the critical eye of a true artist. Acquired techniques make work easier but the most essential tool of any artist is the brain and the eye through which one critically analyses and recognises the ideal proportions, perspectives and lines which are often already there but merely waiting to be brought out through sound draftsmanship. Basic rules and techniques can be acquired but a really good artistic eye is a quality which cannot be tought. You either have it or you never will.

Whooooooah! That looks cool! Monument Valley is just right over the hill from my house!

You never cease to amaze Brother, Crazy to see you've almost reached the 500K, Good job man, you've well earned it!

To me you are genius. Your work is mesmerizing. Far beyond what I typically see. I just discovered you and I can’t get enough, i learn so much by watching your light strokes , your finesse, tools you choose and what you create, truly brilliant.

Good to see you making a Grisaille. I ventured through a series a few months ago and found it really satisfying, but I had not chosen those color combinations for my B&W, I went with several dedicated greys, and found out they all had their own shades of blue which made using them very difficult when mixing them out with titanium white. I ended up pairing the grey out using burnt umber to balance it back into neutral. Great demo!

I was thinking the other day about a poet called Hovis Presley, he was a person I would have loved to have met. Such a kind and ridiculously talented man. You come into that category, your manner and of course, exceptional skill, are an absolute delight to see. I did a fine art degree in the 1970’s, spent my career as an illustrator in advertising, and now that I’m retired I have been able to go back to oil/acrylic painting things I’ve always wanted to do. I now live in West Wales so the landscape is beautiful, a painting everywhere!

Personally I love the “old time” painterly look that you did here. It looks perfect already. Yet I know if you decide to add color, it would be even better.

I love the black and white

Your vision is extraordinary.

This is absolutely stunning and will have to give this technique a try! Thanks for sharing

If you use true burnt umber in your griseille it will dry fast. I like burnt umber, ultramarine plus white.

I should try doing underpainting again. I feel the whole idea of getting tones and details down first allows for having freedom of doing the color glazes later on. Most aspiring artists want to have what the seasoned artist has in the way of quality brushes and other such tools to make good art. But as I’ve seen with my work, I’ve had brushes from all levels of quality and price,and it does come down to what you can do with what you have. I’ve seen great art with using just fingertips. So use what you can afford, and be creative! This painting could be left as a monotone image, but I can’t wait to see what it could look like in color!

Amazing landscape indeed! Even though I've visited Monument Valley on several occasions, I can't imagine that area ever matching the beauty and awe inspiring landscapes of New Zealand.

OMG! What texture you had created 😱😱😱

Truly one of the best channels on YT. relaxing and wholesome.

I can't wait to see the end result of this painting. Although not a practical technique for en plein air painting, I love the idea that painting a grisaille first, put the focus on really working out a solid composition based on values. Hmmm, might want to give that a go myself, especially since I love glazing!

I know this vlog was several months ago, but I have just recently got my wee shed up and running for painting!! Very excited as my hubby built it for me!! I am about to embark on my first grisaille painting!!!!! wish me luck, I have enjoyed this vlog very much!!! Thank you!

大神你好！我是中国的油画爱好者，自从看了你视频，我学到了很多，衷心感谢你，上帝给了你一双神一样的手，你的画无与伦比！

It’s looking more beautiful and stunning in black and white

Very Nice Process And The Finish Work Is Also Very Nice...!!!

You are such an incredible artist and it's a joy to watch you process. You definitely are a Master! Can't wait to see the finished painting. Thanks!

Absolutely beautiful Andrew; thank you for the process and inspiration!

looking forward to the coloration stage. Thanks you for sharing your gift with us.

Learnt something new today . Never seen this stuff before . Thanks

I do acrylic in grays all first as well. Makes it easier to adjust or fix composition I believe you were the reason I started it

Fantastic ! Thank you so much for sharing. Looking forward to seeing a video of how you glaze color into this piece. As I understand, glazing can create a challenge with becoming too dark. I look forward to learning how you problem solve through the next stage. Thank you again for all you do to help younger painters.

I just tried a grisaille and found the colors really drab with the dark underneath, I ended up doing the whole painting over top. I think there is instances when this method is good and not so good. I love your work Andrew, beautiful workmanship.😍 from Nova Scotia 🇨🇦

BEAUTIFUL understudy in tonal values! While I can't say as to working on copper, you mentioned you thought this might have been a method for painting on photographs, which is what I did for almost 20 years, before the advent of computer technology. We could do a transparent tint with Marshall's Transparent Photo Colors, using cotton wrapped skewers or toothpicks to apply thin paint, or a cotton ball, then blend with a wad of polyester. The photos were typically toned sepia for the "underpaint" to help with skin tones. Then advanced to brush painting on top of a photo, following the photo tones with colors. I learned to restore copies of damaged photos which people have saved from floods, fires etc, and using gouache paints for fast drying opaque undercoat via airbrush, then recreate missing parts by hand. It was very rewarding, and I learned to paint portraits doing that, but I polished my mastery watching you! By that time I was retired, but I still enjoy watching and always learning something. Thank you for what you are bringing to everyone! It is truly mastery on an "epic" scale!

Beautiful work!! I love the different brushes you use and techniques I learned quite a bit from you!!

WOW WOW & WOW! Thanks for sharing & happy new year to you & your family 🥂

I'm amazed with the result. It looks so real and detailed. Thanks for sharing the awesome videos...

Beautiful and happy new year mate!

I've used grissaile for a couple of my portraits now mostly the commissions, I feel like I am able to ensure I'm concentrating one thing at a time, values and colour and composition. I will definitely try it with a landscape next.❤️

Looks fantastic as is, can’t Waite for the next phase.

the imense details you did with this is amazing

I’ve been a sub for a while now. You sir have a gift.

Amazing detail. You have a very patient attitude towards painting. I love how you compose from different photos. 😍

You can most definitely leave It as It Is, absolutely Amazing!

Amazing.. I actually love it in mono without colour. So dramatic. Love your paintings and your videos

Fantastic job Andrew!!!

Happy New Year, Andrew! Thank you for being there as an inspiration and a mentor on my journey. Wish you and your family good health and Happiness!❤️😊 Always enjoy and look forward to your great contents!

👋Absolutely fantastic, Andrew. I'll try grisaille in the near future. You're such an inspiration. Have a healthy and fabulous year '23 ! Thanks for everything.👍🧡

I m waiting for colour version. And i learnt many thing about painting from you, thankyou sir.

Love the black and white version!!!

I think what you say about tools and markmaking is true. However, it takes a practiced hand to create beautiful marks from any tool. A concert pianist can find beauty and range in any instrument but the inexperienced may need the ease and inspiration of tools that provide consistent results.

Absolutely stunning! I LOVE the color. Looks like a photo from an old Arizona Highways Magazine. On point! I’m going to try this style. Your the man!

Fascinating Andrew. It definitely has that WOW! factor. Thank you.

I like where you're going with this one. Learning from you is a pleasure, and I am inspired by your trusty techniques. Great work 👍

Love the black and white Maestro ! the balance of light and shadow ,can wait to see it in full color,Wish you a blessing new Year 2023,from Puerto Rico!

Really like the monochromatic.

Thank you Andrew!! I love painting Grisaille! My favourite part of painting, under every painting I do. I think it is the detail I love doing and feel sad when I put colour over it.

Sir , we miss ur podcasts! Please continue doing some more podcasts with different artist,such as susanlyon, Scott burdick, Renato muchillo, Cesar Santos, Nicolas uribe etc.

Awesome instructions.

Epic works! 🙂🙂

It is super beautiful this way. I would leave it as it is. Amazing video, as usual. Congrats, sir.

I'm a big fan of grisaille paintings. In fact, I like them so much I often don't add colour. Thank you Andrew for sharing your skills with us. Happy New Year and look forward to the next installment. 😎😎😎😎

Great job!

Leave it blank and white I love it!❤ Happy new year Andrew. All the best next year will be amazing. Love your work and channel. G.

Thank you for a reminder! This is a great technique! You inspired me to do a tonal study (but with a diluted ink) to learn how to paint underwater rocks.

Andrew, You're the BEST my friend! God Bless you and I pray He Prospers all that you set out to accomplish in this New Year!

That was fun. I recently started a grisaille of my own, which I haven't done in years, just to do something outside of my usual. It's always an interesting technique.

Wow! It's very impressive! 👏

Great painting! As always 😍

Beautiful

The black and white is great, and being able to put glazing on would be awesome for depth

Well done always amazing videos 👏🏻👏🏻👌🏻👍🏻

OMG I just love it. ❤

Waiting to see the colored version if you did it. Great work.

Amazing work Andrew, you`re a master painter, Happy New Year my friend! 🍾😃👍

Wow Incredible already thx so much

As always.... your videos are a highlight of my day and month. I would like to advance one day financially and take one of your in-depth courses but until that day I will feast on these fantastic videos. Many blessings to you and family

Awesome 👏

Very interesting your painting, in grisaille !

I live in northern Arizona and plan to do a painting soon of the mittens, as they are called, soon. This is fabulous!

Absolutely phantastic! It looks really interesting just the way it is now. It might be due to the particular lighting or just my imagination, but I certainly see very faint shades of red, blue and green. This very slow drying and the smooth surface are certainly inviting for detailing by scraping away. And it almost appears like a mezzotint to me. Well done and have a good new year!

❤❤❤ Thank You!

Awesome Andrew! That "stack in the distance " is either East or West Mitten. Loved my visit to the Valley!!

Thank you very much. I have some worn out fan brushes that I soon plan to modify. Good idea!

The best painting method is the one that works for you as an individual. Though most should do better at avoiding cliche and amateurish techniques, which are easy to spot--like using the same size brush for an entire painting. The matrix created by using a variety of brush sizes, marks and mark types is really important--as an example. In the case of the painting featured in the video, this level of detail in an underpainting is unnecessary and probably detrimental to a finished full color oil based painting. I'd keep it as it is. I prefer to do a light watercolor wash type underpainting using raw umber. I like the neutral tone/temperature of raw umber compared the warmth in burnt umber or raw sienna, though it depends on the brand of oil paint. I'm a believer in fat over thin when it comes to oils, so I always keep the underpainting "washy". If I want to get to color sooner, I'll use acrylic raw umber over oil, since it dries in a few minutes. But, I generally prefer to keep it oil based, as I like having a light wash of oil over the substrate. The oil paint "behaves" better once there is a first layer, rather than painting directly over acrylics, for me at least. Technical refinement is kind of amusing as a subject. I got into this argument with a fellow student in graduate school over Vermeer. We had all just gone tot he Met in NYC to see the Vermeer and the Delft School exhibition. What was striking to me, is the other painters in that show obviously had a much better formal technique, as their painting still looked crisp and full colored. Vermeer's work in contrast had obviously faded because of "improper technique", which is what we were arguing about. What really got my friends goat, was my presupposition that this is why Vermeer's work is far more loved than those other's painters. That many of his painting have mellowed with age. They're soft around the edges, colors not as vibrant as they originally where. It was easy to see in the Museum, when comparing directly with Vermeer's colleagues from the same time/area. Vermeer has actually benefited over time from the flaws in his techniques. My friend adored Vermeer as God, so this idea didn't go over very well, But I stand by it. Sorry for the long winded response. I taught art at the University level for 20 years, and sometimes miss it. I need to pick up a brush again, or atleast some pencils.

I really want to learn this technique. The painting you did of your wife and this one are just magical. I also think it would aid me moving towards painting as someone that sketches with ink, charcoal and pencil.

Hey Andrew, you making some history, you are absolutely art master , you are Treasure

I've been thinking about trying this method also to get better depth and contrast in my paintings. Thanks for making this video 👍

I like this just as it is in B/W.

Beautiful work! I think I’m with you here…this might be best left as is, even though I love color.

Thanks for showing your work. The grisaille looks almost if it is an ets project. Follow you for many years. I have showed some of your portraits to my students, this because how you paint the skin . Also bought your brushes. Love them. Especially the one with the slanted top. I think you call that a dagger? Didn’t work with this sort of brush before. Love to see this painting in color and how you do the glaze. Thank so much. Love from Holland (a 71 year old art teacher 😊)

Amazing

Just a pointer. The reaction that binds the paint in the copper is not chemical is electrostatical. If it was chemical it would happen only in a very few pigments (that were more electronegative than copper)

Thank you for your videos. I have a little paint RU-vid channel and i appreciate very much your teach for make better.

The painting is wonderful as it is, I would not continue with colors. Happy New Year!

Andrew, I have created similar underpaintings using just burnt sienna and white. Do you find an advantage to keeping the underpainting more neutral instead of bending towards warm or cool? Regarding cheap tools versus expensive tools, an artist friend told me that he went out to paint en pleinair and when he got to the location he realized he forgot to pack his brushes. Unwilling to give up, he collected a bunch of sticks and painted with them. As you said, it's not about the tool but what you can do with the tool. Thanks for another brilliant lesson!

I love 💕 the amount of information you give,💝in this interesting💓💞video thanks for the beautiful,💕video you shared.,💕..

amazing! continue with glazing

wonderful sharing

You're a beast mate!