Painting a self portrait in oils - Personal chat 

Thanks :)

Thanks! :)

Thank you!

Thank you! I'm happy you're here!

That's a big compliment, thank you!

Hallo Anita, mijn atelier is helaas te klein om meerdere camera's te installeren, zodat ik ook mijn palet kan filmen. Bedankt voor het compliment! Ik heb gewoon het eigen merk van Van Beek Art en die bevallen me prima.

Hello Rene, thank you for your comment and for the compliment. I'm glad that through Titus I get so many enthusiastic viewers!

The key, I think, is really knowing your colors and values, keeping your brush clean at all times and using bristle brushes. My main brush is flat and 3cm wide, my other one is 1 cm and either flat or filbert.

Thank you! The brush is 3 cm.

Thank you! Yes, I tell about my time in Sardinia in my video. I also lived in the south of the island. Tanti saluti!

Thank you! I always use only one or two brushes. A big one in the start and a slightly smaller one as I go more into detail. I clean it only with a cloth and no dilutant. I mix and apply the paint with the same brush. The bread recipe changes each time a use another type of flour. For two loafs of the bread you see in this video: 500 g semola integrale, 500g wholemeal spelt, 18g salt, 200g sourdough starter + a pinch of dry yeast (because I want to bake the bread in 1 day) and more or less 800g water. Mix it all, no folding, after the dough has doubled I shape it into loaves and let it rest for another 45 minutes. Then in the oven on 230 degrees for 55 minutes.

@@annamariavargiu thank you so so much!!!!

Funny that you should say so, because there have been others before you. However, I have not been trained by Russian artists. I do admire the painterly style though and I did an attempt to do ma summer course in St Petersburg, but I didn't like it and left after one week.