So much to learn here, another fantastic video I'll be watching over & over. Thanks again for sharing your wisdom Ben; it's so very much appreciated xx
I had to stop today and realize I need to copy your technique more and more to get away from trying to make my portraits look too perfect. It works as you describe how it is done. At 85 I am still learning......thanks for this new video!
I have been drawing portraits in graphite and charcoal for many years. I have all the tools, including oils, I need to attempt a painting but they have stayed on the shelf. Your instructions and inspiration have made me overcome my fears of "really messing up." I have now begun the portrait painting journey. Thank you sincerely!
I always enjoy your videos, sir 🤗. Thank you so very much for all your hard work to make such quality productions. I see your friend is a Boston RedSox fan. I live about 20 miles south of Boston so it was interesting to see something so familiar 😄. Thanks again!
Thank you sir for the video that means so much for me. In these days we are struggling with a massive earthquake in southeastern of my country. Thanks.
Thanking you so much. Lovely to watch you painting so confidently and the soothing music you so generously shared with us all. May your life be blessed.
I just discovered your RU-vid this past month and I wanted to say thank you. Thank you for all the free quality tutorials. One question is about the kind of canvas you use? Quality teaching. I'm so grateful.
I was wondering throughout your video about that fantastic music, which complemented your work and didn't get in the way of your explanation - it just seemed to fit perfectly. Congratulations to the musician, and - of course - to you.
During the block in, it seemed as though you were applying paint directly (without medium or solvent). Is this true? -I always thought one should always work thin to thick.
The first d¡seen in Raw umber 45 minutes. The color session hour and a half. The day aften I finished details. I don't remember how long that took. Lieve groet.
Such great tips on portraits. I have found myself struggling with accuracy and this gives me more insight on not being so precise. Thank you for sharing your knowledge.
I too am always thrilled when a video from you appears in RU-vid! This one is EXCELLENT like every one of your videos!! Thank you so much for sharing your talent and your wisdom! I am profoundly grateful! ❤
Absolutely loved this video. I loved how you demonstrated putting emotions into your painting with music. The guitar background music was amazing. While I’m new to art, it’s always been important to me to find the connection to the piece rather than the paint by number exactness. Looking forward to watching more. And thanking you for taking Thru the colors as you go and sharing your palette.
Ben, I am so glad to watch your videos! Last weekend I painted from live model, she tried to sit still for about 1,5-2 hours, looking TV series) before I learned from your video how to put underpainting in raw umber like you do. It was my second portrait painting in oil, and it was also second painting from live model. The first one was done also after the video if your blonde granddaughter. Now I realized that I have no fear of oil and of painting with people sitting in front of me anymore 😅 I have been painting in oil only from October 2022 and at first I was afraid of this medium. At first I started from landscapes and still life. But I always wanted to make portraits, since I tried draw them in pencils and watercolor and acrylic. How luckily I met you on RU-vid! I watch you videos one by one like a dessert 😊 and of course not only one time! I send you so much gratitude and respect! You are the awesome painter, I like your “not-too-elaborated” style. Hope to see more videos from you!)
Absolutely Amazing! I Love your Video and thank you for all the great advice. In my next Painting Class, I am painting my very first Portrait. Thank you for the inspiration ! And thank you for the Beautiful Music. 😊
I believe you captured your little granddaughter so beautifully . ❤ What a blessed life you have to enjoy your grandchildren.. I love that your doing watercolor. I’ve been trying it and enjoying the process. I’ve been a oil & pastel painter . I have to keep growing & learning it keeps us going. Hugs to you from cold Idaho USA
Thank you for your commitment as someone who is dedicated to helping the student to develop their own talents. Thank you for sharing your gift. You have helped me more than anyone. Blessings .
Onwijs gaaf! Love how you make portrait painting look so simple. Makes me want to have another go too! I think my wife will be my next victim ;-) Thanks for putting this out here and inspiring.
Dear Mr. Lustenhauwer. Watching you paint and listening to you explaining every detail is how I build - slowly - my own techniques, hoping to get better and better over time. But there is another, perhaps even greater gift you give to us - your audience - and that is CONFIDENCE in our abilities to see, experience and understand the world around us and encourage us to paint. Thank you - again!
A truly fantastic guide on the process- not just on how to paint, but WHY you do it. Sometimes our hobbies and passions can start to become more habit than choice after a while, so I really appreciated the reminder that perfection isn’t the goal. Trying to make a total likeness can really take the fun out of it sometimes, and you can miss what is really appreciated in the work. Also, the model is my dad! Hi Barry! Good job on having a face, I hope it wasn’t too itchy the whole time! Haha. Really though, I’m glad there’s much better portraits of you now than the ones I made when I was 7
Bach's Prelude and Fugue in C Major (14:44) was his opening original work in his book for students, Well-Tempered Clavier (1722). He wrote a piece in each of the 12 major keys and each of the 12 minor keys (24 works in all). He wrote these just after a new approach to tuning keyboard instruments was being used: equal tempered. Prior to the new approach, pieces that began in the home key (e.g., middle C for Bach's Prelude in C) sounded more and more out of tune as the piece moved to more and more remote key areas. Bach's Prelude in C is a great piece for people learning to play the piano to learn so many different piano skills, just as your videos of one painting provide lessons in so many painting skills. Your pianist plays it beautifully in her second example).
First of all, thank you very much for sharing your talents with the world for free. 😊🙏 I have three questions. Do you still do portrait commissions? Do you ever use black specifically for the face in portrait paintings (when there is no facial hair)? Have you ever painted landscape or still lifes?
I do not accept commissions anymore. I hardly use black in the face. If only in the light areas where I need some gray. sSporadically I make still life and landscape: see my Instagram instagram.com/benlustenhouwerportraits/
I was inspired by you 5 yeara ago but now i can't pay attention to draw since 2019 because of my bank job. Sir please give me some advice to pay attention again. Love from Bangladesh 💚💚💚
I Really learm much more ❤ Thank you so much sir i am facing difficulties in portraits now a days some are clear now i can do better 😍😍😍 some are left now i watch more your videos and clear my difficulties 😍❤️
I want to understand i also like loose painterly type of painting but when i make this type of painting people misunderstand that i didn't paint it right . I also like cesar santos type of classical realistic painting please suggest . Which one to stick on..
No one can tell you what your style must be. In the end you do what you feel comfortable. Someone said once: Style is the product of one´s limitations.
In the classic head drawing lessons, a lot of attention is paid to the construction of forms (head design planes). Do you think this is not so relevant for painting?
Ik heb altijd dieren getekent en geschilderd, portretten durfde ik niet te maken, uit schrik dat het één grote catastrophe zou worden. Nu ben ik toch onlangs wat portretten beginnen maken, op dezelfde manier dat ik dieren teken , en ik was toch verrast van het resultaat ! Nu wil ik al een tijdje een portret schilderen, maar ik kon me er maar niet toe brengen om te beginnen dus ben ik maar wat beginnen zoeken op youtube . Uw videos hebben me enorm geinspireerd en ik heb heel veel bijgeleerd ! U heeft mij geholpen om eindelijk verf op papier te zetten , en ik hoop dat ik deze tips kan overbrengen in mijn schilderijen. Bedankt hiervoor !
