The SFUMATO Portrait Technique 

Don’t apologize for your English. Your English is much better than our Greek.

Your accent is not a problem. Thank you for this demonstration!

it's not a struggle to understand you plus your accent is lovely.

I draw. And I make digital artwork. I never felt like I needed to learn to paint until now. Wow. Thats magic.

Bro, your english is so wonderfully clear that I easily watch and listen to your video at 2x speed

I stood in front of an awe inspiring DaVinci painting at the Scottish National Museum. The blending of light, dark and color was flawless. It was better blended than Kim Kardashian's makeup.

Well done. A fine demonstration of how little color is actually applied in the highlights and transition areas. And don't apologize for your english language usage. English is a difficult language to master, even when born in countries where it is the primary spoken and written language. My 2nd language is Hungarian, but I would fear to be suddenly transported to Budapest and try to be understood. Too many years of not using it. Fortunately, your art can speak for you. Don't stop learning.

Your English is good enough for me. You made it very clear that your video is on how to imitate the Sfumato technique, not how to do the actual Sfumato of da Vinci and Caravaggio.

I really appreciate you for doing this video in English. Don't apologize it's perfect. Thank you 🇰🇪

This was very educational. Thank you, so much. Your accent is completely clear and if people can't understand you, it is their problem!

I didn’t know this was a technique for painting, but this is the only way I can paint. It feels like 2d sculpting and is so nice to be able to add depth to light and shadow in a more natural way.

Well, being Spanish your accent sounds great to me and pretty clear. Actually I've always thought that every English accent is good for every speaker but native English speakers who nobody understands but themselves. Anyway your work is excellent and thank you very much for the videos. They're being really instructive for me!

I love the way you speak - no apologies necessary! Thank you for this wonderful lesson.❤

Beautiful work. I love how charming you are. It's delightful to hear your voice. Don't worry about the haters. You are precious and so is your art.

My heart is soaring! Thank you for sharing this technique.

Such a lovely portrait. I love how you can lean so heavily into historical technique, yet still have your hands and eyes shine

WOW the way you explain and show this technique is fantastic. I’ve heard about it but you are the first one I’ve seen do it and now I understand it better. Your accent is fine, no need to mute😂😂. Thank you for this I am not as scared of it now, not ready for it though. Your work is Magnificent.🇦🇺

The thumbnail was so stunning I had to click. You are so talented, wow!!

Leonardo's sfumato is very similar to the process used for Byzantine sacred icons. You are very good and I bet that the monks of Mount Athos were your teachers.

Didn’t know the name for this technique. Thank you for showing. Very interesting. I can understand your talking perfectly. English is also not my first language.

You speak better English than most Americans, in my opinion. I am surrounded by a litigious bunch here in the United States. The English I was taught starting seventy years ago hardly communicates art and science any longer. Thank you, my friend. 😊🙏

Wonderful painting. Thank you so so much for your detailed explanation. It's fantastic and very helpful. Please please, do not apologise for your accent or that you are struggling for words. Most of us struggle to explain ourselves in normal conversation, let alone trying to explain something so complex, something that is more about the 'feel' and the 'look' and many years of experience, and to do so on camera, AND to do it in a second language!!!!!! Are you kidding?! You're doing an incredible job, and honestly, you speak English better than my mum who has been in Australia for 54 years. You should be proud of how fluent and dynamic you are. Almost as good as your painting skills. Thank you for your dedication to Art and for sharing your hard earned experience and knowledge. Efkaristho (not sure how to spell that)

Your English is beautiful! So is your artwork.

Beautiful technique! Very useful tips and advise you give in this video. Thank you!

This is INCREDIBLE explanation of sfumato! Thank you 1000 times! Can you please do a tutorial on Tamara de Lempicka?? It's so complicated to figure out how to get her style correctly. ❤❤❤

Your treatment of eyes is lovely! Comparable with Da Vinci. I am an artist and trust me when I say you are getting the technique better than most.

Your English is more than adequate as you explain and demonstrate this process so beautifully. I recognised your distinct Greek accent immediately, with a Greek Athenian mother, and thank you for sharing your gift and skill in such a thorough way. Your work is a masterpiece with mystical presence as seen in some fayum portraits, except this young girl is brought to life more profoundly with expression as with the deeper appreciation of this timeless portrait revealing the layers and dimensions, Your painting is a language of its own. Truly impressive.

Love your technique, your beautiful accent, and your understanding of light is astonishing!!

Your English is awesome compared to my Greek. Great show mate. Lovely.

I've been painting for 50yrs. Evertime I use this technique it's a new experience. You must practice continuously... patience is key.

Your artwork is beautiful 😍 Greetings from Belgrade

This is the best explanation of the technique i have seen,excellent thankyou 😊

A deeply human portrait. Your colors, the pose, placement, technique-timeless. A pleasure to watch this come to life. Thank you

Sfumato are light glazing with oil and a very little bit of color like blue to create atmosphere. They are very light transparent coats of oil and pigment. Let it dry and apply another one. Until it creates the smoky feeling.

I love your accent and your work. Your voice is very soothing and your demonstration of this method is excellent. I have spent hours staring at da Vinci’s work, especially Mona Lisa’s hands, now I have a better understanding of how he achieved such beauty.

Don’t apologize for your nice accent. I really appreciate this instruction

A fellow Greek artist. I salute you from Turkey. You are always our friends and at the same time malakas.

Your English is very simple to understand for people, who's native language is not English. I can easily understand almost everything. Thank you for this great tutorial!

I see some of the really good painters using green in the shadow of the face. I understand it is the complement of red and pink in the flesh, and it neutralizes, but I have such a hard time to use green on a face

Amazing technique! Great demonstration, thank you!

So lovely, thank-you for sharing.

Beautiful!

Beautiful work!

I appreciate you sharing these insights along with your process in painting this beautiful portrait

Excellent work! Always a great pleasure to observe and learn through a fellow lefty painting and explaining..

Very good! Thanks for uploading. I love this technique.

The underpainting was beautiful as well, I would've never thought it was painted from a photo, gorgeous and very "alive" work!

this is just lovely!!! the way the portrait popped when you added the red to her cheeks and eyelids was incredible!! Besides that, your english was super understandable, I'm im glad you chose to speak it for this video, thank you!!!

Absolutely beautiful! Very interesting!

Magnificent demonstration! I appreciate you for taking the time to show us how to paint portraits.

Stunning

Beautiful and fascinating technique! Thank you for sharing!

Thank you so much for sharing your insights!

Incredible. Thank you for making this video! What a beautiful painting!

It's nice to be early to one of your videos! They are always great

His voice is so soothing. And the vid really motivates. Beautiful piece, great info, thank you!

Amazing job! Thank you for your explanation, it is truly inspiring!

lovely work, excellent. thank you!

I truly enjoyed this video lesson!! I will watch more of your videos!! God bless

please don't apologize for your accent! your art is beautiful and your voice-over is very insightful. Thank you!!

Fantastic job!

Great video. Thank you for the demonstration!

Cool! Very beautiful!!!

Thank you for the video。 I find your description and your voice very relaxing。 Unlike many mother tongue who don t care to speak clearer， you are totally understandable。 Wonderful job。 Thank you

Wow! You are incredibly talented and skilled. A lovely painting. Cheers from Australia. 🌸🐨🐚

Many thanks for sharing the process... Love your accent ❤

Thank for this sharring you are not only one Best teacher in peint but absolutly also in in french because I Can understand you 😅😊

Excellent video !! Thank you so much , this technique is Truly Amazing !

Sir, you spoke and worked beautify✨👌

Thank you for your demonstration :)

What a great video. Thank you for this view into how you apply this technique :D

I understand your English perfectly! The portrait is absolutely beautiful. It was a joy to watch you paint.

I feel this is a video o will be goin back to often. Thank you.

Πολύ βοηθητικό βίντεο!! Ευχαριστούμε!!

Thank you! The video is absolutely amazing, showed me so much and explained everything I should know!! Huge kudos!! ❤

This is very intriguing to watch in real time take place. Thank you! And your English is fine, we need your commentary!

Wonderful video, thank you so much.

Marvellous!

Amazing, what beautiful technique so life like…

Thank you so much sharing this lesson.. I’m learning so much from you…

its so good ! thank you ! your English is great.... regards from NYC

What a helpful video and stunning portrait! And never apologize for your beautiful accent. I only speak one language, so I'm always impressed with anyone who can speak multiple languages.

Gorgeous ❤

Ang galing po ng gawa ninyo!... I love it... :)

Your English is perfectly understandable! & your work is beautiful 🙏🏽

That was perfect! Love the accent 😍

Thank you for so much information on dust ... i have recently started using oils and my first 2 paintings certainly have issues with dust ... and trapped hair ... you get the idea :*).

I had painted Da Vinci's Saint John the Baptist and it was trial and error to get the technique and glazings look right! and your accent is wonderful by the way :)

Interestingly I've found oil painting to handle most similarly to digital painting of any of the various physical mediums! I put off trying it for a lot of years because of the high cost, but also because it seemed so complicated to use with all the extra oils and thinners and special drying requirements. After I tried it I was kinda upset because I had been struggling to make acrylics behave the way I wanted, having been a primarily digital painter for most of my career, only to find that the oil paints I'd avoided behaved 'logically'! Your accent was perfectly understandable and in my opinion you're more well-spoken than the majority of Americans!

DaVinci used a magnifying glass, tiny brushes and very thin paint to achieve this effect, layering using up to 30 layers on the Mona Lisa. His brush strokes were so tiny they can't be seen without magnification, his brush was .025 mm. The whole painting is 40 micrometers thick, half the thickness of a human hair. Its almost pixel art

Επιτέλους , ένας άξιος ζωγράφος. Love from Australia 😃🇬🇷💙

beautiful method and your english is great!

Masterful

I completely understand your accent. Beautiful work and very well explained! 👌❤️

Wow……… thanks for sharing, very informative…🙏❗️

Maravilloso😮

Very informative 🙏 With thoughtful words and demonstrations, you communicate more effectively than most native english speakers. Don't worry about your accent!

You are amazing thank you for the video for the lovely helpful Explanation I enjoyed listening to every word your said ,even the painting process just amazed me ❤️❤️❤️✨️good luck I wish I can do master pieces like yours 🥹❤️❤️❤️

Συγχαρητηρια, περιφιμο! Thank you for sharing!

gorgeous, i have no talent to draw or paint-this is just delightful