Great job, Cindy! This was a really good example of setting up your values and showing just how dark white can look. It takes time and training your eye to learn this, something you cannot rush. It seems to be something that discourages people. This was a great demo. Beautiful little painting. Thanks for sharing. New subscriber here.
Great art! very beautiful. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work. I think your work is very special and wonderful. I learned a lot from your work. I respect you.
Dulzura, inspirador y delicado ! La música sin duda un aliado para relajarse y lograr lo que te propones! Felicidades, muchas gracias por compartir tan hermosa técnica.
Nice composition - the painting of course! The waltz was a nice recording with exciting dynamics! Could it be you just conjured up this still life? Just a hunch!
This is a cool light /warm shadow painting. So the mid tone on the lemon you used is green? is that correct? If it were a warm light/cool shadow painting would the mid tone be orange? Thx in advance.
This is incredible. Absolutely beautiful work! May I ask, how long does it take for something like this to dry? And do you need to use any solvents along the way? I’m an acrylic painter looking to transition to oil at some point however I’d like to paint solvent free, so just looking to learn in advance. Thanks :)
Touch dry in a couple days - cured in 6 months. Most of the time I don't use solvents - and it's entirely possible to paint without them. I clean up with no solvents, and use Murphy's Oil soap to wash my brushes.
This is utterly inspiring. I love the light brush-over to blend the edges. But how do your layers not mix up? (I'm trying to paint alla prima pearls, and I just had to stop because my highlights wouldn't stay on.)
Thank you so much! For the first layer, the paint is very thin, and applied with bristle brushes. Second layers immediately after must be applied with a soft brush, so it doesn't gouge or lift the paint. Also, straight paint - no medium, so that it's not very oily/slippery.
Would you please do a voice over and explain some of the layers , I can praise you all day but it would not help us understand why different layers. Some of us watch the videos to really learn. Most of the books just skip these important layers concepts, specially in oil. Many thanks for posting this. A voice over would be even better.
Hi - I'm so sorry - I don't have this video footage any longer. But I did what you're asking for in this video here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-91JjklovVWI.html
Thank you. There’s actually no detail added afterwards. I really dislike demos where they’re a big jump, with work not shown in the video. The photo of the painting is just higher resolution than the video was.
@@CindyProciousArtist Thanks for the reply, and yes, that makes sense! I knew more detail was apparent in the photo of the completed work. Thanks for taking the time to share with us all.
Hi Sierra - in my case, I like to paint the warmer background first, then layer a cooler dark over it, and leave bits of the warm showing through. It makes a really nice effect (that's pretty difficult to see online).
It's Ok, you have some potential. Let me give you one good friendly advice: avoid blending too much. See how wonderfully you started and that lemon was much more alive and real until you glossed it off with unnecessary blending? Many students don't realize that excessive blending kills the painting. If you manage to maintain this roughness and freshness of the objects on your next canvas, you will see how much better it will come out. Good luck!
@@CindyProciousArtist Not bad! I especially liked grapes with cheese and almonds, it has this aliveness and rigor without losing classic style serenity.
however I maintain that "realistic-ness" should not be our primary goal, because it is not a real art, in its essence. I used to follow realistic classic art before too honing my skills but later realized that it is not worthwhile, because it doesn't have true value as art. It has a value of a craft perhaps, but not art, if you know what I mean. For instance, the works of hyper-realists that amaze so many, do not impress me at all because I don't regard it as art. We won't ever see these sophisticated glossed out craft works on Louvre, but we will see Gauguin, Van Gogh, Matisse and Mondrian there. It doesn't mean we shouldn't paint classic style. But I don't want to direct all my efforts on making it impeccably "realistic". Yet I like your paintings more than many super-craftsmen painters on RU-vid who can paint even more realistic objects, but lack life in their works.
@@georgegrantsartstudio6101 Thanks, George. I do try to imbue some of myself into the work - leaving brush marks, slight impasto, etc. (and a few stray hairs, haha). I'll never have the patience for hyper-realism. These studies I've been posting videos on are short (1 1/2 to 2 hour) paintings that are more about the essence. But - for me, naturalistic painting is my jam. To each his own, as they always say. 😊
