These kind of teachings aren't free all the time, Thank you so much for the amazing free advice and tutorials. These tutorials has helped me greatly in becoming a better artist. Thanks Jeff.

I have a BFA degree and this is the type of instruction I was looking for and never received at my university. True master artist like Jeff are as rare as a unicorn!

The way his brush dances across the canvas. It's a pleasure to see Jeff at work.

I don t know who can dislike this video .Such a gift to watch Jeff work.

As a beginner, I'm in awe of your work and intend to watch as many of your tutorials as possible. I'm about to do my first portrait since elementary school, some 40+ years ago. Thank you.

It's great that you talk so much and let us see inside your mind while painting... very reassuring to know that even great painters have their ups and downs....many thanks !

Thank you, Jeff. This says alot about you as a person to share this so for free. I am not bothered in the least that I can't see the model as I'm more interested in your interpretation and application of paint. This is literally ART INSTRUCTION GOLD. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.

I am learning so much from watching your work that I am daily becoming glued to your videos.

Hi Jeffrey Watts. Thnx you so much for sharing the seemingly esoteric art of drawing/ painting with us. You embody the Joseph Campbell notion of artists that inspires culture and other artists. I am forever thankful for u sharing your knowledge. Thnx from South Africa.

Thank you so much for teaching in a simplistic manner, and for validating acceptance of artist who paint through their own eyes verses exactly what they see. Your gifts are appreciated.

Thank you, Jeffrey for these sessions. I watched your video of "At The Opera" and it was amazing seeing your painting process.

Thank you Jeff for the great demo, the portrait is beautiful. It was a pleasure watching a master at work. Your a very generous teacher and I can't thank you enough for these great workshops.

Thank you Jeff for sharing your knowledge. You truly are an American Master. Very articulate in your explanation of color theory. Nothing can take the place of the the sure footedness of drawing! I love your work.

Got to watch today did realise it was there. Was fantastic. I am still working on the first online lessons with head drawing progessing slowly - so was great to see how the structure works loud and clear in paint. Thankyou very much

uauhh! what a wonderful way of teaching!!! I've learned a lot with this video and I look forward to more of this... Thank you !

Thank you Jeff! You are the best and love your instructions. I plan to sign up soon for your courses!!

great work , i remember the gypsy you did about 5 years ago , the colors you end up with at the end of your paintings are fantastic.

This is such an informative demo and has helped me a lot. I've probably watched it 5 times now.

Thanks Jeff, love you're work!

Awesome Work and very helpful Informations. Thank you.

the first 15 minutes and i can already see a really good likeness, a suggestion of a woman's face in the under painting/drawing in oxide red, almost reminds me of Chinese sumi-e painting, using negative space (or Ma as it is called in Japan) to achieve a seamless likeness by laying down very few strokes, that's a sign of a great artist who naturally knows the contours of the human face!

I was going nowhere with my portraits, but i find this video, and seeing how you resolve the problems helped me, now maybe i know how to move on........ :) (Y)

So Glad that I can see it after the fact. As here in England the "Live stream" is 3am to 6am, and I am not at my best at those times lol. Thanks so much for these great videos.:)

This is Fab! I always learn so much! Thankyou :)

2:10:50 he begins talking about Frank Frezetta vs. Sergeant. Super interesting.

Excellent!! Subscribed and going to look into online course. [For replay: brush to canvas starts approx. 8:09 mins. (do not skip it altogether.)].

Thank you for these!!

great work from a great master very nice tutorial for art students never expected like thiswork and words

dang i missed it ! different timezones is such a ffffuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu appreciate these though i hope to attend next time

This is very helpful! Thank you!

I am locked out of the online school account , so I just keep watching this!!!!!!

Amazing .....love it

Its very interesting to watch you paint, although I think it would be nice if you could let those of us who are only able to watch you paint on video, see the model from time to time during the demonstration session to allow us to see you colour matches, likeness etc., etc., Thanks for doing the Video.

Es una lastima no poder tener estos videos con el subtitulado en español ya que pienso al igual que otros practicantes en este extenso mundo del arte no se debería pasar por alto. no obstante disfruto cada trazo y el como fulle el proceso en sus obras me alegra saber que existen artistas como usted que brindan su experiencia y deleite en su saber en hora buena soy un seguidor mas

thank you for this video !!!

Brilliant! I had this open while doing an artist study, and it helped me immensely. It's so easy to get into the details too early, but having a pro paint along with you makes you double check. Am I getting ahead of myself? Where is Jeff at in his painting? Still adding in shadows? Damn... time to back up. Haha thanks a ton for this upload!

That is a new method I have never heard of! Thank you! Just goes to show I can keep on learning new things.

I can hear Pavel’s distinctive voice in the background hahaha

Thank you for sharing this. Maybe one day could try a picture-in-picture so that we could watch the action on your palette simultaneous to you painting. Not sure how difficult that is to do since I have no idea about KZfaq live streaming or the software you use. Just an idea. Was fun to watch. The painting ended up beautiful.

Someone mentioned not finding Conte pencils here in Great Britain you can get them online from "Pencils4Artists" in bothe singles and sets including the 1710. Hope it helps.

😃😄😀..wow wow ..using brush not easy ...am using pencil ... great artist

Fantastic..

great video

asombroso !! alaprima..

For an online tutorial, this is among the better ones. The artist is generous with his information. How much better it would be, though, if we could see what he is looking at as he paints. If he had taken a photo of his subject from his vantage point, and placed it as an inset down in the left bottom corner, we could understand better why he does what he does with the paint. I would like to see the image he is working from to see, as he works, how he interprets the shapes and colors and values of the model's face with color, mass and line.

do you guys ever feel like as if you have no idea what are you doing?

This one from 19:40 looked almost as good as final one.

Damnit this is good.

She reminded me of bugs the bunny at the start! I was more amazed of the lines but it was funny.

as much as I like and appreciate this video...one has got to show the subject !! or we are getting only a fraction of the information to be learned...one has got to see just what the artist is reacting to.

Nice painting.

❤️

Where can one find lead primed board? I'm finding it impossible to find online.

great art work ...is this wet on wet technique or layered painting?

Hi jeff, when you said "take a picture using camera and scrub them" what do you mean.............take all the oil painting from and canvas? reuse the canvas several times? Please respond me, thanks in advance :)

Proko does not have any issues showing his models

Does anyone know what the stick he is holding with his left hand at 2:10 is for? My guesses are it holds down the easel with some weight (makes it less shaky) or it's just another way to keep both your hands involved, which is sometimes what I like to do. Personally, it gets me more into the art, instead of having one hand dangling down. Anyone know?

what medium is Jeff using in this painting?TIA

I wish you could see him mixing the paint and using the turpentine :(

if you're complaining about not seeing the model, you're focusing on the wrong things..

Colori ad olio o acrilici. Grazie

at 1 : 17 : 44 break she looks like she has a 5 o'clock shadow !

anyone know what brand is that brush at 2:00:14 ... looks SO sexy

what is the name of the canvas?

I still would like to get into the mindset of an artist that produces clean, professional looking pieces..... its like, they 'arrived' .... if you know what I mean? Would love to know if I will ever be able to 'have my act together'...

I wish you could see the model :/

I can't wait 'til I get this good, females love an artist :-P

Another demo which does not show the model

May 16th was my birthday

Look, its free and I'm not complaining, but it would be nice to see the model.

вооооот нашел, лучшее видео о том как писать портрет

You know..

That lip was torturing me

the lips look like they'r offset and not in perspective in relation to the direction of the face unless ofcorse thats how the model looks.

Unfortunately, although the painting is good, as is much of the advice, the intermittent stream-of-consciousness commentary is often exchanged for the real nitty gritty that beginners and improvers are looking to hear.. ie -what colours are you using for various passages, what mixtures at what strengths and combinations, what medium, if any, etc. This is a tad disappointing if one is giving valuable time to watch. For example, 'Just moving the paint around' is too nebulous a statement to help.

Great demo, but I doubt the sitter's hairline is so recessed nor the lips so enormous (like a child's). The lip septum appears 'off' as a result ... and the eye's cross-eyed. One way the art teacher could have 'caught' the errors would be to stand back a bit ... judging proportions, etc. ... OTOH, such anatomical errors oft make for excellent portraits with busy backgrounds ... where eyes and lips 'dance' asymmetrically a bit. Utmost blessings and thanks!

What;s all that talking going on in the brack gound? It's distracting.

So are we just supposed to pretend like that nose isn't sitting on an entirely different plane?

My head do pain he is so much talk, he mouth is more than hand work.