it was a bright moment when you appeared on tube. was living in northhampton county,pa. when first I discovered you on create tv. 2010 or thereabouts. I had a teacher in high school who taught golden mean, that was around 1956. his name was Koslosky. im so glad you have no idea, this was inspirational and I was thinking about it a lot lately. and here you are, thanks a big big bunch and in closing, man I love your work.

Probably the best explanation of the Fibonacci Curve, I have ever seen or read.

Excellent! I learned something. I've been painting for 40 years and I am always learning and I studied under some truly great masters, Pearlstien and others. Thank you! Thank God traditional painting is coming back Max Ginsburg and Irwin Greenberg always spoke of how someday it would return.

Thank you for simplifying this beautiful concept.

Finally, I understand this. Great explanation of the golden mean. I've been researching it for a long time and couldn't quite understand how to use it. Now I finally do. Thank you.

Stefan, thanks for all these videos. They are really great. I learn a lot from them.

This has been so useful and meaningful. Thank you for posting the video here!

Stefan, this is so much important information. I did learn this back in the late 60's. I created a hard edge op art painting based on the Golden Mean formula. Thanks for the information.

That was Golden Stefan. Many thanks. Your videos are a treat thank you so much for posting.

Gracias, gracias, por permitirme comprender algo que no entendía , genial tu clase !! Saludos desde Argentina

Thanks for sharing your expertise Stefan. We learn by gathering as much as we can by the greats.

I painted my first golden mean painting and it made such a difference. Thank you!

Another great lesson. Thank you, Stefan. I am excited to paint with this new knowledge.

I am in Love with Your trainings - you are just The golden mean master of teaching

The fabulously important subject matter is discussed here so interestingly understandably.

so glad you're coming back on Create TV!

I paint for a hobby and this helps heaps. Thanks from the Tonga islands.

Very interesting. The golden mean is tied to the nature of a Fibonnacci sequence also. You can draw a "golden curve" within your divisions of the golden mean and the end result would be the spiral of a Nautilus shell. Very cool stuff.

thank you man! it was awesome...

Hey Stefan I totally love your online tutorials, you inspire me and I cannot get enough of these, thank you. I looked for the 16x29 canvas on line but couldn't find any, maybe they're not available in Canada. Regards, Paul

This is an excellent lesson. Thanks so much. I know the rule of thirds and may never get more complicated than that. Or, maybe I will. You made a topic that seems too complex easy to understand. I wish I could paint on linen canvases manufactured by the top of the line companies, but cost is an issue. I will try this on my cotton canvases that are definitely not golden mean.

Thanks for the kind words

Do a lecture on making some golden mean calipers_they are quicker than a calculator

Good information. I will use this in my classes. Thanks. Bonnie Rogers

Interesting. I'm going to do 2 things. 1) start a painting using the grid of Golden Mean, and see how I like it & how in influences decisions.... then 2) Take a painting I like from my past, and see how close it is to the Golden Mean.

This video really got my blood pumping Stefan. Thank you so much for remembering this to me!

This video will improve my painting. Just reading about the portrait golden meam

This is for artist or artist lovers, I feel it's very important in creating and understanding a composition.

Can any canvas be divided up this way. I have some that I haven't used yet. Would like to put this to use on them if possible. Thank you for sharing this.

Stefan, can you use the golden means with still life painting also?

Very cool video. Good information. I could listen to you, watch you talk for hours and hours. Please put up more vids. Thanks. Thanks for all the good info. Nice of you to share these helpful things.

I cut canvas panels to the golden ratio on a table saw. They need gesso! My framer often has left over cuts and will make inexpensive frames for me.

Do you paint over the markings, or erase first?

Wow, I bought some canvas boards that are 14x8 and I don't remember where I bought them but I didn't understand why I don't like the 12x8's that I ended up buying. I don't even want to paint on them. The wider boards just looks right for some reason. Now I know why. Thanks

Could you suggest where I might find some golden mean canvas's by Masterpiece, such as you displayed in the video? Thanks a bunch.

Does it work if you turn the canvas longways?

How about left handed Golden Mean? To me if I use the right hand side of center it throws me off. Maybe it is a good thing I paint for myself? :D

Where is a good place to purchase masterpiece canvases at a reasonable price? As in which website I mean. I dont think any stores around me sell them. Also one more question that I cant seem to get an answer to.. Can I paint with acrylics on an oil primed canvas? Why or why not? And if not, what exactly would happen to my painting if i did? Thank you for your time.

Brilliant

Hello Stefan, I'm writing to say thank you, and inquire into your interest in providing online training/mentoring. My thank you is for putting your lectures on KZfaq. I have been working my way through them, and decided to try and apply some of techniques you have spoken of, so I went out to my local river bank and took some pictures (yes I'm a photographer/digital artist which I know is not your favorite, but it is who I am for a variety of reasons which I would be happy to share with you at some point). When I took these pictures I was thinking about your lessons on the Golden Mean, Eye Magnets and Central Focal Point. The time of day was late morning and the natural lighting was less than dramatic, and the early spring colors were somewhat muted. When I got the picture home I did some extreme editing. First thing I did was make the image extremely dark, recalling your comment that lighting/light should only be 5% - 10%. Once I had the image dark, I then began to 'light' what was going to be the central focal point, in this case just a patch of grass. I also brought out the colors so the grass appeared much greener in the focal point. Once I had this done I attempted to highlight Eye Magnets in a circular pattern to bring people around and back to the CFP. I took this image and posted it on Fine Art America (a online printing and framing portal with community features etc) just to see what people’s reaction would be. Well in 3 days I have sold 2 prints (which is as fast as I have sold anything there) and have the image published in three groups. This indicated your information is excellent! THANK YOU! The only negative feedback was from a friend who mostly commented on my blithe description. I am looking forward to doing more work with these techniques. I know the 'painterly' effect used on the image is a cheap trick, but the image did not feel right as a 'photograph' to me, so this effect is what I went with. Here is a link to the image on FAA. fineartamerica.com/featured/springs-arrival-karl-fritz.html I’m not sure if you are interested in providing critiques of work I do because of the medium I am working in, if you do have interest let me know a good time to call and we can discuss it further. I am interested in both creative/craftsmanship (I thought perhaps still life similiar to some of your online classes) and business where applicable. Sincerely Karl Fritz

Can you somehow apply golden mean measuring as you did on the 18 x 29 on a 20 x 16?

If you were making your own frames and boards, would it not be better to start with a ratio like 29 x 17.92, then add, say .25 for framing for a total size of 29 x 17.9 when framed? Not suggesting it is necessary, but where doing one's own work why not have the actual exposed canvas precisely the GM?

Check out '' Math and the Mona Lisa '' by Bulent Atalay pub. Smithsonian Books 2006

Would 24 x 36 be golden means then ?

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I think really good artists don't need to lay down lines on the canvas, they just simply know what's right to do and they go ahead and do it ..

I'm all for quality canvas, but Van Gogh would paint on linen dish rags... Enjoy what you can afford and what's available. :)

15:29 😱!!!

The phone sides are industry standard 16:9 screen, which isnt 1.168... same goes for modern TV's. Also, the sides of painting do not have to be fi, its myth that started probably during the baroque period. I personally find the format too constricted, the outdoor sceneries require the image to be bit wider, for portratits its too narrow. The image format should be adjusted to the composition.

I could see the lines on the canvas until you shined the light on the canvas, then all I saw was a glare.

oh too bad.. we dont have Masterpieces in Russia Moscow :0

Well now, all I can see are golden means EVERYWHERE!!!lol

All ancient Hindu mandirs and musical beats are based on this knowledge too.

Actually the Giza pyramid has the golden ratio, it's been known for much much longer... Pythagoras learned from the East....

This was a great video and something that I believe will shape my paintings from now on. So I've just finished making a template for those who use computers: fav.me/d8jzwfo

it was not discovered by the romans and greeks its wayyyy older then that. eygpt and india knew of it for thousands of years before they existed

Lol lookat you trying to explain math to artists. How silly. Its great though I love your videos.

um-kay? PLEASE stop saying um-kay? um-kay?