Oil Painting Techniques - BRUSHWORK

Oil Painting Techniques - BRUSHWORK - LOOSE vs TIGHT

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5 жыл бұрын

Let's talk about brushwork : how do you paint ? Loose or tight ? What's the difference between the two ? In this video, I explain the difference and give you some techniques to control the appearance of your painting. I also give two mini demonstration to give you an idea of the various approaches.
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@marcblur9055 4 жыл бұрын

I live in mortal fear of an unblended brushstroke. Thank you for making this video, because you're one of the first people to make a demonstration of the two concepts without judging one or the other,

@flexflex5966 4 жыл бұрын

You're the ideal art teacher . So quite and wise. Just listening to you, can learn easily thousand of advises and informations about to be a better artist.

@MandyMaungArt 5 жыл бұрын

Im def a tight painter who loves the loose style but still can't get the hang of it. It's tough! lol

@artpassion 5 жыл бұрын

Mandy M in my case I am tight painter but my teacher is loose style so that comes my struggle 🤣

@MandyMaungArt 5 жыл бұрын

@@artpassion hahaha! the struggle is real! Im currently doing the 100faceschallenge with the aim to improve my alla prima and teaching myself to relax and let loose. U can check out them out at my instagram @mama.mandym PS: Hey a least you have a teacher :P I don't! I have lots of misses than hits. *boo hoo*

@natevans8024 5 жыл бұрын

Same, it's been maddening 😭

@ayubipesante8778 4 жыл бұрын

Try using a big brush for 90% of the painting

@Exayevie 4 жыл бұрын

I'm the opposite - I so admire getting all the specifics down but I tend to be hasty and leave it looking impressionistic!

@XComedYCaTX 5 жыл бұрын

I am definitelly a loose brushstroke painter. :) Thank you very much for this video!

@choosetruthalways7995 Жыл бұрын

I especially like how you get into the "nitty gritty " issue s about painting that nobody else really talks about, at least on such a focused level. Thank you ❤🌹🙏

@julieluten5260 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I could certainly benefit from “loosening up” since I gravitate towards tighter painting and knowing when the painting is complete.

@peterharris3096 3 жыл бұрын

Impressionist detail, loose with a few tight spots or maybe tight at the centre of interest.

@hbruce5868 4 жыл бұрын

Hi Florent. This is a wonderful demonstration of both the loose and tight techniques. I am both actually. It really depends on the effect that I want to achieve. You are both a Brilliant artist and instructor, so thank u for that. Be safe and stay well, you and your family

@jeffhreid 5 жыл бұрын

Love the hand study in the background. Great idea. Definitely going to do one of those.

@juliecaron99 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos are so helpful. I'm definitely a loose painter, but want to learn now to tighten up a bit.

@jessejzetteart5180 5 жыл бұрын

I love this topic! Thank you!

@dkatz7430 Жыл бұрын

I think I am in between tight and loose. I saw this video 2 years ago but did not appreciate it. Now I totally understood what you are talking about. You consider both styles in your practice and pass no judgment. I recently registered in a course where the teacher has very loose style, like totally out of focus and disoriented types of brush strokes. When i painted my way which is neither loose nor tight, she was not happy. Well, I really appreciate and agree about what you said that its all in the head and the personality. She should watch this video so she does not pass judgment. Thank you and I am so happy to have come across this video once again and now I am subscribed❣

@hermancroix9241 5 жыл бұрын

You are awesome Florent! Thank you

@catherinecervas3726 5 жыл бұрын

I’m still in the practice stage, where my paintings are sloppy in parts, but I want more definition. What you do here, Florent, looks like a wonderful exercise for beginners like me. Thank you for doing this video!

@basiliocrespogarcia-baquer4309 5 жыл бұрын

Maravilloso. Gran enseñanza.

@fatemaalbalooshi1980 3 жыл бұрын

Very smart and knowledgeable presentation. Thank you for your guidance 🙏🏻

@narcoff6676 5 жыл бұрын

I would add that a less experienced painter would tend to paint 'tighter' due to less confident strokes and over-blending. A looser style may come with experience , as you become more confident with your placement of the paint you tend to leave it alone. I am messy in some ways and precise and neat in others. I'm aiming towards a more painterly style, as that's my preference in a painting. Thank you for the video :)

@PHeMoX 5 жыл бұрын

Yes, I agree completely. I think 'less confident brush strokes' may also be simply more brush strokes for a single stroke result, instead of taking the time to think about brush strokes more consciously. The Sargent style may look 'fast and energetic', but I wouldn't be surprised if he actually painted fairly slowly, taking some time for each brushstroke.

@lella2201 5 жыл бұрын

I think that may be true of beginners but as a Leonardo student most of my life... tight and glazing are necessary disciplines of patience. I do love Sergeant's work, and others of course, but usually I'm wanting smooth and well done for layering to go well.

@SchaeferArt 5 жыл бұрын

I noticed the exact same thing for me as well. Great observation!

@lella2201 5 жыл бұрын

@@SchaeferArt you're awesome... One of the only artists I trust for truly good content

@SchaeferArt 5 жыл бұрын

@@lella2201 Greatly appreciated! :)

@adeline9556 4 жыл бұрын

Definitely a loose painting for me! Thanks for the video!

@wahibacheribet4537 4 жыл бұрын

you are my discovey ..wonderful work.

@vincemazo341 2 жыл бұрын

I'm a new painter and didn't understand tight vs loose. Thank you for clearing it up. I paint tight, but I want to paint looser. What you said about loose painters painting with energy, that's what I really love about some of my favorite landscape painters.

@ghostemane3209 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks!! Great video

@raveewat 2 жыл бұрын

I love both LOOSE and TIGHT :)

@lella2201 5 жыл бұрын

A tight painter but I occasionally use loose for specific effects (ocean spray for example) You are very talented and helpful.

@mooingkat9514 3 жыл бұрын

I love loose painting, you see just big blocks of colour when you get close, but when looking from far, the blocks give the ideas of the whole picture formed by your brain instead of your eyes. Kinda like life, if you looks at just one low point that you're facing currently, you'd be upset because that's all you see, but you'd never know the whole story of your life until you're able to stand back at the age of 70 and look back all the ups and downs you've been through in life. That's an accumulation of achievements, just like every brave brush stroke in a loose painting.

@chrishynes6091 Жыл бұрын

Excellent.

@ronrowell8937 3 жыл бұрын

Definitely tight. Other artists have commented so often about it that I needed to better understand the difference between loose and tight. Van Eyck is an example of what I would aspire to although I would like to be versatile.

@marymary5494 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you 👌

@PolarBear-rc4ks 5 жыл бұрын

It's so weird how only last year I hated oils haha now I want to start painting with them after researching many artists like dorothea tanning and leonora carrington etc Your videos are the best for advice as well as what I remembered from those livestreams we used to chat on

@banisarkar411 5 жыл бұрын

Hi Florent, thank you for sharing this video. Loose and tight art works , which is most liked by the people? One request, can you share some videos of mixing colours. To start a portrait how many mixed colours generally need to be ready to start with? Your reply will be highly appreciated. Thank you .

@rosered103 4 жыл бұрын

I started out years ago as a miniature painter...and found it hard to go BIG(er), so obviously I'm a tight painter. I love detail!

@kathleenloverso5654 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you .. more tight suits me, but there’s fun in loose.

@136bluemoon 5 жыл бұрын

This is awesome!! Can you do a video on starting a painting wet on wet? I’m just kind of guessing but some of the work comes off muddled.

@wizanzaini Жыл бұрын

I guess you were trying hard to show the loose stroke but you were very comfortable showing tight strokes 😁

@rodelocana1043 5 жыл бұрын

Hello Florent, I'm a beginner. And I watched your videos since. I'm getting back into the basics as I'm slowly studying at the moment. And I've found your video with regard to the values and such. But can't seem to find it now. Is there any chance that the video can be placed online again? I hope you would reconsider. You're videos are great and very intelligent in the ways you teach and inform. Keep it up and more power.

@chantalgagne9906 4 жыл бұрын

Excellent thank you!! Do you also paint landscape examples Trees? Clouds?

@amysbees6686 5 жыл бұрын

While naturally a tight painter (from photo references), I get much looser when I paint from life. My ultimate artistic goal is to find that "sweet spot" where the image is highly realistic from afar, but as you draw closer it appears to become almost abstract. I think we're all secretly aspire to be like Sargent! (Or Rembrandt!)

@MissAuthor01 5 жыл бұрын

I'm a tighty. I sort of feel bad about that though because there are so many beautiful loose(impressionism style) works that I admire. I feel I'm too much of a perfectionist... :S Great video. I always listening to your posts. Thanks.

@paulgriffinpencil 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a graphite artist who deals mainly around the hyper-realism spectrum but now I'm heading into oils I feel I'm looking forward to being a very loose painter. I have major OCD with drawing, hence the realism, but with painting the whole fluidity of it is so appealing and hoping the loose in me can shine through. I need to loose the stick up my butt I have with graphite and the oils will teach me to find the loose. I'm hoping anyway.

@leonardnolan8856 5 жыл бұрын

both!

@tiffinianderson8677 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I like very clear shapes. Not everywhere. But when I see a shape I like I will exaggerate the smoothness. Then I will make up for that somewhere else to have impasto or messy area. Like messy leaves crisp trunk or messy clouds crisp hair. I like to have both. I want to have it all and see it all. Then I do a version less ugly later. First I purposefully paint ugly. If it's up to me I like the ugly ones. But I always do another version reducing to more clean, simple shapes. I feel like the chaos is natural and part of my job is to make a little order and simplify for the viewer. But not for me. I'm ok with some chaos. I tried your Patreon but couldn't get to my account. Wrong password or email. I'll try again. Thank you for sharing.

@libbycowgill 5 жыл бұрын

Any chance you can link to the video where you talk about why not to use a dry brush for blending? I've been looking for it, but you have a million videos now....

@bobbytirlea 4 жыл бұрын

I did both... But the best, for me is somewhere in between. Meaning, that even John Singer Sargent was quite meticulously "tight" when defining the details on the face, especially the eyes and lips. Sometimes he wasn't... Yet I think, his most notable works are when he combined loose with tight. At some point Velázquez was tight too at the beginning of his career, but when he reached perfection was somewhere towards the loose, but always, I am most sure, achieving perfect likeness and character of every of his sitter or model with every stroke of his brush!

@2nang4dis 5 жыл бұрын

think im bits of both, i love loose painting just haven't perfected it and likewise for the tight end of things

@SchaeferArt 5 жыл бұрын

This is a good video, great information! I find with landscapes and such I'm much more loose compared to when I'm painting portraits. I just started seriously with portraits this year and I'm finding it challenging to stay loose and not overblend, etc.. I think I'll loosen up with more practice and confidence painting them. Same happened when I first started landscapes - took a while for me to loosen up. So I'm not sure what I am lol :)

@matthewmarr8513 5 жыл бұрын

Something that has helped me make more confident portraits is to do a study in the same scale before hand. It allows me to work out both the colors and overall difficult areas of a particular face. I also can see which areas can be reduced to a single brush stroke. Another good thing is that I don't have to worry about it being perfect so it takes off a lot of stress. Also, love your videos. Keep up the good work.

@SchaeferArt 5 жыл бұрын

@@matthewmarr8513 That's a good point! I guess that's one reason why doing a smaller quick 'sketch' can sometimes to be helpful too - work out the overall values and colors before jumping straight into the final painting. Thanks for your thoughts and insights. I had kind of forgotten about doing things like that!

@MissChanelli 4 жыл бұрын

I'm defo a tight painter but love loose artwork and would like to know how to paint like it. But when I try it just looks like a mess lol

@aravartomian1 3 жыл бұрын

Some painters use both techniques in the same painting such as Pino Daeni

@devandestudios128 4 жыл бұрын

I'm something of a mix of both really. Am able to go back and forth between the two with ease. But my personal preference is loose.

@gracedchip6498 4 жыл бұрын

Florent strikes me as a very tight painter, lol. I think I'm more tight than loose but I do like the loose look. I think it all depends on the subject.

@mariannazaitseva1487 4 жыл бұрын

is loose and tight also about drawing with pencil ?

@cynthiamarston2208 3 жыл бұрын

Very tight is tedious but I do it, have done it so I know I am able plus I know it’s a valuable experience to develop my own style. I would like to be pretty tight but know which shadows are extraneous so there is more contrast going on rather than finding all the in between shadows and all. So long as it looks like the person without including all the details ......I think that’s what I would like to be able to do.

@FlorentFargesarts 3 жыл бұрын

Yes, there's a fine line between too tight and too lose, it's mostly a matter of personality in my opinion. It must feel right with you I guess !

@cynthiamarston2208 3 жыл бұрын

@@FlorentFargesarts that’s for sure! Like when you know you’re done kind of thing. I do know I never liked my art classroom stuff as much as I like doing this like my way instead. Mostly my ideas with your help. I’ll be damned surprised if you ever suggest I paint somebody else ( regarding my muse Rory Gallagher) unless I’m complaining of boredom and feeling stale first.....and I’ll probably do it myself then rather than waiting for someone to suggest it. This is nearly perfect way to learn.

@janjacobs375 Жыл бұрын

I paint tight, highly detailed. I started trying watercolors in an effort to loosen up, but I just wound up doing tight watercolors.

@FlorentFargesarts Жыл бұрын

Then don't try to find it. You can work on being less tight but in the end, it's your artistic vision. It's not mandatory to be loose. Be yourself 😊✨

@janjacobs375 Жыл бұрын

@@FlorentFargesarts Thank you.

@borealiswan2363 5 жыл бұрын

I don't think there are 'loose' and 'tight' artists. Just like there are no introverts and extroverts, we're all a bit of both too varying degrees. It all depends on the situation. If you have only 2 to 4 hours to complete a portrait or figure from life, you're probably going to choose the alla prima technique which means loose brushwork because you haven't got much time to make your statement. On the other hand, if you're developping works with a story you might prefer a tigther style to say what you have to say. The most fun for me is to mix both styles, like in the Sargeant painting you showed, the face is definitely tighter than the dress.

@christinahocking5469 3 жыл бұрын

Is there such a thing as both, i tend to start loose and end up tighter as i go. I want to be looser but maybe im just fighting a losing battle with myself

@florindalucero3236 5 жыл бұрын

Both, simultaneously! Tight aspects with faces, loose with nature.

@jodycupp 5 жыл бұрын

I am definitely a loose painter. I feel irritation when I try to tighten up and it's not fun for me.

@noneofyourdamnbuisness3484 3 жыл бұрын

exactly, I start becoming annoyed with what I'm doing if I'm being too careful and trying to get perfect transitions or something like that

@jeffhreid 3 жыл бұрын

Tight vs loose is an approach. It is difficult for a tight oriented painter to loosen up but a loose painter can’t tighten up by not finishing at the point they consider the painting completed. In my view being overly tight is less desirable than being overly loose

@noracosa 2 жыл бұрын

I can only painting tight. Sometimes I try loose, but I can't take it 🤣

@james6401 3 жыл бұрын

Tiny, soft brushes I use for tight oil painting, larger hogs for loose. "Two hairs and some air" for tight, as Bob Ross says

@i.p.artblog1300 4 жыл бұрын

Very educative video, thanks for sharing your knowledge 😊. I am painting on KZfaq also🎨

@furbybuddy 4 жыл бұрын

I'm a tight painter unless I choose to use brushs that doesn't make it easy to make small details

@laurentstephane6835 5 жыл бұрын

En français ce serais mieux et pas seulement pour l'accent 😉

@AI-xs4fp 5 жыл бұрын

He has them in French but obviously some of us prefer the English version, especially with the lovely accent and soothing voice.

@laurentstephane6835 5 жыл бұрын

@@AI-xs4fp french + english it would be perfect 😉

@thepsycho6074 4 жыл бұрын

The thing is... not all people can speak french ... maybe I do or a minority of the others does...but english is universal so it would please everyone watching him and increase his views as he would have a worldwide audience

@MickAngelhere 3 жыл бұрын

I guess I’m tight but at times a bit loose

@ArtTripper 5 жыл бұрын

Show the loosely painted one more closely !

@dobanyi 5 жыл бұрын

I'm too loose Lautrec BA-DUM-TSSS

@Duygulandiniz 4 жыл бұрын

of course loose :D

@wackadakka3134 Жыл бұрын

if you want tight , take a photo .........you are not an artist

@broshbrolin2395 5 жыл бұрын

Tight looks Boring

@lella2201 5 жыл бұрын

It's not if it's your way... But it can be a pain in the rear.... takes a lot of patience and focus, time and steadfastness. So it's only pleasant for those who want it.

@CesarCordova 4 жыл бұрын

Is Van Eyck boring? Bosch? Durer? Bellini? Caravaggio?