Painting | Tips for Pet Portraits

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6 жыл бұрын

In this video I discuss the three main mistakes I see made in pet portraits.
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@katemein5653 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for these great tips. I am painting pet portraits and I tend to have a very tight style of painting and I'm working really hard to loosen up and let the paint/color/brush do the work instead of documenting every single strand.

@paintcoach 4 жыл бұрын

Glad it was helpful!

@joannegee1650 3 жыл бұрын

What I really like is that I can understand what you say - and your painting is pretty good too.

@applegator3511 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for all the really useful tips. I'm currently trying to help the grieving process of losing my baby of 10 years by doing a portrait of him.

@rmb3211 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the helpful tips and examples! Much appreciated and totally agree about not painting every hair on the animal!

@RatherBeSailing 8 ай бұрын

Excellent excellent insights. THANK YOU!!!!

@anoushkashenoy692 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I don’t paint often and I needed advice for my art final

@sharonjeanettemelonorona3270 2 жыл бұрын

Thank´s for this video, I love Jennifer GenNari paintings

@lporter5408 2 жыл бұрын

She's the best I believe ❤

@carolelawson6092 3 жыл бұрын

very well explained and good tips will bare it in mine when I paint .

@exequielalvarez5628 4 жыл бұрын

Good tips 👍 I think the painter should keep in mind all these details and apply them in the work. The result will be a good quality painting. The common people can't appreciate these elements, they only see a harmonic image. However, they will always be present in a good portrait.

@margarettravers1896 4 жыл бұрын

This was so helpful, I just subscribed and very excited to see more videos from you!

@annamay2152 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for the video!

@kourtney27 9 ай бұрын

Very helpful. Thank you!

@kittyinque 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips! Thank you!! I thought I was going insane disliking all of the "every single hair" portraits. There is so much of this around at the moment-_-

@eunice1153 2 жыл бұрын

Great tips!!

@KimoCraft 4 жыл бұрын

New subscriber here! As a fellow artist, I love watching your process and I love making animal art too! Thanks for sharing!

@SlapthePissouttayew 3 жыл бұрын

2 and 3 I agree with, both are great tips. But I think the first one would be more for the client. I'm getting into doing these and more than a few have supplied me with shots from above. But I will say if they supply several references, I usually go with something more eye level. Thanks for the tips!

@art_by_whitney_bond5360 3 жыл бұрын

I personally love the fine details of hairs in paintings and trees and grass that’s how I would personally want a painting. I honestly feel there is no right way to paint depends on your style.

@renaebettenhausen3611 4 жыл бұрын

OK Chris. This is the first time I have seen ANYTHING you have done. I just searched "painting a cat" to have something on in the back ground that might be helpful as I work on an acrylic generic painting of a cat, and I have an objection to the criticism of painting a pet too large for the canvas: Some animals, some pets are,or were larger than life. For instance, I had a cat that brought me a LIVE chicken on Mother's day. I had another cat who lowered her tail end over her face for her ablutions. Such animals can not be painted life sized, nor can they fit on a canvas. And another thing: IF an artist CAN paint every hair, every blade of grass, I for one am in AWE! Alrighty then! I shall return to my own painting anon.

@STLwildlifeArt 7 ай бұрын

good episode man

@curtriceennis2924 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you for posting this video ... really taught me a LOT about pet portraits!!! Now, I only hope I can properly apply these suggestions to the pet - portrait I'm wanting to do of my cat. Thanks bunches!!!

@paintcoach 4 жыл бұрын

Glad to be of help! I hope your cat likes its portrait. Mine sure did lol

@linzicarter9191 3 жыл бұрын

Very helpful :)

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you think so!

@procrasti86 3 жыл бұрын

You're a good painter, there's no denying that, but what's up with hating on other people's art styles? Tacky? Really?

@wildsolitude101 Жыл бұрын

To be fair it looks terrible. It's a painting, not a 'copy of a photo'.

@user-lb4fr2ly4b 4 жыл бұрын

This was really informative to watch! Learnt some useful tips for painting pets, something I’m new to. Do you think doing these portraits look better when the whole body of the pet is painted or just the face and neck/shoulders?

@paintcoach 4 жыл бұрын

Arisha Fancy I tend to only do the neck and shoulders like a human portrait. When you get the whole body in there it makes it so you have to then paint the environment (ground and background) bc if you don’t then you just have a pet floating on the canvas. Backgrounds can be tough to nail and most of the time takes focus away from the subject of the portrait.

@user-lb4fr2ly4b 4 жыл бұрын

@@paintcoach Thanks!

@lordsoumil3677 3 жыл бұрын

Can you give me some references for this? Your channel is awesome, no questions!🥰🥰

@thekappap Жыл бұрын

i am doing a stencil of a golden doodle but the fur colors are brown white orange and white .? light or dark oil paint tones

@keithprice8593 2 жыл бұрын

Oops! I think I’m guilty of a few of these errors…. I’ll be thinking hard before I do the next one. Thank you

@thekappap Жыл бұрын

when i paint on the canvas the easel moves it's really annoying for me when working on the canvas.?

@ppmppm7010 Жыл бұрын

Prrrrrr fect thanks

@janeferraz413 3 жыл бұрын

❤️👍🌻💖

@soulkalastudio Жыл бұрын

I wanted to paint my cat, she's the same colours lol but does not sit still for a photo

@lasseberg8457 3 жыл бұрын

Good video but please shut down the music!

@denizkaptan5482 3 жыл бұрын

thank you nice video! i hope people will forever stop doing individual hair loool

@gloriapinskerportraits4801 3 жыл бұрын

I agree about the photo being all important. Most prospective clients submit truly awful photos. Even though good artists can make successful changes to the photo, the portrait will only be as good as the quality of the reference.