Painting Aaron Blaise as Santa Claus using Gouache

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Painting Aaron Blaise as Santa Claus using Gouache

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I hear those sleigh bells ringing.. It’s the first day of the 12 Days of Proko! Today I’m painting Santa Claus using gouache paint. I’ll give you advice on using the medium and take you through the whole process, from photoshoot, to thumbnail sketches, color comps and final painting. Disney animator, Aaron Blaise, was kind enough to be my Santa model!
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Пікірлер: 158

@ProkoTV 6 жыл бұрын

For a chance to win this painting, donate to this gofundme page: www.gofundme.com/12daysofproko/

@glitterandglueforyou 6 жыл бұрын

Great video, it's awesome that you two know each other. Can you make more videos about painting in gouache & tiling? I loved the anatomy & figure drawing, and I'd pay for a class on this too.

@bensart2128 6 жыл бұрын

Hi Proko ok so I’m in high school and I need an anatomy course for collage and I’m home school.my parents won’t let me watch the anatomy vids because they are citing it a little close could you make some vids were the model are covered a bit more.thank you God bless

@cataliniulian9618 5 жыл бұрын

you have to use a larger amount of water so it won't get dirty fast-Full glass

@AaronBlaiseArt 6 жыл бұрын

Had a blast with you on this. Great job on the final piece! Looking forward to more collaborations soon :)

@ProkoTV 6 жыл бұрын

+The Art of Aaron Blaise Me too! See you next year!

@robertomontero9457 6 жыл бұрын

yay, two of my favorite artists🤗

@justarandomartist6279 3 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you guys colabed! It looked awesome!!!

@feaststatistics3 2 жыл бұрын

Now I'm proud that I interfere with aaron and proko conversation.☺☺

@marcobucci 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, Stan! What a great channel.

@feshgogulululu 4 жыл бұрын

Marco Bucci we stan stan

@Clyman974 6 жыл бұрын

Aaron Blaise is like the daddy of all Internet artists

@mralabbad7 6 жыл бұрын

I wish he had more recognition on youtube His channel is amazing

@Catherine_Ea 6 жыл бұрын

I am... woah..... This kind of made my day XD I really like seeing how people work on their thumbnail stage, it was something I thought people only did for animation, comics, and designs, and since I discovered that it wasn't the case, well... everything turned out so much easier. It was a big facepalm "Of course people do thumbnails for illustrations and everything else!!! Why wouldn't they?!". Also, to see Aaron Blaise is always a pleasant surprise.

@thebloodstorm916 6 жыл бұрын

Sir Canavar I'm not good at doing thumbnails I wish I was

@thatshot5909 6 жыл бұрын

could you please do more gouache tutorials ? i found it really usefull

@luminaia 6 жыл бұрын

Agreed! More gouache tutorials. this one is so useful.

@Taaaah2010 6 жыл бұрын

oh god your profile picture i love it magnificent

@TheYoshie007 5 жыл бұрын

Definitely! Do you have any courses in gouache?

@sunilnarine6313 5 жыл бұрын

He doesn’t sorry.........

@allisonperrigoue2761 5 жыл бұрын

I've watched so many gouache tutorial videos and this one has literally been the most helpful to get that painterly effect! Good explanations!

@oldhbruna 6 жыл бұрын

Incredible video with so much insight and a fun way to explain everything. Thank you for making it!

@MsNikkieMichelle 6 жыл бұрын

You are truly amazing. Watching you paint and seeing the way you handled the brush & brushstrokes was almost enchanting and hypnotic. Incredible and so inspiring. Amazing work as always.

@nine-vi7rw 6 жыл бұрын

Love what you said about using references. People forget that you don't have to copy the exact thing when it's more fun to be creative & experimental with it. Also great hearing your story and glad you could make Art a career. I hope I could too 😊💕

@DevinC_ 6 жыл бұрын

I love gouache such a fun medium.

@OverH19 6 жыл бұрын

please do more gouache paintings, I really love it! I like how you use a lot of paint where as with most ppl they use more water so their process is lot more like watercolor while yours feels like oil/acrylic paint.

@missladee4510 6 жыл бұрын

aaron blaise is amazing. his pics here are hilarious

@RandomBubble 5 жыл бұрын

8:37 - 8:38 ... then, add details

@andrewgipson9349 5 жыл бұрын

That was quite a "draw the rest of the owl" moment.

@vermis8344 6 жыл бұрын

Well that was some amount of education in seventeen minutes! I'm just starting to try to get to grips with gouache (_and_ as part of training for oils) so this was very well timed, for me. I think I'll revisit it a few times, soon. Thanks!

@cecec7102 6 жыл бұрын

I was just about doing some gouache master studies and your video helped me tremendously, and reminded me that I need to block in the big shapes, and wanna be more concerned about the general ambiance of the painting, than the level of realism. Thanks proko !

@isukwithnames1811 6 жыл бұрын

please do more gouache tutorials, especially for portraits.

@ShirleiBarnes 2 жыл бұрын

Oh my this is awesome, I love this Santa 🎅

@Nianiani 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for sharing all your steps and thumbnails! It was really useful!

@rociooAchan 6 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed how thorough you were in this video. Love the gouache work !

@solusfoundation 6 жыл бұрын

I've never used any paint yet, just pencils, charcoal, and a little dabble into ink, so it's great to see gouache in use. A great demonstration, and a fab end result. Thank you. Good fun, as always.

@jazzybeeff 6 жыл бұрын

Both of you are awesome! Thank U. Proko, share more gouache videos please. :)

@danielwilliams3161 3 жыл бұрын

This has been recommended to me because I've been watching Aaron Blaise

@channelle325 6 жыл бұрын

Both you and Aaron are so amazing

@NFoot10 6 жыл бұрын

This has gotta be from a dream, Proko painting Aaron with Tchaikovsky playing on the background. This made my day.

@valasafantastic1055 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to see all the stages and well explained thumbnails/colour comps. Fantastic level of rendering skill. Great examples of brushstrokes and imperfect perfection ( if that makes sense). Glad to hear such a wonderful program exists and benefits someone. Great video.

@1horsedocs 6 жыл бұрын

Great stuff!

@jannchavez9257 6 жыл бұрын

This is the best Christmas gift ever!

@Likalikesart 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this walktrough! I was trying to do a portrait with goauche but the first study I made, didn't turn out the way I wanted it to. Next time, I'll be drawing more thumbnail sketches and paint more color comps. Gouche is such a nice medium, great to see you painting with it! I love James Gurneys and Watts Atelier Gouche paintings, as well. Hope that my portraits will reach their level sometime as well.

@firdevserdal9895 6 жыл бұрын

Please more goache videos like this ! This is so beautiful!!!

@animatorofthenorth1450 6 жыл бұрын

This was so enjoyable to watch! Thank you Proko. Makes me want to give gouache a real try. im mostly familiar with acrylics.

@aendy7830 6 жыл бұрын

i simply love his style

@LearnFineArt 6 жыл бұрын

I love 🎅

@DestinyFineArt 6 жыл бұрын

I am an artist and you inspired me to make art tutorials too! I hope the art community can benefit and learn from my videos like how you inspired others! Love Destiny ❤️❤️

@robertlocklear6674 6 жыл бұрын

I like this video this is the kind of content i like it shows the whole process not just the end and in fast foward about to watch it again thanks

@ChrisHongArt 6 жыл бұрын

Watching this made me realize... I water down my gouache WAYYYYYY TOO MUCH O_O probably because I never use gouache straight from the tube, and I never ever clean my palette >

@boy3m 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing.

@anzatzi 6 жыл бұрын

Blown away by this. Merry Christmas

@monsteramaravilhosa 4 жыл бұрын

AMAZING painting!

@NullAndVoidTV Жыл бұрын

i am once again begging for more gouache painting vids

@gostowl 6 жыл бұрын

Nice to see more gouache paintings. Really nice process video and advice. I'd love to see more about gouache.

@lemonyapples 6 жыл бұрын

You are skilled even with gouache? Dramatic faint. Lovely painting and lovely model ♡♡

@katherines1280 6 жыл бұрын

My two favourite online art teachers doing a collab? It sure is Christmas! Thank you Aaron and Proko for doing this :)

@enchiladasarenice8621 6 жыл бұрын

He actually looks like santa ❤️

@feshgogulululu 4 жыл бұрын

PROko is is the type of guy to flex on everybody without knowing it 😔

@trentkuhn 5 жыл бұрын

damn that turned out nice

@SarahAndBoston 6 жыл бұрын

Awesome video Proko! So helpful to see this process.

@astandsforali 6 жыл бұрын

MORE GOUACHE VIDEOS PLS! SO GOOD!

@NullAndVoidTV 5 жыл бұрын

MORE GOUACHE PLEASE

@spacecamel1257 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful as always

@vigtoria8123 5 жыл бұрын

Not sure why this was recommended to me in April but I’m not complaining

@christyhannahlife 6 жыл бұрын

I realy enjoyed this Proko! I can confidently go and use my gouche colors now.

@BirdwithaBrush 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks for showing some of the process of gouache! I've been curious to try it.

@queenblackdiva 4 жыл бұрын

proko you are a great artist and teacher!!! i've learnt alot from your videos :)

@kyletwebster 6 жыл бұрын

This turned out so well! I love it, Stan.

@flamminia 6 жыл бұрын

Love love love this!!

@khunthate 6 жыл бұрын

1:43 woah, the artist? crazy stuff

@singinbaldy 6 жыл бұрын

That was great! Thanks for sharing your process on this. I've know about thumbnails for years and never really used them, but I think I'll start now.

@tzisorey 6 жыл бұрын

"Most satisfying thing _ever"_ - Cue a 15 minute video of Stan doing nothing, but peeling painters tape from the edges of paintings ;)

@charlottedewaal5204 6 жыл бұрын

amazing, love your commentary. very insightful. :)

@vverewolfchick 6 жыл бұрын

I had fun painting along with you! Thanks for the great vid!!

@antonioblanco3086 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing! Aaron is so pro artist!

@Oceanlinx 6 жыл бұрын

This was amazing, gouache reminds me of acrylics

@aaronh4161 6 жыл бұрын

Mean skills. That was fun to watch

@tanglingheadphones 6 жыл бұрын

Two my favorite artists!

@amyvanzi9845 6 жыл бұрын

Yay ! I love Aaron

@powermom74 5 жыл бұрын

I love all this information and the paintings!

@AngelGanev 6 жыл бұрын

Hey Proko, I just wanted to say big thanks for doing this, it's super useful! I just posted my first portrait painting video and I just hope I can be as half as big as you one day on KZfaq

@AngelGanev 6 жыл бұрын

That's awesome! Thank you, I hope you like my new video, Proko is my inspiration

@AngelGanev 6 жыл бұрын

Thanks bud! I appreciate it :)

@FurinArt 6 жыл бұрын

oh hey, you're doing videos now too? that's awesome, i've been following you on dA and artstation for a while now

@AngelGanev 6 жыл бұрын

That's dope! Thank you, a lot more to come

@denverjohn6992 6 жыл бұрын

wow gorgeous! you really should definetly make some color tutorial!

@fmonterrosa3 6 жыл бұрын

I'm loving this. It's really cool!!

@amoghsharma6699 6 жыл бұрын

which is your favourite art medium. I'm confused about acrylic, oil, watercolour and now gouache? any suggestions?

@juliette98able 6 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Proko, this video was really helpful and insightful :) I'm looking forward to the upcoming ones !

@nicholaspu 6 жыл бұрын

THE TAPE.... ITS SO TRUE!!!!

@Justcause2860fun 6 жыл бұрын

so helpful!! Much better than any lesson I had in high school or college 😍🐆

@wubmacaw5073 6 жыл бұрын

Aaron Blaise

@Raghad-mz8el 6 жыл бұрын

Amazing

@EmergeVS 5 жыл бұрын

This inspired me to go out any try some gouache

@astppts680 6 жыл бұрын

Expected nothing less from a Watts Atelier instructor :) More guoache please!

@CoxJoxSox 6 жыл бұрын

Haha, I thought Proko must be some foreign holiday I never heard of

@erickag7596 6 жыл бұрын

Please do more gouache tutorials🙂

@misspetite9285 6 жыл бұрын

This was so fun to watch. Woowwwwwww Talent

@nashmilmobasseri5905 5 жыл бұрын

Beautiful work Proko! Would you mind explaining about the coloring of the face? How you choose colors and where to put them? Thank you!

@malipops315 6 жыл бұрын

Wow! I have been following you for a while and didn't know you were born in Ukraine! Greetings from motherland ;) Love what you're doing! And thank you for your tutorials!

@headshotheroes2618 6 жыл бұрын

Beautiful!!!! Thank You :)

@silviasunesen7649 6 жыл бұрын

awesome. thanks for the information in this video. It is very helpful.

@brenttaylordotus 6 жыл бұрын

Damn man, that was awesome.

@user-rd3gg4tx3h 6 жыл бұрын

Is it ok to lay gouache so thick? It may crack.

@alyshaabandomations1939 6 жыл бұрын

Yes.

@0GreenBerry 5 жыл бұрын

lmao and those thumbnails are better then my finished stuff

@CydoniaOS 6 жыл бұрын

Dear Proko, I am currently a Sophomore and I applied for the YoungArts thing in the summer. I didn't have any close artists at the time and i feel as if my portfolio was scratchy. My guardians didn't tell me about anything either and I feel as if I didn't get in. I know I am a good artists and understand fundamental things. Can you make a video for artists in high school, and what they should do to best prepare a portfolio.

@seanramsey 6 жыл бұрын

You may want to see if there are any good Ateliers in your area and take a couple classes. Stan went to Watts starting in high school and that education helped him out a lot. The ones listed in the Art Renewal Center are all pretty good ( www.artrenewal.org/Atelier/Search ). Good luck!

@CydoniaOS 6 жыл бұрын

Sean Ramsey thank you! Unfortunately there's not any art classes abd programs in my area, but I'll practice and do my best next year!

@nineplusfriend4239 6 жыл бұрын

Looking at this amazing painting, make realize that I'll never be able to do such amazing thing, it makes me feel really pathetic, cuz I know that it doesn't matter how long I keep practicing on my own I'll never reach such lvl of skill. I feel even more depressed that I couldn't never be privileged to go to an university or even pay a master so they could help learning things, so practically everything that I know was all on my own and still I can't do nothing like that, it makes me feel horrible, Definitely, learning on your on is not the same as doing a course or going to college, cuz in both cases you need money, which I don't have. Learning on your own you need to know all the in and outs during practice and do them properly, but even if you try your hardest, don't matter what, you still have a ton of doubts and there are things that you can't do don't matter how much you practice, also getting criticism on internet is not the same as having someone at your side, helping you and saying how to do stuff and clearing all your doubts. Unfortunately, I don't have the "talent'' to get the things right on my own, criticism from internet is useless for me since I have no one at my side to Guide me and even though I practice, most of the time it just serve to make me have the impression that I improved, but then when I try to put the things on a work, it makes me realized that I actually haven't really improved at all. So I watch videos like yours to find inspiration, but in the end I just realize how pathetic I am, at point that make feel like giving up of everything , even being alive and of course this is not Proko's fault, it's my fault for being a pierce of garbage that can't do anything right in art nor in life. I you are one of these people that can actually improve after a certain amount of practice and can understand what needs to be done with no direct help at all, you are truly blessed, it might feels good to create art and make even the most simple thing looking amazing.

@seanramsey 6 жыл бұрын

I like to watch Neil Gaiman's commencement speech at the University of the Arts when I'm feeling discouraged (kzfaq.info/get/bejne/n9FxlZB_vtHXlX0.html). He outlines a really good strategy for becoming creatively fulfilled in your work. Keep making progress, no matter how much, and work on projects that make you happy. That's all anyone can ever really do. It's a good watch, hope it helps.

@amberdreams_0 6 жыл бұрын

So fascinating watching your process, and to see how you use gouache so differently from my self taught technique. Great tip about having the paint sit on the wet tissue! I'd love to know what type of masking tape you're using. Every time I've used tape it's been a bugger to get off cleanly.

@seanramsey 6 жыл бұрын

It's called painter's tape. It's less sticky and easier to pull off than normal tape.

@amberdreams_0 6 жыл бұрын

I've been looking on Amazon but all the masking tape I've found seems to have at least one reviewer saying it's rubbish for art work. I suppose I'll just have to buy some and test it out. Cheers.

@studio-2149 6 жыл бұрын

Lol, I now know who that is! Sweet!

@gowriguruswamydesigns 3 жыл бұрын

I loved the video! Thank u for putting it up! Im curious to know what that metal tray is called? I'm unable to find it..

@franciscasuharyani7376 6 жыл бұрын

you're so amazing 😆

@SilverNachtmahr 6 жыл бұрын

0:40 "That's something you can't do with watercolor". Yes you can.

@MondayMorningMist 6 жыл бұрын

In regards to the paint re activation, I wonder if he misspoke, and meant to say acrylic paint or something.

@KEP1983 6 жыл бұрын

He didn't just say paint reactivation, he also mentioned opacity and also white paint, I believe.

@MondayMorningMist 6 жыл бұрын

Keith P that's true, he did mention opacity as well. Proko's exact line was "it's kind of like watercolor, but you can go in with thick, opaque paint if you want, and you can reactivate the paint with water after it dries. That's something you can't do with watercolor." So what some of us were raising an eyebrow at, was because the "can't do with watercolor line" came directly after the paint reactivation line, it implies that you can't reactivate paint with watercolor. And I, and probably the other commentators know that's probably not what Proko meant, but it's just something to note. Anyhow, it's not that big of a deal and I'm probably just being nitpicky haha.

@SilverNachtmahr 6 жыл бұрын

Noel Uchendu by using pans, you're reactivating the paint, actually. :p

@SilverNachtmahr 6 жыл бұрын

Noel Uchendu I know what he is referring to. You can still reactivate paint on paper. Sometimes it will stain, sometimes it will not. All I'm referring to now is that you said that your pan paint doesn't reactivate... while it clearly does. I'm not confused at all, I'm just pointing out a mistake Proko made.

@MariamPareArt 6 жыл бұрын

@ducky6623 6 жыл бұрын

Jolly little painting I say....

@monarchtheatre9318 6 жыл бұрын

Lol i love ur tree 🌲

@SugarHue 5 жыл бұрын

Fantastic video Proko! I was curious, when you say "Convenience colors", is that how you approach most of your paintings when choosing color? And do you always use the primarys? Ive been having some issues with muddy colors and I think thats because I don't pick them beforehand!