The PAINTING Exercise That Will HELP You the MOST

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Hi, I am the son of two artists and began painting in my hometown of Richmond, Virginia before I could walk. I was a rare combination of artist and athlete so I moved to Los Angeles in 2008 to play football for USC. I left the team my sophomore year to focus on painting and filmmaking, applying the same focus and discipline from my football career to my art. I primarily work in oils, and spend most free days painting "en plein air" in my new home of Sarasota Florida.
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@clieding 3 жыл бұрын

It is rare to find a painting teacher (or a teacher of any subject ) who is adept at breaking a task down to its essentials and explain them conceptually so that the student can apply the principles to any challenge. You are such a teacher. I greatly appreciate your approach, insights, and explanations. There is a rude old adage: “Those who can’t do teach.” In my life experience I have met many who can do but can’t teach. Teaching is in and of itself is a talent and a valuable ability regardless of the subject. You are both a talented painter and teacher.

@gautambarua8260 3 жыл бұрын

You have nailed it perfectly. That's Chris's USP I guess

@red_nullhugo4045 2 жыл бұрын

Wait does this technique work with watercolors? I want to use this practice too

@HGAviator Жыл бұрын

@@red_nullhugo4045 who knows... Try it and find out.

@red_nullhugo4045 Жыл бұрын

@@HGAviator ok :p

@medsal3097 Жыл бұрын

Indeed

@Xxgurpreet 3 жыл бұрын

The thought of doing this is getting my adrenalin rushing 🤯😂

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

It’s hard but fun!

@noelsartstudio3197 3 жыл бұрын

Stop thinking and just do it:)

@aryam.6472 3 жыл бұрын

Same

@fabiwirdmalmaler 3 жыл бұрын

Brooo same

@crochetomania 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this exercise! I tried it for three days doing 4 small paintings of different household objects a day and the progress I made was mindblowing! Seriously, in three days I learned more than in the whole of last year! And it was also a great confidence boost. I stopped looking at objects thinking “I can’t paint this”, instead now I look at them and think only about the strokes I should make.

@samanthagranata3146 3 жыл бұрын

You’re a wizard!!! Or a mind reader. You just called me out on everything I need to work on as an artist. Sometimes striving for perfection has the opposite effect, at least I see that in my work :/

@aneesaosman3459 3 жыл бұрын

I seriously value your effort to give honest painting tutorials . We are very grateful to you to introduce this technique to us learners . Thanks a lot

@lonebunnl8563 3 жыл бұрын

I was about to paint a still life today but the weather was bad, guess it was for the good. I'll do it tomorrow keeping this technique in mind. Thank you!

@mandaloolux9216 3 жыл бұрын

This was invaluable. After taking a four-year Hiatus from painting I am wanting to paint again and feeling overwhelmed. Your video gave me direction and I thank you

@TheMarkEH Жыл бұрын

This was a terrific video! Lots of your comments combined to create coherent explanations and clear advice. Thank you.

@Off_pudding Жыл бұрын

I keep coming back to your videos. Your down-to-earth way of speaking, easy to understand instructions and overall approach make putting paint to paper seem less intimidating, and your videos motivate me more than any other instructors to actually paint rather than just watch KZfaq videos for hours. Thank you for the amazing work that you do.

@HonoratoCorpinIII 3 жыл бұрын

Your content is gold. You are simply awesome, my friend. Thank you for this!

@kathleenhutter4412 2 жыл бұрын

I really enjoyed this exercise Chris! In fact I liked it so much I shared this video with my students! Great exercise to practice for beginners and experienced painters alike! Kudos!

@fereshmahta6113 2 жыл бұрын

I love this exercise. it solved my problem with light and dark and less brush stroke. you are genus!

@nancykunik4370 3 жыл бұрын

I believe this is by far the most important aspect of painting and thanks to you showing and explaining this exercise.im going to start monochromatic because I need to after a long while of not painting. This has reminded myself of the best way to proceed .....thank you!

@mdetky 3 жыл бұрын

We love a quick popsicle break😂 Silly moments & important information, this is the kind of content I’m here for ☺️👏

@theresacarmen9847 Жыл бұрын

I like coconut Popsicles. Excellent video.

@kjoy_arting6408 3 жыл бұрын

He is a mind reader this is the third time I've been searching for a type if video and he provides. My favorite youtube channel!

@jazzy5407 3 жыл бұрын

I am definitely doing this exercise today!

@Sambeeeer 2 жыл бұрын

Really thankful for your videos!!! You’re a great teacher

@seni8871 8 ай бұрын

as a painter it’s these discretions i feel that really open your eyes and mind to color, pressure of line, even space; knowing when to blend vs when to extend the push of the brush. beautiful video broski

@changemymind06 3 жыл бұрын

Holy crap.... I just did this last night and was ASTONISHED that it looked like an apple and I really love it. I'm definitely guilty of not using enough paint and over blending - this exercise really helped to not be such a tight painter & only took 15 minutes. Thank you SO much!

@henrydelima2455 3 жыл бұрын

Chris’ videos have really helped me improve my skills!

@lynneforbes4420 Ай бұрын

Wow, you are a truly inspirational teacher! Thank you!

@frankovitchgrimowski4950 3 жыл бұрын

I have a lot of cheap paint and been looking for a way to use it up, this exercise is the ticket! Thanks coach.

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

Happy to help!

@yeshonestly4268 2 жыл бұрын

So well explained. You lessons are the best. Keep up the good work. You paintings are awesome. 👏👏👏

@gnuPirate 6 ай бұрын

Awesome video Chris, and a fantastic exercise! I really enjoyed this! What a great challenge idea to improve efficiency and accuracy and make the marks count.

@HGAviator Жыл бұрын

This is by FAR the best video I've seen on the subject of the "KISS" (keep it simple, stupid) concept. I love how you explain the "plains" and using the 30 or less brush strokes. Guinness!!!

@joliechitwood5947 5 ай бұрын

I’m completely inspired ! Thank you

@loisruane2636 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this great video! Can’t wait to try it!!

@AsukaSoryu-yk4lr Ай бұрын

Thank you for your share, I will try it

@lauramazonaite1055 3 жыл бұрын

Amazing exercise please more like this! Time to paint now 👩‍🎨

@dianehoweart6084 3 жыл бұрын

Great video, really looking forward to trying this. You come up with some great ideas for improving skill. Thank you so much!

@mrsnrub9780 3 жыл бұрын

It's REALLY weird, how when I bought paints for the first time (without any prior research) that the VERY first thing I did was fire straight in with abstract work. I filled an entire canvas with whatever shapes and patterns I felt drawn to - and no, I'm not a 'modern artist', I just wanted get over the anxiety of using paint early on, by ruining everything I'd just bought. I found out after watching a previous video of yours that's ACTUALLY a thing. I paint landscapes now and keep all of my strokes free and loose. When you have atmospheric perspective, composition and value all dialled in, it doesn't matter if you paint with a sledgehammer. You still won't go wrong. I never thin paint, the only medium I use is impasto wax.

@Benjamin-vx2ot Ай бұрын

ok wow, i am blown away by that breakdown 😮🙏👍

@paintcoach Ай бұрын

Awesome! Glad you liked it!

@chrissavasky455 10 ай бұрын

super helpful. Your channel is great. Thank you for all of these!

@crisalidathomassie1811 3 жыл бұрын

Wow! Great advice and very inspiring. Thanks so much. Blessings and be safe.

@thebigcheese5114 3 жыл бұрын

Great job 👏🏻 I just did a bell pepper in this style and it turned out great! Had to fight the urge to make it look perfect which was difficult but my end result captured the essence of the pepper 🫑

@mbutterfly4180 3 жыл бұрын

Did this exercise yesterday, it was sort of a disaster, I definitely think I used more than 30 strokes. I think I am going to try it again with a bigger brush. I tend to use small brushes for more control and I have a feeling after this exercise that I just haven't learned to use bigger brushes effectively. Also, I think I struggled with my color palette. I spent so much time mixing colors only to feel I did not have the right combinations.Chris, thanks for this video! I am always inspired to paint after watching your videos.

@rosterdam7198 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the challenge 🖤

@sttarch5150 2 жыл бұрын

Best painting idea I've heard in a long time.

@infinitymage5906 3 жыл бұрын

I'm using this video with gouache instead of oils, but the principle is the same. I'm glad I found you! You break things down so well!

@happigalart1689 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent explanation about planes of shadow and color thank you Chris

@yogieswar 3 жыл бұрын

Your advice is changing my painting more and more perfect and good thanks Chris love your art ❤️❤️👍

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

@ddbdbubbles 2 жыл бұрын

Wow thank you for this video. I've been meaning to practice this kind of exercise and your video really motivate me to get started.

@artmariemakes 3 жыл бұрын

Your videos helped me transition from acrylic to oil and this technique has helped me improve drastically

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful!

@MBblessed 9 ай бұрын

I think this will help me a lot. Thanks for this video!

@BlueEyedMatt42 3 жыл бұрын

This is awesome. I just got my Rosemary brushes!

@silverhoney6969 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great great video. It played by random/next and after a minute I decided to watch the whole thing. I don’t use oil, but I feel like I learned a lot and can apply these same exsersizes to acrylic and water

@kavya914 3 жыл бұрын

This is my MAJOR issue Thank you so much for this video

@DCweldingAndArt 3 жыл бұрын

Very valuable information/exercise brother! Thankyou for this! Something I def need to work at!

@phyllissamprone132 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent information! Your incredible!❤️

@aliyam9888 8 ай бұрын

Great, thanks for the lesson

@charity885 3 жыл бұрын

The popsicle munching was hilarious! I love you videos!

@Velvet111- 3 жыл бұрын

Wow , when i finally beat the fear of how the final painting will look , i realized that i was not brave enough to get into it , I think the thing that helped me was to confront myself and admit it, so i started drawing simple things for a while to feel real pleasure, it is important that you communicate with yourself in an honest way to develop, today i draw freely and much much of joy.

@dezziec3000 3 жыл бұрын

Just discovered your account after deciding to dive in to oil paints, wish this video was up before the weekend, because I know i did not load up my brush enough and the paint would just disappear in the painting. Exciting to try this exercise

@deniselini1366 3 жыл бұрын

Fantastic advice and amazing exercise which I will be totally trying!!!👍🏻👍🏻

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

Best of luck!

@silverhoney6969 2 жыл бұрын

This was a great great video! It played by random/next and after a minute I decided to watch the whole thing. I don’t use oil, but I feel like I learned a lot and can apply these same exercises to acrylic and water. Any medium really (I just got into brush markers & learning how to used them, I can see this being an excellent technique to help with marker coloring to reduce need for layering/going back over it to clean it up)

@repse.einars Жыл бұрын

Excellent lessons!

@thaemystart5032 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you, great advice 🌸

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for watching!

@tezravertz7478 4 ай бұрын

This was incredibly helpful advice! Wow! Thank you! Btw, my medium of choice is acrylic and this was helpful advice all around. Even when it came to clay and some other sculpting projects. I’m sure advice taken from this video could help with all kinds of art.

@alibi4876 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!!

@EditorHarlequin 3 жыл бұрын

I painted a horse following your advice and it actually turned out not bad. Thank you!

@Chinornor 3 жыл бұрын

We love you Chris all the way from Nigeria

@s.nag_the_oilpainter Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for this valuable info 🙏🏼🌸🌿

@lindalary7760 Жыл бұрын

Just found you!!! Awesome!!!

@Uglyartworks Жыл бұрын

Wow so good.

@veronicapagelaflin 3 жыл бұрын

Oh my gosh it's like you read my mind yesterday I sat down to paint tomatoes and halfway through I covered the whole thing over and spray paint and walked away 😂 why does practice have to hurt 😂 thank you Paint Coach

@SketchWithBex 3 жыл бұрын

Can't wait to try this out

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

Have fun!

@jamesryan82 3 жыл бұрын

Oh wow your hair is so luxurious, thank you for sharing 💫💥💅

@danielarnold5480 3 жыл бұрын

I love all of your videos Chris! the popsicle was my favorite actually! it made me laugh

@wcouch8 3 жыл бұрын

Brilliant! 😊

@user-br3sr7if8y 3 жыл бұрын

I was shocked tht u had this channel but recently bc of amazon I found u on "Bad is Bad" then on yt I saw "The Hands You Shake" n I'm inspired to make my own films, its dope how u always seem to be doin ur own thing

@bellischubert8747 3 жыл бұрын

Love your videos so so much 😅🙈 the ice😂👌🏼 thank you Chris ☺️🌸

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed!

@kraftyhandz 2 жыл бұрын

I appreciate your existence.

@aimanabbas981 Жыл бұрын

Man! Very helpful.. Thank you

@Urbanforager 3 жыл бұрын

This is a cool exercise.

@Nessadita Ай бұрын

this is really good. thank you

@paintcoach 27 күн бұрын

No problem 😊

@mikeysimoneaux6267 9 ай бұрын

So helpful!

@SonicVision360 Жыл бұрын

Real nice!

@darrensurff8554 Жыл бұрын

I find this helpfull with learning pastel painting ,hes one of best teatchers out there😅

@karolkedzierski5824 3 ай бұрын

This is a great exercise! People can go even farther with it, setting the plan for the whole painting beforehand. Like this- if there is lets say a composition consisting of 1 figure, still life and interior, just set the limit of brush strokes for each part- 50 for the face, 30 for the fabric, 10 for each hand, 8-15 for each element in the still life and 60 for the background. This requires very conscious decision-making and the results can be very surprising and can influence your future style!

@RatusMax 3 жыл бұрын

Even though I do digital painting, doing too much brush strokes makes it lose that painterly look. Using the blend also makes it lose that painterly (is that even a word?) look. I noticed that I am wasting time a long time because I am making too much unnecessary brush strokes. I need to lower the count. I've been trying this weekend with some better results. This this video definitely helps me plan for next weekend to speed up my process.

@jenniedevereaux2696 3 жыл бұрын

Great thanks for this video it's fired me up to give it a bash.

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

You can do it!

@Trid3nt861 Жыл бұрын

I actually tried to make little sculptures of a box, tube and a ball to use them for painting and light study with some super sculpey I had in my art drawer. All inspired by that one video you made with fruit planes made with sculpey clay.

@asasmithart 10 ай бұрын

thank you champion

@lukecarey613 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks bro 😎

@buzzle4271 Жыл бұрын

This works well for gouache as well.

@jelicapesut603 2 жыл бұрын

👌👍Thanks!!!

@jatinderdevgun9093 3 жыл бұрын

Your brilliant;, man

@charlenemaltman 3 жыл бұрын

I learn something new from every one of your videos! What colors do you suggest using as a beginner oil painter? Thanks Coach!

@sheepdogjoe 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent exercise put in simple and precise terms. Really excited to try this as I'm an over-blender and it's holding me back from developing confident strokes. Thank you Chris!

@KingTubeAR Жыл бұрын

I'm gonna try this soon, I'm a digital artist and blending is my number one enemy even though I like how the subject looks better with smooth edges, I lean more with fewer brush strokes

@leowu988 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds promising. I'll try it later

@johngrizzle9144 3 жыл бұрын

This video triggered my anxiety lol. Great content as usual, Chris.

@TomatoBreadOrgasm 3 жыл бұрын

Yes sir, coach.

@ramosbcc 9 ай бұрын

I'm a digital artist but this video really help me with my render

@VigasArtRoom Жыл бұрын

I'm trying a digital version of this challenge. Phew it's hard even digitally! But I think I'm learning something.

@aliciamarin5226 3 жыл бұрын

This reminds me of a running exercise that my HS track coach made us do as a workout. We had to run the 200 meter in progressively shorter times. First, run it in 50 seconds and only in 50 seconds. Not faster or slower. The goal was to cross the line in the exact time he said. Then next, run it in 45 seconds. And so on. It was about being thoughtful and purposeful in your training. I see that this paint exercise has the same underlying idea. But without the burning thigh muscles.

@paintcoach 3 жыл бұрын

That's a great comparison! As an ex athlete I am always comparing painting to sports lol I always say that the exercise were you copy a master painting is like running down hill. Yes you are going to make a better painting than you are probably capable on your own but you get painting muscle memory for how a good painting works.

@aliciamarin5226 3 жыл бұрын

@@paintcoach MUSCLE MEMORY! Yes, that's it. Smaller muscles, but no matter. Yes!

@rars1965 Жыл бұрын

I love your videos. I am not an artist. I started painting less than a year ago. Learned from different KZfaq videos. Went from acrylics to oils after friends suggested I try. I tried this exercise. I went over the 30 strokes but I was close. It was so fun. I feel it was one of my best paintings. Thanks for being easy to understand and helping me progress with my new found love of painting.

@msrmaganti Жыл бұрын

Nice 👍

@cspartz 2 жыл бұрын

I needed this. In life too I’ll overthink things haha

@tiiulausmaa2427 3 жыл бұрын

I loove this exercise! Been doing it a lot these past few days: I tried fruit, eyes and even a whole figure! I have a question about another thing which I urgently need an answer to: I just recently bought primed canvas and started to put it on my frames but then I got to thinking, if there's like a "right" and "wrong" direction to the canvas. I don't mean the primed and unprimed side, I mean the way that the thread runs. Like, in sewing there's mostly like one certain direction how you have to cut the fabric, is that the same for canvas? I just can't remember if anyone ever said anything about this in art school or not. Thanks a bunch for the answer!