Portrait Painting Tutorial - Velázquez Master Copy (PART 1) SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-05-14 | In this portrait painting tutorial, realist artist Alex Tzavaras paints a master copy of Juan de Pareja by Baroque artist Diego Velázquez. Filmed entirely in real time.Master copies of old master paintings are a great exercise, which will give you valuable insights into the oil painting techniques used by the artists of the past. You can also do them at home if you don't have access to a model. This was copied from a high res Image that you can down load for free from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website:metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437869 This portrait painting tutorial was filmed in real time, with nothing taken out. So, if you want to try this exercise yourselves, you can follow along.0:00 Introduction1:00 Palette of Colours2:15 Toning the canvas4:20 Mapping Out the head with Lines7:20 Wiping Back the Lights 19:40 Mixing the Shadow Colour20:00 Massing in the Darks30:20 Mixing the Flesh Tone31:15 Massing in the Lights34:30 Mixing the Highlight Colour34:45 Placing the Highlights42: Mixing the MId-Tones42:30 Massing in the Mid TonesTo let Alex know how you got on with this exercise, please tag him on instagram:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasTo see Alex's video on "How to Place the Features in a Portrait":youtube.com/watch?v=7CtFkjpzVjQ&t=10sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. . For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintinghttp://alextzavaras.com
The BEST Way To Learn Colour Mixing. SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2024-02-18 | For my Essentials of Colour Course visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingIn this oil painting tutorial, portrait artist Alex Tzavaras shows you the best way to learn Colour mixing for begginers. Colour mixing is one of the most challenging things about oil painting for beginners. There are an infinite variety of colours in nature. Not only that, when you go to any art store there are so many pigments to choose from. To help us make sense of all this, we have numerous colour theories. One of the most comprehansive is the Munsell Colour System, created by the artist Aflred Henry Munsell. Munsell specified three properties of colour, HUE, VALUE and CHROMA. In this portrait painting tutorial, Alex show you how to paint a portrait using a limited palette constisting of Titanium White, Cadmium Lemon, Alizarin Crimson and Ultramarine Blue. Using a palette made up of more intense or chromatic versions of the three primary colours is the best ways for beginners to understand these three principles of HUE, VALUE and CHROMAAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavaras
3 Techniques for Incredibly Realistic Portraits SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-11-23 | For Alex's Alla Prima Portrait Painting course visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingIn this Portrait Painting tutorial Alex Tzavaras shows you how to paint realistic portraits using an Alla Prima oil painting technique. Alex demonstrates 3 portrait painting techniques that will instantly make your portrait paintings more lifelike.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavaras
Youre Measuring Proportions WRONG! SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-10-15 | For Alex's Introduction to Mass Drawing Course visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingIn this Alla Prima oil painting tutorial, representational artist Alex Tzavaras shows you how to draw with proportions correctly. Many Artists think they can "measure" proportions by using their thumb and a pencil, brush or other devices like proportional dividers. But there are many reasons why this doesn't always work. The only way you can be absolutely certain that something is in proportion is when you can actually SEE IT! There's also something REALLY fundamental about drawing proportions and when you understand THIS, you will learn how to draw proportions without measuring.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials for beginners. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavaras
Why Spectacles Make Portrait Painting Easier #shorts #portraitpainting #oilpaintings SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-09-06 | ...
My FASTEST Technique for Realistic Oil Paintings SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-07-11 | In this Alla Prima oil painting tutorial, artist Alex Tzavaras shows you his fastest oil painting techniques, for achieving incredibly realistic oil paintings.For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingConnect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasFor this realistic oil painting tutorial, Alex used the following palette of colours:Titanium WhiteCadmium YellowYellow OchreCadmium Red LightAlizarin CrimsonTransparent Oxide RedRaw UmberViridianUltramarine BlueAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.
The SECRET to Making a Portrait Look Like Your Model SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-05-21 | #portrait #portraitpainting #portraitpaintingtutorial In this Alla Prima Portrait Painting tutorial, Alex Tzavaras shows you the secret to making a portrait look like your model.For Alex's Alla Prima Portrait Painting Course visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingLearning how to capture a likeness in a portrait painting is one of the toughest challenges an Artist can face. But while you may think accurately drawing features like the eyes is the key to success, there is an ESSENTIAL STEP you need to get right in the early stages of a portrait painting which holds the SECRET of how to acheive a likeness in a portrait painting. Get this step wrong and you will definitely struggle to acheive a likeness in a portrait.To see Alex's Portrait Painting Tutorial on how to paint the eyes:youtube.com/watch?v=YtsEOXmqm1k&t=506sTo see Alex's Portrait Painting Tutorial on how to paint the mouth:youtube.com/watch?v=sI86_n84k4Y&t=100sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering Alla Prima portrait painting and oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
How to Capture Character in a Portrait SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-05-07 | #shorts #portraitpaintingtutorial #howtopaint #expression How to Capture Character in a Portrait. See the full length video:youtube.com/watch?v=sI86_n84k4Y&t=622s
The Most Important thing YOU NEED in a Portrait SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-04-23 | In this Alla Prima portrait painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to paint mouths, the key to capturing facial expressions.For Alex's Alla Prima Portrait Painting Course visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingFor Alex's previous demonstration featuring Naomi visit:youtube.com/watch?v=3j2i-bKPzFoFollow Alex on Instagram:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasThe most importrant things you need to acheive in a portrait is the paint the facial expression. The facial expression shows us our subjects character and inner life and it's this emotional quality, that the viewer really responds to when they see a portrait painting. So in this oil painting tutorial Alex shows you how to paint facial expressions by painting the mouth, the facial feature that hold the key to capturing the expressionAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering Alla Prima portrait painting and oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional portrait painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.
Portrait of Rosie #shorts SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-03-10 | See the longer video on how to paint eyes youtube.com/watch?v=YtsEOXmqm1k&t=15s
Portrait Painting From Life #shorts SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-03-05 | Portrait painting from life using an Alla Prima oil painting technique. Click on the link to see a longer version of exactly how this was done:youtube.com/watch?v=u907YVPY8iY&t=605s
The Incredible Way to Paint Skin in a Portrait Painting SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2023-02-12 | #portraitpainting #portraitart The Incredible Way to Paint Vibrant Skin Colours in a Portrait Painting.In this Alla Prima portrait painting tutorial, realist Painter Alex Tzavaras shows you an incredible way to paint skin in a portrait.To see the full length version of this Alex Tzavaras portrait demo visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingWhen we're portrait painting in oil, we're presented with a wide variety of skin tones. When we're mixing skin tones, we don't actually need to match any of the colours we see precisely. Instead, we need to match the variety itself, between warmer and cooler, more intense or more nuetral skin tones. So if you want to learn how to mix skin tones, you need to think of them in terms of their colour temperature relationships.If when we're mixing skin tones, we only need to match the relationships between the colours and not the colours themselves, this means we can push the colour. We can increase the colour intensity of certain notes or even invent colours. In this way we can create more colourful vibrant skin tones. As long as your skin tones are the correct value and colour temperature, your portrait painting will still appear lifelikeAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional oil painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarashttps://www.facebook.com/simplifydraw...twitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
How to Paint Eyes - The Biggest Mistake Artists Make SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2022-10-16 | In this portrait painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras will demonstrating how to paint eyes, he also shows you the biggest mistake artists make when painting eyes and how to avoid it.To see the full length version of this portrait visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingMost tutorials on painting realistic eyes only focus on how to paint just one eye on its own, but painting one is actually quite straightforward compared to painting both eyes together. By far the most challenging thing to do when painting the eyes, is making sure both eyes are alligned correctly with each other. Not only is it really easy to make the eyes crooked, but there are some other really common art mistakes to avoid. You can also paint the eyes too far apart, too close together, or you can make one eye bigger than the other.In this portrait painting demonstration, Alex will be showing you how to paint both eyes together and he will be sharing with you the techniques he uses and the artistic anatomy he checks, to help him avoid making these really common art mistakesAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional oil painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Unlocking the Secrets of John Singer Sargents Technique SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2022-07-03 | In this portrait painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras paints a female portrait from life using John Singer Sargent's Alla Prima oil painting technique.John Singer Sargent was one of the leading portrait painters of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. In an age when there were so many outstanding realist painters, Sargent was particulary renowned for his virtuosity and skill. For this reason, he is one of the most influential artists on realist painters today.Sargent used an Alla Prima oil painting technique, where paint is applied wet on wet with out letting earlier layers dry. The process being followed in this portrait painting demonstration is based on eyewitness accounts of the Sargent's working methods, taken from a biography written in 1927 by The Hon. Evan Charteris. Charteris' book is now longer in print, but fortunately for us we can still read about these accounts thanks to a fantastic ebook titled "Advice on Painting from John Singer Sargent" written by the Artist Thomas Jefferson Kitts. Kitts has very generously made available an extremely valuable resource, which anyone interested in John Singer Sargent's oil painting techniques should definitely read.To download "Advice on Painting from John Singer Sargent" for free! Visit Thomas Jefferson Kitts' website:thomaskitts.comTo see the full length version of this portrait painting demonstration, vist Alex' Patreon Channel:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. To connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
How to Paint a Realistic Ear with Oils SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2022-05-21 | In this portrait painting tutorial, portrait painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to paint a realistic ear using oils.There is a full length version of this portrait painting demo, included in Alex's Alla Prima Portrait Painting Course, over on Patreon:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingAlex Tzavaras will be doing a whole series of portrait painting tutorials on how to paint the features in a portrait painting with oils. Stay tuned for upcoming videos on how to paint the eyes and mouth, But for the first of these portrait painting demos, Alex will be showing you how to paint a realistic ear using an Alla Prima oil painting technique. Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Painting Darker Skin Tones - The ESSENTIAL Guide. SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2022-04-17 | In this portrait painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to paint a portrait of someone with dark skin. Alex demonstrates how to make dark skin colours using a limited palette of just three colours, Titanium White, Transparent Oxide Red and Ultramarine Blue. You can see a full length version of this oil painting tutorial, fimed in real timeon Alex's Patreon Channel.patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingThe main difference when painting a portrait of someone with dark skin compared to someone with lighter skin is that there will be much wider range of tonal values. This means the shadows, lights and highlights will appear further apart from each other and the lights will appear much darker. For this reason, a really common mistake is to think dark skin tones are shadows, when in fact they are in areas of light. To solve this problem in portrait painting, as well as thinking in terms of light and dark tonal values, it's really important that we study study our subject's form and observe which parts of are facing towards or away from the light source.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
How to Light Your Studio for Oil Painting SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2022-03-20 | In this tutorial realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to light your studio for oil painting.For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingWhen oil painting, we are not actually painting the object placed in front of us. What we are really painting is light. This makes art studio lighting our most important art material.The best art studio lighting for painting is natural daylight. In the Northern hemisphere this would be from a North facing window. However, we do not all have the luxury of a painting studio with natural light. Also some of us may choose to work outside of daylight hours. If that is case, there are lots of different kinds of art studio lighting setups available using Daylight lamps. But not all daylight lamps are created equal. In this video Alex shows you what he believes to be the best kind of daylight lamps to use, Bi-Colour LED Video light. Using these lights, Alex show you how you can acheive a painting studio lighting set up at home that is comparable with natural daylight.0:00 Intro0:57 Natural Daylight2:57 Bi-Colour LED Video Lights4:33 Pixapro VNIX1000B4:46 Neewer 6605:42 Light Temperature6:34 Colour Rendering Index8:35 Adjusting Brightness9:09 Diffusers and Soft Boxes9:45 Lighting your Canvas and Palette10:40 Fluorescent Strip Lights11:28 Easel Lamps12:12 Dealing with GlareThe Daylight lamps Alex recommends using, are the following Bi-Colour Dimmable LED Video lights:essentialphoto.co.uk/product/pixapro-vnix-led1000b-bi-colour-led-panel-with-dmxneewer.com/collections/bi-color-led-panel-light/products/nl660-led-panel-lights-10089057Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Or connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
The Biggest Mistake People Make When Portrait Painting SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2022-01-10 | In this Portrait Painting Tutorial, realist painter Alex tzavaras talks about one of the biggest mistakes people make when portrait painting - Over Modelling.For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOver modelling happens when you focus in on each small are of your subject separately and exaggerate the differences in light and dark tonal values in oil painting. If you then exaggerate the tonal values in painting within each small area, you loose the larger value relationships and your image so it no longer appears 3D. This is a really common beginner oil painting mistake.To avoid over modelling, you need to see the whole before the parts. You need to establish the larger tonal value relationships by simplifying your subject into 3 or 4 main tonal values. However, simplifying your subject into large value masses is one of the most difficult things we have to do when painting. But in this video, Alex demonstrates what this actually looks like in practice, while an Alla prima portrait from life, using a monochrome or grissaille oil painting technique . He also shows you a really useful tool in Adobe Photoshop, The Median Tool, that you can use to simplify the tonal values for you, when you are working from reference photos.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Portrait Painting Demonstration by American Realist Painter Susan Lyon SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-12-01 | A portrait painting demonstration by American Realist Painter Susan Lyon. Taken from a longer interview with Susan by Alex Tzavaras. Watch the full interview here:youtube.com/watch?v=-JvfBZzTWvM&t=22sSusan Lyon studied art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. She was also a member of Chicago’s Palette and Chisel Club, where she met her husband, artist Scott Burdick and worked alongside other renowned realist painters like Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik.Susan is a great teacher. Alex first became aware of her work, quite soon after he began painting and purchased some of her videos. They helped him improve immensely and he has since adopting some of Susan’s realist painting techniques into his own practice and teaching. Alex is also a VIP member of Susan’s Patreon channel and continues to consult Susan for advice on his own painting.To find out more about Susan visit:susanlyon.comTo see more demonstrations by Susan, visit her Patreon Channel:patreon.com/susanlyonAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's courses on the fundamentals of oil painting visit: patreon.com/simplifydrawingOr connect with Alex: instagram.com/alex_tzavaras https://www.facebook.com/simplifydraw... twitter.com/alextzavaras http://alextzavaras.com
An Interview with American Realist Painter Susan Lyon SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-11-27 | Alex Tzavaras interviews award winning American realist painter Susan Lyon.Susan Lyon studied art at the American Academy of Art in Chicago. She was also a member of Chicago’s Palette and Chisel Club, where she met her husband, artist Scott Burdick and worked alongside other renowned realist painters like Richard Schmid and Nancy Guzik.Susan is a great teacher. Alex first became aware of her work, quite soon after he began painting and purchased some of her videos. They helped him improve immensely and he has since adopting some of Susan’s realist painting techniques into his own practice and teaching. Alex is also a VIP member of Susan’s Patreon channel and continues to consult Susan for advice on his own painting.To find out more about Susan visit:susanlyon.comTo see more demonstrations by Susan, visit her Patreon Channel:patreon.com/susanlyon00:00 Intro02:02 Susan's Portrait Demonstration08:54 The Importance of Economy of Brushwork16:46 Susan's Drawings20:17 Susan's Recent Paintings25:39 Still Life Painting31:04 Colours and Limited Palettes39:09 Painting from Life49:49 Being an Artist55:40 Susan's Education and How She Became an Artist1:02:33 The Palette & Chisel and Meeting Scott Burdick1:07:16 Art Education and Realism in the United States1:15:19 The Resurgence of Realist Painting Online1:21:16 Advice for Artists Just Starting to Paint.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's courses on the fundamentals of oil painting visit: patreon.com/simplifydrawingOr connect with Alex: instagram.com/alex_tzavaras https://www.facebook.com/simplifydraw... twitter.com/alextzavaras http://alextzavaras.com
Oil Painting Tutorial - How to Create Texture Using a Palette Knife SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-09-12 | In this oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to create texture using a palette kinfe.Texture is another key characteristic that we need need to think about when oil painting from life. It doesn't get spoken about as much as the other fundamental principles like colour and tonal values in oil painting, but it is very important because when we observe nature we see different textures everywhere. So when we are oil painting, in order to produce something realistic, as well as making sure our subject is the correct shape and colour, we also need to create textures with oil paint. This may sound challenging but actually, creating textures on canvas can make some complicated subjects easier to paint. To demonstrate how this can be done, Alex completes a plein air oil painting using palette knife painting techniques. A palette knife is another versatile tool which can be used to apply oil paint in a variety of ways. In this landscape painting tutorial Alex shows you how palette knife painting can be really effective for creating texture on canvas.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Vibrant Colours Part 2 - Painting Roses SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-07-09 | Vibrant Colours Part 2 - Painting RosesIn this oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you another great Alla Prima still life exercise for achieving really vibrant colours - Painting Roses.Flowers have some of the most intense colours we see in nature. They are one of the only places where you might use pure colour straight out of the tube. With all of their petals, Roses offer a wide variety of hard and soft edges and intricate small details. Which makes painting roses in oil extremely valuable for not only learning hot to paint vibrant colours but also ho to tackle complicated subjects with lots of detail. This is a shorter version of an Alla Prima oil painting tutorial which as part of Alex's Essentials of Colour course. The full length version, where Alex shows you how to paint roses in oil from start to finish is available to watch over on Patreon:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingTo see Alex's previous video on how to acheive vibrant colour, where he shows you a broken colour technique, vist:youtube.com/watch?v=vIQR5A7fdY0&t=904sThe colours used in this Alla Prima oil painting tutorial where; Titanium White, Cadmium Lemon, Cadmium Yellow, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red, Alizarin Crimson, Tranparent Oxide Red, Viridian and Ultramarine Blue. All by Michael Harding oil Paints.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. To connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Oil Painting Tutorial - How to Achieve Really Vibrant Colour SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-06-13 | In this Alla Prima oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to acheive really vibrant colour.Alex completes a still life painting in oil colour and shows you how to capture the quality of really colourful subjects using a broken colour painting technique.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the Essentials of Colour visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
DONT use Oil Painting Medium, Until Youve Watched This! SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-04-15 | In this oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you when, why and how to use to use oil painting mediums and techniques.For Alex's courses on the fundamental principles of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpainting00:00 Intro00:28 Oil Painting Mediums for Glazing Techniques01:45 What is an Oil Painting Medium?02:00 Solvents and Thinners02:42 Linseed Oil03:18 Polymerisation03:50 The Fat Over Lean Painting Technique04:40 How to avoid Sinking in05:37 Different Ingredients and Recipes for Oil Painting Mediums06:40 Liquin and Other Modern Alkyd Oil Painting Mediums07:28 Using Mediums with Alla Prima Oil Painting Techniques08:42 Using Oil Painting Mediums on Less Absorbent Surfaces09:30 Linseed Standing Oil10:35 How to Mix an Oil Painting Medium with Linseed Stand Oil11:15 When to use Oil Painting mediums 11:50 How much Oil Painting Medium to use12:10 What is Oiling Out?13:42 Retouching Varnish14:50 How to Varnish an Oil PaintingWe have this idea that oil painting mediums are some sort of magic ingredients that hold the secret to succesful oil painting. But do we really need to use them?We have inherited the idea that oil painting mediums and techniques are necessary from rennaisance times, when artists used an oil painting technique called glazing. Artists would use oil painting mediums for glazing techniques, in order to make their colours transparent. Their oil painting medium recipes where often closely garden secrets.If you are not using glazing techniques, but are instead using a direct or Alla prima oil painting technique, then oil painting mediums do not play such an important role. In fact, you can most definitely paint without using any oil painting medium at all. However, there are some circumstances in Alla Prima oil painting, when you may choose to use oil painting mediums and techniques. So, in this video Alex explains when these situations might occur and he shows you how to use oil painting mediums.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Here are some of Alex's other videos on the fundamental principles of oil painting.Drawing:youtube.com/watch?v=l-tI9wNeloc&t=5sLight and Dark Tonal Values:youtube.com/watch?v=OpDLyGzi9Tk&t=5sColour temperature:youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yOKITICrcColour Intensity & saturation:youtube.com/watch?v=9ozcDjAg1ag&t=222sConnect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
John Singer Sargent Portrait Painting Copy Using The Zorn Palette SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-03-20 | In this portrait painting tutorial, realist artist Alex Tzavaras completes a master copy of a John Singer Sargent Portrait Painting using the Zorn Palette.For Alex's Alla Prima Portrait painting course visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasAlex is copying a portrait painting John Singer Sargent did of his teacher Carolus Duran. Completed in 1879, at Carolus Duran's Atelier in Paris, where he taught direct Alla Prima oil painting techniques. To do this exercise yourselves, download a free version of Sargent's original painting here: https://www.clarkart.edu/artpiece/detail/Carolus-DuranTo paint this copy Alex uses the Zorn Palette. A limited palette usually made up of four colours, Ivory Black, Vermillion or Cadmium Red Light, Yellow Ochre and White. However, intead of Cadmium Red Light, Alex has substuted it with Winsor Red by Winsor and Newton. A much cheaper colour that uses a pigent called PYROLLE Red PY255. This video is an add on to Alex's previous video on oil paints, in which he suggests some cheaper alternatives to expensive colours like Cadmium Red and Yellow.To see Alex's previous video on oil paint, visit:youtube.com/watch?v=J09PLnBtUMoTo see Alex's master copy of Juan De Pareja by Diego Velázquez, filmed entirely in real time, visit:youtube.com/watch?v=JoCSaNKDyNgAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.
Oil Paints - What Colours and Which Brands Should You use SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-02-18 | In this oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you what colours and which brands of oil paint you should use.When you walk into any art supply store, you will find hundreds of colours and many different oil paint brands. If you are a beginner and you do not know what you are looking for it can be hard to know where to begin. In this latest video in his series on art supplies, Alex talks about all the different kinds of oil paint brands that there are and he tells you which he thinks are the top oil paint brands and which are the best oil colours for painting.He also completes a Plein Air oil painting, using a limited palette of primary colours, to show you how you do not need a lot of expensive colours in order to produce realistic oil paintings.0:00 Intro0:40 The 3 Different Grades of OIl Paint1:26 Student Grade Paint3:10 Mid-Range Artists Grade Paint4:00 High Quality Professional Grade Paint6:41 Plein Air Painting with a Limited Palette11:06 Making Sure You Use Enough Paint15:44 Painting With a Palette Knife18:02 The Properties of Different PigmentsAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's Essentials of Colour Course visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingTo See Alex's other tutorials on mixing colours:youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yOKITICrc&list=PL55WW9WXRbt_O64_7kuzPhNWp3yiazAP2For more info on the Master Class oil paint range by Nevskaya Palitra of St. Petersburg: https://www.craftystudio.ie/shop/master-class-professional-quality-oil-paint/Or connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Make Your Own High Quality Canvases and panels SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2021-01-10 | Make Your Own High Quality Canvases and Panels.In this in-depth oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you exactly how he makes his farourite surfaces to work on, by stretching canvases and preparing panels for oil painting made with oil primed linen.0:00 Intro1:28 The difference between oil primer and acrylic gesso2:34 Fitting together wooden stretcher bars5:16 Making Canvases with un-primed raw linen8:52 Preparing rabbit skin glue10:04 Sizing un-primed raw linen14:20 Applying an oil primer ground18:32 Making a canvas with pre-primed linen22:36 Using wooden canvas keys24:03 Gluing pre-primed linen to panelsThis is Alex's second video on how to make you own canvas for oil painting. In his previous video he showed you some cheap, quick and easy to make surfaces to be used for studies and practicing. The surfaces in this video, take longer to prepare but are professional artists' quality and they will perform much better archivally.You can see Alex's previous video on supports here:youtube.com/watch?v=RVU7GKa33a4&t=599sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
How to Prepare Your Own Supports for Oil Painting SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-12-12 | In this tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to prepare your own supports for oil painting.The support, or surface you paint on is one of the most important art materials you need to consider when oil painting. Almost as much as the brushes you paint with, the surface you use will also affect the appearance of "style" of you work. So finding surfaces that you like, is really important for developing your own personal oil painting techniques.There are a wide variety of different surfaces you can use for oil painting. In this video, Alex shows you a few options that are easy to prepare and are much better value and a lot nicer to work on than the commercial ready made canvases you mind in most Art supply stores. He also explains the difference between absorbent and non-absorbent surfaces and why he prefers smoother non-absorbent surfaces.0:00 Intro2:04 Acrylic Gesso3:55 Stretching Paper5:00 Rabbit Skin Glue6:15 Water Based Polyurethane8:00 Vellum10:40 Why I prefer smoother non-absorbent surfacesAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Portrait Painting Tutorial - The 5 Essential Shadows of a Portrait SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-11-05 | In this portrait painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to place the 5 essential shadows of a portrait.The 5 essential shadows of a portrait, the 2 eyesockets, the shadow under the nose, the upper lip and the shadow under the bottom lip are vitally important. Whenever you are drawing a portrait or portrait painting in oil, getting a likeness in a portrait depends on placing these 5 shadows accurately. You should have these shadows placed correctly before you start working on the refining stages of your portrait, or adding any details, because no amount of detailed work will make something look like your sitter if there is anything wrong with any of the 5 essential shadows.In this alla prima oil painting tutorial, Alex domonstrates with a plaster cast how he uses centerlines to help him place the 5 essential shadows accurately. In addition to this oil painting demo, there is a full length version, filmed in real time, available to watch on Alex's Patreon Cannel. You can also download a high-res reference image of this cast and have a go at this exercise yourselves, here:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Toconnect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Art Materials - How to Clean Your Paint Brushes SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-10-10 | In this video, portrait painter Alex Tzavaras shows you how to clean your paint brushes after oil painting.In Alex's last portrait painting tutorial, he spoke about the different kinds of oil painting brushes and he showed you how to use them. Now, you can't make a video on brushes without talking about another extremely important subject; how to take care of your brushes properly. So, in this video shows you the things he does to make sure his brushes remain in good condtion. He also gives you a few tips on how you can save time, as brush cleaning after oil painting can be pretty tedious.0:00 Intro1:40 Mineral Spirits and Other Kinds of Solvent2:05 How to Clean Paint Brushes with Mineral Spirits2:55 Recycling Mineral Spirits4:00 How to Clean Your Brushes with Oil5:10 How to Clean Your Brushes with Soap and Water6:35 Wrapping Your Brushes so They Hold Their Shape07:04 Removing Dried Paint from Your brushesTo see Alex's previous portrait painting tutorial on brushes and how to achieve looser brushwork:youtube.com/watch?v=hDNinFaPA30&t=73sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Mark Gatiss talks about his portrait by Alex Tzavaras SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-09-21 | Two portraits of actor and writer Mark Gatiss are featured in this year's Royal Society of Portrait Painters exhibition at the mall Galleries in London 16th - 24th September. Here he talks about what it was like to sit for artists Jane French and Alex TzavarasSee the exhibition online:mallgalleries.org.uk/whats-on/exhibitions/royal-society-portrait-painters-annual-exhibition-2020Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintinghttp://alextzavaras.com
Oil Painting Brushes & The SECRET to Painting Loosely SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-09-15 | In this oil painting tutorial, Alex Tzavaras talks about the best brushes to use for oil painting. He also shows you the oil painting techniques you need to develop and the bad habits you need to avoid, in order to achieve looser brushwork.For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasHere's a list of the brushes Alex used for this demo:1 x Rosemary & Co Series 279 Masters Choice Long Flat, Size 101 x Rosemary & Co Ivory Synthetic Long Flat, Size 101 x Rosemary & Co Ivory Synthetic Long Flat, Size 81 x Cornelissen Series 44 Hog Bristle Filbert, Size 102 x Cornelissen Series 44 Hog Bristle Filbert, Size 82 x Cornelissen Series 44 Hog Bristle Filbert, Size 41 x Isabey Mongoose hair, Filbert, Size 61 x Rosemary & Co Series 278 Masters Choice Long Filbert, Size 31 x Rosemary & Co Series 278 Masters Choice Long Filbert, Size 22 x Rosemary & Co Series 279 Masters Choice Long Flat, Size 21 x Rosemary & Co Series 279 Masters Choice Long Flat, Size 02 x Rosemary & Co Evergreen Egberts, Size 42 x Rosemary & Co Eclipse Combers ¼”2 x Rosemary & Co Eclipse Combers 1/8”1 x Cornelissen Sable Round, Size 2Here's a list of the Colours that were used:Titanium WhiteYellow OchreCadmium Red LightAlizarin CrimsonTransparent Oxide RedUltramarine BlueIvory BlackAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century.
Portrait Painting Tutorial - Velázquez Master Copy (Part 3) SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-08-09 | Part 3 of a portrait painting tutorial by realist artist Alex Tzavaras. Alex paints a master copy of Juan de Pareja by Baroque artist Diego Velázquez. Filmed entirely in real time.Master copies of old masters paintings is a great exercise, which will give you valuable insights into the oil painting techniques used by the artists of the past. You can also do them at home if you don't have access to a model. This was copied from a high res Image that you can down load for free from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website:metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437869 This portrait painting tutorial was filmed in real time, with nothing taken out. So, if you want to try this exercise yourselves, you can follow along.0:00 Intro2:35 Reflected Lights in the Shadows8:00 How to Use Medium11:30 Painting the Hairline19:35 Painting the Highlights22:25 Painting the Mouth36:00 Colour Temperature56:50 Painting the Beard1:11:30 Painting the Hair1:13:30 Glazing Oil Painting Technique1:16:30 Painting the Background1:25:30 Edges Around the Hair1:32:45 Painting the CollarTo let Alex know how you got on with this exercise, please tag him on instagram:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasTo see part 1:youtube.com/watch?v=JoCSaNKDyNg&t=4sTo see part 2:youtube.com/watch?v=MgYIDQyvAWU&t=15sTo see Alex's video on Colour Temperature:youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yOKITICrc&t=4sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. . For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintinghttp://alextzavaras.com
Portrait Painting Tutorial - Velázquez master Copy (PART 2) SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-06-17 | Part 2 of a portrait painting tutorial by realist artist Alex Tzavaras. Alex paints a master copy of Juan de Pareja by Baroque artist Diego Velázquez. Filmed entirely in real time.Master copies of old master paintings are a great exercise, which will give you valuable insights into the oil painting techniques used by the artists of the past. You can also do them at home if you don't have access to a model. This was copied from a high res Image that you can down load for free from the Metropolitan Museum of Art website:metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/437869 This portrait painting tutorial was filmed in real time, with nothing taken out. So, if you want to try this exercise yourselves, you can follow along.0:00 Intro1:40 The Refining Stages of a Portrait4:10 The Essential Features of a Portrait5:00 Painting the Bridge of the Nose7:15 Working from The Corners of the Eyes12:00 Painting the left Eye13:45 The Importance of Soft and Hard Edges22:00 Painting the Right Eye35:00 Adding small Details40:35 Adding Variations of Colour48:10 paintign the NoseTo let Alex know how you got on with this exercise, please tag him on instagram:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasTo see Part 1 of this demo:youtube.com/watch?v=JoCSaNKDyNg&t=3sSee Alex's video on How to Paint Edges:youtube.com/watch?v=Sm9hCGY6k6k&t=136sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintinghttp://alextzavaras.com
An Interview with Andrew James RP NEAC SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-04-23 | Alex Tzavaras interviews Andrew James, one of the Britain's leading Portrait Artists, he is a member of the Royal Society of Portrait Painters and the New English Arts Club.Andrew is an outstanding colourist. In this video, he shares some of his thoughts on colour, giving a valuable insight into the way he works. He is also entirely self taught and talks about he was able to achieve a very high standard in painting, without formal training, purely through his own efforts. To see more of Andrew's work:http://www.andrewjamesartist.co.ukAndrew's book - Painting Self Portraitscrowood.com/details.asp?isbn=9781785000492
Portrait Painting in Lockdown - John Singer Sargent Master Copy SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-04-04 | While we’re in Lockdown, it’s really important that we keep Painting! Even if your Art classes have been cancelled.For Alex's Alla Prima Portrait Painting Cource visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingIn this video Alex Tzavaras shows you a really valuable exercise, that you can do on your own at home. A John Singer Sargent Master Copy. Link to the original Sargent painting:gardnermuseum.org/sites/default/files/images/art/009806.jpgMetropolitan Museum of Art, for more images of Artworks in the public domain:metmuseum.org/about-the-met/policies-and-documents/image-resourcesAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Or connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
The Most Important Thing You Need to Know About Art Materials SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2020-02-07 | In this portrait painting tutorial, Alex Tzavaras talks about the most important thing you need to know about Art materials. Which is, that no amount of expensive art supplies will make you into a good painter.To prove this hypothesis, Alex then paints a portrait painting in oil using the cheapest art materials he can find. In order to see how much of a difference they make to the standard of his work. He discusses which cheap art supplies, brushes, canvas, paint he found most difficult to use and which kind of better quality materials you should invest in first.Alex Tzavaras is a representational artist specialising in traditional methods of drawing and painting from life. To find out more about his oil painting fundamentals course visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingor connect with Alexinstagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavaras
How to Paint The Planes of the Head SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-12-07 | In this portrait painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras shows you to paint the planes of the head.In portraiture, the term "plane" refers to a change in direction on the surface of the head. As the head turns towards or away from a light source, there will be a change in tonal value from light to dark. So whenever we try to creat the 3D appearance of the head when oil painting, being able to identify the different planes of the face and head is very important. It's also essential for achieving a painterly appearance in your work, by painting each plane with bold separate brushstrokes.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
How to Paint Flesh Colours Using the Zorn Palette SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-10-23 | In this portrait painting tutorial Realist Artist Alex Tzavaras shows you how to mix flesh colours using the Zorn Palette. A limited palette, named after the 19th Century Swedish Artist Anders Zorn, consisting of four colours, Titanium White, Yellow Ochre, Cadmium Red Light (or Vermillion) and Ivory Black, which is really convenient for mixing skin tones.In addition to this Youtube version, there is also a full length version. Filmed entirely in real time with an in-depth commentary, explaining Alex's process in detail. Available now on SIMPLIFY Drawing & Painting's new Patreon Channel:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Or connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Oil Painting tutorial - How to Paint Flowers SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-08-07 | In this oil painting tutorial, Alex Tzavaras shows you how to paint flowers. Painting flowers is very challenging but extremely valuable still life painting exercise.This is another video on the essentials of mixing colours for oil painting. In Alex's previous tutorials on how to mix colour, he used a variety of limited palettes. A temperature palette, consisting of just transparent ovide ead and ultramarine, then a palette consisting of the three primary colours. For this demonstration, Alex shows you his full extended palette, consisting of:Titanium White, Lemon Yellow, Cadmium Yellow, Naples yellow, Yellow ochre, Cadmium Red Light, Alizarin Crimson, Transparent Oxide Red, Raw Umber, Terre Vert, Viridian, Cobalt Blue, Ultramarine Blue and Ivory BlackTo see Alex's other videos on how to mix oil paint colours:Colour temperatureyoutube.com/watch?v=Y4yOKITICrc&t=1sColour Intensity and Saturationyoutube.com/watch?v=9ozcDjAg1ag&t=1sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
How and Why to Tone Your Canvas SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-06-21 | In this oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras, shows you how to tone your canvas and why you should do so. Applying a coloured wash of oil paint diluted with turpentine or mineral spirits, also refered to as an imprimatura, in order to tone your canvas before you start oil painting, will make judging and mixing colours much easier. In this video Alex shows you his method for putting down coloured grounds and explains why it is important to do so.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Oil Painting Tutorial - Colour Essentials, INTENSITY & SATURATION SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-05-16 | An oil painting tutorial by realist painter Alex Tzavaras on colour essentials. In this video, Alex explains colour INTENSITY & SATURATION.Understanding colour intensity and saturation, or how bright and strong colours are, is really important when learning how to mix colours when oil painting. It is a subject that is not covered as much as other aspects of colour theory. However, it is a very common to see students mixing colours that are too saturated. The colours we see in nature are often more neutral, or greyer than we think.In this painting tutorial, Alex gives you a simple still life oil painting exercise which will help you understand the concept of colour saturation and show you how to mix colours more accurately.This is the second in a series of videos Alex has made on oil painting colour essentials. Here's a link to his previous video on colour temperature:youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yOKITICrc&t=8sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Portrait Painting Using A Limited Palette SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-04-19 | In this portrait painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras completes an Alla Prima portrait painting using a limited palette of just three colours, Ultramarine Blue, Transparent Oxide Red and Titanium White.Alex shows you, how you can achieve a life like result without having to match all the colours that you see exactly, but instead to just try and capture the colour temperature and value relationships.This is Alex's second video on the subject of colour temperature, you can see the first one here:youtube.com/watch?v=Y4yOKITICrc&t=1sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Interview with British Realist Artist Benjamin Hope NEAC PS - with Alex Tzavaras SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-03-29 | In this video, Alex Tzavaras interviews British Realist Artists Benjamin Hope, member of the New English Arts Club and the Pastel Society.Ben works from life and is highly skilled at both landscape painting and portraiture. He specialises in a number of different mediums, including oil paints and pastels.Before becoming a full time artist, Ben Also completed a PHD. Studying Mathematics and Physics at Cambridge University.Here, Ben talks about how he became an Artist and how his scientific education has influenced his approach to working from life.To see more of Ben's work visitbenjaminhope.netor check outinstagram.com/benhopeartist
Oil Painting Tutorial - Colour Essentials, TEMPERATURE SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-03-19 | For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingIn this oil painting tutorial, Realist painter Alex Tzavaras talks about one of the essential principles for colour mixing when painting, COLOUR TEMPERATURE.Colour is for many Artists, one of the most exciting aspects of visual Art. But it can also be one of the most confusing. Nature presents us with an almost infinite variety of colours and there are also so many different pigments, from which to choose when trying to mix all the colours that we see. So where to begin?Fortunately, there are a few simple rules, we can use to help us make sense of this apparently complicated subject and colour need not be as confusing as it first appears.In has video, Alex explains the principle of colour temparature, how it works and how it affects the way colours behave relative to each other. He also a simple and straightforward still life exercise which will help you understand and use colour temperature when mixing colours.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Interview with Tom Hughes, Award Winning British Landscape Painter - with Alex Tzavaras SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2019-01-28 | Tom Hughes is an award winning British Landscape Painter. Tom is a highly skilled artist, with a very unique and individual vision and he is predominantly self-taught.In this video, he talks to Alex Tzavaras about his journey to becoming an artist. Why he chooses to paint from life and where he finds inspiration.To see Tom in Action, visit his YouTube channel, Thoughts on Paintingyoutube.com/channel/UCfTXhgg7XEoew9seKd3yDAwOr see what Tom’s been up to instagram.com/tomhughespainting
Oil Painting Tutorial - How to Paint Edges SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2018-12-16 | In this oil painting tutorial, realist painter Alex Tzavaras talks about how to paint edges. Edges are one of the fundamental principals of painting from life. Painters create 3D form using light or dark tones, or values. The term edges, refers to the transitions between the areas of light or dark in a painting. For example, a hard outline of a light object silhouetted against a dark background, or the gradual transition from light to shadow on a round object. Understanding how edges work, is essential for achieving a really lifelike representation of what we see. In this alla prima oil painting tutorial, Alex shares some simple rules for identifying different kinds of edges and the techniques he uses to paint them. To learn more about light and dark tonal values, here’s a link to another of Alex’s videos:youtube.com/watch?v=OpDLyGzi9Tk&t=6sAlex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintinghttp://alextzavaras.com
How Long Does it Take to Learn to Paint? SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2018-10-15 | Portrait artist Alex Tzavaras talks about how long it takes to learn to paint from life. Learning to paint from life is one of the most challenging activities you can choose to do. People believe that making progress has to do with talent, but it actually has a lot more to do with practice. In this video, Alex will show you how long it took him to learn to paint. With examples of his work from his early days as a beginner, right up to the present day. He describes how the way he works, has developed in decade or more he has been painting.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
Oil Painting SECRETS - Transparency & Opacity SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2018-08-24 | For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingIn this oil painting tutorial, realist artist Alex Tzavaras talks about one of the most important properties of oil paint, the difference between opaque and transparent colours. He shows how these different pigments behave and demonstrates the correct opaque and transparent painting techniques in order to acheive clean colours.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. Or connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
How to Draw Using Comparative Measurement SIMPLIFY Drawing and Painting 2018-06-11 | In this charcoal drawing tutorial for beginners, portrait artist Alex Tzavaras gets to the real nuts and bolts of how to draw. He explains how he uses comparative measurement to help him achieve realistic drawings and tackle what is probably the most challenging aspect of working from life, getting the proportions accurate. Alex also discusses pros and cons of other traditional drawing techniques such as sight size.Alex Tzavaras is a contemporary realist artist offering portrait painting and alla prima oil painting tutorials. Alex teaches the traditional painting techniques artists used to draw and paint from life up until the start of the 20th century. . For Alex's course on the fundamentals of oil painting visit:patreon.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingOr connect with Alex:instagram.com/alex_tzavarasfacebook.com/simplifydrawingandpaintingtwitter.com/alextzavarashttp://alextzavaras.com
