My FASTEST Technique for Realistic Oil Paintings

In this Alla Prima oil painting tutorial, artist Alex Tzavaras shows you his fastest oil painting techniques, for achieving incredibly realistic oil paintings.

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For this realistic oil painting tutorial, Alex used the following palette of colours:

Titanium White
Cadmium Yellow
Yellow Ochre
Cadmium Red Light
Alizarin Crimson
Transparent Oxide Red
Raw Umber
Viridian
Ultramarine Blue

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.

[torstenwolberart]

By far the most useful and important channel on painting here on YT. Thanks for sharing your knowladge, really impressive to see.

[asavchuk]

what I like about this guy's lessons is that he pronounces everything very clearly

[luxinvictus]

I have been thinking how hyper realistic art always looks like "art", like a fake. Impressionist art sometimes looks real.

You put it in words perfectly.

[peterparkinson]

Beautiful! Your description of why realism works is very well-communicated!

[deejo]

When you began to add the background, the rose just came alive. Beautiful.
Your instructions are amazing, as well. Everything you say is denonstrated at that moment in your brushstoke.
So glad I found your channel.

[chompers]

This style of video combined with the result... its incredible and helpful. My mind is blown thank you

[pradeepjhuboo]

Very good tutorial on painting from the artist's mind instead of taking in everything that the eyes can see. Hope to get some more of these. Thank you very much!

[sczjjfl]

This video showed up in my feed today. I’m so glad i watched it! Beautifully done and so well explained. I’m going to find more of your posts! Thank you

[gideonk]

Fantastic tips! Incredibly helpful description! Thanks

[richmoab]

Thank you once again for sharing your knowledge, I love it when I log on and see a new video from you has arrived in my feed.

[Natalya_Fedorenko]

Absolutely fantastic! I am so happy I've found your channel! Exactly what I needed and it helps me to grow as an artist😊

[davirosa]

Amazing painting!! I love the loose brush strokes of the Green bg.
Thank you for informations too! 🙌🏿

[laurelglenn]

Another great one thank you Alex, love how after you painted the leaves the rose like magic became light, as before that it appeared dark.

[lerixke]

Excellente démonstration, idem pour la pédagogie 👍👍👍

[PsychologyAcademia]

Ive studied oil painting for many years. This is exceptional tutoring. You have done more in 10 mins than most spend hours doing.

[davidhuth]

Beautiful!! Well done! Thanks for sharing!

[michaeljohnangel]

Another excellent video, and a beautiful, masterful painting. Bravo !!!

[Dennis-Hare]

Very informative video. 10:20 very well invested. Thank you!

[ihorpasternak]

Thank you for a new tutorial, Alex! Your channel is a great source of information! Please keep it up.

[Ran_G]

I always learn a lot from your videos. Thank you.