How to Oil Paint! Everything you need + full portrait painting process

People always talk about oil painting like it's the most confusing and difficult way to paint. But it's not! Oil paints are incredibly forgiving and flexible! Let's paint a portrait after the master painter John Singer Sargent.

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro

00:50 Materials

07:06 How do I paint??

12:14 Sketching

22:44 Painting!!

1:04:43 Cleaning

[JakeDontDraw]

I am teaching an online portrait painting (and drawing basics) class! You can tune in live to the class online or watch the recording just after its finished if you can't make it! You get to keep the recordings forever. You can get critique from me every week or for a lesser price just spectate the class. Signups just opened today and spaces are limited!
www.jaketaplin.art/classes

[squidsake]

you are such a good teacher and entertainer at the same time ; this is the only channel that has truly helped me quickly advance my art skills because of how attentive you are to your brain rotted, short attention span audience

[Teeeeeeener]

Did you know... The National Gallery (US and UK) has 4k scans of some works of art and you can zoom in and see the tears left by the artist... I mean every bristle imprint left behind.

[coralfishnt]

4:40 I see you kicking your feet with excitement!

[brothatscrazy]

Omg I love that thumbnail it’s so perfect

[alexhussey]

“We’re not looking for perfect; we’re looking for paint.”

[vqiom]

Jake u should make tutorial/demo vids like this more often !! youve inspired me to take art more seriously and ur advice helps so much because u make everything so simple, straightforward, and yet digestible (ur commentary is also very entertaining lol) thank u dude :D

[AR-lyzt]

Aaaand another overwhelming task that I plan to start this year :)

[FelipeParra]

"we're not trying to get perfection here, and if you're tryin you're just gonna hurt yourself" I needed this, thank you for the amazing tutorial! new subscriber here

[MrStasiuBSQ]

Every time I hit an art block, I go and watch your videos, and my god, the motivation to paint something comes right back ❤️

[kathys]

I sure hope you do more art demos with oil like this! You are a natural teacher- from a teacher!😊

[CardboardRaider]

“Sorry Europeans I don’t know about your fairy tale units” 😂😂😂

[mybackhurtso]

beside the sillines, he's actually a good teacher 😭

[dollhousefire.]

Jake I bought your drawing course and it has been invaluable, especially as a Lifelong artists, you've made it easy to unlearn bad habits while making the process fun and simple. You are hands down the best art teacher I've come across and I'm beyond grateful you've decided to offer your painting knowledge for free. Thank you for helping me improve my only my skills but my mindset when approaching art.

[dkyeglw]

Thank you for not trying to be cute. Thank you for getting right to the point. Thank you for the simplicity. Thank you for not playing stupid music, or telling me about your cat, or a long boring intro. I'm so glad I found you!

[xxtelephonepolexx]

I love art and although I don't plan to practice or get good at oil painting at all, this video is amazing to watch and so therapeutic! As soon as I saw it was over an hour I instantly sat down to watch the whole thing. love it!

[PatosdeGuadalupe]

Oh my goodness I’m so delighted I actually used your last video to draft my first oil painting and I’m really happy to have more instruction to continue my project thank you ! Your my favorite oil painter to follow your work is truly inspiring ! :)

[shilahmcguinness]

love that you included the cleaning process too! thank you!!

[justinisenberg]

As a new painter, I was also using dishwasher soap to clean my brushes but I found that using a bar of white soap to rub the brushes on works better and faster as you're not needing to keep reaching for more dishwasher soap.

[OwnyOne]

Watching your entire daily painting process from start to finish makes me want to pick up whatever and draw something. It's been a long time since I've felt like that. I've sadly come to hate drawing but you are restoring the side of me that enjoyed it one step at a time. Thank you for that