Grisaille Techniques in Renaissance Painting

Learn about the technique of Grisaille used by Renaissance artists to create extremely subtle modeling in their paintings.

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[dogbitart]

This is absolutely the most informative channel on oil painting on the internet. This is a great service, thank you. I would be so interested in a demo or class on how artists of these same centuries would go to paint a black person. this technique is so fascinating for lighter skin and so well thought out. It makes me very curious about how they would approach darker skinned people. thank you again for providing these classes and demos.

[magdalenaholt]

Yours is so quickly becoming one of my absolute favourite art channels. Thank you from Italy!

[iraschulterbrandt]

New subscriber. Brilliant, absolutely brilliant. You cover all the elements essential for learning and appreciation: Clear, informative discussions that reveal the path to becoming a better painter or simply being able to appreciate the genius of the old masters. Bravo. What a pleasure to listen to a voice perfectly suited for the task at hand. Good luck going forward.

[mrjones]

true exceptional series i will watch them all over . I enjoy how its explained the elemental changes in the history of art were so based on studio practice . thanks.

[cuentamedenuevo]

Just marvellous! As said, where is the button to select this as the best channel ever? 😮🙌 Stunning explanation and stunning recreation. 👌

[madArt]

Awesome knowledgeable commentary, historical content for context followed by a detailed demo. 👍 I enjoyed it very much. Extremely helpful. Thank you

[robertino]

Thank you Luis for such a great video. I appreciate that you have properly researched this technique and are sharing it.

[LouIchioustheWerewolf]

When I first started oil painting the first thing I taught myself was to paint a grisaille and it gave me a solid foundation on how to map and build my tonal ranges. Great technique 👌

[ginabadeaux]

i love your channel, your voice is so beautiful and so is your art, thank you i look forward to a new one

[ywhitmorej]

I am really enjoying your channel Luis - it is ticking all the boxes for the things I am interested in right now. So well researched, methodical and interesting. I am learning so much so thanks a lot for that

[xuanrao]

Wonderful presentation:) Thank you so much for sharing😊

[artist]

Thank you Luis. I so enjoy all of your videos.

[savingsusanna]

Excellent presentation, thank you! :)) A really good overview, much appreciated!

[barbarajohnson]

BEAUTIFULLY executed sphere in grisaille! I love this subject, form in monochrome is so powerful, I sometimes think better than full color.
But added depth of the nuanced optics with the ground, and layered build up.

[Dzastater]

Would you have any idea if the umber cracks? It makes me wonder if they stopped using grisaille as i have read that the black would eventually crack, so perhaps this is a reason why they went for the red underground and umber mixture with white?

[navasabetimani]

Thank you so much. I was amazing. I just start painting. I tried this and really enjoyed ❤️🙏🏻

[jimqartworks]

thanks, is it carmine, white and raw umber? thanks

[BackyardTattoo]

Hi Luis and thank you for your helpful videos. I have a question.
What if I have to lighten up the shadow after I started velaturas on grisaille/verdaccio? Can I use white? Thank you!

[drewgarcia]

Hi .. When i use alla prima ..I distracted to the values and chroma ..when i was using grisaille i have a good foundation to go on and make easy to me..

[johnnyblaze]

Hey there Luis, I have a couple of questions:
- when depicting shadows in the first layer, are those usually left alone to let the dark ground show through? and then on the subsequent layer, you would glaze into the shadow with for example a raw/burnt umber depending on the temperature of the light on the subject, then after that, you could scumble/glaze with a colour that is reflected into the shadow from the surrounds of the object plus maybe a white?
-can this historic palette/technique be used to depict objects other than human skin? for instance, cloth, still life, landscapes?
So glad to have found your channel.