2 main painting methods you should know. ✍️✍️✍️ #oilpainting #paintingtechniques #artcoach

Are you team direct or indirect?

What’s the difference between direct & indirect paintjng?? Essentially they are the 2 main painting methods artists use.

DIRECT painting is when you apply wet paint all in one layer. This means you can quickly capture a subject & results in bold brushwork, loose textures, & vibrant colours. Think of impressionist or expressionist paintings eg. Van Gogh or Morisot. This method wasn’t available to artists before the industrial revolution as things like paint tubes, photography, and bright pigments meant artists could paint quickly & outside.

INDIRECT Painting is the classical method. Think of old masters like Vermeer or Gentileschi. You patiently build up layers of the painting which dry in between. This adds more luminance than you can get with one layer of paint as light travels through each layer and bounces back off the underpainting. Traditional artists were more limited in their materials so used the more technical indirect painting to academically recreate form/light.

Remember when working with layers it’s important to follow the 3 rules of layering oil paint to prevent cracking: 1 fat (more oil) over lean (less oil), 2 thick over thin, slow drying over fast drying.

The advantage in of indirect painting is it allows for greater control and precision, but direct painting is spontaneous, immediate, & captures the energy of a subject. The choice between these approaches depends on your style.

IMO the trick is to combine techniques from both methods to create a process that works for you. 👍

[btchycvnt]

the “blurry” painting of the girl with the flowing hair is stunning! 😍❤️❤️

[FrancesSnihur]

Wow love watching the painting process ❤

[gobbeanz]

Something I've noticed a lot of people who are new to painting do, is try to paint alla prima with acrylic paints. But they just can't work fast enough to finish their painting since acrylic dries SO fast.

I especially see this when people try to do Bob Ross paintings. Those tutorials can be a great way for people to get excited about painting, but I've seen so many people look disappointed when their painting doesn't come out how they wanted. Bob uses oils, so if you want your painting to turn out like his, you gotta use oils too :)

[lindsaydiscovers]

I love that description. I studies art, though I was focused on sculpture. Thid is definitely the most concise-yet- information rich description I've ever hears.

[MaxIsMyName]

Your work is absolutely incredible!!! You're contributing to a very important part of human lives - which is art! Magnificent! 🖌️🎨

[LyubomirIko]

Working in layers could be way more expressive and free than a stiff Alla prima, especially if the Alla prima is trying to be photo-realistic.

[SJ-dluc]

ty. being a teacher of a given concept > being proficient in the concept.
you're both 😁

[catie]

I didn't know this! That's so cool. Also, damn. You're incredible at both. Amazing work. 💜

[samsarachakraviyu]

This is the first time I'm hearing of 2 types. I'm the 2nd one but the 1st one can only be possible if you have like more painting with limited paints, I don't have the luxury to keep wasting even 1 paint cus then I wouldve to buy another immediately which is also expensive

[-bloom-]

Both of them sounds cool but i still don't get it 😅

[TheKittyfizzle]

Just put the paint on the thing and make it do stuff.