Paint with me - Easy and to the point - OIL PAINTING TUTORIAL | AlaiGanuza

Hello painters!! My name is Alai and welcome to my first video

I hope you are motivated to paint because this is a "paint with me" type video

I have painted tons of egg paintings in the past

but, I have been told to bring more so here I am, using it as an excuse to make my first YouTube video

I will leave time stamps down below so, with nothing more to say

Let's go ᕙ(`▽´)ᕗ

Here you have the picture I chose.  You can use it if you feel like it

This will be oil on wood. I like the natural  scale for painting so I am picking this one

I am attaching the panel to a  larger board with bluetack or some tape

If the panel is large or wide enough, this step is not needed

This is the regular palette I use

For the brushes, I like using  flats like these ones for example

I will also need a palette knife and some medium

I like to use acrylics in the sketch because it won't blend with the painting

Sometimes I use a brush and other, these markers. Everything will be linked down below

Go as simple or complex as you need, as you can see it on the screen

The better you make this step, the easier it's going to be while painting

First, I like to mix some colors. This is just  a guess because probably I won't use them all

You know whites are never pure white. As you can see, I am mixing pale pinks, teals, blues, ...

Some people start on the background  and some others on the dark tones

I don't have any rules so, let's start from the whites

Yep, this is my usual painting speed :D

Although I'm starting with the egg white, I also go from dark to lights (kind of)

Those little spots of the color are  going to add interest to the painting

We are looking for the sum of the colors

The total of the colors should give us the reference color

It's all about contrast: if this is my darker green,  I don't have to take the exact tone over here

I just need to make it fit nice, contrasting the other one I've already used

You are not going to see the original photo, you are going to see just the painting

Now we need a color with the same value we  have here for the whites, but again

it doesn't need to be the same hue. You can play with the color you want, for example, this pinkish tone

This one has the exact value as  the yellow green we are using

Let me fast forward some parts  but I want to make emphasis in this area around the yolk

This is going to be contaminated by the deep orange

I want you to focus in the edge of the whites. Here, you can see a crisp edge

but not only here, you can see it all around the egg except in this area

This is what happens if you add the most  saturated paint from the tube in your painting

I don't like it that much I prefer a color in the middle of the saturation scale

I am going to remove it  and put a new color into it

I am working on my brush work  I don't want to detail too much

Sometimes the simpler is better. Again: contrast, shapes, ...

With a smaller brush I am going to  add a few details and highlights

Try not to ruin those yummy brush strokes

And now let's add the highlights

I like to use complementary colors to pop out more the lights, like in the picture

If I have a cool base, some warm tones behind the final  highlight will make the difference and vice versa

Like in this case. Here I am adding  a light teal below the final light

Try not to blend it. If you do that,  you'll end up having grays and muddy colors

And now the final light smaller  and not fully covering the blue

Let me show you. It really stands out (✿◠‿◠)

I really like this method and I use it every time

Now, if you want even more, the shiniest light  can even have a pinch of white, but just one

To make bubbles, add shadows inside the contour

Now let's pick a larger brush for the background. You can use it to correct the edge

Maybe here darker near the egg...

Here's where I appreciate my efforts on the sketch

What I like to do when I paint the background is try to reuse my old mixes

If you use the palette knife, you won't have moody paint and you can use a bit of medium if you want the paint to be thinner

Focus on your picture Saturate your greys Don't be boring

Now let's ignore my dog behind and let's  add some details on the background too

I don't usually use thin brushes but  lately I am enjoying this one a lot

Now one of the most difficult  parts is to know when to stop

Well, I always ruin it before I realize  so, just try not to overwork the painting

And the painting is done (๑•̀ㅂ•́)ง✧

So, that's it!! This is the final result. What do you think?

I love to make these because you can finish them fast and do them "a la prima"

And you can use these mini paintings to experiment new things, new colors,... and see the results immediately

If you made this painting tag me on Instagram so I can see it

Let me know in the comments which color  did you use to paint the egg whites

I hope to see you in my next video. It's going to be about  ArtRage, my preferred digital app for painting

Bye!! :)