Caravaggio Technique - Oil Painting

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  @reference2592 · 2 years ago

  This feels like I'm watching a slow motion miracle, an act of creation. The artistry and output is enchanting.

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  @Raiano_o · 2 years ago

  Caravaggio's technique actually helped me alot in understanding the basics of painting. Truly a master! Great video!!

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  @alexandreamarante5777 · 10 months ago

  I have never imagined watching 1 hour of someone painting an entire piece. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, I’m a StandUp comedian from Brazil and I’m glad I found this video. It was beautiful! Well done. Amazing!

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  @Lunatee-i9q · 2 years ago

  Your channel is very informative. Thank you for your generosity.

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  @bodeaalex1142 · 2 years ago

  When painting chiaroscuro in oils it is smart to use a darker ground. But because the oil colors are transparent by nature, every layer we put on top of this dark ground will become more and more transparent in time, thus the painting in itself will become more darker than intended. For this reason it is actually advisable to paint first a pure white underpainting of the light areas as this will act as a an opaque as it gets isolation layer and the colors layd on top of it will stay bright and visible for a long time. We can go a step further and paint the white underpainting in tempera or tempera grassa. This type of color becomes more opaque as time goes by (the opposite of oil) so any color on top of that will stay fresh. Some artists after Caravaggio abandoned the white underpainting (for time conusming reasons) and their paintings unfortunately hang now darker and darker in the museums.

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  @d56789 · 2 years ago

  I hope im as talented as this one day

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  @NathainArdoin · 2 years ago

  Antonios, sir, thank you for your contributions to the art world and to this YouTube channel being one of the best for learning the classics as your initial journey into painting. Reason I commented was to share some things I learned over the years both from taking art history( a few different ones) and online reading( Google Arts and Culture, Smithsonian Channel TV, YouTube Documentaries on Paints and other Chemicals) about the paints available, discovered along the way had a lot of lead for sure especially the white but added a vibrancy we still admire today on some paintings and others after restoration.  Anyways, I went and got you various answers:

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  @JuliaKuldinow · 1 year ago

  Beautiful painting style. You are a real master!

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  @ravenshadowz2343 · 2 years ago

  Oil paint is the easiest to master, compared to watercolour, acrylics.  You have amazing skills.  I see you do not have any videos on Artemisia Gentileschi, she and Caravaggio are my favorite artist of the past.

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  @minafouad78 · 2 years ago (edited)

  God bless u Mr Antonios .. what a fine art 🤩

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  @zylcjusz2344 · 2 years ago

  Fantastic video. Both your painting skill and of what you say or explain while painting. I like a lot (and agree) what you said about Caravaggio that despite his turbulent life he had a great love for painting and there is much soulfulness in his work. Rare example of unique set of opposites which compliment each other. Greetings from Poland and keep up :)

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  @liatomaselli6650 · 2 years ago

  Hi Antonis, it's always a pleasure to follow your lessons!