Oil Painting Basics Tutorial For Beginners | Realistic Apple

As a beginner I am rapidly appreciating exactly as you say: observe and recreate what you see, at least for realism. It takes a while to get used to the high level of detail you need to be aware off, and I'm still trying to get good at that. I am more into water colour and (forced in class!) acrylic. Thanks for helping prepare me for oils!

Pineapples This was probably one of my favorite videos. There was a lot to take away from your process. Also the fact of how you mentioned continuing to work on things that may have already been well enough only to mess them up and have to fix them again. Too many people see YT videos where art is done in one masterful stroke and its perfect. This brings home the point that art isnt at all like that. Thank you for an awesome demomstration.

PineApple. People do not know how lucky they are to have youtube. I tried to learn Oil painting in 1965 - 1968. As a young teenager and really made a mess. Did not no what I was doing and gave up. Now just retiring and find all the resources available to learn how to paint. Hence very pleased to find you on youtube.

I always wanted to paint and you made it seem much less intimidating. I painted my first landscape right after subscribing :)

Fabulous detailed explanation of color choices, mixing colors, and applying. I'm a rank beginner, and the equipment explanation was very helpful. Amazing how you got the waxy look of the apple! Fantastic tutorial. Thank you for very much for taking the time to do this!

Girl I was just looking up how to paint stuff easy with oils and then you upload this 😂😂😂 THANK YOU ILY

I'm in love with glass, and paper backing for the palette, and pineapples. You do make this look less intimidating, and I'm working through the beginner videos because I ADORE how you are showing oils blend. I think I enjoyed that with acrylics only to find I couldn't use any of it before it dried. So now I'm hyped. Thank you for the video and work put into producing this!

Awesome! I finally did my first oil painting following along to this video (with the reference printed out too). It was so helpful getting me started on mixing colors because I had no idea where to start with that. I was expecting a step by step tutorial (like paint nite) but it wasn't and now I'm so GLAD it wasn't! I learned so much more this way. Thank you Lena!

Hi Lena ! I started watching you a couple weeks ago and I’m totally hooked. I also just started painting (acrylic) but want to experience oil painting after I move. I love your work. I watch your videos when I have anxiety and it truly helps me. Thanks so much for what you do :)

Ohh man! My head is turning around i watched the whole video really late night and now i really want to paint it now!!! BTW great video for a starter really inspired😙😙😙😙

Hi Lena, Greetings to your pineapples too. An excellent demonstration and narrative. You are extremely generous with your detailed information and reasons behind your strokes. This video would be of immense benefit to anyone starting out in oils and should have more prominence amongst Youtube art videos. I hope to see much more of your work.

This is the perfect video. I have been so blocked in simply starting painting with oil. Step by step video with access to the same reference photo. Thank you, thank you, thank you 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

Wow !! This was excellent and really very useful and being a creator , I can completely see the time and effort you have put into making of this tutorial ❤️❤️ Thankyou for sharing !! You are an inspiration 🙏❤️

I so glad you made it. Thank you so much, I really appreciate your dedication to your work and channel S2

This is just a wonderful teaching session for beginners! I've gained so much more from this frank and open display of the ordinary mind engaged in creating a piece of art... You have revealed much more about the process of painting than those highly choreographed masters who never make a mistake in any brush stoke. Hooray for the human element in painting! Thank you for your naturalness and honesty.

Hi Lena, pineapples! You were born to do this! Not only oil painting but teaching people. I started a week ago, and so far (don’t want to be friend any others 😄) your videos were least condescending, most helpful, and inspiring! You get it !!! - meaning you realize many people’s urge to express themselves, not to create a perfect realistic painting. Thank you - without your videos - I’m serious - I probably would not get as dark to realistic painting as painting an apple ☺️. YOU made it look like possible and fun! Thank you..

Wow I really needed this long video ... I really want to sign up to Lena's patreon but I am a student and can't afford it right now ... So this long process videos helps sooooo much

Pineapples... I'm about to start oil painting again after about 20 years... OMG, I feel really old now... But I tried oil paints in High School and someone I care about a lot told me I had no talent for it, so I stopped. I should have kept going because I really enjoyed it, and I liked what I made. My hubby is amazing though and encourages me in my art, so I decided to give it another go now that I am older, lol. I love your art, I've been watching some of your videos and some from other oil painters for inspiration... I have everything I need now, just trying to get up the guts to start! Thank you for sharing your art with us!

i got my first set of oil paints for christmas. i have been in love with your art for a while and have been wanting to see a more thorough video on your channel. thanks so much, on behalf of every beginner, for making this video!

Pine... apples... Can't thank you enough. I'm new to painting and your videos are the best that I've seen. They have become a reference for me. You nailed it with this one. Videography, editing, lighting are fantastic. But what makes it stand out is your commentary. It's amazing! It's incredibly helpful and encouraging not to only see you work, but actually hear what your thought process is at that moment. I love that I can see how you view and correct stuff and hear your thought process along with it! There are a million painting vids on YouTube but I think that your attention to detail not just to the how-to but the why-and--the-reason I'm doing it is why your vids stand apart. You are a born teacher. It's obvious that you put your heart and soul into what you do. Please keep doing what you're doing, you're great at it.