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1. Introduction: Hi, and I welcome you to my
class on still life painting. Amish, an artist,
and instructor with a passion for turning everyday objects into beautiful
works of art. In this class, we'll explore the fundamentals
of still life, composition, lighting,
color, and form. Whether you're a
complete beginner or looking to sharpen
your painting skills, this class will guide you
step by step through creating a stunning still life artwork
from start to finish. We'll start sketching
simple objects, learn how to observe
shapes and shadows, and then bring your painting to life with rich layered colors. By the end, you'll have
your own completed still life painting and the
skills to keep creating more. Grab your brushes, and
let's get started.
2. How to Paint a Realistic Red Apple – Still Life Painting Tutorial Part - 1: Hi ash. Today, let's
paint a still alive. I'll take in some white, Just a touch of white, some red, and some yellow ochre. Definitely touch of orange. And let's come right
over here and drop in the mid tones of this apple. You would have seen
the thumbnail, so you'll have a better idea
than what I do as of now. Added just a bit of water. Something I soft there. And sketching is very important when you're
painting a still life, smoohing the paint on the paper. Hm. Now I've taken in some orange to that same c and add it just a bit of white. And let's gonna there and
start plouging in that color. Now, I just dig in a
bit of black to add in the shadows and you
will get that effect. Should go real quick. And let's go ahead and blend
these two colours together. I'm looking for a very
contrastish painting today. This still life has to be
contrastsh because still life will be generally in the foreground that
is nearer to us. So they need to have
that contrast and depth, detailings, sharpness, all that. I'll take some of
that same colour. Just drop in this one.
He just like that. Wipe off the excess paint
and go ahead and blend it. Couldn't make use of
clean finger for that. So now I've mixed up soft
orange color mixed with red, orange, white, touch of ochre. And after ensuring that this
is dry, completely dry, let's come right over
here and just sort of drop in that highlight. And just drop it in
right over there. You could even make use of lime miowme soft over there
and some over here too. Hmm. And let's go ahead and plan them with a clean finger. Okay, something like that. Now I'll just tuck
in the corners a bit to make it look
three dimensional. And a bit over there, too, and some over there at the top. I'm going from lighter
shade to darker shade slowly because once you get the darker shade in,
it's hard to go back. Blending with the brush,
just some two hairs and something comes
off right there too. If you're painting in oil, you can make use of
the blender brush. Let's skip some spots,
and that'll work. And some over here,
too, just like that.
3. How to Paint a Realistic Red Apple – Still Life Painting Tutorial Part - 2: The blending happens on its own. That is completely dry,
so I can take that into that black shadow region and bring it back into the
main highlight region. Okay. Sow I'll just
come right over here, and the apple is a bit tilted. So I'll make this glue, tilted
concentrated over there. Hmm. Bring back
my filbert brush, sort of blending the corners. You know, just go back
and brighten the mark. No issues with that. Okay. Now with my fill board. So
now with my fill bid brush, let's come right over here and blend these two edges together. I've not cleaned nor
wiped off my brush. We're just like that and
then make it a bit interior. Blendedness also makes it
look realistic and natural. Hmm. Snow. You just fixing that. Snow will just take in
some blackish red colour. And let's come over here and
give him some detailings. I wiped off the paint considerably and
somethings out there, too, making it look deeper. Darkening the corners. That like that, it's that easy. And some of here,
too should help. Okay, something like that. Now I've flattened that same
brush, manipltd flat brush. Let's go right over here and
just drop in the separation. Do something like that. And just give a soft blend. Now I've wiped off my brush
and just put it downwards. Slightly dense over there. And I just duck in
it and make it a bit well defined there. And something solo there. That is a shadow. So
now with another brush, I've just taken in some water. Let's go ahead and create
some more textures and blending because these are water based paints.
They dry fast. Just won't do it like that. Let's go ahead and
drop in this one. Not exactly at the center
somewhere the other side. That's just a
personal preference.
4. How to Paint a Realistic Red Apple – Still Life Painting Tutorial Part - 3: Now with my detailed
round brush, let's come right over here. Tab in that hight.
This is this one. What you're seeing
under that is the base of that hight. Just
make it smather. You can always go back
and make it bigger anyhow and wop off the brush and
work around the edges, just the corners,
not in the middle. Okay. For white, I've
just used acrylic paint. Brighten that up. Let's go ahead and drop in a few
more droplets of water. You add as few as
many as you want. Something over there
and some there too. In the shadow
region, just tap at once because they're not gonna be plater in
the shadow region. So now, we've taken in
some black with some red. Let's come over here and
drop in another droplet. Okay. So now I'll take
in mid tone color. Just drop it in
right over there. That one was done to
just have a boundary. Take in pure red and drop it in. Tone that line that
boundary stroke to be seen, and we'll have another one. Coming off right over there. Add just a bit of
white should add more. Yeah, this should work. And something I'm so
off right there, too. This so splendid. Yeah. Okay, something like that. Using a clean finger. Now, let's take in
a darker color, add more black to it, and just drop it in over there
and make them look deeper. Just pull it once or twice. Now, I take in pure white. Yeah. Switch over to a
detailed round brush. And look at that. Just marking the
boundary of that. Okay. Go back to that brush
detail round brush, and you can use any
smaller brush for this for the sake of blending
and blend it off. Now some white on my
bigger brush. Okay? Drop in the lighting over
there and some over here, too. So now I'll just take in some of that color of black left out on my manipulated flat
brush and just sort of drop it in there
and blend it. Create that curved effect. Okay, something bad. So now, some orange,
red and white. Let's come right over here, drop in that highlight for this. Okay, something comes
off over there. And it'll happen like that. Hm. With this, I come to the
end of this painting. I hope you've enjoyed it,
and thanks for watching.
5. Painting a Cracked Egg with Yolk – Realistic Still Life Step by Step Part - 1: Hi, Miash. Today, let's paint another
realistic still life. I've taken my Numbtu fan
brush and just loaded some blue and white cobalt
blue, load in more of white. Go over that shadow. Applying a backdrop. I'm just add few drops of
water so that the paint flows. So now I mix up some
mid tone peach color by mixing in some orange, black, blue and white. And I'm just dropping it in. With a flat brush. I'm using
the flat brush for this. Grab in some pure white, mixed with blue, change
the flavor a bit. Now to that very same color, I've introduced some lime. And I've taken another brush. This is a detailed round brush. I've just flattened it. Okay. And let's come
right over here and drop in some separation
inside that. And give a soft blend. Just to bit over there, too, to add in some depth. And now let's come over
here with some black, blue and white, a
grayish blue color. With that flat brush
with which I painted that ighten that color a bit. Flatten the brush and
just drop it in there. And blend it. Now I'll take
some white or Migo brush. Just come with there. And I've not added water. Let's drop in that color. And something some glue of
light comes out of there, too, and something
comes out there. And over here too, inside that. And I'm just using the
very tip of the brush to paint this,
highlighting the edges.
6. Painting a Cracked Egg with Yolk – Realistic Still Life Step by Step Part - 2: Let's come over here on this egg and just drop in
some mid tone gray color. That same brush. Now, I'll take in my
manuclard flat brush and just introduce some
white over there. Grabbing more of white
nd them all together. Trying to eat up my sketch. And now I'll grab in some white. This drop at the
top of that egg, doing it very randomly
with that mill flat brush. Now with some limel and white. Very little limel more of white. Let's come back with there
and drop in that colour. Add a just a bit of water so
that the paint flows again. So now with some white, orange and limelO that
manipulated flat brush. Let's come right over
here and drop it in. Let's go to come all
the way to there and change the flavor that will give the
three dimensional look. And over here, it'll be warmer. That is a shadow side. Creating that depth and
making it look very deep. Hmm. And now let's
go right over here and drop in that
reflection over here. Now I've taken in some
white on my go brush. Let's come right over there. Eat up the sketch. And something there too. I'm using the rigger
brush for that. Go over a chest once. I'm loading in thick paint. That gives you that extra glue.
7. Painting a Cracked Egg with Yolk – Realistic Still Life Step by Step Part - 3: Ook at that. It's that easy. And something comes off
right over here, too. I thinking that pencil sketch is very important to make
it look realistic. And I've just taken off my sketch over there a
couple of minutes ago, and let's get it back. Just for the angles, and I'm sure you'll get it. And over here, too, pretty
much doing the same thing. So let's come right over here
and drop in some highlights and on the yoke
something like that, and just a bit over there, too. Now let's go ahead and praten up some spots where
the light is hitting, where the light is falling. I'm painting an acrylic today. Acrylics tend to dry a bit dull. So just giving it another coat. I'm using the detailer
on brush, another one. Just a bit of hlight
here and there. Not much, just a bit. Now with a light gray color, let's come right over
here and start topping in the shadow and make it
look even more realistic. I'm using the rig
a brush for this. Is going on the right
side of that line. And now let's go very
lightly on the other side, use a clean finger and
just splint it off. Don't need to be too thick.
8. Create a Vibrant Fruit Bowl – Still Life with Grapes, Oranges & Bananas Part -1: So as you can see, I've got
a basic sketch going on. And we'll start off with
some white, some orange, some of the yellow, and just a pinch of
red, mostly orange. And let's come right
over here and drop in some pay stone
to this orange. Don't to do this sketch. I keep repeating
this every time. Go very lightly and like that. Now without cleaning the brush, I took some lime lolow I'm just placing it
over here like that. Adding some kind of highlights. Okay, like that, and
then some over here. Would that play around
with the paint. Lay in the basic color
with some orange color. I'll go back to this, and it
just drop in some shadow. Feathery strokes to blend
it with a darker color. You can achieve that
padding in some red. Red is a very good color. I'm just going to place this over here. This is an orange. This fruits collection
should be good. It'll turn out to be good. Okay, something like that, taking the paint from the top. And changing colors separates the elements in your painting. And this one has it over here. I'm using a felb brush. I could have done this with a detailed round brush as well, but I just choose this to, you know, make things quicker. I would say me ochre,
red and orange. I'll drop in another
fruit over here. Just like that. Now I've
mixed up some random color. I'm just going over
here like that. Just sculpting the apple there. Yeah, there are a bit over here. Maybe there's going to be
some light at the bottom. No, I just went
straight into some lime yellow and placing some
highlight over here. And I'll find some
highlight over here, too. Just like that. And
blend them together. I'll go ahead and blend
these out like that. Don't want to use
too much of water. What that'll do is it'll
start eating up the paint. Just some feathery strokes
and some over here. And yeah, Now, with some
orange to paint an orange. I'll take this colour and let it just over there. So over here. And like that. Just to crutch over here in that apple with
some green colour. Let's drop in the grapes. Just painting them individually. I don't want to
lose a sketch very quick start painting
these like that.
9. Create a Vibrant Fruit Bowl – Still Life with Grapes, Oranges & Bananas Part -2: Now with some pure lime yellow, I'll drop in this banana, just to give some beautiful
nice little flavor and warmth because I had some
green in my brush initially. So that will eat up that green. Warm colors eat up the green. Prod. Don't use yellow
too much of yellow. Let's go in and paint in the
highlights of these grapes. And the final
highlights gonna come, it'll just pop this painting. Just ling in some basic color. Some here blend it like that. Hello. I'll drop in some highlights. Follow those curves. Don't make them
straight. And let's drop in some color in this spot. Let's try to blend it
together, take in some red, mixed with that lime
low. Maybe like that. Now, let's go ahead and
drop in some halight. I'll take in some
white with that color. Let's drop in some
beautiful halight, skip some spots to
retain those dark areas. Just softly scrubbing it. With some white, red, and loca. Let's drop in some
color over here. Don't eat up those
lights and darks and those sillens of colors
which are present there. Just laying in some basic color. East amount of peach color. Let's drop in some of that. Alright. Just here
and there, not much. Or let's come over here and drop in some shadow to this apple. Shadows are the ones which will create depth and make them
look three dimensional. That's my thought.
And this will make this part appear brighter orange and some red mixed with it. I'll drop in the shadow region. Something like that, and it comes off all the way like that. And this one and
this one has Oh, by the way, I dropped
in the backdrop. And just enhance it
like that and drop in. Just a bit of highlight to this orange just like that and make sure that
they're not in proper circles. Just trying to blend
it off like that. And just drop it over
here, that's very thick. So drop it over here. That creates nice little
mid tone in this region. Now some lime yellow. Let's think of some scales on
this apple, just like that. Make sure they're curved
somehow just barely touching.
10. Create a Vibrant Fruit Bowl – Still Life with Grapes, Oranges & Bananas Part -3: Just made some bright red
with some yellow ochre, lime yellow, red,
orange, these colors. No white. Instant apple. Thick paint. I'll drop in some highlight
to these fruits like that. And then with some water, I'll come back and blend them. Now with some water,
I'll come over here and plant these
lines like that. Do a lot of those caps. You could even use a blender
brush if you wanted to, but I'm not going to use it. White with that dirty brush. I'll come over here and
clean this one like that. Make sure that this is level. Take in some more white
and just, you know, just smoothen the towel and
lay in this color like that. It's that easy, that simple. I'm just adding some
design to this bowl. Make sure they're straight. Maybe another one comes
like that, parallel to it. Now, it's some yellow. I'll go ahead and drop in this
one here. Just like that. No, that's going to distinguish each grape from another.
Something like that. Just sketching them out with
the brush and the paint. Now, if you were to get
this in the opposite way, that is, I laid in some
dark to pop up my lights. And if you were to
make this lighter to make the darks pop,
it wouldn't work. Now, with some highlight color, I'll just drop it in. Just a highlight or
two. It's like that. Now with some white
on the brush, I'll lay in some highlights
just pure white. And blend them together. And when you blend them,
they should look natural. Now, it's a brown color. I drop in some spots on this banana to make
it look very natural. Don't get to be everywhere. Okay, like that.
Follow the angles. Follow the shapes
like white and brown. I'll just pop this
streak out like that, and I'll just pop
this out like that. Hm. And for the shadow part, I've mixed up some brown. That is with red and green. With this, we come to
the end of the painting, and thanks for watching.
Yash GM
