School of Apelles

Jan-Ove Tuv visits the National Museum in Stockholm to look at Giovanni Bellini, Georges de la Tour and Rembrandt. Join him as he talks about some surprising similarities in their painting techniques. You will learn about: • The necessity of a strict form (contour line), even when painting "loose" • How these painters work with "flat", vibrant planes • Rembrandt as a grey/green painter (not brown) • Rembrandt as "un-Baroque" • Painting movement • How Titian, Leonardo, Apelles and Aristotle influenced Rembrandt • The point of the "Sketch-like" technica macchia • How one stroke can save the whole form • Painting things as they appear in your side vision • The importance of making two different eyes • Painting light itself Chapters: 01:30: Giovanni Bellini "Dead Christ" 09:12: Georges de la Tour's "St. Jerome" 15:35: Rembrandt's "The Kitchen Maid" 17:48: Rembrandt's "Claudius Civilis" 45:37: Rembrandt's "Simon with Child Jesus" 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 200 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv visits Boris Koller's studio in Sweden to hear his thoughts about the multi-figure composition he is currently battling with, depicting Ask and Embla being created by the gods. ▶️ Full video (41 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/98144352 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast In this video you will learn about: • Painting as a "flat" problem • The Renaissance compositions method of the 72 degrees angle • The asymmetrical pyramid and why symmetry is a problem • The Baroque method of different horizons • Manipulation of landscape • The number symbology of three • Male and female nature • The melting together of bodies into one • NOT "values", but togetherness and line • Why you should have no more than 13 gods • The landscape should not be a separate thing • The landscape has to be an experienced fantasy • The theological approach to the Norse belief • How the Nordic belief was preserved in catholic paintings • Why you must include children and dogs SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv visits Boris Koller's studio in Sweden to model for several legs in a multi-figure composition. In this video you will learn about: • Using yourself and others to model for the same figure • Not changing everything when using another model • How conscious you should be while working • What Abba's Benny Andersson can teach you about painting • Manipulating the position of the model • Rough painting: the qualities of Rembrandt and Constable • Avoiding “death by information” when you paint • Working maximum three hours per day on a painting • Avoiding “anatomy lessons” when working big scale • “Turpentine will destroy your life” • Avoiding “palette and brush hygiene” • The advantage of knowing everything about Tintoretto… 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 200 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv observes Seth Fite as he continues to work on the painting of the ram skull with a water-based medium. ▶️ Full video (1 hour 22 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/96312508 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast In this video you will learn about: • Letting layers play together • Using the white paper to get glowing colours • Creating structure by dry brushing with small brush • Using small strokes to gradually go darker • “Wild” use of a small brush • Using black ink in dark shadows • Letting accents of colour "ignite" surrounding colour • Making darks cooler by superimposing lighter colour • How to work with background and surroundings • Achieving a "sentimental glow" around your motif • Adding colour and texture simultaneously The board used by Seth Fite in this video: https://www.strathmoreartist.com/draw-bristol/id-500-series-bristol Watch Part One here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FiT1Ohy9tM0&t=3s&pp=ygUJc2V0aCBmaXRl SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Returning for his second stay at the Nerdrum Studio, Seth Fite has taken upon him the challenge of depicting the Binding of Isaac. Influenced by the Kitsch philosophy, Fite recently founded the Louisville School of Painting in his home-state Kentucky, where he teaches traditional techniques, focusing on observations and inspiration from nature. The subdued, terre-verte-palette is ever present, emphasizing the gloomy atmosphere in his paintings. His mythic imagery and sensual rendering of skin, gives Fite’s work the aura of a crossover between Rembrandt and Andrew Wyeth. Jan-Ove Tuv sits down with Fite to observe him as he starts a new painting with a water-based medium — a technique they are both devoted to. In this video you will learn about: • Drawing first, to secure forms • Defining motif size as you go • Tips on brushes, paints and paper • Making the paper wet before painting • Starting with warm tones • Laying in general tone & the shadows first • The function of cool vs. warm tones • Ideas for glazing water colour • Using white gouache for highlights • Picking up paint with paper towel • Making areas wet again to soften transitions • Saving the glow by making shadows darker The board used by Seth Fite in this video: https://www.strathmoreartist.com/draw-bristol/id-500-series-bristol ▶️ Full video (1 hour 4 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/94988016 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast Video by Bork Nerdrum Music by Hector Berlioz (performed by University of Chicago Orchestra & European Archive) ↪ https://musopen.org/music/8729-le-corsaire-overture-h-101/ ↪ https://musopen.org/music/464-symphonie-fantastique-op-14/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Cheng Wu came all the way from China to demonstrate his technique with Jan-Ove Tuv to observe him at the Nerdrum studio. In this video you will learn about: • Establishing the main forms first • Laying in middle tones • Establishing the darkest and lightest areas early on • Painting in planes • Painting with wet, opaque strokes • Efficiently blocking in ear, eyes and hair • Simplifying forms to get more volume • Zorn vs Sargent (painting technique) • The glory of thin brushes ▶️ Full video (1 hour 31 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/94277013 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

In this video you will learn about: • The colors of the Apelles palette • How the Apelles palette is doubly divided into cool vs warm • Three colors to extend your Apelles palette (and their strengths) • Three additional colors you can mix from the core colors • What brushes to use in the beginning • The uses of grey • A good way of setting up your palette • The advantage of “palette hygiene” (separate mixing zones) • Zorn's advice on three brushes Jan-Ove Tuv has previously covered the basics of the Apelles Palette: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_7lLQkglj0 ▶️ Full video (11 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/extended-apelles-91813436 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv visits Sebastian Salvo to observe him as he applies the first layer of a frontal portrait of the Swedish model Gloria Bedoire. You can follow her on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gloria.bedoire/ In this video you will learn about: • Starting “dry“ with a color similar to the ground • The importance of the eyes • How a schematic approach to painting may go against nature • “Hand memory“ (thinking with your hands) • Combining sharpness and softness • Slowing down (because you demand more) • Being on guard against hubris (which makes you “blind“) • Avoiding dark shadows in the beginning • Continuing until you get a clearer idea of the point of the portrait ▶️ Full video (1 hour 35 min): https://patreon.com/posts/91162072 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast Video by Bork Nerdrum SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv gives his analysis on the use of the contour line in historical paintings, from the icon tradition to the Renaissance and Baroque and even how it has been employed in sculpture. In this video you will learn about: • How the contour line lends credibility to the whole form • Why you should calm down contrasts within the contour line • The detrimental effect of many details, strong contrast and color • How a solid contour line makes a work easier to read • Why Klimt's "Kiss" wanes in comparison to an ok icon • Similarities between Titian and the best Russian icons, and their roots in the Greeks • Why Greek sculptures trump Bernini • The danger of becoming ornamental or decorative • Scraping off the newly painted layer with a palette knife ▶️ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/necessity-of-to-89093000 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Near Oslo in a little coastal town we find the studio space of the paintress Kaja Norum. Apart from a three year study period with Odd Nerdrum, she is mostly self-taught with a basis in techniques from the Renaissance and Baroque. In her own words, she aims for images with a timeless quality, currently under the influence of the French naturalist painter Jules Bastien-Lepage. "Shame" is non-existent in Norum’s vocabulary. The human body has her prime attention, in graphite, charcoal, and oil — a celebration of flesh and sensuality. Norum courteously agreed to do a graphite drawing session from a live model, demonstrating her sensuous abilities. ▶️ Full video (1 hour 29 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/88290353 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast In this video you will learn about: (In the beginning) • Drawing with a light touch • Getting the head & general contour line • Looking for abstract shapes • Looking at the darkest shadows first (In general) • A balanced imbalance in the pose • Making the head somewhat smaller • How shadows typically behave • Advantages of talking to the model • Using photo as a tool…? • Seeing rhythms in the forms • Dealing with small changes in the pose • Using different pencil numbers - and your finger Special thanks to Christian Ringnes and Christensen Private Kitsch Museum for giving us the opportunity to record their works by Kaja Norum. Music: Schumann Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 54 - I. Allegro affettuoso Performed by European Archive (In the Public Domain) Video by Bork Nerdrum SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

In this video you will learn about: • An "impersonal" approach to storytelling • Knowing a character's "backstory" to increase credibility • Showing psychology through a prop • Serving the characters - not yourself! • At the end: enhancing what is already there • Directing the attention of the audience • Why you NEED a compositional sketch… • The function of having less contrast towards the periphery • The importance of proportions and contour line • Blackness/darkness must not be too monochrome • Making "dead" spaces more active ▶️ Full video (43 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/flame-sebastian-87774753 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

What you need: • Plywood • Drawing paper of desired smoothness/roughness. — Two pieces per board. • Animal skin glue: — 70 grams (≈ 2.5 ounces) glue to one liter (≈ 33.8 fl oz) of water. — Heat in a pot, but do not boil! • Brush to apply glue • Window squeegee 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 200 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Exodos is the title of Sebastian Salvo’s latest solo exhibition, uncovering his fables in a harmonious totality. The paintings are rough, warm and glowing, some of which are strikingly similar to the Late Rembrandt. For three years, Salvo studied with Odd Nerdrum, whose timeless pictures inspired his pupil’s way of employing archetypes and myths. Outsiders is a recurring theme in Salvo’s work — best described as dreamlike visions, grounded in the classical understanding of the human figure. Self-portraits are at the very heart of his imagery. He places himself in the role of the eternal wanderer, inviting us to partake on his journey, encountering Dionysian maidens of every kind, from water nymphs to raving, frenzied maenads. As a painter, Salvo has taken great interest in the fierce competition among craftsmen in Ancient Greece and 15th century Europe. Competing by imitation, he draws inspiration from living as well as historical painters, be it Nerdrum, Hertervig, Titian or El Greco. Visions, dreams, and personal experience are all at play when Salvo is telling a story. But it is not his story. It is the human story. The one we all know and will always know to the end of time. And when he is able to capture the character in a face, Salvo’s paintings are competing alongside the masterworks of history. 01:00 Introduction 02:15 Maya 03:43 Midnight Wanderer 04:39 Round tour 05:44 The Flame 08:04 The Poet 09:49 Intermezzo 10:37 King of Rags 13:25 Closing remarks ▶️ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/86325809 (32 min) 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast Video by Bork Nerdrum SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

After several years, Sebastian Salvo returns to his first grand composition "The Outcast" — now expanded on the left side to make more room for the city walls. His aim is to improve the painting and by doing that, improve the story. In this video you will learn about: • Why you should make a sketch before the big composition • The effect of preparation on the overall color and mood • Making changes to composition and characters when working big • How props can emphasize psychology and realism • How the background can emphasize a figure • Being aware of A and B stories in a composition • Indicating past, present and future action • The principle of "force–counterforce" • Making a story universal • How myths help you tackle personal adversity • Reducing contrasts to ensure unity • Using the "Hero´s Journey" to further develop ideas • How spatial depth often comes into play towards the end • Pacifying less important elements ▶️ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/multi-layered-of-85668072 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

In this video you will learn about using sandpaper to: • Remove your "loyalty" to previous mistakes • Creating better grip for the next layer • Achieve clarity of form • Create impression of hair • Break down contrast • Bring forth underlaying paint, allowing different layers to play together • Create impression of texture 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 200 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv visits Sebastian Salvo to observe him as he continues to work on a two-figure composition of a loving couple in his studio. Part one: https://rumble.com/v24qo76-painting-a-two-figure-composition-with-sebastian-salvo.html Part two: https://rumble.com/v27tvu0-fusing-a-plen-air-study-and-old-masters-sebastian-salvo-paints-a-two-figure.html In the full video you will learn about: • How different parts of a painting can indicate different stages of the story • Not using models when working with the overall structure • Using the ground/canvas structure as integral elements • Sanding to emulate structure and toning down strokes • Trying out changes on a small photo of your painting • Slowly increasing contrast • Integrating qualities from similar paintings • Eliminating competition from what steals focus • Checking if things work in the mirror • Bringing remote planes in organic connection with each other ▶️ Full video (1 hour 7 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/84146282 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Diego Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv visits Nerdrum's studio to observe his pupil Hjalmar Hagelstam as he continues to work on a portrait of Öde Nerdrum. In the full video you will learn about: • Setting up the model according to what looks best • Manipulating studio surroundings to get correct light & mood • Pacifying and smoother transitions and liven up shadows • Taking time to just think and observe • Not letting things outcompete the expression • Employing diagonal composition • Messing things up & then improving it! • Accepting that it takes a while to "warm up" • Fusing a soft totality with sudden, decisive marks • Understanding your priorities • How the background can underline the mood • Hjalmar's love for Öde, the model • Getting an expression, not just likeness • The importance of geometry ▶️ Full video (1 hour): https://www.patreon.com/posts/hjalmar-paints-83253321 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

William Heimdal paints a portrait of Lasse Bøyum whilst Jan-Ove Tuv asks him questions about his methods and thoughts on painting. In the full version exclusively available on our Patreon, you will also learn about: • Painting with Jannik Hösel's medium • Making red and green contrasts in a face • That it is all about getting the big forms • Not getting hung up on anatomy • The danger of obsessing over Christ's left thumb • Surprising reasons why you are blind to mistakes • That at the core, the masters are identical • Balancing the highlights according to the center • Why Prince William needs a dyer's boy • Starting out thick and then paint thinner ▶️ Full video (48 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/82499685 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast Video by Bork Nerdrum SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

When the Western World falls and painters can no longer buy their supplies, we must source it ourselves. This is where kitschmen become preppers, this is where boys become men, and goats become canvas. Tools: Small axe Knife Chisel Saw Sandpaper A pot Materials: Goat skin Rope Leather strips Hazel branches Copper tacks Alder cones 00:31 STEP I: Wet scrape 03:39 STEP II: Making holes for stretching 04:34 STEP III: Stretching to dry 07:02 STEP IV: Dry scrape 09:08 STEP V: Harvesting alder cones & making a tannin brew 10:30 STEP VI: The tannin rub 16:18 STEP VII: Harvesting wood for the frame 20:27 STEP VIII: Cutting the hide 22:21 STEP IX: Stretching the hide onto the frame 28:01 IN THE STUDIO: Restretching and sizing? 30:58 Does the colour of the hide last? 32:03 Making egg tempera colours 41:15 How the paint behaves on the canvas ▶️ Full video (58 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-make-goat-81878122 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Having the need to expand your motif? In this video, Jan-Ove Tuv demonstrates how to enlarge your canvas by sewing two pieces of canvas together. For this, you need: • Two pieces of canvas • Cotton-wrapped polyester thread • A needle • A Scissor 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 200 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jannik Hösel demonstrates his glazing method with the Rembrandt medium by Osamu Obi while Jan-Ove Tuv observes the process. 👍✨ Support our channel and get access to more than 180 exclusive posts: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/ In this video you will learn about: • Glazing over textured Grisaille with stronger color • How Hösel's medium amplifies impression of spatial depth • Following the direction of the material when glazing • Using a rag to achieve gradations • Advantage of getting the basic form first • Varying the glaze locally to get more contrast • Working into the glaze with fingers for smooth transitions • Why several glazes requires a lighter underpainting • How a glaze can amplify texture SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten Diego * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jannik Hösel demonstrates how to increase volume through cool and-warm local glazing. Watch Part One: https://rumble.com/v2bgkle-how-to-paint-an-eye-from-sketch-to-completion-demonstration-by-jannik-hsel.html In this video you will learn about: • Applying a glaze with sun-thickened linseed oil • Starting with local glazing • How cooler tones recede, increasing spatial depth • Making differences in temperature rather than value • Using glazing to deepen shadows • Tips for glazing with black to emphasize texture ▶️ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/79947764 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast Filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv observes as Jannik Hösel demonstrates how he paints an eye from sketch to completion with the rembrandtesque Osamu Obi medium. ▶️ Full video (46 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/79494157 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast Also watch how Hösel mixes his medium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tVRFJVZWrBs&t=3s In this video you will learn about: • Starting in Grisaille, focusing on texture • Painting with Jannik's "Rembrandt" medium and chalk • Emulating the structure of skin to catch light in a realistic way • Direction of strokes relating to the direction of light • Using the ground as a middle tone • Painting thinner to make colors grayer • Keeping the interaction of different layers in mind • The "Rembrandt application" actually not being that thick • The importance of quick and short brush strokes • Passive, warm shadows • Painting on the whole motif simultaneously • Illusion of details coming from texture • "The Devil's Brush" and the back of the brush for detail • Effects you get using your destroyed/worn brushes Filmed and edited by Bork Nerdrum. SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Børge Moe Eivind Josten * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

In a world where options for an education in classical crafts are scarce, some decide to take on a more difficult and empirical approach. Being self-taught and learning by observation, Jannick Hösel is one of them, and now he has entered Odd Nerdrum’s studio where emphasis is placed on philosophy and the ability to convey a gripping story on the canvas. Starting his paintings in a muted, cool tone, Hösel’s method allows for a great potency of the subsequent application of warmer colors. At the time being, he is infused by the dark and torn-up portraits of Rembrandt, and is doing everything in his power to repossess the effect of the Dutch master’s technique. Using a thick, cream-like medium, he is able to apply small, textured strokes calmly melting together, yet retaining a life-like surface with a delicious vibrancy. Despite a meticulous method, his paintings take on the impression of weariness and age. During Jan-Ove Tuv's latest stay at the Nerdrums, Hösel was kind enough to demonstrate his technique by mixing the medium and showcasing how the strokes behave differently. In this video you will learn about: • Making an egg-based painting medium • How to go lean to fat with this medium • Achieving a Rembrandtesque surface You will also learn how this medium: • Makes for a strong paint film • Does not go matte (seems wet when dry) • Allows soft transitions and great contrasts • Allows new strokes on top of wet layers • Allows you to scrape forth hair, like Rembrandt The medium shown in this video is based on the medium of Osamu Obi: https://youtu.be/ctEOgSzm_84 Osamu Obi's paper on the subject: http://www.osamu-obi.com/wp/wp-content/uploads/2017/05/rembrandts_medium_en.pdf ▶️ Full video: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lost-rembrandt-78836861 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast Video by Bork Nerdrum SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com

Jan-Ove Tuv gives his analysis of the portraits by Nicolai Fechin and compares them to works by the Russian-American's contemporaries and older colleagues. In this video you will learn about: • Reflecting the background in the main character • Separating forms by temperature instead of value • Keeping solidity in a roughly painted portrait • Dividing a form into multi-shapes to achieve volume • How to pull off thick in the shadows, thin in the lights • Why Munch and Boznanska are superior to Fechin • How too much structure of paint can defeat the form • What Chardin and Fechin have in common • Varying between loose and tight outlines • Fechin's problemtatic handling of backgrounds • Why Rembrandt takes the glory at the end of the day ▶️ Full video (21 min): https://www.patreon.com/posts/78270440 🎵 Full audio: https://caveofapelles.com/podcast SHOUTOUT to our TOP SPONSORS! Fergus Ryan Matthias Proy Eivind Josten Børge Moe * Would you like to get access to the full segment and more exclusive content from The School of Apelles? ✨ Become a $10 patron: https://patreon.com/caveofapelles/​ Subscribe to our newsletter. It is the only way to make sure that you receive content from us on a regular basis: https://bit.ly/2L8qCNn​ Check out our other channels: Cave of Apelles: https://bit.ly/3fBGQ1I Culture Wars: https://bit.ly/2PkrYdq Visit our facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/caveofapelles​ For inquiries — school@caveofapelles.com