Using Different Models to Paint a Figure in a Large Composition | Boris Koller paints Jan-Ove Tuv | The Cave of Apelles

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…

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  • Apelles was asked why he touched and retouched his pictures with so much care, to which he replied:
    "I paint for eternity"