Ep 101 – Cesar Santos : Technique and Process
Patreon and Paypal link I’m delighted to have Cesar Santos back on the podcast. It is nearly two years since he was last on and in the intervening time I have added a lot of in-depth technical questions that I never got to ask him. So here he is, larger than life and ready to answer all those questions about his technique and practice. We talk about Miami, Texas, dust, Florence, fetching water, and art, lots of art and painting . . . Here are the main points of what we talk about: Art Basel Miami, Art prejudices, Classical purism, Salvator Mundi, Origins of painting, Syncretism, Portraiture, Projection, Drawing, Sketchbooks, Underpainting, Color palette, Substrates, Mediums, Lighting, Charcoal, Large-scale drawings, Genius, Following opportunity, Success, Art books, Vlogging, Teaching in America, Marketing, Workflow, Being a YouTuber, To find out more about Cesar and his work http://www.santocesar.com/ Referenced in the podcast . . . My article about the Salvator Mundi sale. Old Renaissance Painting Sells For Elephant Bucks. New Renaissance Paintings Sell For Peanuts. Nitrim Charcoal Cesar’s Vlog Books Charles Bargue Drawing Course Cesar’s DVDs Cesar Santos: Secrets of Portrait Painting Cesar Santos: Secrets of Figure Drawing Thanks for listening! Click here to support the podcast. Subscribe on iTunes Theme music by The Argyle Pimps. Thanks lads.