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How to Paint Starry Night by Vincent Van Gogh - Step by Step Tutorial

Your Little Doodle

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I started teaching painting classes earlier this year, and this is one of the most popular paintings. Here I'll be breaking down how to paint Starry Night step by step. This is intended as a class for beginners and a simplified approach. Usually, it takes about 3 hours to paint this, but I've got you covered in just 17 minutes. Feel free to grab a glass of wine, cut off your ear, and paint along with me.

Here is a list of materials you will need:
16 x 20 Canvas
1 Fat Brush
1 Pointed Brush
Dark blue
True blue
Green
Yellow
Orange
White
Black

Feel free to drop any questions you may have in the comment section down below. Thanks for watching!

20 Comments

@marybirder5663 9 years ago Pinned

Very good tutorial for beginners. Too many paintings can look so intimidating, but your step by step method will surely help those just starting out.

@loladoee 8 years ago

Thank you, this is really helpful! I'm going to try and paint this on the back of my ukulele, hopefully it turns out good

@mom2bmw2 10 months ago

Still love this video.

@muhannadals3349 9 years ago

I am doing this now! You are such an amazing artist. Thank you so much

@mariamagdalenaperez3810 6 years ago

I have been wanting to paint for many years but I do not have any talent for painting. Your tutorial has given me hope. I will use it after looking at it several times. Thank you very much and God bless you for doing such great work.

@Daniellahussam_artem 8 years ago

I was looking for good tutorials to help me paint starry night on my wall, your tutorial helped me a lot ! You’re awesome thank you!

@MrMaxine1959 7 years ago

So far I like you. I am not good but I love to put paint to canvas. It relaxes me. Thanks for making it simple. I will try your paintings.

@procreatebundle 8 years ago

Thanks Gabe for this tutorial! I painted my starry night while watching yours. It's my first painting ever and I'm absolutely in love with painting now knowing that I can transform simple colors into such beautiful things on the canvas. I did the mermaid painting the next day and it's my fiancé's favorite piece of art. I must thank you for helping me build my confidence. 😄😄😄😄😄 I look forward to seeing more tutorials! Bonne chance!

@shanellejayawardhana979 9 years ago

Talking about talented people. Oh my goodness you are such an amazing artist you should create drawings of yours. So many people are getting inspired. Thanks for this amazing tutorial it got me an A* at class

@adriftcouple 3 years ago

Excellent 👏...I have been meaning to do a Van Gogh Style painting and have attempted one earlier as well but this tutorial seems to be so very doable...I am excited to try this one! Thanks a lot! Very well explained!

@hellradiolives 9 years ago

Thank you, thank you for having actual instruction as opposed to only music.

@leenahosein244 1 year ago

Very good tutorial was able to follow with no problems....thank you so much....keep up the good work.

@bransontty7332 9 years ago

you will be so rich like an artist, u r a master and professional

@barbs4763 9 years ago

Thanks for sharing this. I painted this using the same techniques & it turned out beautiful!

@Lunamatrixx 9 years ago (edited)

In my art class, we were assigned to pick a specific art style to imitate, and I chose Van Gogh! This video was perfect! Thank you so much! My teacher loved the painting!