On this channel I will deliver easy to follow tutorials, using loose brush marks and creating art that has realism with a painterly look to it. We will do Master studies of Artists who left us incredible work to learn from and make it our own.
I kept seeing this video pop up and just haven't had the time to watch it which is a shame because I love tonal paintings. They set such a mood. So, let's give it a go.
That was so beautiful!! I was mesmerized watching that scene developed. I think that this is right for my skill level: some water, some sky, some mountains, and a few trees. Beyond that and I enter the exasperated zone. It took me 34 minutes to even see the trees on the left shoreline. I was so riveted by watching you paint.
I find red to be a very difficult color to use straight out of the bottle. Especially, Santa Claus red. I finally bought some crimson so that may help. I love your collection of red paints. Most of them are quite moody and earthly. I appreciate the idea of picking one skill to work on instead of just trying to do everything, every time, and in every painting.
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That artist curse phenomenon you mentioned is crazy how consistent it is, as you say, sometimes even the next day I feel much differently about a piece. I wonder if all the anguish mental energy and uncertainty we go through during the process just accumulates such that when you step away for the first time it is ingrained in the image, an imprint like we get after staring at bright light, or looking at a beautiful sunny field after you've been on your hands and knees tilling it for 10 hours in the blistering heat. Someone who was just out on a nice walk would walk by and see a lovely scene, all you see are the blood sweat and tears.
I think you could be right. I certainly see myself continuing to work on a painting unnecessary while I am editing the scene. It is easy to see afterwards, but almost not so much while you are in the zone painting! Thanks for sharing your thoughts. Rob
Fantastic as usual mate .. I think your trees are great, mine have improved a lot from learning from you especially rolling a round brush for the foliage. Thank you ..
I am so proud of myself. The seascape that you did yesterday (I believe) convinced me to just go for it and do it quickly without overthinking it and it worked out! I cut a 9" X 11 1/2" watercolor board in half crosswise so I had a much smaller canvas to work with so that I couldn't get bogged down in details because there was no room to do details. Today I am going to do this seascape and am finally excited to have made progress. Thank you!
Genial leccion...todo armoniza y buenas luces y sombras.....un dia seria buena una leccion con demostracion para saber el orden de mezclas me refiero a colores transparentes y opacos con su relacion frios y calidos.........para mejorar los trabajos,,,gracias!!
Very nice ! May I just say I would’ve like to see more of a turquoise / ultramarine blue in that water that’s what I see in your photo ? anyway looks great. Well by all means don’t copy it ! Fellow artist New York.👌
Hi Robert.. Thank you for this latest demo. A good example of your work once again! So I'm not the only person who doesn't know quite what to do with masses of paintings accumulating over the years but it's good to look back sometimes when I can. I used to sell my landscapes in pubs and strange thing is I painted two acrylic paintings a day and to be honest they were very loose indeed! 😅I can only think the customers must have been drunk, however, they sold like hot cakes and I had many pub landlords ringing me for more. I left my job and made a living from this but after a year I was flooded with plcs of cats, dogs, and portraits and I stopped selling my work. I'm now 80 recovering from sepsis getting help from my local hospice but painting keeps me going. All I can say is never give in 😊
Thanks for sharing your story. I am enjoying painting now to share on youtube....selling is a bonus when it happens 😀 I hope you have a speedy recovery. Rob
Wow, wow, wow. That painting is gorgeous. Every time I thought that you had made it great and were done, you continued to paint and even make it better. Amazing. Thank you.
Don't, and no need at all. The oil paper usually warp if treated with water based paint/gesso/glue. Unlike ordinary paper it could be harder to straighten out. Its sized to be resistant to oil, but the water is playing with the sizing agent. It's not perfect for outside painting in the rain/humid conditions either. (I have tested all this on Fabriano Tela 300 gsm, can't confirm about the Arches oil paper, but I guess it have similar properties)
@@LyubomirIko i have been using Canson Oil and Acrylic Paper. I love the texture to paint on and, even though it says it ready to oil paint on, I always wonder whether it's better to gesso. I do getting your point about the water in the gesso watpig the paper.
@@deaconseptember2002 Do it then and make your own observations. I already share my results. The question is why at all? You want your surface even smoother or what? Technically gesso is not a proper barrier, it's highly oil absorbent so you won't add additional protection really if this is your concern. (artists don''t even realize that they dont apply gesso properly on real canvas too; if the first layer is not with proper acrylic sizing product or rabbit skin glue. Most ready-made canvas producers don't care about that detail either. The oil from the paint layer that will sink into the canvas will eventually start to rot away the canvas after 100 years without proper sizing, especially cotton based canvas. But its cheaper, so capitalism wins. )
