Thank you for the lessons! Okrasinski, I admire your composition (and taste in subject matter) very, very much. I really like the fact that you painted the people in these plein air painting as simple shadowy forms; that adds an inexplicably painterly feel and magnitude. Your videos are extremely helpful and completely inspiring. Have a good day, and thanks again!
@@patrickokraI went to have a look at it, Patrick you're a modern day master! I took the liberty of printing out a copy to hang in my studio for inspiration. I've had a dry spell for a few months with painting, but finding your channel has given me the push to get back into it.
I really really love your attention to details, I started to use this approach at plein air paintings and stopped trying to square the circle in a small 30 per 40 cm)
I loved seeing your trip paintings. It’s so exciting to bring back a collection from a trip. I enjoyed the walk through and insight about light and texture. It was nostalgic for me too. I painted in Italy many years ago and it was wonderful.
Lovely tips, nice and easy video and wow! what a productive trip. I'd love to see where my painting goes if I were to paint 2 months 'straight'... Anyway, 2 thumbs up!
Beautiful! When you leave the paintings on the table, the lighting is better. When you hold them up, there's a slight glare. We want to see every detail. ❤
I laughed when I saw the St. Mark's square teaser when I came across your channel. I appreciate your focus on smaller and it's good advice. But - question - when I was in St. Marks Square, having been told it was okay to paint (plein aire, oils, using tripod to support open box m pallet/easel -- first two, then four carabineiri came up to me and made me stop painting, take down my easel and tripod, and "remove" myself from the corner of the square where two legs of the tripod were on the first step and the third leg on the floor of "the square." They said I could not have an "apparatus" that was "erected" on the square. I packed up and left but wondered, what? Other photographers would set up a tripod and take pictures but at first I thought, that THEY thought I was selling the painting. I showed it to them and didn't argue. Do you think they were looking for a few Euros in a bribe? It just didn't make sense, but wondering if you had that issue, there or anywhere else. Or did you get a permit? And if so, how? It was the first time, having painted en plein air all over Europe that any "police" ever made a big deal about the legality of "setting up" to paint.
No that happened to me too. The photographers are breaking the law as well, but get away with it because they take the photo and keep walking. The rule is no setting up anything in the square- no easels/tripods/stalls/blankets etc. So I came back at 5am when the police were asleep!
You are an amazing artist!! I love your work and now am following you. Where are these all done on linen sheets of canvas no backing I’m guessing for thin easy to carry surfaces
Do you have any tips for choosing references and what to paint? I often get artists block because I get overwhelmed trying to find something to paint or draw. And I love your work!
Thanks! This might not be the answer you're looking for, but I'd recommend forgetting the idea of photo reference and going out and being inspired by the real world. But even then I know the feeling of having a hard time to find something to paint and draw... finding good compositions is a skill to be trained
In the warmer months maybe 1-3 days. I use a fast drying titanium white (Michael Harding no3) also if you place your painting in the sun for some time, or are painting in the sun, that greatly speeds up the drying time too. In the meantime I have several slots in my panel carriers to dry multiple paintings
If you're painting with oil paint while traveling, how do you keep multiple paintings from smearing? I was told it can take days or weeks for oils to dry. I'm use to gouache and watercolors.
I have a video about that, but short answer- fast drying titanium white, panel carrier, oil paper, summer weather. Paintings usually dry between 1-3 days, can store up to 3 (or 6) when wet, after they dry I stack them up
Most of these painting are on oil paper, some canvas. It makes traveling much easier, I mount them onto a rigid board when I return home. I have another video breaking down how I pack my paint gear for traveling 💁♂️
