This is immensely helpful! I started plein air painting since about 2 years ago, and still struggling with producing harmonious, loose yet compelling paintings (in oil). Your explanation on the Compression of Values (and hues) makes 100% sense, thank you! More technical guidance videos will be so appreciated! Thank you!
Thank you. Your comment about looking at the lightest area then using your peripheral vision to analyze the darker area is just great info. It would seem that you could flip this process and look at the dark area to analyze how close together the lights are. Thank you so much!
Thank you for the demo. I think I understand the concept, but in the Corot painting there are some very high contrast areas, like the path where the difference between the light and shade is quite large. But maybe Corot wasn’t compressing everything, or I just don’t understand yet.
One question I always want to ask plein-air painters is how long can they go without needing to pee? That's an irritating limiter to me, especially in busy public places. Not painting technical but a real practical issue.
In a busy public space you can usually find a bathroom, out in the middle of nowhere you can go wherever. It's easier when you're painting with other people as they can watch your stuff.
Just to volunteer, you are not alone with this one-! I have to pitch up near loos and be mindful that I will need to leave “holding on” time for packing up before sprinting to the bathroom! Out in the country though I just find a bush :)
@@MarcDalessio To minimize painting downtime I've been going out with adult diapers. It allows me to go anytime, anywhere. I've adopted this practice into my non pleinair life and it's been amazing. Although I do think people know when I'm going, so there's a little bit of shame involved, but quite effecient.
Marc, do ypu ever work from memory in the studio? What I mean is if you take Turner for example he would work from memory in his studio in London. No doubt he'd of made his studies out in the field but I guess what I'm asking is how would tuner get that level of detail into his works only from memory? What's your experience of working from memory? Thanks.
