I remember my first effort all those years ago at Nutley when you said those words - stop painting as I almost covered my lake with bushes! Happy memories.
Happy days indeed. I haven't been to Nutley for years. It was a delightful village as I remember. Hopefully time will have been good to the hall. Wishing you a Happy 2023 🤗🤗
Thanks so much Robbie. Its a few cheap and cheerful colour changing LED lights from amazon for the back drop. Just so the edge of the canvas shows up against the blinds. But they do look cool 😎 Still enjoying the making of the videos even if the editing is a chore. Lets make 2023 a good one.
How beautiful...First off I love your watch... Your tip on the green and different values is going to be a game changer. " all look a bit to samey ". Which is super easy to do. As far as a name.... "mid summer serenity " was the first thing that popped in my head. Thanks for the tips.
Thank you so much HHP! The watch is a special limited edition just for artists 🤣. I'm guilty of paintig too many samey greens in the past so I try my best to vary things a little. I think your title suits very well. 🤗
Thank you Paul for your very kind Super Thanks. Its so appreciated and the money will go towards funding the next videos. If you have a favourite let me know and I'll add it to the list for a future tutorial. 😎😎
You are so welcome Alina. I think its a challenge many artist have so your not alone. Love the videos on your channel. I can see why you don't want to stop painting 🥰🥰
Thanks for the good advice, Paul. This one really struck a nerve. Without realizing it, I’ve always had a problem with stopping. If, for example, my meadow was too dark as in your example, I would always dip right into the brighter colors and try to correct it by lightening it up. I would eventually create a mess of mud and end up scraping it off and starting over. Thanks again from your friend Paul from the Hudson Valley region of upstate New York.
Hi Paul - Happy 2023. Bob was a master at the technique and we taught many years of one day workshops. So taking a break wasn't an option. Its so much more relaxing to take a breake now and then especially when a happy accident is only a few strokes away 😂
Absolutely superb painting as usual, Paul! I do love the mustard coloured meadows! Reminds me of Norfolk! I watch Bob Ross nearly every day and he lulls me to sleep. You do the same! Haha. Your voice is very easy on the ears and I love that you can relate to every painter out there! Mistakes and how to fix or work around them. I love that you don't hide your mistakes either. Another video I watched and you forgot the van dyke brown on your palette and I had a real belly laugh at that one! 😆 I am a very big fan of your work! I have been painting for a few years now on and off.. I have started social media more seriously now to work up some funds to go Florida to get certified to teach! I would love to meet Steve! I wonder though, how long can a painting last? You say the next day it's tacky and still workable. Would it also work a few days later or is one day just about stretching it? I can stand painting for a good 3-4 hours faffing over a shade of colour and placement, haha, so it'd be quite nice to have a break between planes 😄. Pippa x
Hi Pippa - so pleased to hear my videos are so anesthetic 😂😂 My take on painting has always been a 'warts and all' style of teaching. Whilst we'd all like to be making perfect art with no mishaps that's rarely the case. So, I figured why not show the whole process including the mistakes. Some I can fix, some I have to live. I've gotten quite good at getting the paint back in the tube too 😉😉 The certification courses were a hoot. Some great times and good friends were made. If your bank balance can stand it then go and have a whale of a time. Even if you don't go on to teach you'll learn a ton. I missed meeting Bob by a few years and Steve wasn't teaching when I was certifying. Back in the day the courses were also in Europe in the Netherlands. Steve often teaches with Dana Jester - another friend of Bob's who did a show or two with him. Because I film my work its difficult to get the whole painting done in a day. So I usually pick a break point and complete say the sky and background. Then pick up the wet on wet process the next day with more clear or white. I sometimes mention good break points in videos just to take the pressure off folk to paint it all in a day. Now back to the easel and the camera. Super excited with the next project - an old time car!😎😎
Hello, Paul! Lovely video with great advice! Knowing when to quit is tough. That is why I think having more than one painting in progress at a time can be helpful. It keeps me from overworking as often but I’ve certainly made my messes. I like the tip you shared about Indian Yellow and its transparency. I added white to my trees before using that as a highlight on darker leaves. Awesome that you described that to your viewers. I look forward to your next. Take care. ❤
Hi Robyn Thank you for your delightful comments. So much appreciated and a so pleasing to hear my tips and tricks are hitting the mark. Now time for a hot chocolate - yep just watched the drinking chocolate challenge. Here's a link ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-aGktcULP-fk.html 🥰
Great tips, especially with the Indian yellow. I like to take 2 days to complete a painting because it's helps with the highlights being sharper and not getting muddy from really wet paint underneath. With mountains, I dab the base color with a paper towel, smooth it out then my highlights seem to "break" better without the excess oil. I saw a photo, similar to this painting, that I've wanted to paint so this tutorial will be extremely helpful. Funny story...I finally decided to frame and hang my favorite paintings. I lined them up on the floor while I marked the wall. My precious 14 year old dog came walking by, tripped, causing a domino effect with my paintings and the corner of 1 frame put a big hole in the middle of the painting next to it😕 One of my favs that I painted from a photo of Spirit Island in Canada. It was actually funny as it all seemed to happen in slow motion 😂 Today, I'm going to try to paint a duplicate.
H Amy - commiserations for the damaged painting. These things happen and I've lost a few through accidents and mishaps too. But you do get another chance to paint them and who knows you might do an even better one! So pleased to hear the tips are helpful. Kevin Hills a great advocate of using a shop towel to remove excess oil and paint and it works well if I've over done it with the Liquid white. Good luck painting your version of my painting. 🥰🥰🥰🥰
@@PaulRansonArt I was going to use this tutorial to help me with something else that I wanted to paint but I changed my mind and decided to go with your painting. I just finished it and I love it💕 The technique that you used for the tree was new to me. It's great! It's now my favorite tree and I plan to use it a lot, going forward. Again, thank you for all I've learned from your tutorials 😊
Hi Paul, I love your paintings. I am a new subscriber. Would you paint a landscape with a herd of sheep ( to see the different sizes of the animals) and a fence for them please? I try to paint a landscape which I saw in Ireland with lots of sheep 😉. But when I think my landscape is nice, I ruin it with one sheep already....... THANK YOU
Hi Andrea - adding details to a painting can be a headache when they don't work out. Especially if you've laboured long and hard to get it looking right only for a figure or an errant sheep to spoil things. Luckily I made a video that I think will help. Have a look at this one ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-dsrph_c-5d0.html Its all about adding detail to a finished painting with some sheep in a field too. Hope this helps 😎😎
May i ask please what brush you used @17:50 for the trees.. Thank you. I am currently binge watching you and i think you are better than Bob (no offence to Bob) obviously he was very good and like you restful to listen to.
Hi Ruby - thank you for dropping by and watching - there's lots to see so do take a break 😃😍😎 That brush is a filbert brush. Its usually used like a flat brush but I have a couple that I use to 'stab in' a tree or two. Its hard on the brushes hence having a couple I use just for the trees. Bob was the master and I've worked hard to teach his style. I've added a few of my own paintings as a way of showing folk how to adapt and progress bejond what Bob started. Lots more videos to come 😃😍😎
Hi Paul, last night I attempted to paint this.. I don’t understand why but my problem isn’t knowing when to stop, it’s just that I seem to end up with too much paint. I’m not familiar with how much to put on the brushes. 😢I ended up removing the paint and now I‘m ready to try again!🥹
Hi Stephanie 😍I've taught quite a few zoom classes and one of the most frequent comments I get is how little paint I actuall use. I think seeing Bob's huge golf ball sized gobs of paint on his palette encourages us to do the same. Was he a good salesman - maybe but there were other reasons why it happened. But I digress. My tip is to start out with smaller pea sized blobs of paint and to see how far you can go before adding more to your palette. You'll be amazed at how little paint you need for a sky or distant hill. I also dry clean my brushes fairly regularly throughout my painting and rarely wash them until the end of the painting. This teached you how not to over load your brushes. Happy Painting Stephanie 😍
