Landscape Painting Demo - Designing With Shapes 

Stunning! Im just starting pastel…been painting for 5 years. Excited to try this… lov your comment about “just let the pastel live on the paper… “. Great advice. Your teaching is excellent.. very inspiring.

I was hoping you would glaze some green into the water underneath the trees. And gray down that very blue mountain in the back! I do love it!

Again, thank you! It is not only instructive but also a pleasure to watch you paint.

Love the gentle marks and rythm it makes in the painting have not started with pastels yet

c 'est treè beau. J'essaie en regargant cette vidéo de transférer cette technique à la peinture a l huile. J'ai quelques peintures bien sèches. En tout cas on apprend plein de choses en te regardant et ca c'est cool merci alain

Totally enjoy watching you paint with pastel, thanks.

I love to watch you paint, Alain.

I had a wow moment watching this when I realized you spend a lot of time with your pastels not touching the paper and just circling the air. It was like the quiet spaces between musical notes. The painting came together like a symphony!

The shapes started this painting up, but the colors perfected it!!!! I always wonder "where is he going with this color?" and then BAM....it all comes together......Love it....learning a lot......

Wonderful lesson.Thanks Alain.

So beautiful and fun!!! I’m so inspired 🎉

Beautiful work Alain. Greetings from Australia 🇦🇺👍

I am learning so much for Alain's demos......great to see this one on black.

Another beautiful piece of art.. Ur strokes are the gems of ur paintings 😍

Absolutely gorgeous Alain; thanks so much for sharing. 🧑‍🎨🎨

Of course I’ve always loved your art, the last time I saw your channel, I think you were just getting going with some shorter videos… but I rediscovered it as I’ve been struggling to find a video that showed reflections the way I want my art to look. The ones I’d found prior didn’t feel right- I didn’t want to over blend and lose too much texture and color intensity, but the techniques I’ve seen used were just a bit too choppy and rough for the feel of the smooth water, for my taste. Your style of painting is especially helpful with how intentional and contemplative you are when making your marks (with the little loopy almost hypnotic flourish each time which makes me smile).. its just slow enough it to let me process and follow along with your thought process without pausing or rewinding a million times. I also love the way you make pastel behave as paint on a paintbrush with your broader heavier strokes and yet still keep just the right amount pastel texture that an oil painting can’t really achieve. It’s the best of both worlds and an effect I’ve long wanted in my art. Now whether or not I can achieve my own interpretation of this technique remains to be seen, but I feel more confident about my chances with at least a roadmap and visualization. Ive subscribed- Thank you!

As a newbie, I’m learning that bold strokes with just the right placement can have marvelous effects. Also learning the importance of a dark, middle, light study prior to ever picking up a pastel. Looking forward to more videos. Thank you.

Alain, this was such a good teaching tutorial and the work is so beautifully done. Your voice puts me right in the zone and I just want to keep watching and learning. So relaxing!

I've just recently found your RU-vid channel, I like your fabulous style.

I so enjoyed the development of this painting! Greens can be so overwhelming, your use of blues just created a more interesting and dynamic painting. Inspirational!

Love you colours and contrast

Your videos are very helpful, thank you!

Wow! Helpful in terms of approaching water and shadows from sky.

Alain you have such a gentle warm spirit that comes through your beautiful artwork. Thank you for sharing your talent and for inspiring me to paint again.

Hello,Alain , this painting really helped me understand the using of basic shapes that begin to morph into something beautiful by the layering colors. The process really captures the beauty of nature. Thank you, so much! Theresa

Wow, I would hang this in my living room. What a great lesson too!

Lovely. It really comes to life!

Great tutorial and color exercise. Thank you for sharing and keeping us motivated .

I love how your abstract mark making comes together to make such a beautiful realistic painting. Love it.

Love the color

I love many of your choices of projects! I’m an oil painter, but I’ve been very much enjoying the pieces you are presenting, however, I’m doing these in oils!

I live on the Big Island of Hawaii and I also love those turquoise. It’s like living in a prison of color. You put that punch in all your paintings. Thank you for sharing your gift of sight and color

I generally love your way of using colours, this green & turquoise blue combination is in such a vivid harmony. Also love to learn your abstract way of portrait trees. Wonderful👍

Love your playful yet precise marks

Love your work Thankyou

Thank you very much for sharing your knowledge, talent.& gift of communication.

Amazing video, as always. Love the loose, impressionistic style in this one. Thank you so much for sharing your gift!!

❤️❤️ the colors. fabulous demo. Thank you

Love your strokes ❤

Alain, you have such a calm and pleasant manner in your teaching. I learn so much from your videos. Thank you for your willingness to share your talent.

Love the way you share your thought process, very helpful.

Love this painting Alain!

Alain you are the best teacher ,Thanks so much for sharing !Brilliant art piece!

Love watching you bring a painting to life

Beautiful! Thank you for sharing

Gorgeous color choices! Thanks again for inspiring us!

Just gorgeous work! Thanks again.

Inspiring demonstration. Beautiful landscape.

Stunning ! Thank you Alain for sharing, I learn a lot from your videos. And turquoise is also my favorite color. 😊

Loving the turquoise blues on this one and the bold mark making. I have been inspired ! Thank you !

Great video as always. Learned a lot. Thank you for posting. Looking forward to the next one.

It is amazing to watch the forms build mark by mark! The videos are wonderfully done & the content continues to be fantastic! congratulations.

Enjoyed this, loved your subject. Thank you.

Love it! It’s gorgeous.

Alain you are so gracious to share these demos with us. I learn so much. Can't wait someday to take a workshop from you.

Thank you for doing this beautiful painting.. mountain lakes are so gorgeous.. so much depth not just in the water but also the skies. Good to hear you talk about negative shapes when painting... makes sense. Now away to do some practice myself.

Great colours Alain! The water is so evocative. I was worried the whole way through that you would cover up the wonderful marks that you laid down early on the bottom left, as I just love them. So happy they made it through! : )

Thanks so much for sharing this. Love your loose style and use of negative shapes!

I love your bold marks and loose style! So inspiring. Thanks Alain.

Beautiful work and original style. Excellent instruction. Thank you!

I love this! Simply beautiful scene, masterfully painted. Well done. I have used these boards before and found that the black 'eeks' out from behind the lighter values in particular which require re-working layers and values of pastel. I noticed this was happening during the vid as well. Thanks again for another great and inspiring lesson Alain.

Thank you for your you tube wonderful videos. I love your bold strokes and the palette you choose for this painting I have learned so much. You are a wonder artist instructor

Truly Beautiful!

Just beautiful. Thank you.

Great and inspirational video! I'm a beginner and since I watch your videos I try bolder strokes - and love it! Thank you!!

I absolutely love watching your paintings emerge with every stroke of the pastel. Wonderful technique I hope to grasp some day!

Thank you Alain. I get so much inspiration from watching you. I just got some samples of the 400 art board to try. It looks like light values go down on top of dark values quite easily so I am anxious to see the results.

Alain, your work is so inspirational. Even though I’m studying acrylic painting, your emphases on painting loosely and with negative shapes really resonates with me. Thank you!

I don’t currently work with soft pastels but your demonstrations have even helped me with the way I draw landscapes in colored pencil and artists crayons like Neocolors , the blocking in of colors and the underpainting technique translates well into my favorite mediums !

Yay! Hey Alain.

Love it 😍 amazing

It is amazing how many colors you use to create that look of nature

Omg! You remind me of Liberace with your pleasing voice and warm personality. Thanks for your lesson and I’ll be looking for more. .

That looks absolutely stunning, Alain! Your bold and unexpected marks make everything come together beautifully. Thank you for sharing your talent!

I very much enjoyed the lesson on pastel, I get so much from watching you paint.

Really do love your work and your teaching style. The tips, color choices, paper choices, the way you place your marks and your freedom and confidence help me...a beginner pastelist. Thanks for this instructive video. And there is nothing better than painting in the studio on a rainy day....here in Seattle we get lots of days like that.

Another beautiful painterly scene! You are certainly inspirational. Negative painting really helps establish what you want rather than being restricted by a more precise shape. That has been a real help to me.

Thank you for this.

Thanks so much Alain for sharing this process. It turned out amazingly...and turquoise is also my favourite colour. Never can resist putting a little in my paintings, even if it’s just a couple of tiny marks that only l know are there 😉. Great tutorial as always 🙋🏼🇳🇿

Thank you, Alain, for sharing your videos. They seem to come at just the right time to give me that "kick in the pants" needed to move me forward in my artistic journey! Hoping you'll be back in Charleston soon for another workshop. All the best to you and yours.

I am really enjoying your videos, thank you!

Delicious! Everything I want to say has already been said. Thank you for your inspiration, Alain, and for clearly demonstrating the power of shapes. I, too, would like to know what you are using for your sketches.

Oh a turquoise surprise! And such a happy one! My favourite color ☺️ You are a beast sir! Your marks are so intentional and it’s like you know what you’re doing 😆 I always say oh this one is my favourite but you keep outdoing yourself! Will definitely practice this one

Thanks for a great lesson! I’m preparing for a wildlife scene where water features prominently. Your lesson causes me to think more broadly, instead of so literally in painting water & reflections. Very helpful!

I love this. I have photos of my visit there so I will see what I can do with those

Piękny, dziękuję bardzo 😄💖

What a joy to watch your work very inspiring and informative as usual. And my favorite colours thank you for sharing your wonderful skills

First time watching! So impressed! Learned a lot!

This was a particularly exciting piece to watch you develop! I LOVE the palette! Everybody is doing this warm thing and this is dynamic and bold! GREAT VID ALAIN! I'll keep watching👀💥😍

Where have you gone, Alain? We have not seen any new demos/tutorials from you. We still need your mentor ship!

Learning! Thank you!

Loved your lesson! I am new to soft pastels and a brand new subscriber. I am excited to watch your other videos.

Thank you, Alain! I still find working on black paper to be a challenge, and along with everything else you are teaching us, it was great to see making use of a black or colored ground paper as part of the color palette. I also join you and the other commenters as a big fan of turquoise :-)

I feel like a jack of all trades art but master of none. How can I overcome a fear of wasting art supplies in a process of learning or is it the real thing this new work.

Thank you!

beautiful, thanks for the share

Just yesterday I decided to work on black sanded paper for the first time and it was quite confusing laying down the dark values not seeing what I am doing lol but it looks I was doing it right after all. Thank you so much, can not wait to get another black sheet on the easel and paint blue green lake

Thank you...

Nice artwork.

Please keep up the great work, there are so few really interesting pastel artists on youtube right now that really explain to the newbies like me whet Im supposed to be doing. Thanks