I really enjoyed tagging along on your journey, Michael. Your commentary and your willingness to risk it all in order to progress as an artist is commendable. The end result proves that you conquered your reservations.
I really appreciate how you continue to push yourself to try something new--it's something I think all of us aspire to but usually don't pursue. Loved how this one turned out--even if it's not something you typically paint. You also managed to go even looser than normal and it absolutely worked. Well done!
Hi Michael! I really love your videos, it always struck me how messy it seems in the beginning and how beautiful it turns out in the end. Never stop making such videos, they relax me and they are full of useful information. Thank you!
I just shared this video with friends and painter friends who are learning like me. I like the quality of the info and demo. For me, this quality was challenged by frequent "you knows". I had to self soothe my irritation, but got to the end and learned a lot. Thank you.
I think this is my favourite so far! I believe it is very hard to paint this kind of subject matter and to succeed at keeping the abstraction and interest throughout the canvas. Love it ❤
I love watching you paint with all the explanation as you go. Your looseness is what I appreciate, because that is what I aspire to. Thank you for sharing your journey.
I like your early experimentation with the composition and am also interested in loosening up my painting strokes (which is harder than anticipated). It's interesting watching you do my work for me by figuring things out in the real venue. I want to capture the large shapes and get the interesting brush strokes but not dismiss the structure of the flowers and weeds AND avoid the saccharine, as you say. There is some point in the middle or a little south of the middle. This painting has addressed some of my question and would love to see what happens after you get back to the studio.
Love watching your videos. You have made me rethink my approach to painting. You are such an inspiration. I'm going back to big brushes and shapes. Thank you!
Hi Michael, I saw you walking in Paris a few weeks ago. I got nervous and didin't say hi, and it was also raining so was a bit in a rush to get to the metro... but I've been watching your channel for many years now, and I am always amazed as to how your paintings come together so beautifully (this one included!). I just want to say thank you for your videos as they are very informative, calming, and inspiring for people who want to learn about the principles of plein air painting.
Princess Anne’s Lace I think those weeds are called. Last weekend I was listening to Emma’s podcast and had a thought.. I’d be interested in, and would really to see, you two having a chat about creativity, different forms of creativity, and how it’s helped you get through challenging periods of your lives, expressing yourself through art, music, etc- WHILE you’re plein air painting. Just a thought. I really appreciate your videos being a nice, inspiring, relaxing part of my Sundays.
Yes, it looks like Queen Anne's Lace! It could be Yarrow though. I'm not sure. They look very similar. It would be fun to discuss creativity on Emma's podcast. I don't think I could fully engage and paint at the same time 😅
Cool location, sir! Very nice painting! If you "don't know what you're doing", stick to it, because you're doing such a great job! Have a wonderful day! Greetings from the EU!
I always enjoy your videos! Your compositions are always great. My thoughts on painting loose is to use a large brush and hold it at the end. The one thing I think you should try is to paint thicker.
Good video. 2 things: Repetitive sky holes look like windows in trees that lean toward houses because the high lights are lower than the tops. Also those close flowers could be titanium + a little yellow and use the tan color for the distant flower masses. IMHO, but an excellent loose interpretation and a great picture.
Thanks for your observations! None of the things that you mention bother me. I make my decisions in real life from about 8 feet away. I've leaned to leave paintings alone unless there's something that really jumps out at me. Walk through a museum and look at all the imperfection. It takes years to learn paint and leave it!
I think it looks good! I've learned a lot from your channel over the years. Thank You so much for sharing your learning process. Have a wonderful week!
Another instructive and delightful post to watch on a Sunday teatime in England! I have just finished reading and marking up John Carlson’s Guide to Landscape Painting, one of your great painters. You evolved a solution to a foreground with plants as he suggests, ‘colonies of colour’ and tonal recession to suggest depth. I enjoyed your video which brought to life pages 67-9 and 79! Great minds think alike!!!
@@chamberlainpaintings I have followed you for a few years now - Covid lockdowns were made bearable by watching you paint! I discovered Ian Roberts at the same time and I have been on his courses this year. Two done and one to come and these have been very effective. We are in a fallow break over summer and one activity is a book club. The Carlson book was his first recommendation, and he was a considerable teacher and painter in his time. It is a cheap Dover reprint, text is from 1929 but it has b/w illustrations in what is a 1970s edition. He died in the 1950s but his close observation of landscapes is a life long distillation. The chapters on trees and clouds are especially good. I think the pages I cited tackle the important fore-ground spaces where nothing seems to be happening, hence his colonies of interest. The book was worth it for his quoting Whistler! “Nature is very rarely right, to such an extent even, that it might almost be said that nature is usually wrong...” I have checked the ART UK webs site and as far as I know there are no Carlson paintings in the UK, which is a huge shame. He was obviously a famous name years ago and his work is well represented in the US. His New England landscapes were his home turf and he did visit the desert states. Images I have found on line are fine painting and he does not hesitate to take control of a scene and remove distractions. Much of what he states, I have seen you do instinctively - you have worked it out yourself. Where he may be useful is identifying those little things which you might see but not notice. These can make all the difference! Am looking forward to the next post!
I thought the painting was very nice. Well balanced and good atmospheric perspective. Nicely suggestive and loose. Maybe I would have 'invented' a few reddish flowers extra to give it a little extravagance (though that might turn out a little cheezy).
Great work. Very enjoyable watching the process. The flower areas are well done. I just struggled with flowers earlier this week. It gives me a lot of good ideas. It looks like where I paint in Colorado when not in the mountains .
Keeping it experimental and loose A feeling of depth is introduced Light passes through the trees Flowers recede by degrees Spontaneous, loose and vital See the video title With Pa-tre-on you’ll be impressed Also support the platform’s best 🖼️🖼️🖼️ It really is a privilege to listen to your thought process as the painting came together. At the risk of repeating myself, *AMAZING* Thanks for sharing! Peace and love..Suz What ☮️💛
sooo much imagery 13:28 even etched left of canvas , must just be me , and beyond , , often some may not see , thinking 💭 of the gentled movement of the grass and flowers , sound of a breeze , the touch of the wind upon them , at times in the video , peaceful serenity is here, there , this video , ,
Another great video Michael. I think the painting turned out well. I liked the choice of the olive green in the field instead of just using a value change. Would you like to explore these ideas, this motif more?
I enjoyed watching this. I, too, am trying to loosen up my painting, and it's definitely a challenge, but a fun one. You always manage to take the mundane and make it look awesome! Great end result.
- see the cats nose 15:01 left upper mid-ground, towards you, brown heart shaped nose , vertical line connecting a closed mouth line, the closed eyes are two dark separated green strokes, there , where they should be just below the tree line, anyone can see this fun image 🙂
I really enjoy watching your process and benefitting from your insights. I always love it when you frame your work at the end of the video: they always look so good. PS, I've just made my own floating frame, inspired by yours of course. I did ok considering I don't have power tools.
@@ronschlorff7089 hey Ron, there is a lot of imagery in this painting, I see many different images in many different things , always have, it does vary , sometimes many, few, or nearly to none at all, it could in tree bark, or a handful of small stones cast on the ground or pavement, wood grains , in doors, old gnarly trees, a cliff face of rocks, some things don’t have “any “ creative imagery in them, it Varys
@@markparkey1218 Haha, true, I wasn't really that nervous. By the way there are repeating hearts (one light, one dark) somewhere in the painting. Do you see them? Nobody else has noticed
@@chamberlainpaintingsYES, bottom center path , one above the other , then notice , as if they proceed from a 💋, then look just left of the path ‘’ see ‘’ a pretty girl, bangs , brown hair, maybe Carmel, upon her forehead and cheeks , image an outstretched arm , Poms Poms in hand , dawns an outfit , most will see , now look , up , to the right in the trees , ‘ a blue angel, she appears, again many will see 😎 ( left of the brush tip, before it touch’s the palette and it’s own shadow, gazing up to the right see a wind swept haired beauty ) Michael hinted hearts in the tree line ( often I think it’s just me ) thank you Michael , do you see her left of the path , and the hearts upon the kiss , center foreground path ? ❤
Nice painting. I think you really pulled it off well. The flowers definitely look more wild and natural than cliche manicured entities. Also appreciated the real time commentary - helps convey the whys of what you’re doing. Are you painting in the U.S. somewhere? Cheers from Pennsylvania!!
I like putting your videos on while working, such nice vibes. Love the way the flowers look in this one! Btw this is very weird but the other night I had a dream I was making homemade pop tarts with you and Emma. 😭
Hi Michael, I’ve noticed that at the beginning of your videos you add a good amount of titanium white to your pallet. Is this just an establishing shot or do you use significantly more titanium white than other colors on your pallet? Just curious.
That’s funny because I feel paintings of the ocean and waves are cliche and saccharin so I avoid painting those subjects. I guess it’s more the approach. For me the less representational and identifiable (area) the subject the better.
Sadly, this one doesn't work for me. If I hadn't watched you paint it I would have no idea what the white blobs were supposed to be and the trees on top of the rise were just green blobs. Maybe it's just too loose for me...
