Oil Painting Grand Canyon Tutorial and Quick Finish Event 

Awww, thanks Cary!

Thank you! Cheers!

Thanks Jim, I really appreciate that! Let me know if you have a tutorial you're looking for and I'll see what I can do... Paint On!!!

Thank you! Cheers!

Hi Elizabeth, I'm so glad to hear that this video helped you. It sounds like you're on the right path. Keep it up and Paint On!

Hi Tayor, keep punching away at it and one of these days you'll start hitting it on the nose more and more often. You never fail unless you give up, ha!

@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt , never give up! Never surrender!! LOL

Hi Dale, thanks, I'm doing my best to figure out how to show as much of the painting process as I can, while teaching, for paintings that take days or even weeks to do. It's all a balancing act right... grin?

Thanks Carlos... best of luck with your paintings. You got this!

Hi Yi-Ting Lee, thanks for watching and for the compliment. It's much appreciated! Paint on!!

Thanks Mark for watching and your kind words. Please do try again! I had to start with simple scenes with just a few layers, but it worked for me... maybe for you too?!? Paint on brother!!

Hi Chuck, thanks for your incredibly nice comment. I'm so glad that you found it helpful and that you took time out of your day to comment... welcome to the art family! Paint on!!

Thank you Maria, you're very kind and welcome to our community!

Thanks for that Kevin, I appreciate your feedback. Glad you subbed and I'm looking forward to hearing from you in the future. Paint on!!

Draw Paint Repeat Actually, You’ve motivated me, dinner is over and I’m headed back into my studio right now! 🙂

Way to go Kevin!!!

That's great David, looking forward to the gathering too. See you there!!!

Thanks mbrownie22, I'm glad you checked it out and for checking in!

Hi Steve! Thank you so much for your kind words about what I'm doing here on RU-vid... the feeling is very mutual. In fact, I had the courage to try watercolor because of watching your channel "The Mind of Watercolor", and Brian Ashmore's too! So, when I watch your videos, not only are you making me laugh (with you not at you, lol), but I'm really learning something. That's what I hoped I'd be able to do as well. Oh, about the clown in the hat at the end... it's my stunt double. I know, I know... he looks nothing like me, but the really talented doubles cost a fortune and he's all I could afford!

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Nice to see you two masters of RU-vid tutoring subscribe to each other and admit you learn as well.

Hi J.! I'm glad you found this helpful and even more that it was inspiring to you. If there was one thing I would hope to give people it's the knowledge that if'n I can do it, anyone can. Imagine how much better we would be at anything in a year if we just would practice for 15-30 minutes every night! Hmmm, maybe I better pick up my guitar again...

@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt You're absolutely right,! thanks again and please keep sharing your knowledge and your passion for what you do with us bunch who really appreciate real artists like you. Best regards☺☺☺

Hi Tom, thanks for watching and for taking the time to give me feedback. Hope to hear from you again...Paint on!

Will do Dan, will do!

I tone my canvas with a yellow ochre wash and then when that's dry, I put the drawing on the canvas and seal it with a thin coat of Liquin so I don't lose the drawing as I paint. Hope that helps! Happy painting.

Both! I try to use the best camera i can, which usually means my Canon M50 shooting in raw. But I do use my cell phone if I'm out painting on location and don't have my dslr. You can improve your photos by lightening the shadows or dropping down the highlights in Lightroom or in Photoshop's camera raw filter (if you don't want the extra expense of paying for Lightroom). Or you can lighten how dark the shadows are in a simple levels adjustment in Photoshop, but the Camera Raw filter will give you a better result, IMHO.

Hi Athenasword, of course you can use whatever means to get your image onto the canvas. I come from the illustration side of things and this is how I learned to do it. Neither way is wrong. Happy painting!!!

Muito obrigado! Eu aprecio você assistindo. Sorry if my grammar is wrong, I don't speak Portuguese, lol!

VOCÊ É FANTÁSTIO.

Sorry you don't care for the figure. I paint what I love, not to please others. I always figure my audience will find me. After all, a quality product creates its own demand. I've painted the GC both ways and find both exhilarating, especially when standing there with it spread out before me. Paint on and thanks for watching!!

Yeah, I guess I was a little out of line - it's your painting, and obviously some people liked it well enough to buy it. But visually it is very convincing and the colors are great.@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt

It's a Jullian Original French Easel I believe. Thanks for watching!

Hi Zeeshan, here you go: Ivory Black, raw umber, cold grey medium (Rembrandt brand), yellow ochre, burnt sienna, green earth hue (Utrecht brand), cerulean blue, ultramarine blue, dioxazine purple, titanium white, lemon yellow, cadmium orange, permanent red medium (Rembrandt brand), alizarine crimson permanent (Gamblin brand). My painting medium is Liquin Original. Hope that helps!

Thank u soo much sir.....

Hi, that is a great question. As far as my drawing on canvas goes, I seal the drawing with a thin coat of Liquin and so, if needed, I can wipe away some of the coverage of oil paint and always find my way back to the drawing. I don't need it on everything, since things like rocks or trees can vary widely and still look good, but it's important for me to be able to always have that drawing available if I need it. Like you said though, you have to paint in such a way as to not be a slave to that drawing or you'll end up with something that looks like a paint by numbers and there is nothing artistic about that. Edges are incredibly important. Hope that helps! Happy painting!!

Thank you a very fast reply. I am too lazy for the faff of using Liquin and don't want the smell in the house - thus use Watermixable Oils. I have to say the idea of wiping back to see the lines, I can't see you really doing that. If I may, can I give this as the reason, the lines area crutch that you still feel you need (ie important for me to be able to always have that drawing available if I need it) and having reached 'master' level that even when you cover up even though a novice like me can't see them, in your minds eye you can. When you paint you no longer see as a novice like me does and your confidence knows where to put that brush. I taught for 35 years on a wide range of topics to children, teenagers, students, teachers and adults at work as well as observe many people in their own field having reached a high level of mastery primarily due to many years doing so. I my self even though reaching modest levels of skills would never claim being a master of any of them except for teaching. Along that path I personally managed to retain something that so many teachers or highly skill people for some reason lose and that is how bloody hard and difficult it was when learning something, I think I can thank my father for endlessly getting angry with me and saying "It's obvious". But at the same time, I truly believe that to get that good at something especially requiring hand coordination skills, a master has to discard those feelings and those memories as the brain now considers them redundant and in turn creates deep instinctive hidden skills which to them are obvious and every one has. It is a bit like the chicken and egg situation because for me to comprehend, see what you see as you paint, how your brush lays the blocking area in the right place I have to be as good as you and to be as good as you I have to do the time and effort to do so.

Thank you for that **** ****. My FB is facebook.com/steve.atkinson.902 and my email is SAStudio11@gmail.com

Yes I would love to see him paint on original speed and a close-up LOL it would be heaven.

Thanks Karen! I know I find myself repeating the same reminders to me over and over again so that I remember them... grin. Kinda like a mantra! Paint on!!

@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt I did too Karen.....I just painted my first desert landscape of Colorado and it was such a challenge and those details drove me bananas - but over time I made them softer and gained ground. Love This video and the positive descriptions and tips you provide...very gifted and so grateful that you share your craft with us. Kudos on a lovely piece

Thanks so much Essie! I'm glad you found it helpful. Paint on!!

Well said, same here ;)

Thank you!!

Hiya Evie! I appreciate that, and I didn't start out as one either, but I married a Southwest gal and I was completely hooked. And hey, painting is painting, no matter what we choose to paint right? Thanks for checking in and Paint On!!

Thank you so much Peggy! I appreciate that... Paint on!!

Hi Howling Wind (great name)! Thank you for that kind comment. I've been blessed in my life to be able to do what I love for a living. I hope sharing these videos will help others on the path to being the best artist they can be. Paint on!!

Thank you so much Anna. Sometimes it works easily and other times... well, not so much. Grin!

You are so welcome!

Thanks Friend, I truly appreciate your kind words... I'll keep uploading if you'll keep watching! Paint on!!

@@SteveAtkinsonFineArt I meant every word... As some pilots say to others before a long flight. Clear skies and Tail Winds..

Thank you for watching Norma and for taking the time to comment. I appreciate you being a part of our channel! Paint on!!

Thank you Louis, that's very kind of you. Thanks for continuing to watch and for checking in. Paint on!!

Thanks Ryan, I really appreciate that!

That's great Kathleen! Like I say, the language is kinda flowery, it's how they wrote early in the 20th century, but if you stick with it, it's full of pearls of painting wisdom and you'll be miles ahead. Good on you!!!

Hi Brian, I sprayed it with a Kamar Varnish coat before giving it to the buyers, along with an offer to apply another coat of varnish when I was at the show the following year. I always offer to varnish any sold painting at any time for collectors in the future. Excellent question!

Thank you Mayda! You got this 😃

Hi Renny1953, first, thank you for your kind words. I have no doubt that if you keep at it, you'll get there!!! I get my preliminary drawing put down in one of two ways. The first way is to grid and draw it using a Prisma pencil. Here's a video on that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ev5nUMbLPSI.html The second way is to have a copy of my drawing made to size and then chalk the back of the copy and draw over it using an ink pen. Here's that video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NemjLGSNhUU.html both ways I seal the drawing using a very thin coat of Liquin thinned with odorless mineral spirits, or Gamsol. Hope that helps!

Thank you Ramesh!

Hi Gail, I get my preliminary drawing put down in one of two ways. The first way is to grid and draw it using a prismapencil. Here's a video on that: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-ev5nUMbLPSI.html The second way is to have a copy of my drawing made to size and then chalk the back of the copy and draw over it using an ink pen. Here's that video: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-NemjLGSNhUU.html both ways I seal the drawing using a very thin coat of Liquin thinned with odorless mineral spirits, or Gamsol. Hope that helps!

Hi Gopinathan, my name is in the introduction at the beginning of this and all of my videos... Steve Atkinson. Thanks for watching and for the comment, Paint on!!

Thanks Derek, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for commenting!