Hi Michael! I usually watch your videos through my tv so I’m not able to leave comments (although I always like - I know that’s important for the algorithm or whatever). Today I had to jump onto my iPad and comment to let you know how great I think this video is. I love the urban subject matter, the longer format and I really loved the way you did the cars. So much to learn here about how you picked apart a complex scene and simplified it to create such a satisfying painting. Well done and thanks so much for all your efforts here. Amanda
Thank you once again. This is really inspiring for a painting that i've been meaning to get started on. Ugh, it's my first Cityscape and it has been sitting there ready now for a couple of years. The Drawing is excellent, the canvas is washed and i've visualized the painting a number of times... i love your paintings.
I am definitely in the camp of those who LOVE the long format, studio closeup full painting demo! It gets me ENGAGED in your thought processes... gets me asking myself if I see it the same way you do and guessing where you are going next and why... it HELPS ME SO MUCH..it is giving me more courage to "go for it" and I need that...so please keep up these type demo paintings. And by the way, it turned out fantastic!
It ended up looking really good! Loved how you walked us through your thought process throughout the video both during and after you created the piece, it was just super interesting to watch:) Amazing job on the painting and hope you and your loved ones are staying safe!
LoVe it!! I’m a Chamberlainpaintings addict! Love how the whole thing came to life (seemed like about 1/2 way through), how you committed to the big brush, and how you talk us through all of it - especially resolving the background at the end, the ‘bits and pieces’, etc. YES! Thank you, more please!
Watching this 4 months later. So interesting to see your process and you are very generous sharing it here. I am amazed you use only one brush and keep the colors so clean. Thank you for the insights!
Thank you for your videos. I started watching not that long ago and think I've seen them all. It's not just the content, it's also the delivery, the authenticity. So, thanks for that. In all the Plein Air vids I watched, I've seen you setting your equipment up but never breaking down and packing up, putting panels in your RayMar without getting sand in the paint! (Just got a RayMar based on your recommendation!).
I loved watching you paint this. I thought it was an unusual choice of photo for you to paint. I would watch you put a colour on the canvas and I'd go "What is he doing? That looks crazy"... and then it turned out fantastic. Love it!
Very enjoyable and interesting watching you carve that out in front of us Michael . Love how you changed those values . Also Thankyou very kindly for mentioning the colours and mixes as you go along , unfortunately so many artists demonstrating on YT seem to completely forget this and seem to spend an age producing a video which is of little use to anyone trying to learn
I’m starting to understand the values much more watching you paint. Also I love the ease in the way you work out your shapes initially so that your work never looks over laboured. In the end you get a much better result. I find these videos so helpful and it’s good to know you struggle sometimes to achieve the colour you want as I do. Great result!
Thanks! I like to let the painting emerge slowly as opposed to starting in a very rigid way and then trying to hold onto the structure. Glad you like the result!
What a challenge this was! Loved your handling of the cars and the golden glow of the distant buildings. My preference would be less color saturation on the foliage and less hard geometric edges on the foliage which I found drew me to them more then I wanted to. Adding the poles and wires would be a great addition. I love how this scene plays on the idea of cityscape as a mountain scape in scale. Really enjoyed this.
Thoroughly enjoyed this demo Mike. I was a typical backseat painter, commenting out loud while you were painting. My husband eventually said "Will you leave the guy alone...it's HIS painting ! Go paint your own painting " Lol. It turned out great. I love your style..really effective. I'm challenging myself to loosen up. Thanks Mike.
Your self critique at the end, along with your decision making throughout, was very helpful. Thanks that! Loved the way it turned out. I would have put more of that golden glow in parts of the middle ground, instead of all the blues-but then that’s why your a good painter and I’m NOT so much!!
Thanks Michael, I loved this! Seeing that photo at first, I was thinking how on earth can he simplify all that? And stay with the same brush? But you did it! Less is definitely more. 👍🏻🙂
Just watched Emma’s latest and now this one. I often binge watch the chamberlains. What does it say that someone can be so uplifted by your whole family? Thanks ❤️
Thanks that was really good. Your self critique is honest and insightful. And the final outcome looks like you really accomplished what you were trying to do.
Wonderful range of opaque through to transparencies; also liked your underpainting of colour tones instead of linearities. Terrific. And all in one hour!!!!!
Your result is great, Mike! It's a very complicated urban-scape. I tried the challenge, painting along with you, but didn't have as good an outcome. Also discovered that I need more practice with cars. Thanks for your videos.
Magical colors. The distant city floats in a lovely warm afternoon sun. Superb brushwork with your brush. Huge improvement over the reference. Abstractions work.
Not sure if this has already been done on your channel but I really want to see photos and stuff from when you were younger than you are now 😊 I find that stuff so cool. Like childhood or teenage years. As well as draw my life possibly one day.
Yesssss!!!! I’ve been waiting for a long video ❤️ I love watching you paint and learn at the same time. Maybe in the near future you could go live painting. Keep up the good work.
Very cool vid and awesome to see you lay paint down. Love your loose, 70's poster style! Will be picking up my brushes again tomorrow! Wave painting time!
I love your seascapes, seeing and hearing the ocean and watching you paint. However, I think I learned more watching you paint this cityscape. Maybe it is because the waves are moving and the cityscape is static. But since I paint landscapes and architecture, I relate to this. I was squinting before you said it and I saw the massed shapes better than I ever did. I have mainly painted in watercolor and some acrylic. Watching you and listening to you has sure opened my eyes. Watercolor and oils are very different thought processes. I’m going to try oils again. Question, where does one get pumice and what grit should I get? Thanks!
Check out some Alvaro Castagnet vids. Even though he is watercolor (painted oil prior) he can certainly provide direction for this kind of city scape. U could cut the light out around the vehicles with the handle of ur brush or a knife. Adding marks of light would have exposed just enough detail to have our minds fill in the rest. Color theory, even when a reference photo distracts us in another direction, always demands a simple set of principles: warm protrudes & cool recedes. Of course that is relative. U must set the central color (in this subject, would b where the first set or trees r) first as the mid-ground temp & background temp must relate to each other. U can still have a strong light effect in the background working up the street to the foreground, but while doing so, a painter must respect how the Neuro science of sight interprets information. The light & shadow both must get warmer coming forward & they both must get cooler to recede. Happy Painting! 🎨 Ps: when we dont abide by color theory, we might like our creation, but feel like something is off. Something we cant put our finger on. Its an awkward feeling that we cant identify. 9 out of 10 times, when we feel this way, we r confusing our minds (as we will other viewers) by creating colors that work against the norms we see in reality. Also, why not skip the linear drawing in the beginning? Go straight in using the correct width of a brush to create the large shapes immediately. Do so attempting to target the central color of the value when u squint. Then after, chip away adding smaller value shapes which create the illusion of detail. U will save urself a lot of time & frustration related to re-working areas later.
It's a very beautiful and very nice art! I am very happy that you shared this motif! I'm very good at it so I'm looking forward to your video. I thought it was very nice. I'm rooting for you.
Just take a rag & wipe straight across those yellow/orange background buildings. They would immediately look better. Softer edges & lower value creating a cool light effect.
Great realtime demo, Michael..thanks for sharing....love your color choices..foreground colors strong...midground kind of wonky....Background buildings I'm seeing from the photo as very warm and almost bathed in sunlight...maybe background car highlights a bit too bright.!!
Nice progression watching you paint. But I was expecting you to put in those cables & power poles in the end & why not doing that? I think those lines will compliment well for your painting. Like always, a pleasure to watch you paint ;))
Hey! Your videos are very very informative!. You should try Rosemary and Co brushes, they are cheap and so many artists swear by them. I think the Chungking bristle would be perfect for you and its cheap too.
Bonsoir Mr Chamberlain Magnifique peinture et j’aime votre style . Pourriez vous m’indiquer avec quoi vous apprêter votre panneau ou votre toile avant de commencer à peindre . En vous remerciant de tous vos excellents conseils .
loved watching your process. Do you share shots of your pallet and mixing on patreon videos? I would love to loosen up with my oil painting with this kind of impressionism.
You have got quite a few surf boards as I’ve noticed in the background. I guess that’s what you surf dudes do, have a few boards. Good for you. Carry on.
Merci pour votre réponse , j’aimerai surtout connaître l’enduit (Gesso ou autre ?) que vous utilisez pour préparer le support afin de rendre celui ci non absorbant . En vous remerciant , dans l’attente d’une prochaine magnifique vidéo de votre part .
Je veux en fait que le panneau soit absorbant, alors j'ajoute un peu de pierre ponce 4F à la dernière couche de gesso acrylique. Vous pouvez également utiliser de la poussière de marbre. deux cuillerées par 8 oz de gesso.
Really like this, all the very subtle value changes and all so loose! question, what kind of light is on your canvas?? thanks mr. mike happy painting! NM
Great video once again! For the intermediate artists out here, do you know if there exist some kind of service to get your art judged? It’s hard to judge one’s own work and family/friends often have a biased opinion ☺️
@@chamberlainpaintings The « What is wrong with my painting » serie from Draw Mix Paint is a good example imo (although you probably already know about it)
Thanks John! I may do another with telephone poles. Trying to think of ways to play them down. Maybe make them a much lighter value than they appear in the photo. Also, I'd want them to contribute to the abstract design. I appreciate your thoughts!
It amazes me how you keep adding paint over paint over paint and it never turns gray. Thick over thin obviously works but not as much when you have like 6 layers lol...
