Painting a Wave | Step One - Blocking In! 

RU-vid has come along way. This video shows just how professional an amateur “teacher” can be in a video. Kudos to you. If you aren’t a professional teacher somewhere, you should be. It would be a waste not to be teaching in a real life, “live” classroom. You have talent plus.

You're the man! 😊 I'll start drawing my next forest landscape painting using the tips you gave in the video. Thank you!

Thank you Andrew, very good tip. This is the most creative part of painting I think and it's when we have to work kind of fast and inspired.

Your tips are very useful, Andrew. Thank you very much for sharing your experience.

Fabulous Andrew, you're a true pro, I can see how using a tonal reference helps you block in and not get bogged down in detail, very helpful

love your painting and your teaching is very clear and instructive. thank you!

Hello Andrew! Again what an incredibly detailed and helpful demonstration of technique. I went to community college and took some art classes years ago and learned barley a fraction of what I've learned from the work you've published here on YT. I must speak for many when I say this stuff is invaluable to us. I've had a lot of trouble self teaching myself with oil, esp the beginning (Block in) and middle stages of a painting, be it digital or traditional. I find myself getting discouraged after the block in stage. Not fully knowing how to build up the proper technique of establishing the mid range details. I do however feel I excel in the final detail stage... just hard for me to get there. Anyways, keep these things coming you have a cult following!!

Another cracking video, full of sensible information. Thanks Andrew !!

Thank you for taking the energy and time to truly explain your thinking .. it helps us to learn! Love your videos!

Man these video's are so cool !!! Learning like I never did. Thanks Andrew Tischler, you are making a difference in our lives.

Thank you for the clear instruction with no waffle.

Excellent video, Andrew! Your talent amazes me.

Love your channel. Your videos are really quite informative. Years ago I always skipped blocking in and many other vital steps in the painting process that I can't imagine skipping today. Thank you for sharing your excellent talent as a teacher as well as an artist.

Thanks so much Andrew. I very much appreciate your teaching methods and knowledge.

Thanks so much Andrew. This is what I was waiting for and you have made the process much easier. Now for my drawing. Love it.

Amazing tutorial Andrew! Just what I needed on a rainy and gloomy day in the North Island 😊

Hi Andrew, I always use your reference on video to start step by step how to paint. It really helps by following every single step. Thank you And

Wonderful video Andrew. I love the colours you use and have just ordered the cobalt teal which I absolutely love.

Thanks for the great lesson. I'm lookin forward to the next one - will keep checking.

Tisch your waves are creatures of immense beauty!! Top notch

You're an amazing artist. Great video. Thank you for sharing.

Another great video Andrew! Thank for taking the time to make it!

Hi Andrew - thanks for this. Really appreciate your explanations of technique and brush use. Learning so much!

Andrew is the best!! Great speech patterns with this man, and, as such, an excellent educator!!

Joly Sailor Your enthusiastic teaching is powerful, and instructive.. This is opening new horizons, bigger waves. Well done and thank you.

Thank u andrew for this video it really helped me ❤️😊

One of the best young teachers going today, thanks AT!

This is so helpful to kick-start my process. I’ve been going about this in a clumsy or backwards way. I tended to getting too much detail at first. Thanks, Andrew! -Glenn

A valued lesson. I can do flat seas with some motion but up close intimidates. The strength of the sea cannot be fudged so…an advanced skill. Thanks

I just love watching every video you do, Keep it up

just signed up for the newsletter - finding yours style has so much depth and its practical

Looking at you painting makes me want to try oils again. I first started in oils but had changed to Acrylics. As always-enjoyed..

You are an amazing teacher. Thank you.

Thanks for the great video. Your videos have helped me move away from just painting from photos and getting more creative. I have a long way to go but am having more fun. Also, please continue adding links to the brushes you use. It's very helpful.

Andyyyy! Thank you again! This is very helpful.

Amazing colours

Always love love your work,

Another excellent video Andrew. I have been blocking in on my paintings, but you have opened my eyes as to why it is important to be loose and get the paint on the canvas without getting bogged down with details. Who know ??!! Thanks Andrew

Nice one Andrew! I love watching you paint and just subscribed to your channel.

Masterfully executed & presented

Thanks for the Video. I appreciate that let us share your knowledge! I love your work 😃

Hi Andrew. Thanks for making these videos. They're so helpful. I struggle to know what paint consistency I should be using. Thank you for saying that you're using liquin in a 2 parts paint to 1 part liquin ratio. Very useful.

Excellent tips, very well explained. Thank you. i know what my problem is. I am not leaving myself enough "room" and I am not relaxing waiting for the painting to be what I want to be. i need to slow down at the blocking stage and believe in my skills that I can get the look I want at the final stages. You are good at teaching Andrew.

Andrew, I just found you and your channel. Well, you are doing a great job so far. You have done very well with the generation of the video. You do a great job on the information and the narration. I first viewed your video on the "self taught / art school". This is the second and a pleasure to view. Andrew, you are doing great. "I did subscribe so I don't miss any future videos. I will check out the past ones.

Beautiful ❤

youre amazing and inspiring

I enjoyed watching the brushstrokes in the blocking-in! I was fascinated by your color choices while referring to a b/w photo. Q: During your earlier years as a artist what helped you "see" color and their variations from life or photos and then translate them into oil paint colors to apply to canvas? I'm good with mixing to create different colors with the basics but seeing and recognizing colors in the subject (life or photos) is quite a challenge for me. Hope you understand what I mean. :) Well done again, Andrew! ;)

Thanks Andrew, great stuff. You never fail to get me back in the mood ! Hwyl Fawr Dai

It's a wonderful work. I respect you very much. 멋진 작품입니다. 존경합니다.^^/

Thank you ... great blocking lesson

Loved this

Andrew thank you.

Real maravilloso los tonos 😮

Really great video...love it

Hi Andrew, thank you again for such wonderful videos....as always great painting! Would it be possible to make a demo in how to paint copper? Thank you :)

Thank you beautiful enough great video full of great tips ,

Love this channel!

Thank you for this video 😍👍👏

Wow..andrew..i am sure get more information and tricks about a painting..its was amazing...I enjoy i hope you too...greeting from indonesia

Andrew, when will you release your next video. I have your seascape and your portrait videos. absolutely stunning and great teaching videos

Lovely video

Thanks for putting all these great videos out! I was hoping that one day you could do a video about brush management during the painting process... i.e. when do you change your brushes in the process and how do you keep your palette from becoming mud? I love seeing the process of the paint going on canvas, but would love to see what's going on technically with the palette at the same time. I have never been able to find any good instruction about the fundamental mechanics of painting.

thankyou sir always loving you

A perfect video as always. I wish I had seen you work years ago as I would be so much better by now. I have been doing very detailed drawings on my canvas and going straight in with detail for about 20yrs. As I taught myself I didn't know any better. Now since following you I can see a big difference in my work it is more alive somehow. Even my husband who has always been ultra critical of everything I do to, - his excuse is it helps me improve- has noticed that my work has gone up a notch. Thank you.

Extraordinaria Obra muy subjetiva Dan ganas de pintar

I like ocean waves and beach its relaxing to me .

Awesome thank you much

Very good video

Hi Andrew, thanks so much, I love watching you work. I am just getting started in oils and wondering what ratios you of the sienna, liquin and turpentine to prime the canvas? Also, do you ever use a layer of gesso underneath?

Thanks!

Great stuff! Do a video where you explain composition and those vectors as you call them to lead the eye. I've read a whole lot on the subject but it's still abstract for me.

Thanks for another fine tutorial Andrew. You make it look so easy.😃 😎🇦🇺🦘

Merci, ami des pinceaux Je ne comprends pas trop l'anglais mais ce que j'ai vue est très constructif,mille merci

awesome!!.

Thank you for this video Andrew! I'm looking forward to see your patreon page!

I wish if RU-vid allows more than one like .. I don't feel that one like is enough for this great video

thanks man

Love your videos Andrew! Can you address composition in ocean paintings? What do you consider when considering how you lead your viewers eye? When using cliffs, rocks, sand and water how do you know what to put in and leave out......There is so much to look at as is in any landscape. Looking forward to more lessons.

Hi Andrew, I like your painting so much and every time i watch i inspired from you. I want to learn from you how to paint realistic trees . Please do a video for it . Thanks

u r doing a great job 👌👍

Do you ever block with acrylic and then put oils over the acrylic? BTW - your videos are the best out there!

Great tutorial many thanks indeed , just a quick question you said you need to block it in before the paint dry's how come it dries so fast if it is Oil paint ?

Hey Andrew, I am following your work for along time. In this video you use cobalt teal. I am from South Africa & can't find it here. Beautiful color! But what can I use instead of the cobalt teal? I promised myself to try a Seascape, thank you so much for all the wonderful tutorials. Anphia

Hi Andrew, since you taught everyone about blocking in, could you please produce a session on Values? This is probably the biggest hurdle for all the self-taught painters because all they get is a gray value card that doesn't help to identify the relationship between value scales on a surface (eye training I mean). Some areas become more sunk-in because an unnecessary darker color was used, whereas a very light color was applied to an area which perhaps needs a value three steps below. You already highlighted this on your color mixing video but it perhaps needs a separate chapter.

it's super.... sir

So helping :)

Awesome Andrew does it again. Curious to know what music/bands do you listen to while you paint?

Andrew, I always want to 'like' your wonderful videos, but can never find the 'button'. Just letting you know that I'm following you very closely, you are so inspiring and you have improved my art enormously. Thank you, thank you, thank you. Can't wait for the next one. :-)

Your colors are amazing “ all the painting you do outside help you relate to what your actually painting? Just wondering how your color palette gets to be that precise “ lots of study in the field help that when painting landscape?

as always " impressed " i don't know why but these days i m really addicted to ur videos , I can't get enough of them , the quality , lighting , the way u explain it , even if i never experienced oil painting because I m still learning to sketch , but I have a question how much time does it take u to finish a painting !? more specifically oceans and portrait !

You are amazing! You ARE a great teacher!Andrew do you ever block in with Acrylic and then finish with oils and if so Tell us WHY!

Hey Andrew. Your works are really amazing. Your tutorials are really helpful. Thank you for all the videos you share. Just few questions though. You layer all your canvas with burnt sienna before painting. Any difference it makes while painting? How much thick must the layer be?

Thanks for you video I like so much is posible subtitle in español es muy interesante lo que dices pero no entiendo todo, Iwant work in canvas 1.70 x 90 , wave surf .from spain un saludo .👍👏👏👏👏🎨

Hi Andrew, I absolutely love your you tube channel and have learned so much from you... So from e bottom of my heart ..."thank you". Can I please ask Do you block in in oil or acrylic?

For me, the magic happens in the first layer(s).

I have an allowance of one hundred gigabytes of mobile data per month. Most of it is used on watching your superb vids, thank you so informative.

Thanks for sharing Andrew. I was wondering if you could share some ideas to prevent a cut out look when doing portraits.

Very nice, I would like to get around, and when the next issue of portrait painting, and whether it will be?

Hi Andrew Thank you very much for sharing such professional and well made videos. I just wanted to know your opinion regarding blocking in with acrylic paints? Also, whats your opinion on tonal blocking in (single color)?

What would be a substitute for a cobalt teal? Can it be reproduced with other colors on the pallet?