This video discusses my approach to impressionism and the use of a palette (painting) knife. I reference the Cape Cod School of Art and my take on color temperature, light and creating a clean colorful oil painting.
Fantastic demonstration of use of palette knife, warm and cool colors and knowing when to stop. Please keep these excellent videos coming. I have learned more from this video than any others I have watched online!!
I'm really enjoying your tutorials! I love your use of color and the light touch. I know for my, I occasionally get muddy from pressing harder than I wanted to. thank you !
Have had a very enjoyable day copying this painting. I learnt not to be afraid of using lots of paint or strong colours and my palette knife technique definitely improved. So many thanks. I hope I can incorporate what I have learnt into my own work soon.
LOVEit!! I don't know how many times one of my painting instructors has said "congratulations! You've now made mud!". We do indeed have to know when to stop!!!
Hello from France Mike, first of all thank you so much for taking time to explain how to do what you do. What you do and the rendering you obtain is brilliant! I'm painting my first painting with a palette knife just now, on my own, but the kind of "abstract realism " or expressionism you paint is the direction I would very much like to take. So, following attentively the progression of your painting and benefiting from your comments as you go along, is quite invaluable to me. In fact I downloaded several of your videos and plan on studying them one by one to learn. Being a beginner has its drawbacks and advantages. One of the advantages being that many have walked that way before you, so you can learn quickly, especially so with RU-vid videos. So, if in future videos, you can say which colours you are applying when you are applying them, or which ones you are mixing to obtain a certain shade, that would be great. I do realise this may slow you down, though... The main drawback, for me today at least, is that colour mixing is still a time-consuming thing for me. I have to discover the colours or spend time learning. There are some videos, such as Will Kemp's (UK artist), that show the undertones of the main acrylic colours used, and that helps so much, like this one for instance: Basic acrylic colour mixing: how to mix a perfect purple| Part 2 of 2 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-IUc31f0A7CQ.html Again, thank you very much. With kind regards Anne
Love the colors and picture style, with the palette knife, what can be said, you studied with/about art with the best, and you accomplished it, your heart must be full. You helped to fill mine. ThankYou, An absolute treat for my Soul
Thank you for watching and your kind remarks. I'm battling COVID right now and your comment makes me feel better. With another week to go of isolation I hope to put some paint down on canvas.
What a stunning painting ! One can see all the palette strokes he has made. So many colors overlapping. You may be fairly happy, but I am positively amazed and happy at this wonderful piece.
You are absolutely amazing!!!! I love watching what you can do. I am getting into the impressionistic painting techniques, just a beginner but so inspired by you! thank you for posting these wonderful videos...so beautiful!
I love the painting. It is so difficult to find instruction for Ala Prima technique. I'd love to see more.... I can learn so much by watching. Thank You!
+Karen Samenow Hi Karen- thanks for watching. If I'm doing a studio painting with a size under 30" in either direction I try to hit my self-imposed time limit of 3 hrs; 1 hr block in, 1 hr "in the thick of things" and 1 hr finishing up with pushing darks and lights. For me, it creates a painting with a "painterly" feel, which is what I strive for in developing my style. Anything longer than that tends to make the painting less desirable. Plein air works are kept to under 2 hrs due to changing light conditions.
Absolutely beautiful I am also a professional artist I have been doing abstracts the last few years but I have been getting antsy lately to go back to my impressionistic art again this is just the push I needed thank you
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Would like to create a painting as beautiful as that. I am just beginning and watching videos. Paints especially oil paints are somewhat uncommon and pricey in my country.
You are lucky. Her book "Painting the Impressionist Landscape" is a valuable resource I often refer to. Color temperature is a complex topic and requires hours of practice and miles of canvas to master
+Yuzhong Zhang Hello. This painting took three hours from start to finish. Alla prima! The underpainting/block in was done with a thin turpy mixture. That dried almost to the touch in under 15 minutes. Every other layer is applied wet-on-wet. A light touch with the knife and avoiding blending is key. Applying the "correct" temperature color allows you to put colors next to/or on top of other colors and achieve some level of harmony. Hope that helps.
Hi there. Would you be able to leave a link as to the brand and kind of turpentine tire using? I’m new to painting and still learning a lot. Thank you for any help
Hello- I use odorless mineral spirits (OMS) instead of turpentine. You can buy it at your local hardware or big box home improvement store. I recycle used OMS with a glass jar, like a jar for pasta sauce. Pour it in there and let it settle for a week. The solids sit on the bottom and you can reuse the OMS again for cleaning brushes or thinning paint.
lovely painting, rich and sumptuous...i wonder, do you think you could do the same in acrylics or would you be limited by their particular qualities? i am trying to develop my acrylics, but not sure if i could ever achieve this sort of work in it. have you ever tried?
+safi456 Hi. Possibly but doubtful. Part of the beauty of oils is they stay wet for extended periods. While this came together quickly, the ability to blend wet or tacky paint is key. I've done acrylics but I'm not an expert with that medium. Someone who understands extenders and other additives to allow that paint to not set up so quickly could provide better insight.
+safi456 You can absolutely paint like this in acrylics. They key is to lay down a layer of super heavy gel medium first! I've done many a painting this way, still following the full-color seeing techniques advocated by the Cape Cod School of Art. My acrylics and oils are almost identical.
I’m always intrigued by the colors artists use - I’ve never seen someone embrace reds so much but I love red. Do you tend to go for right out of the tube color?
It's great to see your process and have you talk your way through it. I would like to see what you are referencing. Is this out of your head or do you have a photo to assist you?
