Plein Air Oil Painting during Golden Hour on the Beach - Process and Tips 

I love how your camera angle perfectly lines up your horizon with the real one, such a great way to demo a plein air, it’s like you’re cleaning a window to reveal the scene. Great work. Loving this style.

You are not only a talented painter but also a very talented poetic orator…😊

I think I remember reading about impressionistic plein air art in that the painters of that time were all about capturing fleeting moments of light and shadow and how the colors and shapes play with one another... Since it's impossible to capture what is truly there as the wind blows through the trees, waves crash upon the shore, the sun moves across the sky, etc. how do you choose what parts you want to capture - is it through practice that you begin to have photographic memory, or do you quickly sketch/paint down the parts of that landscape that you want onto the canvas right then and there... Or is it a little bit of both? Love watching your process videos, by the way! They help so much!

Keep these coming! Great vid and commentary.

Great painting and commentary Patrick!

This is so peaceful but also instructive, makes me want to do this too, and to line up the canvas with the ocean, Brilliant!

Nice video and painting!

Very enjoyable video you have a clear explanation of your process thanks for posting.

Thank you! Enjoyed this!!

Thanks so much for this. Beautiful work and very helpful tips!

I stumbled on your channel. Great work and explanations of your process !! Thanks for sharing !!

Thank you for the video! Beautiful work as always

Patrick thank you for sharing your wonderful insights buddy ! Could you tell us more about your easel setup ? I'm amazed at the portability and ease of carrying it and using it for painting . Thank you

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great video!!

Hi Patrick, very enjoyable video as always.I'm assuming the inside of your box is replaceable, just wondered what you use.Many thanks.

Well its nice to see a painter to paint but there is a problem after while if you see lots of videos you are boring because no one, if you want to learn something, doesnt say what mixes of the colors did he use for the brushtrokes he made.

Very nice! I'm planning to go plein air painting with oil but I would like to know how do yo carry your panels or paper in this case?... Especially when they are wet. Thank you and congratulations for the beautiful painting!

Great video - lots of helpful information. One question: when I don’t use an umbrella, I find that my paintings appear too dark when viewed inside. How do you avoid this?

Do you primarily work in sight size for most of your paintings?

Hi I just found you. I like your explanation of your process (so far I've only had time for 2) . In this one I noticed you really use a lot of gray and it looks so natural. It looks like there was white in every mix as well. I'm sometimes afraid of white (drying time and chalkiness) and try to use yellow as much as possible but my paintings come out dark especially plein air. I have to get over that. How do you avoid that when the sun is directly on your painting? Do your paintings look dark when you get them in the house?

What size panel do you normally use for plein air?

Question: If you paint on paper, do you have to use glass when framing?

What easel do you use, and what size canvas does it hold